Finding Your Track with Susan Dominus

Susan Dominus is a staff writer at the New York Times Magazine, a lecturer at Yale, and the author of The Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success. Her feature “Women Have Been Misled About Menopause” won the National Magazine Award and was the gift-shared Times article of 2023. She was also a member of the Times team that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. In this episode of The Breadwinners, host Rachael Lowell talks to Susan about how siblings shape our achievements and choices, inherited financial anxiety, knowing when to leave a job, and the value in not chasing every dollar. If you've ever tried to find the track and then realized you needed to make your own - this is for you. SHOW NOTESSusan Dominus: Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success Social: Croutons: “Women Have Been Misled About Menopause” by Susan Dominus, Feb. 1, 2023 2018 Pulitzer Prize Citation - Public Service Bio:Susan Dominus is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and the author of The Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success. In 2018, she was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for public service for its reporting on workplace sexual harassment. She won a Front Page Award from the Newswomen’s Club of New York and a Mychal Judge Heart of New York Award from the New York Press Club. She has studied as a fellow at the National Institutes of Health and Yale Law School. Her article about menopause in The New York Times Magazine won a National Magazine Award in 2024. She teaches journalism at Yale University. *** "The Breadwinners" Season 7 is a joint production between Reworking Leadership and The Smart Friends Network, generously supported by Ruth Ann Harnisch. "The Breadwinners" was founded by Rachael Lowell and Jennifer Owens in 2019.Host: Rachael LowellExecutive Producers: Rachael Lowell, Rachel SklarAudio Engineer: Ron PassaroOriginal Music: "Perfect" by Hannah BakkeRick Snell: GuitarCesar Moreno: BanjoNyssa Grant: FiddleErik Alvar: BassJustin D. Cook: Keyboard, Percussion, and OrchestrationVocals: Hannah Bakke, Cassidy StonerHannah Bakke: Music and Lyrics To stay up to date with The Breadwinners, please

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Finding Your Track with Susan Dominus is an episode from The Breadwinners by Rachael Lowell.

This episode is 34:03 long.

This episode was published on Feb 18, 2026.

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