Ep 79. Secret Battles, Resilience, and Leading Through Disruption with Dr. Marline C. Duroseau

⚠️Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of infertility and pregnancy loss. Listener discretion is advised.

In this episode, Dr. Amna Shabbir speaks with Dr. Marline C. Duroseau, a resilience expert, TEDx speaker, leadership coach, and women’s health advocate.

Dr. Duroseau shares how she navigated infertility, pregnancy loss, leadership, and the pressure to remain polished while struggling privately. Together, they explore psychological safety, perfectionism, vulnerability, adaptability, and the hidden battles many high-achieving women carry.

Dr. Duroseau also introduces her EAR Framework for building resilience and reminds listeners that they are more than the disruption they are currently experiencing.

Episode Takeaways

Successful women often struggle privately while appearing polished publicly.Vulnerability requires trust and psychological safety.Leaders can support employees without asking them to share every personal detail.Emotional awareness helps us understand how challenges affect the way we show up.Adaptability allows us to move forward when life does not follow the plan.Resilience is built by facing disruption with courage, hope, and self-compassion.

About the guest:

Dr. Marline C. Duroseau, widely known as “Dr. Mar,” is a fertility and women’s health advocate, resilience expert, TEDx speaker, leadership coach, award-winning author, and Managing Director of HR & Leadership Development at Brandon Hall Group. Her nationally recognized TEDx Raleigh talk, The Secret Battle Behind Powerful Women Leaders, explores the hidden personal struggles many women carry and how vulnerability, adaptability, and resilience can strengthen authentic leadership.

Drawing from her own experiences with infertility, pregnancy loss, grief, motherhood, and leadership, Dr. Mar helps women and organizations navigate disruption without burnout. She is the author of It’ll Happen By 30: A Relentless Journey of Faith | Delayed But Not Denied, several children’s books, and a co-author of The Impact Leaders. Her doctoral research, The Lived Infertility Experience of Women in Leadership Roles, further advances her work at the intersection of women’s health, workplace culture, and resilient leadership.

Connect with Dr. Marline C. Duroseau

Website: https://www.mcdbe.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcdbe/