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EP 475: Values aren't chains; they are wings
Inspired by the current vibe shift, I'm interrupting my rebroadcast of the Self-Help, LLC series with an interlude about values—personal values, business values, Ameri...
What Does Power Sound Like?
This is the 6th installment in the Self-Help, LLC series, which originally ran in October 2022. Today's episode has been revised and re-engineered!We form an impressio...
The Spectacle of Influence(rs) with Sara Petersen
How influencers, well, influence the way we see the world, our work, our families, and ourselves? And how does the spectacle we immerse ourselves in daily contribute t...
What's Your Type? with Steph Barron Hall
This is the 4th part of my series Self-Help, LLC, which I'm replaying over the summer! Enjoy!If your Instagram feed or Explore page looks anything like mine, then you ...
The Paradox of Self-Help Expertise with Patrick Sheehan
This is an updated version of the 3rd installment in my series Self-Help, LLC, from 2022. Enjoy!Our quest for self-improvement requires us to decide who (or what) to t...
"She Looks Like an Instagram" Or, How Empowerment Became a Brand with Kelly Diels
I’m continuing my rebroadcast of a series I did a couple of years ago called Self-Help, LLC, and asked the question, "Are we all in the self-help business now?" Today’...
How Advice Culture Makes Us Winners (And Losers)
This is Part 1 of a series from 2022 called Self-Help, LLC. This summer, I’ll be republishing this series as I work on new essays and episodes. There’s a good chance t...
EP 474: Making Non-Obvious Choices at Work with Samhita Mukhopadhyay
For justice-minded people, navigating the world of work in the 21st-century economy can feel... impossible. A real no-win scenario. There's a constant tension between ...
EP 473: Unpacking Attention Fetishism with Jess Shane
Our podcast feeds and streaming services are full of real stories of real people. And not all of those stories feel... true. I mean, even if the facts are accurate, th...
EP 472: Speculative Investing Made Personal
Okay, this isn't really an episode about speculative investing. Well, it is. But I'm not talking about crypto or meme stocks. I'm talking about the challenges of livin...
EP 471: The Many Hats of Leigh Stein
What would happen if you archived all of your Instagram content, announced that you had taken a job at a fictional wellness company, and then got fired for disclosing ...
EP 470: Rethinking Creativity—A Cautionary Tale
Good luck going anywhere today without running into a message about creativity.I was going to say, "anywhere online," but really, it's just about anywhere. We get crea...
NEW: World-Building for Business Owners
I'm teaching a new workshop on May 15 & 16, 2024! It's called World-Building for Business Owners, and it's based on a process I've been honing for more than a decade. ...
EP 469: Building Solidarity in the Creator Economy with Kate Tyson & Charlie Gilkey
"How do I want to live?" Philosopher Rahel Jaeggi says this question is bound up in the concept of alienation. Our disconnection and dissatisfaction keep us from answe...
EP 468: Figuring Out the Creator Economy with Charlie Gilkey & Kate Tyson
It seems the creator economy is booming. Or is it?And what even is the creator economy??Platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and TechTalk are quite happy to advertise th...
EP 467: Organizing Indie Labor with Chiarra Lohr
The labor market has undergone a sea change in the last 20 years. A full third of US workers are part of the independent workforce, including gig workers, contract wor...
EP 466: Making Room for Others with Leonie Smith
The Center for Nonviolent Communication describes what they teach as "empathy in action." And so it seems fitting to close out this series on Decoding Empathy with a l...
EP 465: Learning Empathy from Copywriters & Doppelgangers with Samantha Pollack
I have learned a lot about cognitive empathy by learning copywriting. After all, copywriting is a puzzle—the puzzle of figuring out what someone is thinking or feeling...
EP 464: Decoding Accessibility with Erin Perkins
Typically, the question of accessibility online is considered in technical terms: How does this website need to be designed? What ALT text is appropriate for this imag...
EP 463: A Brand is a Constellation with N. Chloé Nwangwu
How do you get seen in a world that doesn't see you? How do you get recognized when so many systems are designed to keep you unrecognized? Those are the questions at t...
EP 462: Decoding the Language of Empathy
Today, we peel back the layers of a term that's become ubiquitous in the business world and beyond: empathy. In this episode, empathy's origin story. Er, stories. We'l...
This is Not Advice: Process Entropy & Process Evolution
Are you waiting for a glorious day with your system, plan, or business just work? I hate to tell you this—but you will be waiting a long time.Plans, systems, and busin...
EP 461: My Nemesis
Our beliefs leave an indelible mark on how we interact with others and our environment. Even when those beliefs aren't conscious. Beliefs about quality of life are a w...
EP 460: In Defense of Gimmicks
The proliferation of derivative nonsense on various social media platforms begs the question: Is it possible to make a TikTok video, Instagram post, or LinkedIn update...
EP 459: Sorry, self-promotion doesn't work
Last week, Vox published an article by internet culture reporter Rebecca Jennings about how everybody needs to be a self-promoter now—and we all hate it. Then, I read ...
EP 458: How many layers are too many?
Layers. Unless we're talking about cake, you can have too many layers. In today's episode, I share a recent metaphorical revelation I had about sound and sensory sensi...
EP 457: How to Define Hard-to-Define Work Stress
So, you're stressed. Or work feels intense. Or you're putting more energy than you should into manifesting a day with "no surprises."But why? Even if you're not workin...
EP 456: Reprogramming Our Source Code
Why is it that our bodies and brains tend to function on so much outdated code? Our personal algorithms and mental shortcuts are often stuck in a different time and pl...
EP 455: The Case for Uncertainty (And How to Navigate It)
The only sure bet is uncertainty. As we start a new year, I want to take a closer look at navigating uncertainty and how we can normalize not knowing. In this episode,...
EP 454: Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey Stuff
Today, a short meditation on time, the end-of-year season, and how we might carry what we experience now into the next season of work.Footnotes:Dr. Who: the "Wibbly-Wo...