How to Find a Mentor After a Career Setback

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a specific, often overlooked career challenge: how to seek mentorship after a major professional setback — a layoff, a failed promotion, or a project that went badly. They anchor the discussion on the story of a mid-career marketing manager who, after being passed over for a director role, rebuilt her network using a structured 'mentorship sprint' approach. Lucas breaks down the psychological barriers that make people withdraw after failure, and offers a concrete four-step framework: process, audit, reach out, and re-engage. Luna shares a counterintuitive insight from organizational psychologist Dr. Tessa West's research on how to ask for career advice without seeming desperate. They discuss why the best time to find a mentor is often when you feel least qualified to ask, and how a good mentor can help you reframe a setback as data, not identity. The episode closes with a practical tip on turning a one-time advice conversation into an ongoing relationship. #CareerSetback #MentorshipAfterFailure #FindingMentors #CareerAdvice #ProfessionalResilience #MentorNetwork #LayoffRecovery #FailedPromotion #CareerPivot #TessaWest #OrganizationalPsychology #MentorshipSprint #NetworkBuilding #CareerDevelopment #BusinessPodcast #FexingoBusiness #TheCareerMentorPodcast #Careers Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo