Her Story
About Kirsten
My journey began in education as a middle school teacher and principal, where I learned the importance of making people feel seen, celebrated, and heard. In the early 2000s, I transitioned to the corporate world, working with solopreneurs and startup companies. My last C-suite role was as Chief Experience Officer for a semi-retired MD at an education support company dedicated to helping physicians avoid burnout. There, I worked with thousands of physicians, overseeing their client experience and coaching program - I coached coaches, hired and trained them, and did extensive coaching myself while emceeing live events and conducting interviews with our vendor referral partner network. In mid-2024, I legally changed my last name to Bombdiggity following my divorce, which created a magnet pulling me toward more clarity, purpose, and embracing play and ridiculousness - all the things we learn to shut down as we get older. This became the catalyst for writing my book, 'Divorced After 40, A Fuck Yes Guide for Women Rewriting Their Second Act,' which became an Amazon bestseller twice after its October 2024 release. I took a leap of faith and started my own company on January 1st, 2025. Now, as a dopamine coach, I primarily work with high-achieving women who have started feeling invisible in their own lives - many are divorced, and many are physicians, accountants, lawyers, or department chairs who have taken on high-responsibility, high-visibility roles yet still feel like they're in robot mode versus feeling alive. I help people hack their brains and nervous systems to get back in alignment, feel present and alive, and pull themselves into their favorite version of themselves so they can live every day with gratitude and joy.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Kirsten
01What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The biggest piece of advice I've received is that we shouldn't compare our insides to other people's outsides. I love what Allison Frigel wrote in her book 'Likeable Badass' about how when we're in imposter syndrome, that's often just a sign that we're growing and expanding. I recently made a sweatshirt that says 'imposter syndrome is a growth spurt' because instead of seeing it as something where we're gaslighting ourselves, we should know that we're exactly where we're supposed to be. When we're struggling like that, I think the best person we can talk to is the 80-year-old version of ourselves, because there is no one wiser in our lives than her.
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