Office Politics: The Anti-#GIRLBOSS Podcast

💛 Recovery, External Validation, and Internal Silence (feat. Whitney Lauritsen)

Are we closer to falling in love with ourselves or AI and technology?

I sat down with wellness expert and podcaster, Whitney Lauristen, to chat about: 

• Mental health for millennials 
• Bo Burnham’s Netflix special Inside
• Disordered eating, diet culture, and life during recovery 
• The steps to take toward a more holistic lifestyle — mind, body, and soul 

 

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Resources mentioned:

Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us, by Will Storr

Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, by Sherry Turkle

 

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To learn more about the host or book a career coaching session, visit Jazminereedclark.com

🧘🏾‍♀️ How to Heal from a Toxic Workplace (feat. Before Noon co-founder Natasha Wong)

I sat down with Before Noon’s Natasha Wong to talk spirituality, releasing toxic energy, and *not* thinking small.

In this episode, Nastasha and I get into:

• Practical steps toward self-care as a professional 
• How capitalism has influenced the wellness industry
• Working through generational wounds to heal your soul

 

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Mentioned in today’s episode:

• It Didn’t Start With You, Mark Wolynn
• The R.A.I.N. Meditation, Tara Brach
• Hilary McCluskey, my Enneagram Coach (she’s the best!)

 

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🔥 My Story of Burnout + How Success Can Kill You

What is burnout, how to cope with it, and my personal experience with it. 

 

Links:

• The Burnout Red Flags I Didn’t Notice Until I Took a Month Off Work (The Financial Diet)
• Burnout Prevention and Treatment (Help Guide)

 

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🐝 Leaving Bumble and Prioritizing Health Over Hustle Culture (feat. Alex Williamson, Founder of Asteya)

Today’s episode explores leaving a company when your career is at a high, prioritizing your physical and mental health over hustle culture, and the world of income insurance for freelancers and gig workers.

About our guest, Alex Williamson

Alex Williamson is the co-founder and CEO of Asteya, an income insurance platform focused on protecting people’s financial, mental and physical wellbeing through accessible and transparent income insurance services. 

Previously, Alex was a founding team member and the Chief Brand Officer of the dating app Bumble. There she launched the brand and scaled its platform to over 65 million users worldwide. She continues to follow her passion of building and supporting ethical, values-driven companies that leave a positive impact on the world. 

 

Links and resources 

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Check on Asteya to learn more about income insurance

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To learn more about the host or book a career coaching session, visit Jazminereedclark.com

 

👯‍♀️ Interracial Friendships, Sex Positivity, and Virtual Workplace Culture with the Hosts of ‘It’s Never Black and White’

Best friends and podcast hosts of It’s Never Black and White, Marcy and Sloane share their story of their unexpected connection, fostering an interracial friendship, and helping each other and those around them reach across the aisle and build solidarity. 

 

In this episode, we get into: 

• The pressure to categorize friends based on race and class, and introducing conversations on race and class into interracial friendships
• If we feel the pressure to code-switch 
• Sex positivity and sex education 
• Fostering employee engagement in a virtual space 

 

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👩🏾‍🏫 Happy Hour: The Tea About Education Budgets and Teaching During a Pandemic

I am joined by educator and activist Brit Johnson, and fellow educator (and friend of the show) Taylor “Punch” Weddington, to talk about being a teacher during a global pandemic.

 

In today’s episode, we get into:

• What it’s like to be a teacher in 2021
• If and how teachers are being supported by their administrators during the pandemic
• The children and demographics most affected by the global pandemic
• The protests in Sunnyvalle, Texas, that Brit led in summer 2020

 

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📣 Your Inner Coach vs Your Inner Critic (& Everyday Power Moves) with Career Contessa’s Founder Lauren McGoodwin Ail

Anything I can do, Career Contessa can do better. I always share their site and social channels with anyone who wants honest career advice and truly valuable insights on how to succeed in their field.

So, I sat down with their founder (and the author of “Power Moves”) Lauren McGoodwin Ail to find out her thoughts on landing a job during a pandemic and succeeding on your own terms.

 

In this episode, Lauren McGoodwin and I get into:

• What is a power move in business, on Career Contessa’s terms
• Getting messy in order to become a successful entrepreneur 
• The difference between fostering your inner coach and your inner critic 
• How to network responsibly in a virtual space 
• Resume and cover letter rules to break — and the ones to keep 
• The glitter (highlight reel) and glue (what keeps things together) of career advice and running Career Contessa 

 

My episode on Lauren’s podcast The Femails goes live this week! Subscribe now!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-femails/id1434354911

 

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👗 PWR WMN on Building an Inclusive Brand (With Pockets!) without a Fashion Degree

In this episode of Office Politics, I sit down with the co-founders of the PWR WMN, a Latina-owned women’s clothing line by best friends Kimberly and Miriam.

During this episode, we get into:

• The origin story of PWR WMN and its fusion of femininity and strength in the line
• How your crappy jobs are preparing you for your dream job
• How to get your start in the fashion industry without an MBA or formal design training
• The vulnerability and power that comes with being a mom entrepreneur
• What it’s like to work with your best friend

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😈 SOLO Cup 2: The Devil Is a Micromanager

Today, it’s just me, myself, and I. And today we’re talking about micromanagement:

• What is a micromanager, and how do they become this way
• The 3 micromanagers I’ve encountered most in my career
• How to handle a micromanager
• What to do if you’re a micromanager

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💸 The Financial Diet’s Chelsea Fagan on Being Cancelled, Child-Free by Choice, and an Anti-#GIRLBOSS

Office Politics is joined by Founder and CEO of The Financial Diet and host of The Financial Confessional podcast, Chelsea Fagan. This episode was recorded on the eve of the 2020 Election. In this episode, Chelsea and I get into:

• Hustle culture and America’s fetishization with efficiency and accomplishment, and how she has cultivated a healthy workplace for employees at The Financial Diet
• Being child-free by choice How social media influencers can gaslight their followers
• Her evolved relationship with money and financial health
• Her experience with trolls and cancel culture

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