Lead The Fine Print
Leadership isn’t always loud. It’s not always titled. And it rarely fits in a job description. This podcast is about the kind of leadership that lives in the details—real conversations with people who are shaping culture, building teams, and leading with intention.
Hosted by Dr. Buffie Quinn, Lead the Fine Print invites guests from every industry and level to share the decisions, dynamics, and unexpected lessons that define how they lead.
Not soundbites. Not slogans. Just the truth about leadership, one story at a time.
Lead The Fine Print
From Waiting to Be Chosen to Claiming the Page: Suzanne Carver on Writing Flight Path and Leading Herself
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In this episode of Lead the Fine Print, Suzanne Carver shares the quiet leadership journey behind her debut novel, Flight Path. Trained as a social worker, longtime massage therapist, writer, and coach, Suzanne reflects on the years spent writing, rewriting, being rejected, and ultimately choosing to publish on her own terms.
This conversation explores what it means to stop waiting for permission, how self-trust is built one courageous step at a time, and why leadership often shows up long before a title, contract, or external validation ever arrives. Suzanne speaks candidly about fear, impostor syndrome, rejection, and the deeply personal work of reclaiming one’s voice, while weaving in insights from her work with women around authenticity, self-permission, and inner sovereignty.
From rewriting her manuscript multiple times to reframing rejection as redirection, this episode is a powerful reminder that leadership is not always loud or linear. Sometimes it lives in the decision to keep going, to honor your voice, and to choose yourself when no one else does.
For more information about Suzanne visit her website https://www.thetrueyoublog.net/
To purchase Suzanne's book Flight Path: https://www.amazon.com/Flight-Path-Suzanne-C-Carver/dp/1966799918