The Career Happiness Podcast

Special announcement : The Career Happiness Podcast won the “Highly commended” Best podcaster - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/soma-ghosh-26086638_awards2024-podcaster-businessowner-activity-7172863983773822976-pEFx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop 1.  Why I choose to talk about this topic? 2. How do you motivate yourself currently and why it’s important 3.    Three things to help with this topic 4.   Apply for a career consultation 3 spaces available till April 8th Other episodes you find helpful 1. Episode 157 - How can you find your career purpose and 2 ways to do this 2. Episode 201 - Why are we so unhappy at work and 3 ways to handle this? If you are interested in working with me one to one you can apply for a careers consultation to see if you want to do The Career Happiness Program - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_op9hNEHtgubM1Q5dfspOqSTonc5dsz9ktl1TpVa0Hs/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbzx=1337396816529605572#responses Further details about the program and how I work are here - https://www.somaghosh.com/women-in-employment and https://www.somaghosh.com/career-happiness-program If you have any comments or questions please email me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com        

What we spoke about in the episode 1. Who Aoife is and what she does in her business 2. What Aoife observed in the workplace around unhappiness at work and where it could be stemming from 3. The most common themes that Aoife is seeing in the workplace right now and how it’s affecting people’s happiness at work 4. Chronoworking and Aoife’s thoughts on this working trend for the future 5. Remote working vs hybrid working and Aoife’s thoughts on the future of how will be working with this approach. 6. Being productive vs being busy at work and what this actually means in the workplace 7.  Imposter syndrome the myth around it and of it exists. Also how to start to address it as well as building your awareness around it 8.  Redundancy and how this is affecting people in workplaces currently 9.  Fitting in at work and the research that Aoife in her masters around this 10. Flexibility at work and the importance of values in the workplace How you can connect with Aoife 1. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien/ 2. Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/happier-at-work/id1474115091 3. Website - https://happieratwork.ie/  

Intro – To the episode and why change is a theme that comes up a lot as well as why Confidence is something that never seems to change The main format of this episode Some more context into why I choose to speak about this Change is necessary and important Confidence and making sure you work on this through self-development is important Resilience and confidence can be connected especially through the low points Your confidence may be affected and that’s ok. Yet you have the power to control this Similar Episodes to listen to Episode 63 - Why resilience is so important in your career Episode 82 - Career confidence and Career Happiness what can you do to reignite your career now. Episode 150 - 3 tips to help you feel confident about your career Episode 160 - How to cope with change in business and why it’s actually a good thing? Subscribe to The Career Happiness Mentor Newsletter - https://thecareerhappinessmentor.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3cbb0dae04c3c14700da9770e&id=e2f25afd53 Career Happiness Insights LinkedIn Newsletter - Subscribe on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=6936996607292809216 Details on how to work with me You can apply to work with me here – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_op9hNEHtgubM1Q5dfspOqSTonc5dsz9ktl1TpVa0Hs/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbzx=1337396816529605572#responses    

The main format of this episode is detailed below. Intro about the change up in theme for this week’s episode What promoted me to talk about this 2 reasons why being a business owner isn’t what you think it may be LinkedIn post I mentioned in the episode by Alice Lyons - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7165976568622735360/ Other episodes you may find useful Episode 52 - Should I turn a hobby into a business Episode 163 - Should you start a business podcast If you have any thoughts or questions about this episode please Email me at soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com or soma@somaghghosh.com  

It was a real pleasure to talk to Zina Kular business owner The main themes in our conversation and what we spoke about: 1. Zina’s business and what she does - 0:00- 4:46 2. Zina’s experiences of going to school and her education whilst going to a private school - 4:47 - 7:41 3.  Learning through Failure in a positive way and how this helped Zina learn about real life and her career - 7:42 - 12:11 4. Private education and State school education - 12:12- 15:09 4. Young people and what they need from education and teachers- 15:11- 20:18 5. Pressure to do certain careers and talking about STEM careers -20:20 - 23:14 6. Working in education and what we both learnt from this - 23:15 - 25:39 7.  More insights into why Zina created her business and why she help business owners who are mums - 24:45 - 30:38 8. Advice and tips around speaking in your business and how Zina utilised this in her business and the different forms of using your voice to speak up to promote your business- 30:50 - 34:33 9.Tips and advice around helping mums and women to create a side hustle and business - 34:40 - 40:11 10. Where can you connect with Zina - 40:12 -41:22 Where can you connect with Zina Connect with here on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/zinakular/ Visit her Website here https://www.zinakular.com/

In this episode we cover the following: 1. Why I wanted to talk about this topic?- 0:00- 6:43 2.  What are some of the reasons this is happening -6:44- 18:37 3. How this creating problems in the workplace - 18:38- 28:40 4.  What can we do about this? -28:41 -34:52 5. How can I support you currently and episode ending 34:53 -35:58 Other episodes you may find useful Episode 55 - 3 ways to communicate better with your colleagues Episode 71 - How your personality can impact your career? Episode 174 - Is how you communicate at work affecting your career progression?  Episode 181 - Feeling lonely whilst working in a hybrid role and what to do about it. How can you work with me Women in employment page - https://www.somaghosh.com/women-in-employment Career Happiness Mentoring program – https://www.somaghosh.com/career-happiness-program Apply for a call here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_op9hNEHtgubM1Q5dfspOqSTonc5dsz9ktl1TpVa0Hs/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbzx=1337396816529605572#responses Any questions about the podcast email me at soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com or soma@somaghosh.com

I spoke about unhappiness at work and 3 ways to handle this. The main format for this episode was: Intro about unhappiness at work – 0:00- 3:51 What are some the reasons around why we are unhappy at work – 3:52- 10:54 The 4 pillars and career unhappiness at work – 10:56 - 15:47 What is your definition is career happiness exercise for you 15:48- 21:59 3 ways to handle this - 22:00- 30:29 Ways to connect further and outro - 30:31- 31:30 Links that you may find useful that I mentioned in this episode Article about Laurie Santos - https://www.shondaland.com/live/body/a31196398/what-exactly-is-happiness/ Other episodes that are key to this episode Episode 145 - 3 tips to help you have a healthy, happy business mindset Episode 157 - How can you find your career purpose and 2 ways to do this Episode 100 - (Milestone Episode.) Has career happiness evolved since the podcast started in 2019? Episode 89 - Why Career Happiness is a journey Episode 82 - Career confidence and Career Happiness what can you do to reignite your career now. Any questions you can email me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com If you want to connect with me on LinkedIn you can do so here Or follow the podcast here on Twitter. – https://twitter.com/CareerHappyPod Subscribe to the newsletter here - https://thecareerhappinessmentor.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3cbb0dae04c3c14700da9770e&id=e2f25afd53

In this episode we spoke about the following: 1.  Introduction and purpose of episode - 0:00- 4:00 2.  The 4 Career Happiness Pillars 4:15- 11:29 3. How the top ten popular episodes tie into these pillars 11:32- 49:45 4. Popular themes throughout the seasons 49:46- 1;00:29 6.  Conclusion to episode 1:00:30-1:02:12 Links that you may find useful - https://www.somaghosh.com/ as the four pillars are showcased here Previous Episodes I mention in this Episode 1. Episode 2 - Let Confidence be your superpower in your career (Interview with Aliya Rajah) 2. Episode 3 - How to be more confident in your career and find work you truly love. 3. Episode 158 - Career confusion in your 20s and 30s and how to tackle this with Alana Kilmartin 4. Episode 5 - Three tips to help with Career Confusion 5. Episode 4 - Finding your true purpose in your career (Interview with Kiki Kirby) 6. Episode 5 - Three tips to help with Career Confusion 7. Episode 50 - Are you being undermined at work? Support and further tips You can sign up to the newsletter here - https://thecareerhappinessmentor.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3cbb0dae04c3c14700da9770e&id=e2f25afd53

Hustle Culture is something that many seem to be rejecting What we covered in this episode included: 1. Why I wanted to about Hustle culture and what’s changed around this when I spoke about in Episode 65 2. Why Hustle Culture is causing Burnout, stress and mental health issues 3. The pandemic and it’s aftermath of how workplaces had changed 4. Working culture is different and will continue to be ever evolving 5. Why are we rejecting Hustle Culture ? 6. The Pillars and career happiness Mentor Links mentioned · Debate I mentioned in the episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=VNdce1LpgF2G9Tr0&v=sFU6qCT0vxE&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=GoodMorningBritain · Article about the film I mentioned Fake Famous - https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/fake-famous-and-the-tedium-of-influencer-culture ·  Link about job crafting- https://tailoredthinking.co.uk/blog/2020/5/12/different-types-of-job-crafting ·   Article I mentioned about loneliness at work https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/careers/loneliness-burnout-at-work/855917 Previous episodes linked to this episode 1.  Episode 65 – Do we have a hustle problem? 2. Episode 110 - Should you consider the great resignation as part of your career journey? 3. Episode 140- How deal with The Great Resignation and Burnout Culture with Sara J. McElroy 4. Episode 146 - What is quiet quitting and what do you need to know about it? 5. Episode 196 - 4 practical tips to help you quit your job Working with me Find out how to work with me visit the link here - https://www.somaghosh.com/women-in-employment If you have any thoughts or questions about the podcast please email me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com  

In this episode we spoke about the following: 1.  What Biraj does in his work and business as a coach -1:58-7:35 2. How can people figure out what their strengths are?- 7:42-11:30 3. Is there a link between a person’s talents and strengths and how is this connected to our values and tips around this- 11:35-14:43 4. Biraj’s career and what he did before he had a business- 14:56-19:50 5. Differences between 1-1 client work and corporate work the Biraj does - 20:00-24:58 6. Generalist vs having a special talent - 25:00-31:04 7. Confidence in the workplace and how this affects others 31:08-35:58 8. Being yourself at work and navigating being true to yourself at work 36:00-38:41 9. What is next for Biraj’s business in the new year- 38:50-41:14 10. How you can connect with Biraj - 41:20-42:16 Get in touch with Biraj Connect with Biraj on LinkedIn here – https://www.linkedin.com/in/biraj-nakarja-41a4047/ Follow him on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/innatecompass/ Visit his website - https://www.innatecompass.com/