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As ambitious professionals, we often define our career, identity, ambitions based on the story we wrote for ourselves before starting our degrees. But what happens when we discover along the way that that story we created for ourselves back then no longer feels right? How do we walk away from something we’re good at, that defines us, that makes us feel like we’re contributing something important to the world, even if it no longer fulfills us? This podcast was developed to share my own and ot ...
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this season, we're digging into exploring how to figure out what we really want, which can be a challenge for so many of us. Today, I'm sharing my perspective on why what we want matters as well as my recent experience with an exercise that investigates what we want our ideal world to look like. And how defining this…
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Welcome back to the podcast for the start of Season Two! I’m excited to be back with you! Today, I’m returning to orient around the question we often have for ourselves of “What do I really want?”. You would think that this question of would be easy to answer, but I think it can be REALLY hard for so many of us, for so many reasons. We know we want…
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Welcome back to the podcast! Today, I'm talking about how the question of "what can I take out of my life?" can help us focus on living our values, as well as how this relates to my personal approach to the summer. I also talk about my plans for the podcast for this summer, and the experiment of "just being". Thank you for listening! __ Know of any…
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, I talk about my perspective on how overwhelm from the numerous components that require our attention when making big changes in our careers can contribute to that scary feeling that happens when we approach change. I also talk about a few approaches to address these various components and remember that …
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Episode 18 - Reflections on Startup Pharma: My Favorite Job, the Question of Regret, and Uncovering Our Values From Past Experiences
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this slightly nostalgic episode, I look back on my favorite role in bench science at a start-up pharmaceutical company! (And some slightly comical and absurd moments in the role I held prior to the start-up company job...) This episode also addresses how remembering our past experiences can help us identify our value…
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Episode 17 - Staying Curious: Dr. Kristine Averill's Path From Plant Scientist to Somatic Mindfulness Coach
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, I'm delighted to chat with Dr. Kristine Averill, who shares her inspiring story of transitioning from a successful 15-year academic career in Plant and Crop Sciences to become a passionate Somatic Mindfulness Coach. Raised on an apple farm, Kristine developed a deep connection to nature, which led her t…
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Episode 16: A Nap is Not Enough: The Space In Between as an Essential Component of Rest
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, we talk about REST. Giving ourselves permission to rest (which can be a challenge due to our conditioning, particularly coming from academia), dissociating rest from an expectation for it to feel good or to be fully replenishing in whatever timeframe we've allotted for it, and why allowing ourselves to …
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Episode 15: From Preclinical Research to Clinical Applications and Entrepreneurship with Dr. Sierra Simpson
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, I enjoyed chatting with Dr. Sierra Simpson, a PhD scientist with a background in investigating the connections between the microbiome and addiction. Sierra shares her story of how she moved away from preclinical bench research into more clinically-oriented roles as the Associate Director of Perioperativ…
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Episode 14: When the Impact of Our Work Gets in the Way of Making Change
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, I explore how thinking about the impact of our work can help guide our decision-making as well as hold us back when we're feeling nudged towards making changes. We talk about possible ways to consider impact beyond measurable outcomes that contribute to solving the world's big problems. We also talk abo…
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Episode 13: Dream Constraints: Breaking Free to Become More
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, we explore the relationship between allowing ourselves to dream (i.e., imagining our wild and outrageous ideal) and becoming even more of ourselves. We go through a few factors relevant to scientists and academics that may constrain our willingness to dream. And talk about one approach to expand our dre…
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Episode 12: The Icky, Sticky, Slippery Steps of Starting Something New
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, I share a previously recorded episode that I almost deleted because I felt it wasn't perfect, until I remembered that sharing even the incomplete, imperfect ideas is part of how we co-create, relate, and learn from each other. We talk about how starting something new often involves moving through some i…
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Episode 11: Navigating Outside Our Comfort Zones and Becoming More of Ourselves
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, I talk about some thoughts-in-progress that have been on my mind recently around the connection between moving out of our comfort zones and the question of "how do I want this to feel" while moving toward the next big goal. We talk about how the steps along the way don't have to be extra hard or a huge …
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Episode 10: From Academic Faculty to a Conservation Company and Creative Pursuits with Dr. Emily Dangremond
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, I'm delighted to chat with Dr. Emily Dangremond, a PhD ecologist with an interest in plants, climate change, and conservation. After earning her PhD from UC Berkeley, doing a postdoc at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and becoming an assistant professor at Roosevelt University, she recent…
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Episode 9: Testing the Imperfection Hypothesis
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, I share a new project that I've been working on and what has been holding me back from letting people know about it. We talk about how this situation relates to testing the hypothesis that we can achieve impact in the world by showing up imperfectly, experimenting, and co-creating. It doesn't have to be…
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, we talk about what it means to get quiet and how giving ourselves permission to expect nothing of ourselves frees up the space to allow insight and new ideas in. I share my mini-story of how I approached getting myself out of a little recent slump and how this approach can be useful in the context of bi…
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Episode 7: What it Means When Our Goals Change
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, we talk about: Why it can feel like failure when the original goal (or the path to achieving our goals) no longer feels right. How any goal actually has an infinite number of successful outcomes. Looking at how our stories have evolved vs. achieving a particular outcome. Changing goals as a reflection o…
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Episode 6: Journey from PhD to a Successful Consulting Business with Bryan Quoc Le
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Welcome to the first guest episode of the Sequel to a PhD Podcast! Dr. Bryan Quoc Le is a food scientist, food industry consultant, and author of the book, 150 Food Science Questions Answered. He earned his PhD in Food Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and now runs a food science consulting business where he acts as a scientific ad…
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, we talk about: My personal story from the past two years of shifting my approach to work and what I want to do. How a recent moment of stress flipped around and became a symbol of living out my values and dreams from several years ago. Recognizing the small steps that have moved me further into my dream…
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Episode 4: A Framework to Approach Career Shifts When You're Not Sure What You Want to Do Next
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, we talk about: Why looking at job postings is not the right place to start when thinking about career change choices A three-part framework for exploring what's next based on who you are now Approaching career shifts based on personal values and what you want vs. qualifications and expectations Using "w…
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Bonus Episode: Why Less Than 100% is More Than Okay
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this bonus episode, we talk about: Reframing what's actually happening when you show up with less than 100% effort, and why these phases are critical to get to where you're heading Thank you for listening! Want to connect directly with me? Find me on Instagram and send me a message! Check out other resources from Seq…
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Episode 3: My Favorite Super Simple Tool to Actually Do That Overwhelming Thing
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, we talk about: A super simple technique for making progress on that big, overwhelming, or intimidating thing you really want to do Real-life examples of how I use this tool in my own life on a daily basis An example of how this tool might be used in the setting of applying for that new job (that you may…
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Episode 2: How Shifting Our Lens on Uncertainty and Experiments Can Help Us Move Forward When We're Stuck
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Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, we talk about: Why uncertainty can keep us stuck and stop us from moving forward, even towards something we really want How to shift that "stuck-ness" by changing our lens on what uncertainty represents How applying an experiment framework to our career decisions, both past and current, can help context…
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Episode 1: Why Permission to Be Ourselves Can be a Struggle and a Starting Point
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Welcome to the podcast! In this first episode, we talk about: This podcast as an experiment in allowing imperfection and expression Experiences and conditioning that can make it hard for us, as scientists or academics, to remember that it's okay to want something different The relationship between fulfillment, flow, happiness (i.e., being more of o…
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Coming soon: The Sequel to a PhD Podcast! Equipping PhDs to make inspired career and life moves As PhDs, we often define our career, identity, ambitions based on the story we wrote for ourselves before starting our PhD. But what happens when we discover along the way that that story we created for ourselves back then no longer feels right? How do w…
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