Over 800,000 people have been laid off in the U.S. as of August 2025. This week, I’m sharing three mindset shifts to clear self-limiting beliefs, recognize new possibilities, and turn your layoff into jet fuel.

You'll leave this episode with clarity to think well, adapt, and move toward your next professional chapter with renewed focus and confidence. 

Resources:

Economic Times: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/us-layoffs-july-2025-is-it-ai-or-trumps-policies-us-sees-brutal-140-layoff-spike-in-july-worst-surge-since-early-covid-chaos/articleshow/123261981.cms?from=mdr

She Grabs The Mic Episode 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/five-choices-and-one-audacious-invitation-that-can/id1709538824?i=1000629553243

Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2025/02/08/job-burnout-at-66-in-2025-new-study-shows/

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

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Your life is a direct mirror of your thinking. This week, I'm giving you insight into how you think and what causes you to think the way you do. You'll learn three common thinking traps, their root causes, and three mindful steps you can take to think well, and live better, everyday.

Suggested reading: Peace Is Every Step by Thich Naht Hahn 

Buy on Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14572.Peace_Is_Every_Step

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

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Change can be a full on ass kicker. In this season opener, we’re talking about managing unexpected change, its emotional tsunami, and your mindset which drives your change experience and whether you flail or thrive on the other side.

Learn four every day practices that will help you reframe your mindset, regain your balance, and turn change into a catalyst for growth and positive momentum- no matter what life dishes up next.

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

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This week, we're talking about staying balanced, grounded, and thriving during this super challenging shit show chapter in human history. You'll walk away from this episode with daily practices and go-to resources to fuel your mindset, heart, and soul, and one unusual invitation that just might help us lock arms, connect, and feel a hell of a lot more supported as we look ahead.

Go-to favorite resources mentioned in this episode: 

Ambient show music by Requisit: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

Ambient music by Brian Eno: 

Ambient 1: Music for Airports on Apple https://music.apple.com/us/album/ambient-1-music-for-airports/724435863

Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror on Apple https://music.apple.com/us/album/ambient-2-the-plateaux-of-mirror/724653175

The Telepathy Tapes podcast on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-telepathy-tapes/id1766382649

on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1zigaPaUWO4G9SiFV0Kf1c

Hidden Potential by Adam Grant: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/157095669-hidden-potential

Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14572.Peace_Is_Every_Step

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

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This week, we're talking about supercharging positive action in your personal and professional life by developing your growth mindset and forgetting every self-limiting belief you've had, up until now, about failure. 

And, as we wrap up International Women's Month, we're pausing to celebrate the strong kick-ass women of the past, the present, and the future. May we move forward with intention and change the world together!

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

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This week, Elayne Fluker joins us for a super empowering convo just ahead of International Women's Day. We dive into overcoming the fear narrative and accelerating action in our lives by dropping resistance mindset and asking for support. If you're looking for guidance during these radical times and in everyday life, grab your headphones babe, we've got you.  

Meet Our Guest

Elayne Fluker is the creator and host of the Support Is Sexy podcast, author of the book Get Over I Got It, a celebrated speaker, and executive coach who teaches women how to make empowered asks to stress less and thrive more in life and at work. 

Visit Elayne's website to learn more about her book, her podcast, and her work: https://elaynefluker.com/

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

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Emotional reactivity is part of being human. Even so, it can lead to a series of regrettable, wtf, "oh shit"thoughts that hijack your clarity, objectivity and your life.

This week, we're taking a look at what's under the hood of emotional reactivity to help you respond more mindfully. You'll leave this episode with two powerful practices that will help you develop your emotional regulation muscle and meet every moment with more clarity, ease, and control-from the bedroom to the boardroom.

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

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This week, we're talking about the self defeating nature of the word 'try' as we explore how our thoughts shape our words and our words shape our mindset, actions, and outcomes. By the end of this episode, you'll understand how 'try' squashes your confidence and potential. You'll walk away with three steps that will help you curb your trying habit and reclaim your power to kick ass in your personal and professional life. 

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

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Manifestation is surfacing as the buzziest word of 2025. Why now? What's behind the buzz?

This week, Barbara Bizou, global ritual and spiritual alignment expert shares some of the emerging themes affecting our human consciousness as she speaks to the timely intersection of science and spirituality.

Barbara breaks down the do's and don'ts of manifestation and shares the key mindset ingredients that make manifestation powerful. She explains how to tune your mindset and intuition to start actualizing your dreams and goals and she shares three powerful tips to help you kick start your own daily practice to start manifesting whatever you have your sights set on in 2025.

Learn about Barbara and register for her upcoming Vision 2025 Experience: https://www.barbarabiziou.com/events

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

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Welcome to Season 4. This week, we're talking about our never ending pursuit of happiness and why mindfully chasing joy is the key to living the good life that's been hiding in plain sight, up until now.

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

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