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35 episodes
#35 Breaking Barriers: Strategies for Building Meaningful Mentorship Relationships
00:00 Introduction00:54 Why You Need a Mentor01:44 Network With People in the Tech Industry02:44 Ask for Help03:36 Analyze Your Company04:30 ConclusionA couple of years ago, while I was living in Denver, I wanted to ...
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Episode 35
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#34 How can I establish boundaries with colleagues or clients who constantly demand my time?
As a young professional tech, the skill to set boundaries at work is essential to maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Here's how to say no to colleagues and managers without compromising the work you get done or how you're perceived. First...
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Episode 34
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#33 Why I Love Meditation And The Science Behind It
Meditation is a practice that involves training the mind to focus and relax in order to achieve a heightened state of awareness, inducing mental and emotional calm. It's a technique to improve mental clarity, increase self-awareness, and reduce...
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#32 Create Space In Your Head By Journaling
Journaling is the habit of keeping a record of your thoughts, feelings, insights, and struggles and wins in your life. Whether you decide to write by hand on paper, type on the computer or use an app on your phone, journaling is a fantastic and...
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Episode 32
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#31 Impostor Syndrome is Just Another Variation of Shame
Impostor syndrome is the belief many of us hold that we aren't actually as capable or smart as others think we are, no matter how much evidence there is that we're successfully navigating our professional and personal lives.Impostor syn...
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#30 Understanding Burnout - How Neuroscience Can Help You Develop a Stronger Default Response
In today's fast-paced and high-stress world, burnout has become a common problem that affects many of us. It can leave you feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and detached from your work or personal life. Today, we'll explore the science behind bur...
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Episode 30
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#29 The Dangers Of Loneliness
Statistics show more than half of young Americans don't feel close to anyone, and that number has doubled since the 1980s. Part of being human is that we all feel lonely at times. Even the most extroverted people have likely felt the urge to co...
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Episode 29
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#28 Multitasking Is A Lie
In today's fast-paced world, the pressure to do more in less time has led to the widespread belief that multitasking is the key to achieving success. However, research has shown that multitasking is nothing more than a myth. Today, we will expl...
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Episode 28
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#27 Maintaining a Healthy Dopamine Balance
00:00 What Is Dopamine?01:15 The Causes of Dopamine Imbalance02:36 Strategies for Maintaining a Healthy Dopamine BalanceDopamine plays a crucial role in how we perceive pleasure in our lives. However, excessive consumption of pr...
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Episode 27
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#26 Achieve Big By Focusing Small
Today, we explore the idea that focusing on one thing each day is the key to achieving extraordinary success. Despite our tendency to multitask, success comes from doing the right things in the right sequence, with each action building on the l...
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Episode 26
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A Balanced Life Doesn't Exist
The pursuit of a perfectly balanced life is a common goal, but often an unattainable one. Work-life balance has become an important concern, especially with the rise of technology and the shift towards remote work. Today, we will explore the co...
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Episode 25
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How To Use Intermittent Fasting to Sculpt a Healthier Body
Intermittent fasting is a diet that focuses on when, rather than what, you eat. Followers of this diet eat only during a specific time period or just one meal a few days a week. Fasting can help your body burn fat more effectively and has been ...
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Episode 24
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The Effects of Blue Light on Health
While blue light is environmentally friendly, it may not always be so friendly to our health. For example, blue light can affect your sleep and potentially contribute to disease. Until the invention of artificial light, the sun was our only sou...
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Episode 23
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How To Find Peace With the Amygdala
00:00 Introduction to the Amygdala01:35 Emotions and Social Behavior02:37 The Impact of Stress on the Amygdala04:43 Strategies for Calming the AmygdalaThe amygdala is a small, almond-shaped structure of cells located in the ...
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Episode 22
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Why Motivation Is Overrated
Motivation is best described as the process that initiates, guides, and maintains human behavior. It's a condition inside of us that desires a change, either within ourselves or in our environment. At the core of motivation is the energy for pe...
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Episode 21
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Why Failure Hurts Just Like Physical Pain
We often interpret failure as rejection in one way or the other. The brain can perceive rejection as threatening our safety and survival, thus activating mechanisms that make us feel distressed. The brain evolved to keep us alive, and it uses t...
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Episode 20
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Understanding and Identifying Core Values
Core values represent the fundamental beliefs you have about your life. They not only guide your behaviors, decisions, and actions but also bring you a sense of purpose and self-confidence. They serve to remind you what’s important to you and t...
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Episode 19
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How To Feel and Respond to the Emotions of Others
00:00 What Is Empathy01:05 Types of Empathy02:15 The Importance of Empathy03:16 Lack of Empathy04:18 Empathetic Conversation05:58 Empathetic Habits07:22 Why I Care About EmpathyEmpathy is the ability to sense oth...
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Episode 18
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Signs You May Be Self Medicating and What to Do About It
00:00 What Is Self-Medication00:58 My Self-Medication Story01:55 Reasons for Self-Medication02:29 Types of Self-Medication03:28 Signs of Self-Medication05:14 Dangers of Self-Medication06:13 Awareness and Self-Medication<...
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Episode 17
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How to Build Confidence by Overcoming Fear and Self Doubt
True confidence isn't characterized by the absence of fear but rather by having a positive relationship with it. Any time you step out of your comfort zone or take a risk, you will feel fear. That's not weakness because fear isn't your enemy; i...
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Episode 16
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The Ultimate Guide to Nutrition and Healthy Eating
Studies have shown that over half of the American population believes doing their taxes is easier than figuring out how to eat healthily and over ten billion donuts are consumed in the US every year. At least one in four people eat some type of...
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How to Sleep Better and Why It Matters
00:00 Introduction00:46 Why Sleep Matters02:19 Mental Health and Sleep02:51 Physical Health and Sleep03:21 Weight Management and Sleep04:04 Cognitive Function and Sleep04:51 How to Sleep BetterWe all have the inh...
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Episode 14
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How to Focus and Get Sh*t Done
Focusing your efforts and doing the work isn't easy. You have to create time within your busy schedule to pursue something that will challenge you mentally, emotionally, and maybe even physically. You already spend so much of your ...
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Episode 13
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The Ultimate Guide to Physical Fitness
00:00 Creating Your Vision 02:03 The Biggest Myths and Mistakes03:40 The Constants of Muscle Growth04:47 The Science and Facts of Fat Loss05:55 The Training Formula07:21 The Workout PlanBefore you start lifting ...
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Episode 12
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The Benefits of Exercise on Mental Health
Exercising isn't only about endurance and aesthetics. Admittedly, it can improve our physiques, sex lives, and dating opportunities, but that's usually not what keeps active people motivated.Those who regularly exercise do so because it...
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