#128 PERSONALITY, ENNEAGRAM, AND GOING ON HIATUS

Martin McGovern 5/3/23 Martin McGovern 5/3/23

#126 - CAREER OCD and the Beauty of Imperfection, with Lara Effland

Career Therapy Podcast e.126 - CAREER OCD and the Beauty of Imperfection, with Lara Effland

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.126), we sit down with Lara Effland, a Mental Health Leader dedicated to creating safe and impactful spaces for clinicians and clients. She is the Director of Adult Programs at Equip, the founder of the Clinician Development Collective and the host of the Clinician to Clinician Podcast.

Together we discuss how to get comfortable being perfectly imperfect in our careers, how to calm down and find moments of flow at work, and how to leverage your strengths to increase your levels of confidence, resilience and tolerance.

Thanks for tuning in. Here is our conversation with Lara Effland…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

0:00 introducing Lara Effland

5:36 Where does perfectionism show up?

10:25 Stop drop and roll

17:11 Why do we resist change?

25:41 Imposter syndrome piece and strengths piece2

8:44 Values vs. strengths (what even ARE they?)

32:54 Do our values change over time?

36:04 What about strengths?

38:59 Temperament

44:29 “Room for tolerance”

50:48 How to build patience

Resources, links, and/or books mentioned in this episode:

As always, thanks for listening!

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Martin McGovern 4/26/23 Martin McGovern 4/26/23

#125 - WORKPLACE TRAUMA: HOW IT AFFECTS MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, with Natasha D’Arcangelo

Career Therapy Podcast e.125 - WORKPLACE TRAUMA: HOW IT AFFECTS MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, with Natasha D’Arcangelo

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.125), we welcome Natasha D’Arcangelo to the podcast. Natasha is a seasoned professional and speaker in the field of Mental Health Counseling. She is also a Compassion Fatigue expert and serves as a Qualified Supervisor providing outpatient counseling for Headspace Health.

Together we discuss compassion fatigue in the caregiving professions, such as nursing, therapy, education, and more. Throughout the discussion, we dig into the impacts of trauma, the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and ways in which you can train your nervous system to be more tolerant of perceived threats in life and the workplace.

Thanks for tuning in. Here is our conversation with Natasha D’Arcangelo.

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

0:00 introducing Natasha D'Arcangelo

10:30 Using your nervous system to your advantage

17:32 Explaining ACES

37:35 Always having tension

38:31 Why are we interpreting things as life-threatening?

46:18 How can we practice these techniques without burning out?

53:50 If this happens, what do you do? (responses)

55:38 Prevent what’s happened in the past from happening again

58:45 If you’re ready to start…

Books mentioned in this episode:

As always, thanks for listening!

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Martin McGovern 4/19/23 Martin McGovern 4/19/23

#124 - LIFE AFTER LAYOFF — BOUNCING BACK FROM ROCK BOTTOM, with Zach White

Career Therapy Podcast e.124 - LIFE AFTER LAYOFF — BOUNCING BACK FROM ROCK BOTTOM, with Zach White

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.124), we sit down with Zach White, the founder of Oasis of Courage, host of The Happy Engineer Podcast, and a lifestyle engineer helping leaders reach the next level without burning out.

Together we discuss radical acceptance, learning how to truly know yourself, and how to bounce back when you’ve hit rock bottom in your relationships, work, and life.

Thanks for tuning in. Here is our conversation with Zach White…

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During this Episode, We Discuss:

0:00 introducing Zach White

1:31 How did Zach get into this kind of work?

4:09 Experiencing denial

7:43 Hitting rock bottom

9:28 Overcoming ego

12:48 How to build trust

15:53 Live laugh love

24:30 Disconnect between different phases of career

28:08 Dig down to the core values

31:08 Freedom = the ability to flow

32:46 How to be more accepting of yourself

37:58 Rock bottom, part 2: layoffs

38:43 Accepting who you are

42:14 Radical self love

45:43 Lack of desperation fuels things

53:32 final moments for someone who’s down bad in their career

Resources, links, and/or books mentioned in this episode:

As always, thanks for listening!

👉 Learn about our Unstuck Career Coaching Program 🤝

Martin McGovern 4/12/23 Martin McGovern 4/12/23

#123 - WORK-AHOLISM: SLOW BURN TO A GREATER PROBLEM, with Brittani Procknow

Career Therapy Podcast e.123 - WORK-AHOLISM: SLOW BURN TO A GREATER PROBLEM, with Brittani Procknow

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.123), we sit down with Brittani Procknow, a relational therapist who strives to help individuals and couples live life passionately.

Relationships are the cornerstone of living quality lives, and she strives to help others build a sense of self and sense of belonging. Her work encourages others to move beyond complacency both personally and professionally through enhancing self and relational awareness.

Together, we discuss workaholism, how it develops, what it looks like, and what you can do to break the cycle and begin living a more connected, fulfilling, and engaging life.

If you like the Career Therapy Podcast, please leave us a review of Spotify and iTunes, share this episode with a friend, or leave a comment on YouTube so we can help more people navigate their way to a better career.

That’s all for the intro. Now let’s dive into this week’s conversation with Brittani…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

0:00 introducing Brittani Procknow

3:11 Family therapy and addiction background

5:13 What’s her definition of addiction?

10:09 Lost your job?

11:04 The concept of identity

21:51 Tolerance and connection

24:45 Epiphany moments

41:52 You know yourself the BEST

47:56 going cold turkey

51:30 Take the spotlight off yourself

Resources, links, and/or books mentioned in this episode:

As always, thanks for listening!

👉 Learn about our Unstuck Career Coaching Program 🤝

Martin McGovern 4/5/23 Martin McGovern 4/5/23

#122 - AI and ISOLATION: THE NEED FOR HUMAN CONNECTION, with Shelly Smith, MFT

Career Therapy Podcast e.122 - AI and ISOLATION: THE NEED FOR HUMAN CONNECTION, with Shelly Smith, MFT

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.122), we sit down with Shelly Smith, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Co-founder of Good Human Work. Shelly’s mission is to combine human connection with therapy strategies to improve peoples’ personal and professional lives.

Together, we discuss the long-term impact of remote work on our mental health and what you can do to build and maintain relationships without going into the office. We contemplate the future of Artificial Intelligence and how it will impact human connection when it comes to the job search, therapy, and our social environment.

And finally, we dig into how societal values have shifted from the community to the individual and how living in an isolation bubble can lead to disastrous outcomes, and what you can do about it.

That’s all for the intro. Now let’s dive into this week’s conversation with Shelly…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

4:15 Loneliness and mental health

6:01 Remote vs. hybrid work

11:32 The basics of human dynamics

20:00 Navigating change

29:12 Layers of robots

41:57 How can isolation creep up on you?

48:48 The importance of communities

56:19 Wrap-up points

Resources, links, and/or books mentioned in this episode:

As always, thanks for listening!

👉 Learn about our Unstuck Career Coaching Program 🤝

Martin McGovern 3/29/23 Martin McGovern 3/29/23

#121 - FROM STRESS TO SERENITY: FIND FLOW AT WORK, with Lydia Lincklaen

Career Therapy Podcast e.121 - FROM STRESS TO SERENITY: FIND FLOW AT WORK, with Lydia Lincklaen

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.121), we welcome serenity coach Lydia Lincklaen to the conversation.

Lydia Lincklaen is a certified coach who focuses on Stress Prevention, Mental Health, Mindfulness, and Burnout. Merging a background working with Investigation Criminal Courts with her extensive experience in coaching, she has developed systems for people to listen to themselves, find peace of mind, and foster serenity in their lives.

In this episode, we talk about our difficult personal experiences with medicating stress and anxiety, we talk about how to look at the big picture in order to escape the trap of stress-jumping, and we provide tips for how to stop fighting who you are in order to move into a state of flow in your work and life.

That’s all for the intro. Now let’s dive into this week’s conversation with Lydia…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

0:00 introducing Lydia Lincklaen

1:38 Lydia’s background in coaching

5:21 EVERYONE is going through challenges

11:31 Medication

13:55 An “Elvis” situation

22:56 Burnout

31:15 Celebrating small victories / humanity

38:18 Endless stress

42:23 Serenity

53:58 Flow state vs. fighting

59:18 Takeaways from the conversation

Resources, links, and/or books mentioned in this episode:

Lydia's Website

As always, thanks for listening!

👉 Learn about our Unstuck Career Coaching Program 🤝

Dr. Orlando Wright Linktree (all links)

Martin McGovern 3/22/23 Martin McGovern 3/22/23

#120 - THE ART OF SUSTAINABLE SELF-CARE, with Dr. Orlando Wright

Career Therapy Podcast e.120 - THE ART OF SUSTAINABLE SELF-CARE, with Dr. Orlando Wright

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.120), we welcome Dr. Orlando Wright to the conversation.

Dr. Orlando Wright is a behavioral scientist who enjoys innovation within the behavioral health space. He is the principal of Halcyon Clinical: an institute for clinical research, treatment, and training, and works as the Director of Partnerships and Innovation at the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

In this episode we talk about the art of sustainable self-care (emphasis on sustainable), why you should throw your vision board in the garbage and what to do instead, and how acceptance, creativity and self-talk can lead to radical life changes that you can’t even predict will happen.

That’s all for the intro. Now let’s dive into this week’s conversation with Dr. Orlando Wright…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

0:00 introducing Dr. Orlando Wright

3:18 Misconceptions of self-care

5:52 The way the media tells you to do self-care

9:20 Unsustainable self-care practices (that lead to burnout)

13:00 What are types of motivation?

17:10 Embracing grit

23:30 “Goals as sedatives”

30:30 Setting ideas in your WORST days

43:54 Building strategies around self-care

48:25 Listen to your own voice

56:50 Dr. Orlando Wright’s poem

Resources, links, and/or books mentioned in this episode:

As always, thanks for listening!

👉 Learn about our Unstuck Career Coaching Program 🤝

Martin McGovern 3/15/23 Martin McGovern 3/15/23

#119 - FIND JOY IN YOUR WORK, Dr. Jax Black & Tomer Yogev

Career Therapy Podcast e.119 - FIND JOY IN YOUR WORK, Dr. Jax Black & Tomer Yogev

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.119), we welcome Dr. Jax Black and Tomer Yogev to the conversation.

Dr. Jax Black and Tomer Yogev are the co-creators of The Big Joy Theory, the leading coaching model and center for joy-centered leadership development. By leveraging joy as a productive source of empowerment, leaders can experience a lifetime of productive impact on their families, organizations, and communities.

Together, we discuss how to find joy in your personal and professional life, how to escape the corporate “deficit” focused approach to “fixing” ourselves in order to lead with self-efficacy, and why fake it till you make it might lead to you hating yourself and your life in the long run, and what to do to change that.

That’s all for the intro. Now let’s dive into this week’s conversation with Dr. Jax Black and Tomer Yogev…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

0:00 introducing Dr. Jax Black & Tomer Yogev

8:39 “going into the muck”

11:50 How to “catch a breath”

13:52 The difference between joy and happiness

16:28 The corporate mindset

23:41 Should you actually be authentic?

29:11 Future joy vs. present joy

48:07 Judging our survival instincts

52:38 How does joy change how people show up in their lives?

Resources, links, and/or books mentioned in this episode:

Big Joy Theory

As always, thanks for listening!

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Martin McGovern 3/8/23 Martin McGovern 3/8/23

#118 - BRINGING A SALES MINDSET TO THE JOB SEARCH, with Bob Goodwin

Career Therapy Podcast e.118 - BRINGING A SALES MINDSET TO THE JOB SEARCH, with Bob Goodwin

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.118), we welcome Bob Goodwin to the conversation.

Bob Goodwin is the president and founder of Career Club and host of the Career Club podcast, where he helps people find roles that match their strengths within companies that enable them to thrive.

Our discussion centers around how to utilize marketing and sales skills in your job search, what you need to do to remove ego and overcome fears of rejection, and why being the most helpful candidate is better than being the most impressive candidate when making your next career transition.

That’s all for the intro. Now let’s dive into this week’s conversation with Bob Goodwin…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

0:00 introducing Bob Goodwin

4:11 Why “the language of business is numbers”

10:42 Feelings of shame and self-worth

16:22 Are you really impacting the world?

27:10 Overcoming imposter syndrome

38:25 They’re hiring you because they’re missing something

40:25 Should you tailor your resumes for different jobs?

46:15 Tying the stories back to the COMPANY

55:40 Being on LinkedIn (the RIGHT way)

Resources, links, and/or books mentioned in this episode:

As always, thanks for listening!

👉 Learn about our Unstuck Career Coaching Program 🤝

Martin McGovern 3/1/23 Martin McGovern 3/1/23

#117 - EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE, with Nicole Legg

Career Therapy Podcast e.117 - EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE, with Nicole Legg

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.117), we welcome Nicole Legg, a PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology, to the podcast.

Nicole spends her time conducting psychological research, providing therapy and assessments to her clients, and delivering talks on mental health and wellbeing. She is also the co-founder of WellIntel Talks, a wellness education speaker platform, and aims to promote wellness intelligence in the community.

In this episode we talk about how to navigate workplace conflicts in healthy and effective ways, what you can do to build self-trust in yourself and your abilities, and how Dialectic Behavior Therapy DBT’s DEARMAN framework can lead to better communications and outcomes at work.

That’s all for the intro. Now let’s dive into this week’s conversation with Nicole Legg…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

0:00 introducing Nicole Legg

3:56 Why is communicating our needs so HARD?

7:55 Realistic expectations of resolving conflict

12:04 How do you adjust your expectations?

21:56 How to negotiate well / need for external validation

23:12 How to build self-validation / internal locus of control

26:46 “how do I get rid of this?”

35:53 Can we PRACTICE conflict resolution or negotiation?

40:15 Going from 0-100

43:31 What’s DBT?

48:15 Balance of opposites

53:15 DEARMAN, providing you with a framework for speaking up

Resources, links, and/or books mentioned in this episode:

As always, thanks for listening!

👉 Learn about our Unstuck Career Coaching Program 🤝

Martin McGovern 2/22/23 Martin McGovern 2/22/23

#116 - MANAGING EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY: WHAT GETS IN THE WAY AND WHAT HELPS, with Dr. Sharon Lo Adusei

Career Therapy Podcast e.116 - MANAGING EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY: WHAT GETS IN THE WAY AND WHAT HELPS, with Dr. Sharon Lo Adusei

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.116), we welcome Dr. Sharon Lo Adusei to the conversation.

Dr. Sharon Lo Adusei is a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in the developing brain, specifically focused on understanding the role that our context, culture and social environment has on how our attention and self-regulation skills form throughout life.

Over the last decade, she has worked to promote well-being and positive health outcomes in clinical, academic, and tech spaces, including the growing digital mental health industry.

In this episode we talk about childhood temperament and how it shows up in our work later in life, emotional reactivity and regulation and how to improve your sensitivity to negative stimuli, and what you can do to build a self-care plan for yourself when times get tough in your career.

That’s all for the intro. Now let’s dive into this week’s conversation with Dr. Sharon Adusei…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

0:00 introducing Sharon Lo Adusei

2:13 Sharon Lo Adusei’s background, and her journey to the digital mental health space

7:29 Emotional reactivity and regulation

12:58 Positive and negative environments and activities

17:13 What plant are you?

26:58 The balance between keeping busy vs. overworking yourself

32:27 How to adjust your reactions to stressful situations (what works for you?)

35:42 Externalizing anxiety (creating a “worry bully”)

40:39 Make good trauma responses

45:12 What’s the appropriate response to losing a job or being stressed by an interview?

51:19 Remote work vs. work in the office

55:08 Goals for “one-tooth goals”

Resources, links, and/or books mentioned in this episode:

Dr. Sharon Lo Adusei on LinkedIn

Sharon Lo’s Website

Sharon Lo on Instagram

Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions

As always, thanks for listening!

👉 Learn about our Unstuck Career Coaching Program 🤝

Martin McGovern 2/15/23 Martin McGovern 2/15/23

#115 - FACING YOUR CAREER FEARS HEAD-ON, with Dr. Benjamin Ritter

Career Therapy Podcast e.115 - FACING YOUR CAREER FEARS HEAD-ON, with Dr. Benjamin Ritter

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.115), we welcome Dr. Benjamin Ritter to the conversation.

Ben is the founder of Live for Yourself Consulting, a leadership and career coach, Talent Development Executive, values geek, international speaker, online course instructor, and podcast host of The Executive, and The Live for Yourself Revolution. From empowering professionals to get unstuck, to guiding senior leadership on how to stand out from the competition, develop executive presence, and feel confident in being a leader, Ben is an expert in his field and will guide you toward truly living for yourself at work and in life.

In this episode we talk about the culture of fear that is growing in the tech world due to mass layoffs and career uncertainty, how to reframe your personal and professional story, and why acceptance is necessary as we develop in our career year after year.

Now let’s dive into this week’s conversation with Dr. Benjamin Ritter…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

0:00 introducing Dr. Benjamin Ritter

2:16 Living in an environment of fear in the tech world

7:57 The negative effect of media / the LinkedIn news section

10:59 Get out of the headlines

12:30 Take back control of the personal and professional story

15:24 What do you WANT to be?

17:00 Juxtaposing polished exteriors to unfinished interiors

26:25 Applying to a job is NOT trying

34:13 Learning the rules of the game and playing it well

25:05 Multiple faucets of income

47:07 You WILL become dissatisfied

50:15 Practice acceptance

51:45 the story of how Martin and Benjamin were both zombies in movie promotions

55:15 Benjamin’s closing advice

Resources, links, and/or books mentioned in this episode:

As always, thanks for listening!

👉 Learn about our Unstuck Career Coaching Program 🤝

Martin McGovern 2/8/23 Martin McGovern 2/8/23

#114 - THE AUTHENTICITY PARADOX: NAVIGATING IDENTITY AT WORK, with Dr. Jessica Jackson

Career Therapy Podcast e.114 - THE AUTHENTICITY PARADOX: NAVIGATING IDENTITY AT WORK, with Dr. Jessica Jackson

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.114), we welcome Dr. Jessica Jackson to the conversation.

Dr. Jackson is a passionate practitioner, scholar, and advocate in the field of counseling psychology. She divides her time between clinical practice, public speaking, advocacy, writing, and research to deliver culturally centered, evidence-based treatments to adult clients with a wide range of emotional, behavioral and adjustment problems — including anxiety, stress, depression, and relationship problems.

In a nutshell, she’s awesome.

In this episode, we discuss how to to manage our expectations and emotional reactions at work and in the job search, the importance of boundaries and how to implement them properly in the workplace, and how you can practice more self compassion in order to better handle the ambiguity of work, life, and identity in the workplace.

Additionally, if you have any career, job search, or mental health questions you’d like us to answer in future episodes, click on the “sending a voice message” link in the description of this episode on Spotify, or iTunes, record your question, and tune into a future episode to hear our breakdown and response.

That’s all for the intro. Now let’s dive into this week’s conversation with Dr. Jessica Jackson…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

0:00 introducing Dr. Jessica Jackson

5:45 Navigating vs. solving

7:33 Fixing things

11:25 Managing your JOB

15:14 Dealing with the REALITY of the workplace

18:40 Burnout and culture fit

25:55 Setting boundaries

29:01 Build the skills

33:52 CEO ghosting story (name the thing)

40:11 Psychological safety at work and real conversations

45:50 Mindsets that will help us with acceptance

50:29 Pressure from society and social media

52:31 Tips to calm reactivity in the workplace

Resources, links, and/or books mentioned in this episode:

Dr. Jessica Jackson on LinkedIn

As always, thanks for listening!

👉 Learn about our Unstuck Career Coaching Program 🤝

Martin McGovern 2/1/23 Martin McGovern 2/1/23

#113 - HOW TO MASTER YOUR EMOTIONS AT WORK, with Brooke Wachtler, Psy.D

Career Therapy Podcast e.113 - HOW TO MASTER YOUR EMOTIONS AT WORK, with Brooke Wachtler, Psy.D

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.113), we welcome Dr. Brooke Wachtler to the conversation. Brooke is a licensed psychologist and the founder of BEW Consulting & Training and the newsletter Beyond the Buzzword. She offers companies interactive workshops that teach proven strategies for tackling workplace challenges. She is passionate about helping people change their thought processes, actions, and behaviors to help improve well-being at work.

In this episode, we discuss how to deal with your difficult boss or coworker, ways to reframe your mindsets to reduce stress, and how to realistically integrate your work and personal lives in a way that leads to long term career success.

If you like the episode, please leave us a review and share with a friend, so we can help more people navigate their way to a better career. Now let’s get back to our convo with Brooke Wachtler…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

1:51 Background on Brooke Wachtler, PsyD

3:19 integration of work and life

5:25 Getting control over your situation

7:32 Finding some kind of balance (remote work)

12:33 How much does mindset play a role?

18:29 Controlling reactions vs. denial

21:47 Imposter syndrome

26:04 The “Professional veneer”

34:45 Talking to your boss

39:27 Holding both yourself, and others, accountable

41:43 Common pitfalls clients fall in to

44:01 Acceptance

52:45 Good ways to respond to overwhelm

57:03 How to keep your cool

Resources, links, and/or books mentioned in this episode:

As always, thanks for listening!

👉 Learn about our Unstuck Career Coaching Program 🤝

Martin McGovern 1/25/23 Martin McGovern 1/25/23

#112 - SUNDAY SCARIES AND SELF CARE, with Dr. Julia Baron

Career Therapy Podcast e.112 - SUNDAY SCARIES AND SELF CARE, with Dr. Julia Baron

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.112), we welcome Dr. Julia Baron, a licensed psychologist based in San Francisco, with experience in both clinical work and consulting.

Julia specializes in women’s health and wellness, substance use treatment, and pediatric and adolescent neuropsychological assessment. She currently works on the clinical team at Caraway - a digital healthcare company providing integrated mental, physical, and reproductive health for college women, and her private practice includes consulting and coaching for both individuals and teams, psychotherapy, and assessment.

In this episode, we discuss how to cope with Sunday Scares, align your values, skills, and interests, and take a more holistic approach to your life and your career.

If you like the episode, please leave us a review and share with a friend, so we can help more people navigate their way to a better career, and enjoy this episode with Dr. Julia Baron…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

2:06 Background of Dr. Julia Baron

4:42 Intersection of values and interests

8:30 What happens when our values are not being met

10:59 How to avoid sunday scaries

13:55 Why is it so hard to do basic things?

18:30 Feeling of overwhelm

19:35 What is the biggest thing online?

23:59 Do we use social media to numb?

26:40 What is NORMAL?

29:40 Are you the only one feeling this way?

31:35 Emotional reasoning and catastrophizing

36:15 What do you do when you first open the pandora’s box of emotion?

37:15 Mindfulness and journaling

41:02 Responses for each individual

44:37 SMART goals

47:52 How to cultivate self-compassion

50:33 The pain of dismantling your identity

As always, thanks for listening!

👉 Learn about our Unstuck Career Coaching Program 🤝

Martin McGovern 1/18/23 Martin McGovern 1/18/23

#111 - HOW TO REBOUND AFTER LOSING YOUR JOB, with Nicole Roger, MFT

Career Therapy Podcast e.111 - HOW TO REBOUND AFTER LOSING YOUR JOB, with Nicole Roger, MFT

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.111), we welcome Nicole Roger, MFT to the podcast.

Nicole is the Director of Clinical Partnerships at Spring Health, a digital mental healthcare solution that provides employer sponsored therapy, coaching, medication management, and on-demand Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools for employees and their dependents. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in grief and loss, substance use disorders, and career burnout. She has deep experience working with clients in high stress professions.

In this episode, we discuss how to handle grief and loss after a layoff, what to do when your professional identity is disrupted, and what you can do to take back your narrative and curate your own career story.

If you like the episode, please leave us a review and share with a friend, so we can help more people navigate their way to a better career, and enjoy this episode with Nicole Roger…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

1:57 The layoff identity crisis

2:52 Background on Nicole Roger

10:12 Acceptance

11:57 What is grief?

16:48 Moving on from grief (is it possible?)

20:57 Warning signs (red flags)

29:08 What is “flooding?”

35:15 Revisiting our sense of self

38:53 Journaling

44:23 How should we take care of ourselves?

50:29 How can you help other people?

54:45 The next phase of life

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Nicole Roger on LinkedIn

As always, thanks for listening!

👉 Learn about our Unstuck Career Coaching Program 🤝

Martin McGovern 1/11/23 Martin McGovern 1/11/23

#110 - 2023 JOB SEARCH TIPS FROM A REAL RECRUITER, with Jenna Kimball

Career Therapy Podcast e.110 - 2023 JOB SEARCH TIPS FROM A REAL RECRUITER, with Jenna Kimball

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.110), we welcome Jenna Kimball to the conversation.

Jenna is the Director of Talent Acquisition at Dentsu International - she helps nationwide clients and brands identify talent from entry level positions through C-Level roles in the marketing and media space. Jenna is also the author of Interview Like a Pro: How to Stop the Self-Sabotage and Get the Job You Deserve, which is available on Amazon - so go pick that up today!

In this episode, we discuss the recruiter’s perspective on the job search when it comes to finding the right role for you, networking with the right people, showing up with the right presence in the interview, and negotiating the right pay. Jenna shares stories of imperfect candidates who still got the job and drops some wisdom on how to reframe your approach so that companies can’t wait to hire you.

If you like the episode, please leave us a review and share with a friend, so we can help more people navigate their way to a better career, and enjoy this episode with Jenna Kimball…

#CareerTherapy

During this Episode, We Discuss:

1:35 Martin responds to a call-in question from a listener

8:44 Introducing Jenna Kimball

11:23 Why is the job search like therapy?

13:42 Why don’t we do the WORK of the job search?

17:46 How do you find GOOD advice for your resumé?

21:48 A realistic job search perspective

29:08 Skills are good for the job search AND your career

37:01 “Managing your presence”

40:41 What do recruiters actually mean in their questions?

46:47 How can people figure out GOOD recruiters?

55:28 How should you prioritize your job search

59:15 What should people AVOID in the job search?

1:02:21 Waiting to hear back from a recruiter

1:06:33 staying in touch with recruiters

1:12:56 Salary negotiation tips

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

As always, thanks for listening!

👉 Learn about our Unstuck Career Coaching Program 🤝

Martin McGovern 1/4/23 Martin McGovern 1/4/23

#109 - HOW TO PREVENT BURNOUT IN THE NEW YEAR! with Dr. Erica Simon

Career Therapy Podcast e.109 - HOW TO PREVENT BURNOUT IN THE NEW YEAR! with Dr. Erica Simon

On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.109), we welcome Dr. Erica Simon to the podcast.

Dr. Simon is a licensed clinical psychologist, organizational and leadership consultant, and founder of Series Be, a consultancy service that is taking a preventative approach to burnout in the workplace.

In this episode, we discover the differences between an individual and systems approach to burnout, explore why burnout prevention is beneficial to a business’ bottom line, and give you 4 tips on how to avoid burnout while setting resolutions for the new year, as well as so much more.

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During this Episode, We Discuss:

00:00 introducing Dr. Erica Simon

1:34 How did she come across burnout in her work?

3:16 Systems perspective vs. individual perspective on burnout

6:21 What are self-improvement articles missing?

8:04 How do we deal with the GUILT?

10:21 Fight or flight

11:45 To-do lists

13:42 Quiet quitting

20:35 Chronic stress mode

24:25 Healthy goals that WON’T lead to burnout

25:09 Stuck in the freeze response / immobilization (bias towards action)

32:27 The Dr’s opinion on quiet quitting

39:09 “being there without being there”

41:07 The concept of PLAY (bear cubs)

46:13 How to set healthy new year's resolutions (goal setting)

52:29 What are the ways we can LISTEN to ourselves?

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