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

Are you so busy qualifying yourself that you've lost touch of why it matters? If you want to have greater impact, get that prized role, raise or promotion, think about your energy. Listen for three ways you can activate your why and get more career traction! While staff is the most valuable asset at any company, you have to activate your specific value. Value is not the sum of your accomplishments...

Your internal legal system is a set of rules that consciously or unconsciously governs your life. Then you're left wondering why it feels so much easier to self abandon instead of self promote. Say buh bye to all the ways you are judging and holding yourself back The internal legal system governs your behavior based on cultural, religious or personal beliefs. This system creates rules for how you...

Multipassionate people get a bad rap. You're drawn to many seemingly different things because you are so creative. My guest Kate Cherichello helps you find the throughline in it all and shows how to leverage your skills and interests to get better at everything. One passion can help you introduce innovation or bring mastery to a different career, so take the time to build skills even if they seem...

Emotional Hangovers are the residual toxicity of stressful experiences. Listen in to learn more about how to avoid them and how you can recover more quickly when you do overindulge in stress. Your definition of chaos changes as you grow and expand your capacity to take things on. Be mindful of that corresponding expansion of stressors Stress shifts our body into survival mode which makes it more d...

Visionary leadership is all about shifting from "me" to "we." To encourage a growth mindset and a common vision where risk taking is comfortable, acceptable and expected. My guest Steph Tuss shares pro tips for creating meaningful visions and getting buy in for them. Success is not a destination but a journey. Instead of seeing is as a stationary point in your life, view it as something you move t...

Stuck in a cycle of meeting expectations instead of meaningful work? Feel like your career is on autopilot? Listen in to learn how to stop feeding the machine and letting expediency rule. Sign up for Stressless Success to dive deeper into this issue https://architecting.samcart.com/products/stressless-success-academy/ We stay in our comfort zone because it is predictable (even when it's painful)....

The only thing that's constant is change. So why do we resist it so much? This episode explores ways you can lean into uncertainty and leverage it to be more innovative and creative (and stable) than ever. Sign up for Stressless Success to dive deeper into this issue https://architecting.samcart.com/products/stressless-success-academy/ Uncertainty is growth. It challenges you to question the statu...

It's Time Management week! Join us as we explore different aspects of how you spend (or waste) your most valuable resource. This episode provides you with questions to help you check in before you commit- whether it's to a work deadline or baking cupcakes for the PTO bake sale. As your capacity to manage your time grows, your bandwidth will increase, allowing you to take on more opportunities. Wor...

This Earth Day, we focus on resilience. Vincent Lee shares how his work to develop green infrastructure is driving not just sustainable solutions, but cultivating wellbeing and health equity. Innovation comes from being curious, open to different perspectives and persistent. These traits allow you to consider divergent ideas and keep trying when something doesn't work. Look at strategies to includ...

The meme of I'm Fine is getting old. Hiding behind your ability to drag ourselves across the finish line is no real accomplishment. In this episode, I explore what you might be avoiding because being fine keeps you stuck in overwhelm and burnout. What is the secondary benefit you get from being stoic about your suffering? What do you get to avoid doing as a result? Being "fine" let's you put the r...

Are you a pressure bomb just waiting to explode? Feeling unseen, unheard, disrespected? Maybe you decided to just turn off the heat and live the jaded zombie life instead.  This episode will help you keep momentum going without feeling so constrained by limitations in your career or your life. When you have a lot of energy and passion, but don't feel that you are getting the opportunity to realize...

Trying to office and conference at the same time is a huge #workfail. Instead of micromanaging the day to day, trust your team to handle things in your absence. Then go network and knowledge harvest like it's your job, Multitasking splits your attention and triggers a major stress responses that's a conference-goer buzzkill Technology is you frenemy if you make yourself available for microinterrup...

Luck favors the prepared.  Meaning you gotta take action towards building the career you want. Every day. Otherwise, you end up with a career by default. And you have too much talent to sideline yourself that way. There is no such thing as luck.  When you build momentum, you land opportunities. When you take opportunities, things happen. Every expert was once just a novice with a lot of passion. S...

This year, we celebrate International Women's Day by Embracing Equity. That includes gender parity. Gender Equality Crusader Erica Rooney shares her wisdom on overcoming the glass ceilings and sticky floors women experience in the workplace. Women need to be able to bring their whole self to work, not feel that they have to choose either caregiving or a career. You can have it all- whatever "it al...

Should the workplace always be a positive place? Glossing over negative or difficult experiences sends a message to deep-six instead of exploring them. Let's move past the "I'm fine" culture of toxic positivity and get real with each other. Discern between appreciating the growth opportunity of a failure vs. pretending things are OK. Negative experiences and emotions need to be tolerated. Moving p...

Feeling stuck? Before you complain about your life circumstances, take a look in the mirror. That face staring back is your number one success obstacle. My guest Elizabeth Correia shares insights on finding and following your passion without waiting for an invitation. Success is never about just doing one thing. Look for ways to cultivate spiritual growth, personal and professional development. Ev...

Stop making your communication all about you- your need to share information, get feedback or drive different behavior. This episode is all about making an authentic connection and building relationships for better. Always assume positive intent- even if you have a negative reaction. Then engage in a conversation with the other person before inventing your own story about what happened and why. Av...

What you say and how you say it can build trust, confer agency and make people feel good around you. Learn common speaking mistakes that torpedo your success so you can stop making them already! Avoid using absolutes or negative language- even when referring to yourself. Receive compliments by appreciating the acknowledgement of your effort and contribution instead of deflecting them. Don't let yo...

Gotta love those lighbulb moments when you get that flash of inspiration and clarity. Don't you wish they could happen on the regular? In this episode, I'll share ways to provoke the "aha" so you can enjoy wisdom and creativity downloads on demand. Get out of your comfort zone. Nothing good ever happens to you there because it maintains the status quo. Plug into your intuition and let it guide you...

Workplace culture exists whether or not it's intentional. My guest Shannon Hughes shares expert advice on building a value based culture that scales with your firm, gives everyone a voice, and opens the door for innovation. Staff engagement happens when you create psychological safety- don't be afraid of the tension that can arise between maintaining the status quo and trying something new. Decisi...

Is your career a job you have to do, or a calling you get to do? Instead of viewing your career path as a grueling obstacle course, let's hang on the playground instead. That's where all the fun and creativity is anyway. Obstacles are no fun- they drain our resources. Thinking of your career as play helps you be lighter about things and choose opportunities that feel good to you. Your aspirations...

Confidence is an inside job. My guest Nicole Kalil shows you how to stop looking for validation and start aligning with your inner knowing. Learn how your fears and failures build trust and courage needed for true confidence. Confidence is alignment with your inner knowing- validation is just the icing on your confidence cake. When you try to be everything to everyone you aren't living your purpos...

Power gets a bad rap as a vehicle for exploitation and abuse.  Real power is something altogether different. Listen in to learn why being powerful is your birthright and three ways you can express it with integrity. You are meant to have and use power as a force for good. Bullying is actually a reflection of being powerless and trying to take power form others. Power requires that you be vulnerabl...

It's that time of year. When we assess where we are, find faults, and resolve to do better. However, most resolutions don't even make it 6 weeks into the new year. Make 2023 your best year ever by ditching the resolutions and using the methods in this Episode. Find the "hell yes" for your soul instead of fixating on the things you think you should be doing. Being is always more powerful than doing...

Doing too much is a big sad. The amount of work you do isn't related to how well you are performing. The frazzle and overwhelm are a real joy killer. Listen in to learn three things you can do today to stop overperforming. Overperforming comes from a need for external validation. Spend your time and energy strategically instead. Make space for joy by evaluating which obligations are necessary and...