Dots and Dreams

Jenny's first layoff happened in 2025, her seventh job search since grad school, and the scariest one she'd ever faced. But the hardest part wasn't unemployment. It was watching her family pack their bags for Monday morning while she had nothing waiting for her. In this episode of Dots and Dreams, Jenny gets honest about the year she spent navigating the job market in 2025, the self-doubt, the AI-...

She'd lived in Paris, San Francisco, New York, and the Basque Country. She spoke multiple languages and could walk into almost any room in the world. And yet, for years, Jenny felt like a puzzle piece that didn't quite fit anywhere. In this episode of Dots and Dreams, Jenny shares her deeply personal story of navigating culture shock as a millennial woman, displacement, and the slow realization th...

Twenty years. That's how long Jenny chased French citizenship, and when she finally got it, she felt nothing. No tears. No celebration. Just quiet, unsettling emptiness. In this first episode of Dots and Dreams, Jenny opens with the dream that started it all, and the unexpected emotional void that followed. As a millennial woman, Jenny explores why we rush through our biggest wins without pausing...

Have you ever achieved something you dreamed about for 20 years and felt nothing when you finally got it? Or felt like a puzzle piece that just didn't fit, even surrounded by the people you love most? Or wondered if this transition, the one you're in right now, might be the one where you don't land on your feet? I've been there. Many times. Sometimes I'm still there. Welcome to Dots and Dreams. I'...