Bossed Up

In today’s episode, Emilie shares a simple life hack for drawing stronger boundaries and leaving work at work, to help you stay present in the rest of your life.

Related Links:

• Pew Research COVID-19 Pandemic Continues To Reshape Work in America
• Slate: Americans, Ever Hateful of Leisure, Are More Likely to Work Nights and Weekends
• The 4 Tendencies Quiz by Gretchen Rubin
• Ep 140: Work + Life + Side Hustle
• Ep 160: A Human Approach to Work
• Ep 219: 10 Tips to Handle Zoom Fatigue in the Age of Endless Online Meetings
• Ep 329: Female Friendships: Why We Need Them and How to Keep Them
• Ep 334: How to Create a Better Work-Life Balance As a New Parent
• Ep 336: What Becoming a Working Mom Has Taught Me About Work and Life
• Ep 363: How to Avoid Burnout and Create a Sustainable Work-Life Balance
• Grab a copy of Ritual Roadmaps
• Grab a copy of The Good Life
• Join our Linkedin group

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If you ask 5 people for their advice on how women should speak up at work, you're likely to get 5 different answers.

That's because, it seems, everyone has something to say about how women communicate at work. We're either too much or too little, too loud or too quiet, too direct or too passive, depending on who you ask.

In today's episode, I share the more complex reality underlying all human communication, and why at the end of the day, the most important power women have is to choose how we speak up for ourselves.

Related links:

• TIME: I'm Sorry, but Women Really Need to Stop Apologizing
• NYT: No, You Don't Have to Stop Apologizing
• SLATE: New Chrome app helps women stop saying "just" and "sorry" in emails
• Business Insider: This one piece of viral advice for women at work is actually terrible.
• GOOP: How women undermine themselves with words
• NYT: Women Know Exactly What They're Doing When They Use 'Weak' Language
• Bossed Up's Speak Up assertive communication course
• The Courage Community on Facebook
• Bossed Up's Group on LinkedIn

In today’s episode, Emilie shares how to navigate the psychological and emotional impact that arises with layoffs.

Related Links:

• Corresponding blog post
• Ep 39: How to Organize Your Networking
• Ep 68: I Got Fired - Help!
• Ep 141: How to Tap Your Network and Ask For Help
• Ep 175: When Your Job Search Makes You Feel Like a Burden
• Ep 204: Managing Anxiety on the Job Search
• APA’s Stress Study: Stress in America: Money, Inflation, War Pile on to Nation Stuck in COVID-19 Survival Mode
• Grab a copy of Emilie’s Book: Bossed Up
• Grab a copy of Herminia Ibarra’s book: Working Identity
• Join the Courage Community
• Follow us on Linkedin
• Register for How to Get Clear for the New Year workshop

Got a career conundrum you want us to cover on the podcast? Call and leave us a voicemail NOW at 910-668-BOSS(2677).

What would change if you decentered your career from your identity? Decentering your work from your identity might seem a counterintuitive topic for a podcast about career development, but burnout and disillusionment are running rampant these days, so it’s not too surprising this concept is getting a lot of airtime.

Our work should be important and provide us with purpose, but it shouldn’t become the only important and purposeful part of who we are. Taking the spotlight off the career part of your identity gives you space and permission to respect the role of work in your life without requiring you to relinquish every part of yourself to your job. In this episode, I outline three considerations to help you realize this shift.

Consider a more balanced alternative to living for your job:

• How community involvement contributes to who you are and will be;
• Why passive rest and renewal don’t cut it, and what to try instead;
• Why you need to get real about the divide between your work identity and the rest of your life.

Related Links:

• Episode 456, How Connection Can Cure What Ails Us - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode456
• Mondo, “Tips To Keep Your Job From Becoming Your Identity” - https://mondo.com/insights/tips-to-keep-your-job-from-becoming-your-identity/
• “Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career,” by Herminia Ibarras - https://herminiaibarra.com/working-identity-book/
• The Ezra Klein Show, “Tired? Distracted? Burned Out? Listen to This” with Gloria Mark - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/05/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-gloria-mark.html
• “Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity” by Gloria Mark - https://bookshop.org/p/books/attention-span-finding-focus-and-fighting-distraction-gloria-mark/18423478?ean=9781335449412
• LEVEL UP: a Leadership Accelerator for Women on the Rise - https://www.bossedup.org/levelup
• Bossed Up Courage Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/927776673968737/
• Bossed Up LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7071888/

Whether you’re thinking of switching industries, pivoting from your current career, or life has thrown something unexpected your way and you’re re-evaluating your entire career trajectory, mastering the art of transitions is a life skill we need to develop.

In today’s episode, Emilie chats with New York Times best-selling author Bruce Feiler all about how to understand and approach building the skills to navigate life changes.

Related Links:

• Learn more about Bruce’s work 
• Sign up for Bruce’s newsletter: The Nonlinear Life
• Grab a copy of Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change in a Nonlinear Age
• Watch Bruce’s latest TEDx Talk: How to Master a Life Transition
• Learn more about HIRED, our 3-month job search accelerator
• Join the Bossed Up Courage Community on Facebook

Got a career conundrum you want me to cover on the podcast? Call and leave me a voicemail NOW at 910-668-BOSS(2677).