Workplace Hugs

We’ve talked a lot about making pivots throughout your career but we’ve never talked about not hitting your stride until later in life. Nora Ephron is a great example of finding her calling later in life as she didn’t get her first big film until she was 48! This week we talk about how after a certain point your passions become too strong to suppress and maybe, just maybe you have to give in to them!

This week Shannon & Rami talk about the "Sunk Cost Perspective" how to recognize it and tips for how to deal with it and avoid letting it happen to you.

Whether you have a creative job or not we made this episode for you! If you're in a creative rut we want to help get you out with tips, books, and tricks to spark that creative joy in you again!

This week Rami & Shannon talk about why you might want to turn away from that relentless pursuit of self-esteem and trade it in for a pursuit of self-compassion instead. Then they offer practical tips on how to start building your self-compassion muscles.

You're in the process of interviewing for a new organization and don't want to make the mistake of signing up for a place you're not a good fit with. But how the heck do you know if it's a good fit with so little to go off of? In this episode we give practical tips to get to the bottom of this common challenge!

"I will be ambitious with my job and not my career" Although this quote seems like the opposite of what most of us strive for, Rami and Shannon unpack it and find ways to use it as a driver in thinking about your career.

Almost everyone has read "The Alchemist" or knows someone who has and won't stop talking about it. In this episode Shannon and Rami talk about what they've taken from the book and how they are incorporating it into their yearly reading lists.

Sometimes we get so into the groove of things that we forget what it is like to be a beginner, in this episode Shannon and Rami explore the benefits of slowing down to make sure you don't leave others behind.

So you keep charging into the rescue at work. And then you get PISSED about it. And maybe then you start taking it out on everyone else. This is a textbook "drama triangle." A psych concept important for all of us to be aware of and stay the f out of at work. In this episode we walk you through what a drama triangle is and how to get the heck out of the pattern.

We’ve all fantasized about imaginary lives or reinventing ourselves...or that job that would make us feel like we won the career/workplace lottery. But we also hold on, or have a pair of golden handcuffs making it feel impossible to make a change. This week Rami & Shannon talk about how to practically DO & EXPERIMENT your way into that career transition you've been considering.