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Roberta Dombrowski – Redefining Leadership and Thriving at Work


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Roberta Dombrowski invites us to rethink success, tune into our intuition, and lead with intention —sharing how mindfulness, healing, and self-compassion can transform the way we work and live.

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Episode chapters

00:00 – Welcome and Introduction

04:25 – Being a Transracial Adoptee and Finding Voice
14:11 – The Restless Career Journey and Job-Hopping
22:54 – Lessons from Anxiety, Burnout, and Slowing Down
32:25 – Mindfulness, Somatic Work, and Coaching Practice
42:46 – The Challenges Facing UX Researchers Today
50:42 – Systemic vs Individual Burnout
58:10 – How to Navigate Red Flags in Hiring
1:06:01 – The Role of Intuition and Inner Wisdom
1:15:51 – Rediscovering Fun and Joy at Work

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Who is Roberta Dombrowski?

Roberta Dombrowski is a certified leadership coach and experience strategist, dedicated to transforming the way people live, learn, and work.

She is the founder of Learn Mindfully, a coaching and training company she launched in 2022. Since then, Roberta has supported hundreds of leaders from companies such as Adobe, Instacart, ServiceNow, Zapier, and Zoom.

Previously, Roberta was a Research Partner at Maze, where she helped clients maximize the platform’s potential. Before that, she was VP of User Research at User Interviews, where she built and scaled the research function while tackling the meta-challenge of researching researchers.

Roberta is also the author of Consciously Crafting Your Career Path, a self-reflection and career planning workbook designed to help people shape fulfilling and intentional careers. Her insights have been featured on podcasts like Lead the People and BLOC, and at events such as Rosenfeld Media’s Advancing Research conference.

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Find Roberta here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertadombrowski/

Company website: https://learnmindfully.co/
Personal website: https://robertalearns.com/ 

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