The Growing Pains Project

Are you working to live? Or are you living to simply work? We often get lost in “the grind” of things, of our careers, of our responsibilities. We become distracted by money or the prospects of career advancement and success. We equate work success to life success.

Life is about more than work. How are you going to create a life for yourself where you do the things that you value most about life and work to make those values a reality? We used to dream big when we were kids, and then we got distracted by the hustle and the grind. 

“Designing Your Life”, by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, gives us actionable strategies to evaluate our workview and lifeview and create a more fulfilled life. Check out their book in the link below. 

Dream big, and remember why you wanted to do the things you wanted to when you were little. Work to live a happier, more fulfilled life. 

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Reach out to The Growing Pains Project to help build this community with everyone else who is going through the same things as you are.

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @The_GP_Project

Instagram: @TheGrowingPainsProject 

Join us on this journey of this thing called “adulting”. And let’s work on our Growing Pains together. Thank you for listening, and we hope you come along for the ride.

Resources:

Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

Burnout - whether it’s in your career, school, or whatever is - you’re bound to feel it at some point. According to a Forbes article based on a nationwide study, 4.5 million Americans left their jobs in November 2021 alone.

Healthcare workers - like ourselves - during the COVID-19 pandemic have faced immense burnout that has led to 47% of them saying they plan to leave their current jobs within the next 2-3 years.

Repeated stressors, demanding work environments, unsupportive companies, and high expectation for ourselves all lead to burnout. 

You are in control of your mental, physical, and emotional health in your career and in your life. Learn how to prevent, recognize, and treat burnout. You are not alone.

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Reach out to The Growing Pains Project to help build this community with everyone else who is going through the same things as you are.

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @The_GP_Project

Instagram: @TheGrowingPainsProject 

Join us on this journey of this thing called “adulting”. And let’s work on our Growing Pains together. Thank you for listening, and we hope you come along for the ride.

Resources:

Forbes Article on 4.5 Million Americans Who Left Their Jobs In November 2021

Forbes Article on Healthcare Workers Leaving Their Jobs In Next 2-3 Years

Yale Neuroscience Professor, Amy Arnsten, on Burnout

Why are habits important? To get to where we want to be, it starts with doing the smallest things every day, and doing them consistently. Habits turn into behaviors, and behaviors turn into a part of who you are.

We take a deep dive into Atomic Habits, by James Clear, which emphasizes a lifestyle of habits that foster the type of life you want to live. Take the actionable steps to making positive habits, cutting out negative habits, and making your goals more reachable by making your habits easy and doable. 

It all starts with your habits. Each day, we are working to be a little bit better than we were yesterday. Just imagine your future self if you worked on doing one thing better every single day. 

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Reach out to The Growing Pains Project to help build this community with everyone else who is going through the same things as you are.

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @The_GP_Project

Instagram: @TheGrowingPainsProject 

Join us on this journey of this thing called “adulting”. And let’s work on our Growing Pains together. Thank you for listening, and we hope you come along for the ride.

Resources:

Atomic Habits

Meditation App: Balance

“In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” -Benjamin Franklin

We all have to work! That’s a fact of life, which means we all have to find a job at some point. Whether that’s your first job, a career change, a move to a different company or to a different role. With that comes endless applications, rejections, “post-grad depression”, and eventually acceptance.

Navigating the job search can be stressful. We’ve been there, and we will continue to go through it over and over again as we make career moves and pivots. Listen to our journeys and join us in learning how to face the challenges of the job search.

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How was your first job search struggle? What challenges do you face still as you navigate your career path? 

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @The_GP_Project

Instagram: @TheGrowingPainsProject 

Join us on this journey of this thing called “adulting”. And let’s work on our Growing Pains together. Thank you for listening, and we hope you come along for the ride.

The Mountain of Debt... How do we face a mountain that seems so high? How did we get here in the first place? An investment in yourself and your future sometimes means a big financial investment as well. But how do we navigate through this mountain of debt from student loans?

Making the right decisions for your future can be hard. Listen as we talk about the difference between Federal Student Loans and Private Student Loans and what that means for your future. 

Interest rates, refinancing, loan forgiveness programs, and strategies for paying off your loans and taking control of your life. It’s all here in this episode. 

Don’t let student loan debt take control of your life. You can tackle this. You are not alone. If you feel overwhelmed, talk to your loan servicer, find ways to refinance, talk to financial professionals or to friends and colleagues going through the same thing. 

Together, we are taking on our Mountain of Student Loan Debt. Tell us how you are tackling your debt and how you are going to take control of your life!

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Reach out to The Growing Pains Project to help build this community with everyone else who is going through the same things as you are.

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @The_GP_Project

Instagram: @TheGrowingPainsProject 

Join us on this journey of this thing called “adulting”. And let’s work on our Growing Pains together. Thank you for listening, and we hope you come along for the ride.

How do you define health in your life? Is it through weight? The scale? The mirror? How heavy you can lift or how many miles you can run? There’s fad diets and get-fit-quick programs, but ultimately, how are you going to live a long, sustainably healthy life? 

We find ourselves quickly trying to fit into the social norms. When actually, what is most important is our health, our well-being. Do it for you - not for anyone else. We do it so that we can travel the world when we’re still 70. We do it so that we can grow old with our significant others and families. We do it to be better for ourselves. 

Why do you do it? What value do you find in health and fitness? What does being healthy mean to you? Whatever it may be, let’s walk (or run) on this path together towards a better, healthier you.

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Reach out to The Growing Pains Project to help build this community with everyone else who is going through the same things as you are.

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @The_GP_Project

Instagram: @TheGrowingPainsProject 

Join us on this journey of this thing called “adulting”. And let’s work on our Growing Pains together. Thank you for listening, and we hope you come along for the ride.

Change. Growth. Growing Pains. Podcast hosts James Chuatoco and Yochabel Loyola dive into the meaning of growing pains, and the different types that we experience throughout life. Post-grad depression, family changes, the end of a relationship, the start of a new job.

Every change comes with growth. And life is full of constant transitions from one state of being to another - one circumstance to another. Change is what makes life – life. We define the different phases of transitions, referencing William Bridges’ book, Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes, and how our reactions and perceptions to transitions help shape who we are as individuals.

Life is about constant transformation - the journey - not just the destination. How are you going to define who you are? How are you going to take control of your growing pains?

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Reach out to The Growing Pains Project to help build this community with everyone else who is going through the same things as you are.

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @The_GP_Project

Instagram: @TheGrowingPainsProject 

Join us on this journey of this thing called “adulting”. And let’s work on our Growing Pains together. Thank you for listening, and we hope you come along for the ride.

Resources:
Transitions - William Bridges

Growing Pains.. We all experience them. In childhood, it was just a little thing. Now, it’s learning how to deal with this thing called “adulting”. Welcome! Podcast hosts James Chuatoco and Yochabel Loyola talk about their journey through the Growing Pains of adulthood and what this podcast is going to be all about. It's for listeners just like you who are going through the same exact things that we've been through. You are not alone! All of us are just learning in this journey of life through college, post-grad, the 20’s, the 30’s, and adulthood. 

Learn how to get unstuck in life. Learn how to save, stay tuned for future podcast guests who are making it big in their careers, learn how to deal with stress and mental health. 

In this episode, we start off with Goal Setting, Goal Planning and HOW to make intentional actions to achieve your goals that you set for yourself. 
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 What goals do you have? Reach out to The Growing Pains Project to help build this community with everyone else who is going through the same things as you are.

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @The_GP_Project

Instagram: @TheGrowingPainsProject 

Join us on this journey of this thing called “adulting”. And let’s work on our Growing Pains together. Thank you for listening, and we hope you come along for the ride.

Resources:
The Passion Planner
The Bullet Journal
SMART Goals