Jennifer Westbrook practiced corporate law for 12 years before devoting her expertise to helping small businesses succeed. Through her writing, web design, and guidance, she gives a voice to other entrepreneurs. She knows everyone she works with defines “thriving” differently and makes it a point to understand their goals from the beginning.

A few references you may be interested in reading more about:

• Jennifer’s website: https://www.jenwestwriting.com/
• The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate, book by Gary Chapman
• Spirit Controlled Temperament, book by Tim LaHaye

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Just a few of the things I’ve learned from Bob Mina:

• Don’t wait–give that thing a try, because you don’t know what’s coming next
• Be present
• “You are more than your career; you are a person with a career.”
• The rough patches you persevere through will define you

Thank you to Bob Mina for taking the time to share your journey with me and When You Grow Up Podcast. Part 2 rounds out the standard episode questions.

A few references you may be interested in reading more about:

• What is Dragon Boat? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_boat
• Bob’s Instagram handle @hurricanebobm 

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When I first spoke with Bob Mina to prepare for this interview, he said to me about his unexpected career journey, “You don’t necessarily end up where you’re aiming, so just be present where you are”. Bob earned 2 degrees in Psychology, and he’s now a Senior Information Center Analyst at Christiana Care Health System. In Part 1 of this interview, we talk about his professional journey, including how he reacted to getting laid off at 41. We also address imposter syndrome, and how it may actually help us.

Part 2 will include Bob’s responses to the standard WYGU Podcast interview questions. Check it out on January 15th, 2022.

A few references you may be interested in reading more about:

• Philadelphia Flying Phoenix dragonboat team, Against the Wind: https://www.philadelphiaflyingphoenix.org/about-us/first-slideshow/
• Lunarbaboon comics: http://www.lunarbaboon.com/comics/?currentPage=2

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How important is our ability to speak well? How can past failures be an asset in a job interview?  What’s the secret to answering interview questions and landing your dream job? Aletta Rochat is the co-Founder of Interview Survival Guide, an interview coaching duo offering online courses, from the fast-track to Mastery-level training. We talk about Aletta’s journey to becoming a master speaker, and how she came to be an interview and speech coach.

A few references you may be interested in reading more about:

• Interview Survival Guide, https://www.interviewsurvivalguide.com/  
• Aletta Rochat on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/alettarochat/ 
• Speak Connect Succeed - Build your Reputation as you Speak, book by Aletta Rochat
• The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism, book by Olivia Fox Cabane
• https://www.innerlifeskills.com/ 
• The Offer Letter podcast, “E24 - Tell me something about you that is not on your CV”

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Fred Tippet is a retired union electrician, and now drives with Uber to keep himself busy. In this episode I learn about the steps to becoming a tradesperson, the benefits to tradespeople of being part of a union, and what a parachute rigger is.

Fred Tippet and I were strangers until this summer, when my friends and I loaded up into his Uber during a bachelorette celebration in Delaware. Conversation was easy and I was surprised to hear that Fred plays World of Warcraft, a very popular computer game. I gave Fred my podcast card, and he emailed me later to set up this interview. Thank you to Fred’s wife, who encouraged him to participate!

A few references you may be interested in reading more about:

• What’s a parachute rigger? https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/career-match/support-logistics/transportation-inventory/92r-parachute-rigger.html
• Learn more about Philadelphia deer culling, ​​https://www.phillymag.com/news/2021/03/13/philadelphia-deer-culling/

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Do you want to be able to be 100% yourself at work? Are you happy with a boring job? Why is there stigma around changing jobs frequently?

Antonia Landi works at AVIV Group as Senior Product Manager in Product Operations. We met through an event hosted by Product-Led Alliance, an organization I recently became aware of. Antonia spoke at the Product Ops Summit about the topic of building internal tools for your team. I was intrigued by her journey to becoming a Product Manager.

A few references you may be interested in reading more about:

• Antonia’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/landiantonia/
• “CPO,” Chief Product Officer
• John Cutler, Product Evangelist
• Miro, digital whiteboarding tool, https://miro.com/

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How did a certified dietician end up in sales? Is cold calling dead? What can we do to prepare ourselves now for potential challenges to our confidence later? Mike Tarnapoll is an account executive at HubSpot, but his journey there was different than you might imagine. He and I discuss what it takes to switch industries early on in your career, the value of an MBA in his context, and some excellent role models.

A few references you may be interested in reading more about:

• Dharmesh Shah, Chief Technology Officer at HubSpot, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dharmesh/
• Yamini Rangan, Chief Customer Officer at HubSpot, https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaminirangan/
• Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds, book by David Goggins
• Greenlights, book by Matthew McConaughey

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What’s the difference between a coach and a mentor? Who would benefit from coaching, and how do you know it’s “working”? How do we manifest change in our lives? In Episode 28, I speak with Ashlee Braxton about the answer to these questions. I’ve never had a coach myself, and wanted to learn what it’s all about! 

Ashlee is a creative career coach. Ashlee has been a leading executive in the music industry, a corporate professional in Paris and now an entrepreneur in Barcelona. She's never been afraid to always follow the intuition of her dreams. She is dedicated to helping people with creative careers take massive leaps in their lives.

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References:

• https://www.ashleebraxton.com/, Quantum Coaching, with Ashlee Braxton
• http://instagram.com/ashleebraxton 
• The Journaling Techniques that Changed My Life, by Struthless on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dArgOrm98Bk 
• Oprah Winfrey, https://www.oprah.com/ 
• Hot Yoga Barcelona, https://www.hotyogabarcelona.com/ 
• Hot Yoga Philadelphia, https://hotyogaphiladelphia.com/  

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Natalie LePera graduated from Temple University in the winter of 2019, just a few months before COVID-19 led to the loss of m`any job opportunities. She has since worked in a few different companies, finding the right opportunity for her. Natalie is gaining experience in pharmacy research, working her way to some day earning a graduate degree in neuroscience/neuropharmacology or neuropsychopharmacology, a very neat field! In this episode, Natalie and I catch up about what it was like to find a job in the throes of a pandemic, how to advocate for a raise, and what we get wrong about Gen Z.

A few references you may be interested in reading more about:

• Neurodegenerative diseases, https://medlineplus.gov/degenerativenervediseases.html 
• Multiple myeloma, https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/multiple-myeloma/symptoms-causes/syc-20353378#:~:text=Multiple%20myeloma%20is%20a%20cancer,crowd%20out%20healthy%20blood%20cells. 
• Neuropharmacology: in depth in neuroscience, focus on how anything crossing blood-brain barrier impacts brain cells
• Neuropsychopharmacology, https://www.nature.com/npp/ 
• Atypical plasticity inducers: “research chemicals”
• Johns Hopkins psychedelics research, https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/ 
• R statistical software, https://www.r-project.org/ 
• PubMed, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ 

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What can you do to create safety while traveling? How might you plan a big trip with a new friend? In the continuation of the previous episode, Leena Desai tells me about her recent trip to Iceland, where she hiked the trail to see the ongoing flow from the Fagradalsfjall volcano; and shares her next travel destinations.

For the 25th and 26th episodes of When You Grow Up, I interviewed a dear friend of mine who inspires me to be a strong, independent and kind person. Leena Desai and I met several years ago when she was traveling for work. She is a Clinical Research Associate at Clinipace. She oversees clinical research for new drugs and treatments in hematology oncology. 

I have changed so much since we first met, and have come to appreciate more and more the example she is for young people like myself. Not only is this episode special because it includes Leena, but we recorded an extended interview, which will be split into 2 segments. This is part 2. 

A few references you may be interested in reading more about:

• Foraging, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraging 
• Drew Binsky, travel vlogger, https://www.drewbinsky.com/
• The Kingdom Fungi, book by Steven Stephenson
• Fagradalsfjall, volcano in Iceland, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagradalsfjall 

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