ABSTRACT
This chapter is about forming a shield of protection around the multi-hyphenate. How do asserting boundaries become an active way of protecting oneself? Through building teams, legal strategy, and activating the brain and the heart, a multi-hyphenate can then begin to navigate the world without risking losing their intellectual property or relationships. In this chapter, one finds a specific step-by-step process of getting a GRIP (gut instinct, regulation, incorporation, and protection). Other topics covered are image and imposter syndrome. The Career Connection is representation (agents and managers). The Episode Excerpt is Episode 4, “Mental Health Is Fierce,” featuring Erin Kommor.
