She Was Told Her Worth Had a Limit. And a Lot of Women Have Too.
Faith came into this conversation and named something a lot of women experience in corporate spaces, professional spaces, and even entrepreneurial ones:
Sometimes people do not just question your skill.
At other times, they question your value.
And sometimes they tell you exactly what they think you are worth.
Then you have to decide not to believe them.
That is what made this episode hit so hard.
A lot of women treat feedback like danger. They treat it like a threat. They treat it like proof that they are failing. However, feedback is not always the harm. Sometimes the real harm is believing the wrong voice.
That is the tension Faith names in this conversation.
She talks about moving through the legal profession while people treated her like she had nothing meaningful to contribute. She explains how she separated other people’s projections from her actual value. Most importantly, she shows why feedback only becomes useful when you know who you are before you receive it.
In this episode, we talk about worth, leadership, and the difference between being diminished and being developed. We also talk about how women in high-pressure professions learn discernment. In addition, we explore how systems of rest require structure and why boundaries around money, labor, and communication are part of wholeness too.
Faith also shares how she uses feedback as a mirror. She explains how strategic systems create real rest. And she shows why you cannot let someone else’s low valuation become your identity.
IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS:
07:23 — “You’re essentially an infant… you’re really useless.”
Faith breaks down how the legal profession can diminish new lawyers early and how leadership language shapes self-worth if you are not careful about what you internalize.
17:20 — “We don’t value you beyond this amount.”
One of the sharpest moments in the episode—Faith shares the salary conversation that forced her to separate what an institution was willing to pay from what she actually knew she was worth.
26:06 — “There are going to be seasons in your life where you are just hustling and moving.”
Faith names the difference between intentional hustle and endless exhaustion, and explains how she thinks about seasons, delegation, and goal-based rest inside her law practice.
38:41 — “You are someone of worth.”
The closing truth of the episode: your contribution cannot be calculated by the wrong room, the wrong leader, or the wrong salary conversation.
RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
If you have been questioning your value, shrinking yourself in professional spaces, or struggling to separate useful feedback from harmful projection, let this be your reminder: feedback is not always a threat, but not every voice deserves authority over your identity.
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HERE ARE THE 3 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:
- Feedback is not always a threat. Faith makes a crucial distinction in this episode: not every hard thing said to you is meant to destroy you. Some feedback is meant to sharpen you. The work is learning discernment.
- Your value cannot be determined by the wrong room. A title, salary cap, or dismissive leader does not define your worth. Faith shows what it looks like to hear what was said, examine it, and still refuse to let someone else’s limitations become your identity.
- Rest requires systems, not just desire. One of the strongest themes in this conversation is that rest is not accidental. It requires clear goals, strategic delegation, boundaries, and the willingness to stop doing everything yourself.l.
MORE FROM FAITH
- TikTok: @faithmittenlaw
- Linkedin: faithmittenlaw.com
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