Unapologetic: Boldly Lead the Life and Career You Deserve

What if the very thing you’ve been taught to hide is the key to the career you want? Too many people are taught that success requires fitting in, staying quiet, and becoming someone else. "Unapologetic" challenges that narrative and reframes authenticity as a career strategy.  

Drawing on her own transformative journey and decades of experience guiding professionals at pivotal crossroads, Nicole Stephenson delivers a practical, affirming roadmap for building a career and life that feel aligned, intentional, and sustainable. Through relatable stories, reflective insights, and actionable tools, you’ll learn how to reclaim your confidence, identify your true strengths, and redefine success on your own terms.

This book meets you where you are—whether you’re entering the workforce, negotiating your value, pursuing a promotion, or questioning what’s next. You’ll learn how to navigate self-doubt, people-pleasing, burnout, and the fear of being “too much” or “not enough,” while developing the clarity and courage to advocate for what you want.

Unapologetic is more than a career guide. It’s an invitation to stop shrinking, stop apologizing, and start trusting yourself. Because when you lead from who you truly are, success stops feeling like something you chase and starts feeling like something you create. So, the question is: what might be possible if you finally gave yourself permission to be unapologetically you?

Coming March 2026