ARCHITECTING Podcast - Career + Lifestyle Mentoring for Architects looking to move beyond overwhelm and make a difference through design

We all got big energy! But if you outsource it to other people, their real (or imagined) reactions influence your choices and behavior.  Sacrificing your agency and identity like this is exhausting. Listen in to learn how to reclaim clarity, purpose and fun and start shining your bright light. Practice the self care ritual of tapping into your preferences. Knowing what you want gives you clues on...

Inspiration doesn't come from following some prescriptive career roadmap. If you're ready to energize your life and career this year, tune in for my guide to put joy seeking in the driver's seat and leave your burnout and overwhelm baggage by the side of the road. Embrace exponential success as your new normal Stop doing things out of obligation or for validation. Making your highest excitement yo...

Introvert shaming is a real phenomenon that blunts the leadership impact and contributions of nearly 50% of the population. Our extrovert-forward culture sets expectations for how we interact that undervalues introvert traits. listen in to learn how to reclaim your power as an introvert. Introverts can experience bullying over social performance. This causes you to invalidate your own feelings and...

The HBIC is in the room *snap* Being a boss is the way that introverts armor up so they can lead in their comfort zone. This expertise-forward strategy takes no excuses and harbors no fools. It's a persona that's highly entertaining in celebrities and provides sick dialogue in books and movies. IRL, it's another thing entirely. Adopting a no excuses attitude means you aren't willing to consider al...

Experience brings perspective, but in your eagerness to inject fresh thinking, you might just be making a whole lot more work for yourself. Stand on the shoulders of those giants who bring wisdom and have already climbed so many decision trees and know which branches lead to dead ends in what circumstances. This episode explores why it's important to stay curious and value both inductive and deduc...

Who is missing from the conversation about design? What is it costing us not to give more diverse voices a seat at the table or spaces that reflect their identity? Hear from three of the Out in Architecture editors about how we can evolve practice and redefine design. They share their experiences in the profession as members of the LGBTQIA+ community and valuable insights that will help us all mak...

Understanding the lived experience of our clients and ourselves is essential to advancing our work as architects. In this interview, I speak with the masterminds behind the book Out in Architecture, a book dedicated to bringing visibility to the voices and experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community. We discuss identity beyond practice, the intersection of identity and practice and reclaiming space and...

As architects, our work includes clients we have never met- those in the future. My guest Dena Prastos talks about how she built her transdisciplinary firm Indigo River to give architects agency to be more than problem solvers. Listen in to learn why quality of life in how we practice and the spaces we create is our biggest design opportunity. Embrace multiple points of view by leveraging the lang...

The biggest edge you can get in your career comes from the people in your network. Especially those you seek out as mentors. Listen in on the conversation I had with the leaders of two mentorship programs to hear how to hook yourself up with the guidance you need to bend the curve on yoru career trajectory. Network before you need it. Networking is essential to growing your career. It's how people...

While I'm big on personal accountability, a fish in polluted water can't thrive. This episode focuses on the systems that form workplace culture and how they may be unintentionally undermining performance and engagement. Too often, when behavior problems and conflicts are encountered, we focus on the behavior of the individuals involved without seeing that they are reacting to the pressures of the...

Delegating is nothing more than the transfer of responsibility. Super helpful since no way are you keeping all the balls in the air without a little help. In this episode, I explore why it's so hard to let go and give you top notch management strategies to position your projects for success, empower your team and free up your valuable time and energy. Relinquish control. Seems simple, but for real...

Does it feel like you have zero energy to grow your career? Like it takes everything you have just to keep your head above water? Fret not my friend- this episode is for you. Learn how just 10 percent of effort can next level your situation (and get you out of chaos). Get tips - supported by physics no less - on how to leverage things you already do and redirect it towards your success. The first...

Everyone's a critic. But when you're on the receiving end, it can be painful to hear you have room for improvement. This episode is your definitive guide to separating constructive criticism from the destructive kind. Learn how to move past anger guilt and shame triggers to leverage feedback and how to question unfair and confusing accusations. If criticism is specific, solution oriented and based...

Considering architecture is a creative profession, we sure do have a white knuckle grip on a traditionally structured model of practice. Women are redefining what it means to be an architect. Stop weighing down your career trajectory with old assumptions about what work looks like. Beware of two common false choices about practice: Being a good/wife/mother/daughter/sister etc. OR having a full thr...

Architecture careers are murky, opaque things. Good thing there are people willing to light our way. Architect and mentorDINO founder Katelyn Rossier shares her story and why she's so passionate about helping others build a career path that's right for them. When you want to make a difference, it's easy to get sidelined by impostor syndrome. Asking others what they view as your strengths helps bui...

Success isn't really about what you have accomplished. So many people who seem to be "winning" at life feel empty inside. If you find yourself paying way too high a price to rack up those wins, listen in to learn how to cultivate a true success feeling today that you can use as a barometer to take future action. To learn more, go to architectingpodcast.com Accomplishments will feel empty if you do...

An astounding majority of people are experiencing burnout. However, it isn't caused by stress alone. Having a lot to do that doesn't feel meaningful or doing things to prove yourself more than the love of the work will get you every time. Recognize these behaviors as early stages of burnout they are. To learn more, go to architectingpodcast.com and sign up for my Stressless Success Course today Bu...

Feeling a little less than fulfilled at work these days? You might have fallen into a high competency rut. The one where you're trapped only doing stuff you're really good at abut don't see a way to expand your horizons or follow your passions. Let's fix that pronto! To learn more, go to architectingpodcast.com and sign up for my free Stressless Success workskpop. You can feel trapped in a role yo...

As a high performance person, you'd get bored reeaaaalll fast of a completely stress free life. Learn more about eustress, the kind that keeps you curious and motivated. I also share how to spot when distress starts creeping on your happyland and how it fools you into a downward spiral that makes you susceptible to burnout. To learn more, go to architectingpodcast.com and sign up for my free Stres...

What makes you qualified to be a leader? It's way more than years of experience and credentials. Listen in to learn how to chase true mastery and lead from where you are today. I answer a question from our community about why she's a leader in professional organizations, but being told she's "not ready" to lead at her firm. Unconscious bias can exist when you get pigeonholed in a role you are good...

Living to work or working to live? If you think of work as just another 4 letter word, no wonder it feels like such a heavy lift. Overwhelm stress and burnout set in when the "have to do" parts of the day overshadow the "get to do" parts. Listen in for ways to reset and find your heart in the work. Living to work means your heart is in it. You love what you do, have a growth mindset and enjoy the...

It's more than just a TikTok trend. Beige flags are signs that the halo around any type of relationship has dimmed.  In the workplace, it looks a lot like disengaging and can signal the beginning of the end of a working relationship. It doesn't have to be this way- listen in to learn how to recognize when a beige flag is being thrown and what to do about it. Is work feeling way more like a bunch o...

Like a lightning bolt cutting a jagged path across the sky, your career can experience disruptions disguised as derailments. The most successful people know how to embrace the opportunities to course correct and explore new directions that lead them to exactly where they were meant to be. Being at the top of your game career-wise is not a linear trajectory. Embrace the aligned opportunities even w...

There you are plodding along your perfectly planned career. Doing the things you're supposed to do, even when they feel soul sucking. Putting off the dream (or abandoning it altogether) until you feel established enough to take a risk. Time to stop avoiding the riptides and undertows. They pull you under, take you off course- and make you think about what you really want to be doing. Let's explore...

Stress is your body's danger response. Too bad your body doesn't know the difference between physical danger and being emotionally triggered by experiences that dredge up past traumas. Good thing there is a technique out there that let's you remodel the stress triggers in your body and mind. My guest Kelly Howe discusses why we experience stress and how to release it using Emotional Freedom Techni...