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When Your Job Title Becomes Your Identity

Reclaiming your voice after years of professional masking

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Shannon D. Smith, CPTD
Apr 14, 2025
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If you weren’t “the reliable one,” “the expert,” or “the high achiever”—who would you get to be?

Let’s be real: it starts innocently enough.

You get praised for being dependable, smart, efficient. You …

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