Somewhere along the way, “professionalism” got warped into a performance.
A performance that tells us: Keep it buttoned up. Keep it neutral. Don’t bring your whole self—just the polished parts.

But what if the most powerful thing you could do at work wasn’t to conform… but to unmask?

In this episode, I sit down with Myriam Hadnes—facilitator, podcaster, and founder of Workshops Work—to explore what happens when we stop trying to fit in, and instead learn how to fit out.

Myriam grew up with one foot in Germany and the other in Israel, straddling cultural norms and expectations from day one. She talks about how being a sensitive kid—always scanning the room, feeling what wasn’t said—led her into the work of facilitation. Not because she planned it, but because life kept nudging her toward the role of connector.

What began as survival became service. And now, she’s making space for others to do the same—with fewer masks, fewer shoulds, and a whole lot more curiosity.