The Table I Built

Previous Episodes
Monday, May 5th, 2025

Season 1, Ep3: You’re Not Lost, You’re in Transition

May 5, 2025 — In this episode, host Andrea Walton speaks directly to anyone navigating the fog of job loss, career pivots, or personal reinvention. You’re not broken — you’re in transition.

I share encouragement and practical steps for resetting your mindset, reclaiming your confidence, and remembering who you are before the title and after the layoff.

This one’s for the builders in between. read more...

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Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

Season 1, Ep2: Hiring, Firing, and Healing — What HR Has Taught Me About People

April 29, 2025 — In this episode, host Andrea Walton pulls back the curtain on what two decades in executive HR leadership have taught me about humanity, resilience, and the emotional weight behind hiring, firing, and building teams. From boardrooms to layoff conversations, I share the hard-earned lessons about leading with both strategy and heart — and what healing inside systems not built for you really looks like.

This is a real, unfiltered look at the power and responsibility of building spaces for people to rise. read more...

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Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

Season 1, Ep1: From GED to MBA — Why I Built This Table

April 29, 2025 — In this premiere episode, I invite you into the story behind The Table I Built — a journey that started in the concrete apartments of Pasadena and led to the executive boardrooms of biotech.

From teenage motherhood to earning my MBA, from resilience to reinvention, this is the real, raw backstory of why I stopped waiting for a seat at someone else’s table — and built my own.

Through every setback, every pivot, and every quiet victory, I learned that the table isn’t just where you arrive — it’s what you create when the world underestimates you. read more...

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