When faced with change and uncertainty, whether from a job transition, or a move to a different country, how can we honor can our emotions as well as move forward with intention?

Today's guest, Ami Valdmoro, a leadership coach with over 15 years of experience leading and managing impact investments around the world. Amy talks about:

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About Ami Valdemoro

Ami Valdemoro is a leadership coach, health advocate, and entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience leading and managing impact investments around the world. She ran the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded Africa Tobacco Control Consortium, the philanthropy’s first non-communicable disease investment. As Executive Director, she set up the social impact portfolio of the first U.S.-registered Benefit corporation in the Philippines, Generation HOPE. She sits on the Board Liter of Light, a community based solar lighting initiative that empowers over one million beneficiaries a year around the world.

Through her company Three Points Ventures, Ami has trained thousands of professionals across Asia on the vision, strategy, transformational work, energy management, and skill development.

In her coaching practice, Ami helps purpose-driven leaders who want to reach their goals with balance and ease. By listening, asking questions, and sharing key insights, she helps her clients come up with creative, customized strategies to transform their lives so that they can stay productive, relevant, and thrive. Ami is trained in the Coaching Mastery method from the Institute for Coaching Mastery.

Ami is a core member of the teaching faculty at the Center for Asia Leadership, with whom she has published works on teaching and practicing leadership in the region.  She received her master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School, and graduated with honors from Georgetown University.

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Are you at a crossroads in your career? Is your inner compass speaking to you? Learn how to start listening on this amazing episode with special guest, career coach (and good friend) Sarah Beller.

Sarah talks to us about navigating our career changes using our inner wisdom, also known as inner compass or inner voice. Listen to hear more about:

Sarah Beller is a coach, facilitator, entrepreneur, and musician who inspires and empowers people to bring about a more just and thriving world. After a decade building movements to address pressing global issues like the refugee crisis and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Sarah launched Realize Change to help women and others navigate wholeheartedly to fulfillment and positive change in the world. A trained facilitator and certified coach, Sarah is the co-founder of SongRise, an acclaimed social justice a cappella group, and a recipient of Avodah’s Partners in Justice award. A graduate of Harvard University and American University, she lives in Washington DC with her partner and two kids.

Website: https://www.realizechange.org/

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Chances are you've had one or more "awakening moment" and didn't realize that's what it was. Today's guest, international social entrepreneur Iliana Rabbat, walks us through finding our why through awakening moments, which Ila defines as "moments when you were really connected, feeling a sense of wholeness - can help you identify your calling".

Ila also shares 6 practical questions consider about the specific type of job want before switching careers from her book ‘The New Reason to Work' here*.

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More About Ilaina

For the past 20 years, Ilaina Rabbat has helped individuals and organizations world-wide to increase their social impact. In 2011 Ilaina co-founded the Amani Institute. Today, the Institute has helped nearly 10,000 people from  countries accelerate their careers in social impact. Under her leadership, the Institute has also helped increase staff capacity, motivation, and social impact in over 250 organizations world-wide, from large global UN departments to small local businesses.

She's currently Head of Talent Development at Proximity Designs, an award-winning social enterprise with the mission to increase incomes across rural Myanmar.

Ilaina served or is serving in Board of Directors and Advisory Boards across the world including: Open Society Foundation (Global), Amani Institute (Global), Cola-Cola Institute (Brazil), The Bio-Leadership Project (UK), Recipes for Wellbeing (Global), the School of Future (India), Universidad Camilo José Cela (Spain).

She's a Certified Executive Coach through the International Coaching Federation, and holds two Master’s degrees in International Studies and Peace and Conflict Resolution from Torcuato Di Tella University (Argentina), and Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania (United States).

Ilaina co-authored ‘The New Reason to Work' with Roshan Paul. She's written several publications, and most recently wrote a book chapter on how social entrepreneurs can go from surviving to thriving in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

When she is not working, she loves spending time with her husband Ivan, daughter Maya and her dog Punky.

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Are you struggling or feeling resistance about the thought of returning to the office? If so, you aren't alone.

Today's podcast guest, researcher Camila Umaña Ruiz shares that people hesitate to return to work mainly because of fear of losing the perceived flexibility they gained while working from home. And perhaps because they also have a little bit of social anxiety.

However, research shows that instead of gaining flexibility, most of us have overloaded ourselves with work and are striving more than ever for productivity.

We've lost the spaces that helped disconnect from work and connect to ourselves, as well as the opportunity to create bonds that support us in the workplace.

Whether you're dreading the thought of a long commute, or that you might feel social anxiety from meeting in-person, burnout expert and researcher Camila Umaña shows us how we can reframe our mindset, and even look forward to return to the office or your place of work.

Some of the unexpected benefits of the workplace to get excited about include:

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About today's guest, burnout expert Camila Umaña

Maria Camila Umaña Ruiz is an occupational health psychologist, with a PhD in Psychology. She works as assistant professor in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources in Universidad Javeriana, in Bogotá, Colombia. Her research interests revolve around social relationships in the workplace, job design and burnout.

You can find Camila on Linked www.linkedin.com/in/camilaumana or Twitter @MCamilaUmana

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Evidence shows that we're unable to be authentic at work leads we start drifting towards burnout - we get exhausted because it takes emotional labor to sustain a persona who isn't us, or to pretend we feel emotions that we don’t feel.

In today's episode Enneagram speaker, and trainer Hillarie Kay returns to the podcast to talk about the enneagram and burnout.

Can the Enneagram help us figure out whether we're heading towards burnout?

Hillarie shares how by becoming aware of when we're adopting the negative behaviors from our stress (or disintegration) Enneagram type we can identify if we're headed towards burnout.

Hillarie gives us concrete examples of the signs of burnout for each of the Enneagram types.

Throughout the conversation Jess speaks about the connection between Gallup CliftonStrengths and the Enneagram and asks you to explore the relationship between (1) your Enneagram growth type and your top Gallup strengths, and (2) your Enneagram stress type and your bottom strengths.

We conclude the episode with a reflection on how self-compassion can serve us; we might not always feel at our best when we're operating from our disintegration. It might be useful to remember Pema Chödrön's metaphor on our being and our emotions: "you are the sky, everything else is the weather".

If you enjoyed this episode, you might also enjoy "Episode 4 - the fear that holds you back from your calling with enneagram coach Hillarie Kay".

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No matter if you have no idea what the Enneagram is, or are already familiar with the Enneagram as a self-development tool, this book is perfect for meeting you where you are at in your professional journey. We will cover topics ranging from Enneagram basics and communication styles to avoiding burnout and leadership skills. By the end of the book, you will understand the why behind what you do, and how to leverage all the different facets of your personality to help you overcome common work obstacles and build sustainable strategies to avoid them in the future. You are the key to your success. The next phase of your self-development journey starts here.

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Are you feeling burned out at work? While self care has never been more important, to address burnout we need to also understand how our work is structured. 

The World Health Organization classifies burnout as a disease, and states symptoms include:

According to Paula Dean at the Stress and Resilience Institute, these three things can contribute to burnout:

In this podcast episode, Paula Castillo and Jessica Carter suggest using the three areas above as a framework to help you get to the root of what's contributing to your feelings of burnout at work. Jess and Paula provide various work scenarios and examples. They also present how you can use your strengths when you can't change your workload or ask for more job resources.

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In today's talk, Dr. Vanessa Calderón, MD, MPP gives us practical ways to practice self-compassion as well as how to start loving ourselves right now.

In this episode, we explore the link between self-compassion and leadership. For instance, how changing the way we speak to ourselves can change the way we show up for others.

Other topics and practices that we explore with Vanessa during this episode include:

About Dr. Vanessa Calderón, MD, MPP

Dr. Vanessa Calderón, MD, MPP is a Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician, Resiliency Expert and Certified Professional Coach. She has 20 years of leadership experience and has an active clinical practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the Wellness Champion and Resiliency Director of Vituity, a national multi-specialty physician organization and a member of the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology. She is a certified Compassion Fatigue Educator and Therapist and a recognized Positive Neuroplasticity Trainer.

Dr. Calderón currently serves as the Department Chief and Medical Director of the St. Mary’s Hospital Emergency Department in San Francisco. She is an alumnus of the Vituity Management Fellowship and earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine. She completed her emergency medicine residency at Albert Einstein Montefiore/Jacobi Medical Centers in New York City, where she served as Chief Resident.

Vanessa's podcast is Coaching for Latina Leaders available on Apple iTunes and Spotify.

Her website is: https://www.vanessacalderonmd.com/

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In Episode 2 we talked about how meaningful connections can increase the feeling of work-as-a-calling.

In today's episode we explore one of the most important elements of connecting with each other: empathy.

Today's guest is Kristin Moody - an empathy researcher and educator, and private coach. And... did we mention she's also one of Paula's teachers at the Mindfulness Coaching School?

Kristin shares that as humans we're wired for empathy. She highlights that we can develop our empathy much as we develop our muscles. We can strengthen our capacity for empathy which will serve us as we grow at work, as leaders, and as colleagues.

Kristin also talks about whether the notion of an "empath" exists in the literature, as well as the difference between emotional contagion and empathy. Emotional contagion is when others' emotions influence us directly or indirectly.

Kristin shares five things we can do to develop our empathy:

Resources mentioned

About Kristin Moody:

Kristin Moody is an empathy researcher and educator who uses the science of empathy to build authentic connections across diverse people. She is inspired by the biological instinct humans have to empathize with one another and the potential empathy has to address the most pressing threats to civilization. She first learned about the power of empathy as a high school teacher, where she saw the impact relationship-building made on student and teacher outcomes. Kristin went on to formally study empathy and integrate that understanding into support for individuals and organizations seeking improved culture, equity, and access to authenticity. She now teaches, researches, and explores empathy frameworks to help diverse people connect in ways that promote, celebrate, and leverage authenticity.

Kristin received her BA in English and Secondary Education from CUNY Hunter College, MS in Education and Leadership from Pepperdine University, and EdD in Organizational Leadership and Change from the University of Southern California. Her research on the role of empathy in urban high school student outcomes won Dissertation of the Year for USC in 2018. She completed additional study in the Neuroscience of Learning from the Annenberg Foundation and Positive Psychology from UPenn, and she holds an Associate Coaching Certificate (PCC in process) from the International Coaching Federation. She is a private coach and consultant and teaches Empathetic Leadership at Morehouse College and Empathy Building at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah.

Learn more about Kristin on her website.

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Some of our listeners have let us know that the podcast is shining a light on aspects on how unhappy they are at their current jobs. Some are feeling chronic stress, feeling deeply unmotivated, and even dread.

Do you relate? Is it time to quit your job?

In this episode, Jessica and Paula talk about how, before taking the leap and quitting your job, you can start planning to build a bridge to a new job, career or calling. 

Specifically, we talk about the very first step - coming into a centered space where you move from an agitated place to the pre-frontal cortex - the part of the brain that helps us plan better and access our creative selves.

Embodied practice steps we describe in the episode:

1. Take a mindful pause.

2. Identify and validate your emotions.

3. Release your emotions (optional: with the support of an essential oil).

4. Identify your inner resource.

5. Take some time to loosely sketch your next steps (financial and work-related).

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

Episode 4 - The Fear that Holds You Back From Your Calling with Enneagram Coach Hillarie Kay

Episode 7 - How to Change Careers and Find Your Calling

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