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

Would you swipe left on your current job? What about future prospects? You get it all wrong when you only think about following the rules of a career path that someone else told you you should want. Let's try a different perspective that's more focused on the relationship you want to have. Do you want to be together? If the personality/culture of the firm isn't suited to yours, it's never going to...

Got so many letters after your name that it doesn't fit in your LinkedIn Profile? *whomp whomp* Credentials don't equal career momentum . Listen in to learn how to be strategic in claiming professional standing and subject matter expertise. Credentials are not a measure of your worth. Never pursue one to get a competitive edge or prove you can do something. As you follow your north star in your ca...

Quiet quitting is not empowering.  In fact, it's a cry for help. Find out why this strategy, rooted in passive aggressive behaviors, won't actually help you advocate for the career you want. Listen in to learn what does work in renegotiating your workday. Work you love should give you energy. If you're feeling exhausted, it's a sign you need to realign your work with your passion. If you feel apat...

We test materials to the point of failure, adding more and more stress and pressure.  As humans, we do not require any such testing to prove our worth. Codependency tricks us into believing we do and we're all paying the price as it becomes institutionalized in our profession. Codependency has nothing to do with your strength of character or resilience. It's rooted in your need to make others happ...

Yipes! It's performance review season. Instead of worrying about how it will go, use the tips in this episode to take control of your review and direct the conversation to have your best year ever. Don’t make your review just a look back- think about what you want to accomplish in the year ahead and what past accomplishments you can build upon. Make sure you touch on all aspects of performance: co...

Feeling like it's all work and no play? Like your job is just a frustration cycle? This episode explores how your struggle to feel seen and heard might originate with you. When you invalidate your needs or contributions, you set yourself up for less respect and more stress. Learn how to stop all that and feel good about work again. You are big energy- but you don't need to be in crisis mode to acc...

As I walk ancient ruins on my Peru vacation, I’m captivated by the spirit of adventure that motivated their design and construction. Perhaps architecture was humankind’s first adventure. How can we tap into that in our work today? How can you be inspired to push beyond the limits of what you believe is possible? how can your work both aspire and inspire others? How can lives be improved through be...

Why is a vacation about so much more than being away from work? If your busy, hectic life has you feeling frenetic, you need to practice embodiment. Learn how vacation helps you restore your nervous system and be a better you. Reconnecting with your senses helps activate your parasympathetic nervous system  so you get out of fight or flight and into rest and digest mode. Disconnecting from negativ...

Forget the path less traveled- take your career off roading! Tyler Suomala shares his industry insights and personal story. Learn why following your joy on the regular is the only way to discover true success. Check in with yourself often to make sure you still feel good  about your job.  Stress or boredom are sure signs you need a change.  Never settle. Ever. The cost far exceeds any security or...

It's not just about the money. There are lots of other benefits you need to consider. This episode reviews everything from salary ranges to quality of life considerations. Learn how to find the setting where you feel appreciated and supported and can develop your career path. Get clarity on what you want out of your career and understand how this plus your years and type of experience are a differ...

Success is an inside job. Putting more focus on achieving than evolving is a zero sum game. Break free from the polarized thinking that traps you into thinking that if you aren't achieving you're failing. If it seems like no matter what you achieve, you still feel empty, it's because you are looking for success outside yourself. Achieving comes as a consequence of evolution. Being clear about who...

For a trending topic, burnout guards it's secrets well. In this episode, we talk about how burnout and stress are different. Learn how to tell if you just have a few symptoms or if you are in full on burnout. And finally, why taking time off isn't the fix you think it will be. Stress is burnout's gateway drug. Chronic stress, given the right conditions leads you there one shaky step at a time. Bur...

The difference between asking and claiming is empowerment. Do you believe you can get what you want, or do you believe someone else has to grant permission? Listen in to learn how to make what matters to you a non-negotiable. Asking places power in someone else's hands. Claiming states that you have the power to get what you want. You take full responsibility for your actions. Claiming is pure con...

Just showing up all passionate about things doesn't always convince people that you should be leading on the issue. Learn three things all leaders have mastered in order to have authority and clarity. High performance habits help you get more done better, leverage the skills of your team, and empower your clients/users to co-create solutions with you. Clearly communicating expectations and strateg...

If you suffer from chronic stress, you are literally short-circuiting your nervous system. Listen in to this education session I did recently on how to reset yourself and break the stress cycle. Turn off the stress response by doing physical activities like breathing, meditation and movement that activate your parasympathetic nervous system Recognize the beliefs you have around earning love and ho...

Has your comfort zone turned into a complacency zone? The only thing safely assured by risk adversity is a stagnant career. Listen in for ways to make risk taking a little less scary so you can start claiming your best architecture lifestyle. Every time you take a risk, you advance your career. Get over fear of risk by journaling best and worst case scenarios. Ask "then what" afterwards to get a f...

Conferences aren’t just an opportunity to get CEU’s. Smart conference goers know how to leverage what they’re learning, build and activate their network.  Listen in for my pro tips on making the most of your conference experience. Conferences are an active learning experience.  Presenters are your peers sharing their insights around the same issues you are facing.  Take the time to ask them questi...

Ready for a promotion, but the role is already filled at your current company? Instead of looking for a new job, you might want to consider creating a new leadership position for yourself. Listen in to learn about intrepreneurship and how to know if this strategy is right for you. Where are there gaps in the industry? How could your company position itself to provide service there? Are you willing...

You can read a million books or articles on productivity. You probably won't implement most of it. Not because it's bad advice, but because you have three major blocks in place. Listen in to learn how to neutralize these root causes for staying stuck in exhaustion, brain fog and innovation jail. Start practicing good sleep hygiene. Sleep resets your system, detoxifies the body and keeps hormones i...

Your career is not a set it and forget it thing. It's also not a recipe you follow. Architect and Educator Tim Hawk tells us why you need to constantly reinvent yourself, take on heart-led opportunities, align your passion with what people need, and embrace diversity by surrounding yourself with different perspectives. Think more broadly about your career possibilities instead of accepting what's...

Can you actually be success intolerant? Yeppers. This can happen subconsciously. You think you want to be successful, but fear the unchartered territory of who that version of you will be.  Let me be your sherpa and help you navigate your internal and external success obstacles. We all have a success setpoint. When we start to move to the upper limits of that, we feel more and more uncomfortable a...

Don't you have to work really hard to be successful? Ummm... no. You do have to be clear on what you want though and take aligned action. Oh, and enjoy the ride instead of being on an angsty head trip. Listen in to this excerpt from my recent Stressless Success Workshop to learn how it's done.   This is a segment from a two hour workshop.  For a limited time, if you sign up for the workshop using...

No way do confident people have low self-esteem, right?  Except... maybe you do. No one talks about the way this seeming paradox happens or how it holds you back in life and work. Let's shine the flashlight into that dark corner of your psyche so you can break the self sabotage cycle starting now. SIGN UP FOR STRESSLESS SUCCESS VACATION LIFE WORKSHOP Confidence is outward facing, based on observab...

Let's get philosophical- what does it mean to be present?  How do you collaborate and lead when not everyone is in the room while leveraging the value of face to face interaction with those that are? How do we create an equitable collaborative experience?  Why should we even bother going back to an office at all? This episode explores how we can retool old project processes for a hybrid work world...

The integrated life is where it's at.  Michael Don Ham shares how he's built multiple careers and become an influencer around promoting personal and planetary health. This is a must-listen episode for anyone feeling overwhelmed or like you have to stay where you're at even if it's feeling a bit stagnant. SIGN UP FOR YOUR VACATION LIFE WORKSHOP Your personal throughline can run through more than on...