work/life balance

45: Fan Focus: “I Quit! And I Couldn’t Be Happier!”

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify This week’s episode, we have a fan of the show with us, Carlos, a hard-working, financial services professional who recently left his job, having been in the industry 16+ years. He’s listened to every episode, but the recent ones on quiet quitting, grind culture, work/life balance…

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42: Don’t Grind, Unwind.

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify This week’s episode, we discuss why “the grind” is overrated, how channel surfing can be good for your mental health, and what being a man, woman, and successful whole human looks like in today’s world. How do you unwind? Taking just 5 minutes to chill out…

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41: Is Grind Culture Grinding Us Down?

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify The answer may depend on which generation you ask. With older ones having internalized it and younger ones glorifying it, grind or hustle culture has been around for hundreds of years and is embedded in the DNA of American exceptionalism. It is our work culture. For…

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40: Lean Into Life

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify Go with the flow, be like water, embrace change. They all mean the same thing: maintaining flexibility and leaning into change. We’re back this week to discuss what being adaptable means for each person, how to not fear change, and how to access your own flexibility…

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39: Rest, Relaxation, and Relationship Time . . . The New 3 R’s

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify Summer is here and that means vacay, baby! Yes, we’ve all had the wind knocked out of us lately with ever-increasing prices, especially when we fill up. So how do we get our three R’s: rest, relaxation, and relationship time, when everything is so expensive? The…

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38: All Work And No Play Means Time For A Vacay

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify Taking time off shouldn’t be stressful, but it is for many, so much so that millions of vacation days go unused each year.  Where is the line between being a hard worker and working all the time?  It’s vacation time where the living is easy.  Or…

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34: The Cost To Be The Boss

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify COVID-19 has rapidly accelerated many things in our society.  Americans started new small businesses in record numbers during the pandemic, many fueled by being laid off or by just having the time and space to seriously contemplate their work and their personal lives.  Now more than…

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29: Power Shift: Employees in Control

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify With the promise of higher vaccination rates, the U.S. economy continues to reopen.  But as unemployment numbers drop, companies are having a hard time figuring out exactly how to get employees back to the office.  Doing it safely because we are still in a pandemic is…

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28: The Therapist is in: John Tsilimparis, MFT

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify We continue the discussion on how we adjust and readjust as we emerge from our homes and re-enter society. LA-based Psychotherapist, John Tsilimparis, MFT, joins the conversation to help us navigate the post-pandemic path to a new reality with less restrictions, masks, and mandates in a…

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27: Do we hug? Masks down, awkward up

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify In this podcast, we’re diving into how many of us are moving forward in the wake of COVID-19 and redefining the new normal. Do we hug again? How about just an elbow bump? We explore what our worlds are looking like now that we’re emerging from…

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