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October 2025
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New Season, New Stories: Negotiating the Ones We Tell Ourselves
Your Inner Story Shapes Every Negotiation
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Hi there,
We're trying something different this month. A new season, a new format for this newsletter.
It's been a year since we launched the NegotiateHer podcast. To mark that, we're starting Season 2: The Inner Game — Negotiating With Yourself First. Because before you face anyone else, there's the voice in your own head: the doubts, the scripts, the stories you carry.
This newsletter will now come to you with three pieces each month:
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A Power Move — one actionable idea. |
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A Resource — something useful to dig into. |
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A Mistake — what not to do, and what to learn instead. |
I'd love your feedback: does this new style work for you? Hit reply and tell me.
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⚡ Power Move of the Month
Rewriting the Story in Your Head
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The story you tell yourself before a negotiation matters more than the script you prepare on paper.
If your inner story is "I don't deserve this," it will leak into your tone. If it's "They'll never agree," you may not even ask.
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Try this shift: Instead of "What if they say no?" ask yourself "What if they say yes?"
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One question flips scarcity into possibility.
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📚 Resource Spotlight: Podcast Season 2
The Inner Game — Six fresh episodes about negotiating with yourself first
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We've just launched Season 2 of the NegotiateHer podcast: The Inner Game.
Six fresh episodes about the invisible negotiations we all face inside ourselves before we speak to anyone else.
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Episode 7 kicks things off:
Scripts in Your Head — What am I telling myself?
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You've been with me for a year of podcasting. Now I'd love to hear from you:
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What do you want more of? |
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Which episode stayed with you? |
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Where should we go next? |
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🎓 Course Update: New Platform Coming Soon
Help us test the new platform and get free access
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Our Strategic Career Negotiations course has been one of our most successful offerings, with professionals already using it to shift how they negotiate at work.
We're now moving it to a new, more user-friendly platform. The transition will be seamless for existing subscribers — but because we want to make sure it's just right, we're asking for your feedback.
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We're giving away
3 FREE sign-ups (CHF 149 each)
to readers who help us test
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Stay tuned for details — or hit reply if you'd like to be one of the first to try it.
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❌ Mistake to Avoid
Believing the First Draft of Your Story
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We all have a default story running in our heads.
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"I'm not ready."
"They won't take me seriously."
"It's safer to stay quiet."
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The mistake? Believing those scripts are facts.
Instead, treat them like first drafts. Question them. Edit them. Rewrite until the story you're telling yourself is one you'd want to live out loud.
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🌿 Walk & Talk Reflection
Stories shift when they're shared out loud
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On September 26th, we hosted our fall Walk & Talk in Zurich.
It reminded me that stories shift when they're shared out loud. One participant said:
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"Sometimes all you need is one sentence from someone else to change the story in your head."
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Check out more photos on Instagram! And I'd love you to be there next time.
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From Me to You
Thank you for walking this journey with me — through stories, through negotiations, through seasons.
The stories we tell ourselves matter. They shape how we show up, what we ask for, and what we believe we deserve. This season, we're diving deep into those inner conversations — because when you change the story in your head, you change everything that follows.
With courage and clarity,
Gitanjali
Chief NegotiateHer
P.S. Reply with your thoughts on the new format. This is as much your newsletter as it is mine.
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