In this episode we spoke about the following: 1.  Some background about why the 9-5 was created 2.  Why this topic may be the future of working life… 3.  Take some time to reflect on what your thoughts are first what do they tell you about your career. Career mentoring exercise for you 4.  Three reasons why it doesn’t exist anymore 5. Key things to take away from this episode Some articles that talk about the 9-5 and why working life has changed 1. https://www.business.com/articles/the-death-of-the-workday-is-9-to-5-working-obsolete/ 2. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2021/07/25/working-9-to-5-is-an-antiquated-relic-from-the-past-and-should-be-stopped-right-now/?sh=14bc374e40de 3. https://www.redwigwam.com/articles/2022/nov/why-working-9-5-is-outdated-and-the-future-is-flexible/ Career Obstacles workshop To sign up please see page here – https://www.somaghosh.com/career-obstacles-waitlist Any questions about this episode or anything else please email me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com       --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

Being a business adviser and key tips on how to thrive as a business owner with Lee Lam In this episode we spoke to business founder and business strategist Lee Lam In this episode we spoke about the following 1.  What Lee does as a business owner and who she supports 2. Lee’s ideal client and what they are struggling with 3. What is a COO role in a company and what do they do 4. Lee’s Career and her highs and her career and lessons 5. What are some of the qualities to be a good mentor 6. What led Lee to starting her business 7. Advice and tips on how to keep going in business when you feel like giving up 8. Building relationships in your business and why this matters 9. What can we learn from business failure and how can it help us in business 10. What has changed in business post pandemic Where can you connect with Lee 1. LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/soma-ghosh-26086638/ 2.  Website - https://www.linkedin.com/in/leelam/?originalSubdomain=uk --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

The format of this episode was as follows 1. Purpose of the episode 2. Running a business what is your purpose and why 3. Your mission for continuing 4. Thinking about Meaning vs future Other episodes you may useful 1. Episode 52 - Should I turn a hobby into a business 2. Episode 126 - 3 ways to create a business brand and why it's so important 3. Episode 137 - Why Cliques in business can ruin your own business 4. Episode 148 - How to keep going in your business even when you feel like giving up 5. Episode 180 - 3 reasons why building your business is a long game Working with me Are you interested in working with me as business owner find out more here - https://www.somaghosh.com/women-in-business If you have any questions about the podcast or working together please email me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

The main format for this episode was as follows 1. The Idea behind this episode 2. Awards and how they can help your brand and business 3. Some reflections from 2019 to now 4. Advice and support for you Episode I mention 1.  Episode 163 - Should you start a business podcast Shoutouts on this episode 1. Neal Veglio - https://podknowspodcasting.co.uk/ 2. Sangita Pillai - https://www.soulsutras.co.uk/about-sangeeta-pillai/ 3. Ravneet thank for the clip and you can she also won an award for Best Nutritionist that night she has also been on the podcast on Episode 178 - How Nutrition can be linked to your career and happiness at work with Ravneet Panesar. She awards winners in my category best podcaster 1. Amruti Choudhry who was also highly commended podcaster - https://www.amruticoaching.com/ 2. Manpreet Johal was one the main Best podcaster Award winners - https://www.heartshappiness.co.uk/ 3. Urvashi Lad was the other main Best Podcaster Award winner - https://www.unlimitedurvashi.com/ Awards I have been nominated for and the two awards I have won 1. Podcast for business awards -https://www.lynsayanne.com/ 2. International women’s podcast awards - https://everybody-media.com/awards/ 3. National Coaching Awards - https://thenationalcoachingawards.com/ 4. We are city Rising star awards - https://wearethecity.com/rising-star-awards-what-happened-next-for-soma-ghosh/ 5. She Awards - http://sheawardsuk.co.uk/ Links you may find interesting 1.  Feedspot blog - https://podcasts.feedspot.com/uk_career_podcasts/ How you can work with me 1. Professional women - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_op9hNEHtgubM1Q5dfspOqSTonc5dsz9ktl1TpVa0Hs/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbzx=1337396816529605572#responses 2. Parents of teens - https://www.somaghosh.com/parents-of-teenagers 3. Business Owners - https://www.somaghosh.com/women-in-business Any questions about this episode please contact me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com Waitlist for workshop - https://www.somaghosh.com/career-obstacles-waitlist --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

1. Intro and aim of this episode 2. Some of the ways you may be downplaying your career potential 3. Three Ways to not downplay your career potential Other relevant episodes 1.  Episode 104 - Returning to work as a parent (Interview with Lizzie Martin) 2. Episode 198 - How understanding your personal strengths can enhance your career happiness With Biraj Nakarja 3. Episode 205- Can Change affect your Career Confidence Articles related to the episode Lilly Allen article about this - https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a60190077/lily-allen-says-having-kids-ruined-career/ Clip of what she said fully - https://youtu.be/LBdvKd1qzwE?si=j5ldpfqIAc0pOonA How to get careers advice and support 1.  Apply for a consultation - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_op9hNEHtgubM1Q5dfspOqSTonc5dsz9ktl1TpVa0Hs/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbzx=1337396816529605572#responses 2. Visit the women in employment page - https://www.somaghosh.com/women-in-employment --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

Special announcement : The Career Happiness Podcast won the “Highly commended” Best podcaster - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/soma-ghosh-26086638_awards2024-podcaster-businessowner-activity-7172863983773822976-pEFx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop 1.  Why I choose to talk about this topic? 2. How do you motivate yourself currently and why it’s important 3.    Three things to help with this topic 4.   Apply for a career consultation 3 spaces available till April 8th Other episodes you find helpful 1. Episode 157 - How can you find your career purpose and 2 ways to do this 2. Episode 201 - Why are we so unhappy at work and 3 ways to handle this? If you are interested in working with me one to one you can apply for a careers consultation to see if you want to do The Career Happiness Program - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_op9hNEHtgubM1Q5dfspOqSTonc5dsz9ktl1TpVa0Hs/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbzx=1337396816529605572#responses Further details about the program and how I work are here - https://www.somaghosh.com/women-in-employment and https://www.somaghosh.com/career-happiness-program If you have any comments or questions please email me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com         --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

What we spoke about in the episode 1. Who Aoife is and what she does in her business 2. What Aoife observed in the workplace around unhappiness at work and where it could be stemming from 3. The most common themes that Aoife is seeing in the workplace right now and how it’s affecting people’s happiness at work 4. Chronoworking and Aoife’s thoughts on this working trend for the future 5. Remote working vs hybrid working and Aoife’s thoughts on the future of how will be working with this approach. 6. Being productive vs being busy at work and what this actually means in the workplace 7.  Imposter syndrome the myth around it and of it exists. Also how to start to address it as well as building your awareness around it 8.  Redundancy and how this is affecting people in workplaces currently 9.  Fitting in at work and the research that Aoife in her masters around this 10. Flexibility at work and the importance of values in the workplace How you can connect with Aoife 1. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien/ 2. Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/happier-at-work/id1474115091 3. Website - https://happieratwork.ie/   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

Intro – To the episode and why change is a theme that comes up a lot as well as why Confidence is something that never seems to change The main format of this episode Some more context into why I choose to speak about this Change is necessary and important Confidence and making sure you work on this through self-development is important Resilience and confidence can be connected especially through the low points Your confidence may be affected and that’s ok. Yet you have the power to control this Similar Episodes to listen to Episode 63 - Why resilience is so important in your career Episode 82 - Career confidence and Career Happiness what can you do to reignite your career now. Episode 150 - 3 tips to help you feel confident about your career Episode 160 - How to cope with change in business and why it’s actually a good thing? Subscribe to The Career Happiness Mentor Newsletter - https://thecareerhappinessmentor.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3cbb0dae04c3c14700da9770e&id=e2f25afd53 Career Happiness Insights LinkedIn Newsletter - Subscribe on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=6936996607292809216 Details on how to work with me You can apply to work with me here – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_op9hNEHtgubM1Q5dfspOqSTonc5dsz9ktl1TpVa0Hs/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbzx=1337396816529605572#responses     --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

The main format of this episode is detailed below. Intro about the change up in theme for this week’s episode What promoted me to talk about this 2 reasons why being a business owner isn’t what you think it may be LinkedIn post I mentioned in the episode by Alice Lyons - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7165976568622735360/ Other episodes you may find useful Episode 52 - Should I turn a hobby into a business Episode 163 - Should you start a business podcast If you have any thoughts or questions about this episode please Email me at soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com or soma@somaghghosh.com   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

It was a real pleasure to talk to Zina Kular business owner The main themes in our conversation and what we spoke about: 1. Zina’s business and what she does - 0:00- 4:46 2. Zina’s experiences of going to school and her education whilst going to a private school - 4:47 - 7:41 3.  Learning through Failure in a positive way and how this helped Zina learn about real life and her career - 7:42 - 12:11 4. Private education and State school education - 12:12- 15:09 4. Young people and what they need from education and teachers- 15:11- 20:18 5. Pressure to do certain careers and talking about STEM careers -20:20 - 23:14 6. Working in education and what we both learnt from this - 23:15 - 25:39 7.  More insights into why Zina created her business and why she help business owners who are mums - 24:45 - 30:38 8. Advice and tips around speaking in your business and how Zina utilised this in her business and the different forms of using your voice to speak up to promote your business- 30:50 - 34:33 9.Tips and advice around helping mums and women to create a side hustle and business - 34:40 - 40:11 10. Where can you connect with Zina - 40:12 -41:22 Where can you connect with Zina Connect with here on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/zinakular/ Visit her Website here https://www.zinakular.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

In this episode we cover the following: 1. Why I wanted to talk about this topic?- 0:00- 6:43 2.  What are some of the reasons this is happening -6:44- 18:37 3. How this creating problems in the workplace - 18:38- 28:40 4.  What can we do about this? -28:41 -34:52 5. How can I support you currently and episode ending 34:53 -35:58 Other episodes you may find useful Episode 55 - 3 ways to communicate better with your colleagues Episode 71 - How your personality can impact your career? Episode 174 - Is how you communicate at work affecting your career progression?  Episode 181 - Feeling lonely whilst working in a hybrid role and what to do about it. How can you work with me Women in employment page - https://www.somaghosh.com/women-in-employment Career Happiness Mentoring program – https://www.somaghosh.com/career-happiness-program Apply for a call here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_op9hNEHtgubM1Q5dfspOqSTonc5dsz9ktl1TpVa0Hs/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbzx=1337396816529605572#responses Any questions about the podcast email me at soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com or soma@somaghosh.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

I spoke about unhappiness at work and 3 ways to handle this. The main format for this episode was: Intro about unhappiness at work – 0:00- 3:51 What are some the reasons around why we are unhappy at work – 3:52- 10:54 The 4 pillars and career unhappiness at work – 10:56 - 15:47 What is your definition is career happiness exercise for you 15:48- 21:59 3 ways to handle this - 22:00- 30:29 Ways to connect further and outro - 30:31- 31:30 Links that you may find useful that I mentioned in this episode Article about Laurie Santos - https://www.shondaland.com/live/body/a31196398/what-exactly-is-happiness/ Other episodes that are key to this episode Episode 145 - 3 tips to help you have a healthy, happy business mindset Episode 157 - How can you find your career purpose and 2 ways to do this Episode 100 - (Milestone Episode.) Has career happiness evolved since the podcast started in 2019? Episode 89 - Why Career Happiness is a journey Episode 82 - Career confidence and Career Happiness what can you do to reignite your career now. Any questions you can email me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com If you want to connect with me on LinkedIn you can do so here Or follow the podcast here on Twitter. – https://twitter.com/CareerHappyPod Subscribe to the newsletter here - https://thecareerhappinessmentor.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3cbb0dae04c3c14700da9770e&id=e2f25afd53 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

In this episode we spoke about the following: 1.  Introduction and purpose of episode - 0:00- 4:00 2.  The 4 Career Happiness Pillars 4:15- 11:29 3. How the top ten popular episodes tie into these pillars 11:32- 49:45 4. Popular themes throughout the seasons 49:46- 1;00:29 6.  Conclusion to episode 1:00:30-1:02:12 Links that you may find useful - https://www.somaghosh.com/ as the four pillars are showcased here Previous Episodes I mention in this Episode 1. Episode 2 - Let Confidence be your superpower in your career (Interview with Aliya Rajah) 2. Episode 3 - How to be more confident in your career and find work you truly love. 3. Episode 158 - Career confusion in your 20s and 30s and how to tackle this with Alana Kilmartin 4. Episode 5 - Three tips to help with Career Confusion 5. Episode 4 - Finding your true purpose in your career (Interview with Kiki Kirby) 6. Episode 5 - Three tips to help with Career Confusion 7. Episode 50 - Are you being undermined at work? Support and further tips You can sign up to the newsletter here - https://thecareerhappinessmentor.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3cbb0dae04c3c14700da9770e&id=e2f25afd53 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

Hustle Culture is something that many seem to be rejecting What we covered in this episode included: 1. Why I wanted to about Hustle culture and what’s changed around this when I spoke about in Episode 65 2. Why Hustle Culture is causing Burnout, stress and mental health issues 3. The pandemic and it’s aftermath of how workplaces had changed 4. Working culture is different and will continue to be ever evolving 5. Why are we rejecting Hustle Culture ? 6. The Pillars and career happiness Mentor Links mentioned · Debate I mentioned in the episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=VNdce1LpgF2G9Tr0&v=sFU6qCT0vxE&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=GoodMorningBritain · Article about the film I mentioned Fake Famous - https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/fake-famous-and-the-tedium-of-influencer-culture ·  Link about job crafting- https://tailoredthinking.co.uk/blog/2020/5/12/different-types-of-job-crafting ·   Article I mentioned about loneliness at work https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/careers/loneliness-burnout-at-work/855917 Previous episodes linked to this episode 1.  Episode 65 – Do we have a hustle problem? 2. Episode 110 - Should you consider the great resignation as part of your career journey? 3. Episode 140- How deal with The Great Resignation and Burnout Culture with Sara J. McElroy 4. Episode 146 - What is quiet quitting and what do you need to know about it? 5. Episode 196 - 4 practical tips to help you quit your job Working with me Find out how to work with me visit the link here - https://www.somaghosh.com/women-in-employment If you have any thoughts or questions about the podcast please email me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

In this episode we spoke about the following: 1.  What Biraj does in his work and business as a coach -1:58-7:35 2. How can people figure out what their strengths are?- 7:42-11:30 3. Is there a link between a person’s talents and strengths and how is this connected to our values and tips around this- 11:35-14:43 4. Biraj’s career and what he did before he had a business- 14:56-19:50 5. Differences between 1-1 client work and corporate work the Biraj does - 20:00-24:58 6. Generalist vs having a special talent - 25:00-31:04 7. Confidence in the workplace and how this affects others 31:08-35:58 8. Being yourself at work and navigating being true to yourself at work 36:00-38:41 9. What is next for Biraj’s business in the new year- 38:50-41:14 10. How you can connect with Biraj - 41:20-42:16 Get in touch with Biraj Connect with Biraj on LinkedIn here – https://www.linkedin.com/in/biraj-nakarja-41a4047/ Follow him on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/innatecompass/ Visit his website - https://www.innatecompass.com/   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

In this episode we talk about 5 TV shows you should watch related to work The format of the episode was as follows: 1. Introduction and purpose of the episode- 1:09-4:52 2.  Show no 1 about the workplace - 4:55 - 11:49 3.  TV program no 2 about the world of work - 11:51-17:51 4. Show no 3 about the workplace - 17:54-24:18 5. TV program 4 about the world of work - 24:22-28:20 6. Show no 5 about the workplace - 28:24-32:59 7. Other shows that are worth a mention - 33:01-36:37 8. Final thoughts - 36:38-39:52 Tik Tok video I mentioned see here - https://www.tiktok.com/@somag25/video/7139828207108345093?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7139894892125947397 I want to hear from you? What shows related to workplace would you recommend? If you have any thoughts on this or the podcast please email me us at soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com or soma@somaghosh.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

In this episode I talk about: 1. Why I am recording this episode 2.  Quitting and why people leave previous episode and articles 3.  4 tips to help you quit your job 4.  Quitting your job the setbacks and why it take time and conclusion Women’s Hour segment You can listen to the full episode here. To skip to the segment at 33 minutes and 44 seconds where I spoke with guest Hannah Witton and presenter Emma Barratt. See link here so you can listen on BBC sounds - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001t9ff SEO Mindset Podcast   You can listen to this episode where I was interviewed by one of the hosts Tazmin Suleman and spoke about quiet and loud quitting -  https://www.theseomindset.co.uk/episode/quiet-loud-quitting-with-soma-ghosh Other relevant episode from this podcast linked to quitting your job 1. Episode 92 - 4 reasons why people leave their job 2. Episode 110 - Should you consider the great resignation as part of your career journey? 3. Episode 146 - What is quiet quitting and what do you need to know about it? Blog post relevant to this episode You can read a blog I wrote about quitting here - https://www.somaghosh.com/careerhappinesssblog/what-can-i-do-if-i-cant-currently-quit-a-job-i-am-unhappy-in Your thoughts on this topic If you have any thoughts or comments, or questions on this topic please email me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com                       --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

In this Episode I spoke to parenting coach Aman Kaur Within this episode we spoke about the following. 1. The work Aman does as a parenting coach - 1:21- 2:30 2. The most common themes that come up in Aman’s coaching and the work she does - 2:38- 15:45 3. Childhood trauma and normalising conversations around this- 15:48- 25:00 4. Conscious parenting and tips on how to do this - 25:12 - 31:30 5. What Aman did before she had her business - 31:40- 32:24 6. Pressure and how to help parents with this especially around careers - 32:29- 44:20 7. Parenting yourself and how this can help you as an individual - 44:22 - 48:18 8. Connect with Aman and End - 48:20 - 49:00 How can you connect with Aman Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/themindfulparentingcoach/ Any comments or questions If you have any questions about the podcast email me at soma@thecareerhappinnessmentor.com or soma@somaghosh.com Questions about the podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

In this episode I spoke to Lola Béjidé founder of Soluman Consultancy and career coach We spoke about a lot if really interesting topics in this episode The main format of the episode was as follows 1. What Lola does and who she supports in her business - 1:50 -4:06 2. Business lessons whilst building a business 4:25-6:53 3.  Networking and how this can be done in an effective way - 6:56 – 10:15 4.  Inclusion in the workplace and what should companies be thinking about - 10:17- 21:32 5. Tips and advice for new graduates or people who are in the last year of their of the degree - 21:34 – 27:08 6. First level leadership and why do they not get the attention they deserve - 27:14 – 34:00 7. Career Gatekeepers and Blocker and what this means in terms of your career and the workplace - 34:08 – 38:04 8. Employee retention and the themes that come up around this time and time again. -  38:10 – 41:44 9.  Organisational culture and employee experience - 41:45- 43:21 10.How important is career coaching and how can help with career development - 43:24 – 46:40 11. What’s next for Lola and her business and for 2024 - 46:46-49:05 12.   End and how connect with Lola - 49:08 – 50:32   Where can you connect with Lola Her Website – https://solumanconsultancy.com/ LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/lola-bejide/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/solumanconsultancy/ Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@solumanconsultancy Any comments or questions about this episode please email us from soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com or soma@somaghosh.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message

In this podcast conversation I spoke to Lu Castello We spoke about the following in the episode 1. What Lu does and the work they do 1:41– 4:45 2. Working with clients who have chronic illnesses 5:18- 12:18 3. Three Tips to help with overwhelm and how to manage this 12:20 – 21-15 4. What can founders and organisations do to make workplaces more inclusive and diverse in a way that’s not just about numbers 21:18– 32:28 5. Workplace culture and how Important is this to your overall personal development 32:48 – 37:25 6. People not understanding non binary terminology and inclusivity in the workplace and why this continues to be an issue 37:27 – 48:34 7. End and how to connect with Lu 48:36 -48:54 You can follow Lu on LinkedIn here – https://www.linkedin.com/in/lulimuni/ If you have any comments or questions about this episode please email me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/careerhappiness/message