Let's Fix Monday: Create A Career You Love
by Cheryl Alexander
Let's Fix Monday is a podcast for smart women who are feeling stuck in their career. If you are feeling unfulfilled in a job you've outgrown, looking to make a job or career change, or feeling overwhelmed and anxious at work, this podcast is for you. Career Coach, Cheryl Alexander, will share inspiration, strategies, tools and tactics to help you have greater productivity, success, happiness, purpose, balance, contribution and fulfillment to create a career and life you love. From discovering what you want to do in life and changing careers, to moving through failures and navigating day to day challenges at work, to making an impact and realizing your potential - we will cover a wide range of topics to help you get inspired, gain confidence and have some laughs along the way. Cheryl Alexander's goal is to guide you on the path towards creating a career that helps you feel that spark of excitement on Monday morning. Subscribe now so you don't miss an episode. Have a question or topi
Episodes
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33. Taming Anxiety During a Pandemic
If you find yourself struggling with anxiety, fear and overwhelm, don't miss this episode. Learn about what causes anxiety and how our brains and bodies operate in a state of fear and overwhelm. I'll also share some practical tools and exercises that can help you respond rather than react, and…
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32. Season 1 Close
Exciting new things are in the works for 2020 as we close the first season of the Let's Fix Monday podcast.
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31. Networking
Have you resisted building or tapping into your network to help you with a career change? Networking doesn't have to be awkward or cheesy. Learn why networking is so important and the do's and don'ts to help you develop real connections.
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30. How to Set and Achieve Your Goals
It's the time of year when people make their resolutions and goals. Why do we give up on what we want to achieve? Motivation and willpower will only take you so far. Is this the year you will finally get the new job of our dreams? Will you pivot your career towards what you are yearning for? In...
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29. Your Decade in Review
As you look back to your 2009 self, you probably couldn't have predicted all of the experiences and accomplishments you have had up in the last 10 years. We are always reaching for what's next and rarely reflect on what we have accomplished and challenges we overcame. Learn how to do a review of...
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28. How to Answer the Question 'What Do You Do?'
At every party, gathering and event, someone inevitably will ask you what you do for work. If you are unhappy in the job you are in, this answering this question in an interesting way is a challenge. Learn how to reframe the question with a response that is engaging to others and may help you…
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27. Your Perfectionism is Holding You Back
Have you wanted to make a shift if your career but you can't seem to stick with making the change? Do you find yourself dreaming about what life will be like when you make a career change, but never take action to make it a reality? Your perfectionist thinking may be what is holding you back.…
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26. Start Living Your Future Today
Do you have a list of things you want in your career? Do you want a title? A new house? A great boss? What will life be like when you get what you want? We want these things from our career for the feelings they will generate within us. The great news is that those feelings are available to you...
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25. Explore a Career Move With Confidence
Making a career change can feel very risky. What if it doesn't turn out? What if you make a mistake? What if you hate it even more than your current job? If fear is holding you back from taking the next step, this episode is for you. There is a way to plan a career change with less risk and...
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24. A Four Letter Word to Help You Reduce Stress
The notion of making a career change causes us stress. In an effort to manage our lives in stressful times, we often default to saying we can't do this, we can't find time, we can't make it a priority. When we keep saying "can't", we are implying that there are forces outside of us that prevent…
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23. Get Yourself a Mentor
Have you ever considered getting a mentor to help you on your career journey? Do you wonder how to get a mentor? Mentors are valuable relationships that can accelerate your skill development and career change in many ways. They are key members to add to your personal board of directors. Learn how...
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22. Cure Your Sunday Scaries
Do you experience the Sunday Scaries? It is that clenching wave of sadness, anxiety and dread on Sunday knowing you had to return to work on Monday. Many of us have accepted the Sunday Scaries as a normal part of life. It doesn't need to be. You may be wasting perfectly good Sunday by…
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21. Create a Compelling Vision for Yourself
Have you ever had a daydream about what your ideal job could be like? Or maybe wandered down a daydream of your ideal life? Did you find yourself stopping the dream, or shutting down those fantasies because your current life doesn't look anything like it? This week I am going to talk about the...
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20. Understand Why Your Job Sucks
Have you found yourself ruminating over how dysfunctional your job is every day? Do you complain to others about how much you hate the work you do? Are you feeling lost about what is next and unable to take the next step in your career? In order to create a plan for your future, you need to know...
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19. How to Cure a Bad Day
Have you ever had a really bad day or week at work? While bad days are part of our human experience, if you aren't enjoying your job or your career, these bad days may be more frequent for you. Shift away from the death spiral of stress and frustration and take care of what you need when those…
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18. The Power of Turtle Steps
Do ever wonder why you aren't making progress on something you want or need to do? Are you feeling stuck and find yourself procrastinating? Often we are reluctant to move forward if something feels particularly daunting, overwhelming, or simply not fun. What if you could feel and see progress...
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17. When Getting What You Want Doesn't Fix Your Life
Have you ever thought that getting a new job or promotion was going to make your life complete? Did you get what you wanted, but realized it didn't make you happy in the long run? We often think these external factors will give us the happiness we desire. Some of our happiness is hardwired, but...
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16. How to Move Through Change by Building Resilience
Have you ever had a challenging experience and had a hard time recovering from it? Do you find yourself resisting change at work? What makes some people melt into inaction while other people seem to thrive after a set-back? People going through career changes experience resistance at times…
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15. How Confirmation Bias Holds You Back
Do you find yourself in patterns that aren't serving you? Do you have beliefs or doubts that are holding you back from achieving what you want in life? Your brain is great at running efficiently, but it's not always right. Learn about your brain's confirmation bias, how it keeps you stuck, and…
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14. Slay Your Career Change With an Updated Resume
Do you want to make a career change but aren't sure how to modify your resume to take you into a new direction? Is it delaying your career search? Your resume is a key tool to communicate your skills, experience and value to new potential employers. Make them want to learn more about you and hire...
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13. Your Boss Sucks. Now What?
Have you ever had a bad boss? The kind that makes you dread coming to work? People quick their jobs for many reasons. More often than not, they quit because of their boss. Tempted to quit your job because your boss sucks? Don't just quit in spite. Learn ways you can take more control over the...
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12. How to Reduce Stress With 5 Simple Practices
Is your job causing you to feel stress and anxiety? You aren't alone. Over 80% of American employees feel stressed about their jobs and most of them say it's also impacting their personal relationships. Create a career you love by managing your stress more effectively. Learn about 5 simple...
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11. Let's Get Real About Authenticity
Do you feel like you can totally be yourself at work? Can bring your whole self to the work you do? Or, are you a different person at work than you are at home or with friends? If you feel like you have to be someone different to be successful at work, you may be suffering from anxiety and...
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10. Listener Q&A - Dealing With Overwhelm and More
In this episode I answer listener questions about feeling overwhelmed, following passion, knowing what to do for a career, struggling to perform in the day job while building the side hustle and micromanaging. I also share a bit more about myself and the origin of the name Mangata Partners.
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9. Take on Challenges With a Growth Mindset
Do you shy away from challenges? Do you melt or hide in the face of failure? You may be someone who has a fixed mindset. The result is that it may be keeping you stuck in your career and other parts of life. Learn how to embrace learning and thriving in the face of challenges by developing a…
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8. What's Your Brand?
Your personal brand is how you establish and reinforce who you are and what you stand for. It is a combination of your skills, experience and personality that is unique to you. It is what makes you fascinating. What is your personal brand at work? Is it one you have created intentionally or has…
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7. The Worst Boss in the World
We all have a worst boss story… but you may be surprised at who the worst boss in the world really is. It's you. Inspired by Seth Godin's blog The World's Worst Boss, I share the seven ways you can become the best boss to yourself and others. This episode is for you if: You are unhappy in your…
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6. How to Use Your Values to Make Decisions
Making decisions can be challenging, especially when it comes to determining what is next for your career. Knowing your values, or what is most important to you in the work you do and how you live, is a critical part of making decisions aligned with your true self. This episode is for you if…
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5. Overcoming Fear to Get What You Want
You have an idea of something that you want to do… your inner wisdom calls you do to something; fulfill your purpose, do big things in the world, fulfill a dream. You are afraid and don't take action. Life goes on. The tug within you continues ,as does the fear, which causes suffering. What do…
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4. Stay Competitive by Learning a New Skill Fast
One of the top skills you will need to be successful at work, both now and in the future, is the ability to learn new skills. How can you learn a new skill? We don't have the time funding to just go back to school and get a new degree. The trend nowadays is more towards informal learning…
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3. Ditch Your Expectations and Find Freedom in Agreements
Have you ever been disappointed about the performance of someone on your team? Or, have you ever felt frustrated that others aren't doing what you want? Do you find yourself complaining about others? I'm going to show you a powerful way to cut through the drama and suffering that comes with…
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2. How To Uncover Your Unique Strengths
What are your strengths? Are you using them in your job every day? Can you clearly articulate your strengths to someone who may be considering you for a job? Understanding what you are good at is critical to finding fulfillment in the work you do. In this episode, learn 7 steps to uncover your...
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1. Why You Feel Stuck in Your Job and What to Do About It
In today's episode I will share five reasons why you may be feeling stuck in your job and what to do about it. This episode is for you if you are feeling stuck or stagnated in your career and aren't sure what to do next. It's deeper than the typical excuses you may have been telling yourself....
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Let's Fix Monday is a podcast for smart women who are feeling stuck in their career. If you are feeling unfulfilled in a job you've outgrown, looking to make a job or career change, or feeling overwhelmed and anxious at work, this podcast is for you. Career Coach, Cheryl Alexander, will share inspiration, strategies, tools and tactics to help you have greater productivity, success, happiness, purpose, balance, contribution and fulfillment to create a career and life you love. From discovering what you want to do in life and changing careers, to moving through failures and navigating day to day challenges at work, to making an impact and realizing your potential - we will cover a wide range of topics to help you get inspired, gain confidence and have some laughs along the way. Cheryl Alexander's goal is to guide you on the path towards creating a career that helps you feel that spark of excitement on Monday morning. Subscribe now so you don't miss an episode. Have a question or topi
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