Barely Untamed

Does your social battery feel low? Ours, too. In this episode, we talk about our current levels, whether we’re more introverted or extroverted, what to do when your social battery is low, and how to recharge it.

Resources:

Medical News Today

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/social-battery#summary 

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We’ve been traveling a lot recently, so we want to talk about some new travel woes, including the reclining of airplane seats, horrible plane seatmates, and the price of food in airports.

Resources:

The ‘Rawdogging’ Flights Trend, Explained

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brittanyanas/2024/08/26/the-rawdogging-flights-trend-explained/

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This week, we’re talking about the conundrum of work/life balance, including whether it’s an employer’s problem or an employee’s problem, if it’s okay to be a “C student,” and if it’s possible to have work/life balance and still move up the ladder.

Resources:

Diary of a CEO Interview with Emma Grede

https://youtu.be/EdlXcVu1CTs?si=ncHrqE35eSo5jwvm&t=1762 

Empowering Women at Work

https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/talent/work-life-balance-for-women.html

Support Is The Work-Life Balance Women Need

https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2022/10/12/support-is-the-work-life-balance-women-need/

Work-life balance is your problem

https://www.fastcompany.com/91329648/skims-founder-emma-grede-makes-controversial-claim-about-work-life-balance-employers-interviews

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One of us is starting a new job, so this week, we’re talking about the modern job search, including getting past the AI screener, grueling interview processes, asking applicants to complete an assignment, and increasingly awful employment scams.

Resources:

Ghost jobs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_job

How To Not Lose Hope When Looking For A Job

https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2024/09/04/how-to-not-lose-hope-when-looking-for-a-job/

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In this episode, we talk about getting back to basics: how to recognize when you need to address a problem, what the stages of change are, and how to start (or restart, or restart again).

Resources:

Getting back on the bandwagon 

https://partably.com/back-on-the-bandwagon/ 

Behavior Change

https://www.verywellmind.com/the-stages-of-change-2794868 

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Are you a rule follower or a rebel? This week, we discuss which rules we follow, which rules we break, how we react to rule breakers, how to teach kids to follow rules (or not), and the difference between a rule and a social norm.

Resources:

Social norm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_norm

Why following rules is dangerous to your career

https://www.fastcompany.com/90717055/why-following-rules-is-dangerous-to-your-career

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You can’t live in this world without other people annoying you, so in this episode, we talk about our individual pet peeves, why some pet peeves are universal and some are individual, and cultural differences of social norms.

Resources:

Pet Peeve

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_peeve 

Misophonia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia 

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It’s wedding season, so let’s talk about it! In this episode, we talk about our own weddings, what we’d do differently now, renewal of wedding vows, how huge weddings have gotten, and some current wedding trends.

Resources:

Weddings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding

4 tips to save as a guest this wedding season

https://theweek.com/personal-finance/wedding-guest-save-money

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In this episode, we talk all about toxic communication, including making it all about yourself, frequent interrupting, rambling, opinion-jacking, and how to be a better communicator.

Resources:

How to be a better listener in 7 steps

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-be-a-better-listener 

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We all want to be more attractive, but the question is why? In this episode, we dive into studies about attractiveness, what the advantages of attractiveness are, and tips for how to buck cultural beauty standards.

Resources:

5 ways to rebel against society’s body standards

https://recoverywarriors.com/reclaim-body-image/

Physical attractiveness

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_attractiveness

Physical attractiveness stereotype

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_attractiveness_stereotype

Body privilege

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_privilege

Lookism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookism

Ugly law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly_law

Halo effect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect

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