Un-Paradigmed

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In this episode, we talk about REST. Giving ourselves permission to rest (which can be a challenge due to our conditioning, particularly coming from academia), dissociating rest from an expectation for it to feel good or to be fully replenishing in whatever timeframe we've allotted for it, and why allowing ourselves to stop thinking and problem-solving can be a necessary component of rest. We talk about how the space created by rest is so important to create meaning and ultimately enable us to show up as who we want to be in the world. 
 
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Welcome back to the podcast!

In this episode, I enjoyed chatting with Dr. Sierra Simpson, a PhD scientist with a background in investigating the connections between the microbiome and addiction. Sierra shares her story of how she moved away from preclinical bench research into more clinically-oriented roles as the Associate Director of Perioperative Informatics in the Department of Anesthesia at UCSD as well as founder of BrilliantBiome, a company centered around using information about your personal microbiome to inform health decisions. She shares some of her experiences around becoming an entrepreneur and starting a business (during her PhD, even!), and I was intrigued to hear how she is now navigating dual paths between her roles in academia and her company, BrilliantBiome. In addition, Sierra shares great perspective and tips for people wanting to move away from bench research into roles with more clinical applications. We talk about the importance of following our individual unique interests and values as we navigate career decisions and how we are allowed to do what's most fulfilling for us. 

To learn more about BrilliantBiome, visit https://www.brilliantbiome.com/ or find Dr. Simpson on LinkedIn!

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Welcome back to the podcast!

In this episode, I explore how thinking about the impact of our work can help guide our decision-making as well as hold us back when we're feeling nudged towards making changes. We talk about possible ways to consider impact beyond measurable outcomes that contribute to solving the world's big problems. We also talk about how releasing attachment to impact outcomes might be really important when exploring, playing/learning, and following your curiosity towards something new, and how maybe it's okay to let the potential impact become more obvious down the road a little bit. We are all impacting the world around us every day, regardless of the path we choose.
 
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Welcome back to the podcast!

In this episode, we explore the relationship between allowing ourselves to dream (i.e., imagining our wild and outrageous ideal) and becoming even more of ourselves. We go through a few factors relevant to scientists and academics that may constrain our willingness to dream. And talk about one approach to expand our dreaming capacity and get closer to understanding what we really want. In my opinion, this understanding is an essential component in testing the hypothesis that we can achieve greater impact in the world by becoming more of ourselves. 
 
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Welcome back to the podcast!

In this episode, I share a previously recorded episode that I almost deleted because I felt it wasn't perfect, until I remembered that sharing even the incomplete, imperfect ideas is part of how we co-create, relate, and learn from each other. We talk about how starting something new often involves moving through some icky, sticky steps and a reminder that it's totally normal to face this ick as part of the process of change toward something even better.
 
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Welcome back to the podcast!

In this episode, I talk about some thoughts-in-progress that have been on my mind recently around the connection between moving out of our comfort zones and the question of "how do I want this to feel" while moving toward the next big goal. We talk about how the steps along the way don't have to be extra hard or a huge challenge to overcome in order to "count" as progress and growth. I share my current perspective (which admittedly, might change in the future!), in which I'm finding it empowering to embrace a series of small steps and gentle expansion of my comfort zone boundaries as the mechanism toward big goals and change.  And how this all connects to the concept of becoming even more of yourself.
 
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Welcome back to the podcast!

In this episode, I'm delighted to chat with Dr. Emily Dangremond, a PhD ecologist with an interest in plants, climate change, and conservation. After earning her PhD from UC Berkeley, doing a postdoc at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and becoming an assistant professor at Roosevelt University, she recently left that role to work at a community-centered wildlife conservation company. Dr. Dangremond is also the host of "Kids Questions Answered", where she answers science questions posed by her son, and she has developed a scientific writing guide to help people overcome obstacles they encounter in scientific writing. 

In this fun conversation, we talk about:

• The origins of her interest in ecology and conservation and how momentum shaped aspects of her career path.  
• The role that recognizing her desired impact for her work played in making recent career decisions.  
• The totally relatable worry of disappointing people around her by deciding to leave academia, and allowing space to focus on the question of "what's really important to me?"  
• Thinking about career moves (and life) as a constant process of experimenting and calibrating. And recognizing that we don't have to have it all figured out right now.  
• Reminders that we don't have to do it all ourselves, and that what we are doing is enough.  

And lots of other excellent nuggets in this great conversation!

To learn more about Emily, visit https://emilydangremond.weebly.com/ or find her on Instagram @drdangerscience.

To find her scientific writing guide, visit Dr. Danger's Guide to Scientific Writing.

Or check out her podcast Kid's Questions Answered!

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Welcome back to the podcast!

In this episode, I share a new project that I've been working on and what has been holding me back from letting people know about it. We talk about how this situation relates to testing the hypothesis that we can achieve impact in the world by showing up imperfectly, experimenting, and co-creating. It doesn't have to be a perfectly polished, perfectly packaged thing to make a difference and/or to learn something, and we don't always have to have everything figured out before we start. 

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Welcome back to the podcast!

In this episode, we talk about what it means to get quiet and how giving ourselves permission to expect nothing of ourselves frees up the space to allow insight and new ideas in. I share my mini-story of how I approached getting myself out of a little recent slump and how this approach can be useful in the context of bigger life or career decision-making.

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Welcome back to the podcast! 

In this episode, we talk about:   

• Why it can feel like failure when the original goal (or the path to achieving our goals) no longer feels right.  
• How any goal actually has an infinite number of successful outcomes.  
• Looking at how our stories have evolved vs. achieving a particular outcome.  
• Changing goals as a reflection of sophistication in our thinking and our experiences.  

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