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Tired of people-pleasing and constantly chasing approval? It’s draining your energy, eroding your confidence, and keeping you stuck in self-doubt. The truth? You’ll never feel fulfilled trying to meet everyone else’s expectations. In this episode, learn how self-authorization helps you stop seeking validation and start living on your own terms—with clarity, confidence, and freedom.  

In this episode, we unpack:

• Why people-pleasing is exhausting and unsustainable

• How seeking external validation keeps you stuck in self-doubt

• The hidden cost of always needing others' approval

• A mindset shift: Self-authorization as the antidote to burnout

You’ll learn a powerful strategy to break free from the cycle of approval-seeking by giving yourself permission to live and lead on your own terms. This concept of self-authorization helps you reconnect with your intuition, build unshakable confidence, and set healthy boundaries—without guilt.

If you’ve ever felt like you're constantly proving yourself or afraid to disappoint others, this episode is for you.

It’s time to stop outsourcing your worth. Tune in to discover how to:

• Cultivate inner validation instead of chasing praise

• Reclaim your personal power in work and life

• Build stronger, more authentic relationships

• Attract opportunities aligned with your true values

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Think you need to wait until you're "perfect" to go for that promotion? Think again. In this episode, we walk through a powerful Promotion Readiness Checklist tailored specifically for women in architecture. From project wins to mindset shifts, you’ll learn how to assess your leadership potential—and make your next move with confidence.

Whether you're eyeing senior designer, project manager, or principal, this episode helps you stop doubting and start leading.

1. Performance & Expertise: Are you delivering value that drives results?

2. Leadership & Influence: Are you guiding others and shaping outcomes?

3. Visibility & Advocacy: Are your contributions being seen and championed?

4. Confidence & Mindset: Are you standing in your power—or holding back?

5. Strategic Fit: Do your goals align with what leadership looks for?

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In this crossover episode, you'll hear the conversation we had on Architects as Healers: Buildings as Medicine with Martin Prince-Parrott about his new book Urban Healthonomics. You'll learn practical strategies to build for health, well being and economic vitality.

1. The economics of sustainable healthy cities in an interconnected web of downstream (consumer) and upstream (policies/incentives).
2. Look at change from multiple viewpoints: citizen, architect, engineer, developer, policy maker, stakeolder
3. There are tangential economic impacts to poor air quality urban heat islands, water pollution, and social isolation. Addressing them requires forging uncommon public and private partnerships.
4. Cities are multi-generational
5. Preventing despair is our imperative. In hope, we believe solutions are possible and work towards them.

CONTACT MARTIN:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-prince-parrott-founder-sci-fi-infrastructure-builder/

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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.

1. Women need to be able to bring their whole self to work, not feel that they have to choose either caregiving or a career.
2. You can have it all- whatever "it all" looks like for you.
3. Your definition of success will change throughout your life.
4. Three roadblocks you put in your path to having it all are not knowing your worth, numbing out, and imposter syndrome.
5. Move past the roadblocks by naming them, questioning their validity, and shifting them to a more helpful thought.
6. You are not a buffet, you do not have to serve everybody.

CONTACT ERICA:

https://www.fromnowtonext.org/

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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.

1. Discern between appreciating the growth opportunity of a failure vs. pretending things are OK.
2. Negative experiences and emotions need to be tolerated. Moving past them means naming them, finding the root cause and opportunities for change.
3. Don't rush to slap a label on what you are going through. Be willing to be vulnerable and explore it.
4. Forcing the positive is judging the current situation.
5. Give comfort, free of the obligation of advice.
6. There is no expiration date on what you are working through. The integrity of the experience is more valuable than the speed of the bounce back.

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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.

1. Success is never about just doing one thing. Look for ways to cultivate spiritual growth, personal and professional development.
2. Even painful circumstances can become your comfort zone because they are familiar. Resist the temptation to stay in patterns you know.
3. Cultivate resilience so you can resist being taken out by failures that will occur as you move towards your success.
4. You really do know what you want to do, even if you haven;t realized it yet. Pay attention to where your attention is drawn and believe that you can make a career out of your interests.
5. Prepare your own table. Don't wait for someone else to clear the way for you.

Connect with Elizabeth: https://www.elizabethcorreia.com/

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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.

1. 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.
2. Avoid using violent or combative language that conveys judgement or contains accusations.
3. Being in conflict triggers the fight or flight response, automatically putting you in defensive mode where there is no space for creating solutions.
4. Use language that encourages the other person to engage and relate to you. Start by saying “I notice…” then “I feel…” then “I need…”
5. Don’t be afraid to be vulnerable. Vulnerability creates authenticity. Authenticity is needed for trust Trust is the foundation of every relationship.

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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!

1. Avoid using absolutes or negative language- even when referring to yourself.
2. Receive compliments by appreciating the acknowledgement of your effort and contribution instead of deflecting them.
3. Don't let your own bias about the default normal lead to othering by singling out  group or population.
4. Be decisive and descriptive- there is no need to qualify everything your say.
5. Beware vocal fry. Ending sentences as if you are asking a question instead of making a statement makes you appear to doubt yourself,
6. Drop the jargon, lingo and multi-syllabic words. Speak plainly and directly so that your audience can understand and relate to you.
7. Acknowledge the challenges and empathize with dilemmas and tough decisions.
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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.

1. Get out of your comfort zone. Nothing good ever happens to you there because it maintains the status quo.
2. Plug into your intuition and let it guide you to possibilities instead of accepting a limited list based on your past experiences.
3. Do a longitudinal study of your life. Taking a retrospective view of everything you've accomplished and why it mattered to you helps you to get clarity on your purpose.
4. Start making room to boldly pursue the things you love- even if you have to invest opportunities for yourself.
5. Get your spot for my free webinar: Stop the Slog: take back your time and earn more https://mailchi.mp/3bea4ef5d284/noslog

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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.

1. 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.
2. Decision makers are influencers of culture. Provide context for change by sharing history and lessons learned.
3. How you communicate culture impacts both staff and the clients you are trying to attract
4. You can keep culture and values prominent even before you have budget and strategy in place
5. Adopt a "yes and" strategy to keep the story moving forward as you ideate.
6. Get your spot for my free webinar: Stop the Slog: take back your time and earn more https://mailchi.mp/3bea4ef5d284/noslog

CONTACT SHANNON

Linked in at Shannon Hughes

Website: https://www.enlivenedstudios.com/ to learn more or get your free download

email: shannon@enlivenedstudios.com

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