#55 | REWRITE YOUR STORY & OVERCOME HOPELESSNESS
REWRITE YOUR STORY & OVERCOME HOPELESSNESS | E.55 Career Therapy Podcast with Helen Hanison
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On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.55), we welcome Helen Hanison. Helen is a leadership coach, narrative therapist, writer and speaker based in the UK. A former director for some of the worlds’ largest PR companies, Helen now helps seasoned professionals who are at a career crossroads make a fresh plan realigning work they love with what matters most so they can stop the cycle of trying to solve their career problem on their own and finally make an aligned, confident transformation.
In our conversation, we discussed how rewriting your personal narrative can improve your career, what you need to do to sign your values with your work, and how to build transformative reliance throughout your life.
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During this Episode, We Discuss:
0:00 introducing Helen Hanison
3:50 the “learned hopelessness” of the job search
6:25 the “reverse job search” (aka the “people first approach”)
10:05 people getting stuck in their stories
12:20 external vs. internal factors in the job search
14:25 what are the most common stories Helen hears?
18:55 what is “career grief?”
20:20 separating yourself from your career / alignment
24:45 understanding strengths vs. talking about strengths in an interview
28:10 getting away from telling the same stories / switching the narrative
34:10 the agile career mindset
37:20 how many careers do we have in us?
42:05 the “success trap”
44:00 a “little seedling of interest”
47:25 figure out what your past self is telling you
47:55 should we edit out parts of our career?
51:45 learning about yourself, and failure being, simply, an event
54:41 Helen’s ‘nostalgia upgrade’ package
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Now Over To You!
If you know anyone who has been hustling, or started a business, during the pandemic, and has an amazing story to share, let us know who they are! Alternately, if you, or someone you know has recently gone through a layoff, or has a layoff, or any other career transition-oriented story to share, reach out. Contact Martin through his personal LinkedIn page to get in touch. We're always on the lookout for amazing guests for the cast.
As always, thanks for listening!
