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The Gen Mess with Tess — 60 episodes

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Ep 59: What to Do When You've Done Everything Right But Still Feel Off with Malaika Smyth

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Ep 58: How to Give Gen Z Employees Feedback That Actually Lands

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Ep 57: AI in the Workplace - Will AI Replace Jobs? with Erin Turnmeyer

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Ep 56: Why Work Feels So Personal (Part 2) Early Career Stress: What Young Professionals Are Really Experiencing

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Ep 55: 3 Ways to Take Back Your Morning Routine with Movement, Mindfulness, and Mastery with Amy Landino

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Ep 54: Why Work Feels So Personal (Part 1) The Psychology Behind Stress, Feedback, and Gen Z at Work

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Ep 53: How High Achievers Burn Out Twice: Stress, Joy at Work, and What Leaders Still Get Wrong with Amy Leneker

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Ep 52: Why Gen Z Keeps Asking Questions at Work

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Ep 51: Why Fast Growth Breaks Company Culture

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Ep 50: Let Go of the Outcome

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Ep 49: AI Anxiety in the Workplace & The Future of Talent with Trent Cotton

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Ep 48: When Your Boss Isn’t Safe | How to Protect Yourself Without Quitting

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Ep 47: The Manager Effect | Why Your Boss Impacts Your Mental Health More Than You Think with Ashley Herd

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Ep 46: The Cost of High Achievement: Burnout, Identity, and Leadership Transitions with Jenny Calcoen

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Ep 45: Why Discomfort Is a Missing Skill in Today’s Workplace

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Ep 44: The Real Reason HR, Managers, and Employees Are Exhausted

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Ep 43: Going No Contact | Acknowledgement, Repair, and the Generational Divide We Keep Missing

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Ep 42: Gen Mess Reflections: Surviving Change, Loss, and Family Shifts Across Generations

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Ep 41: From PR Glam to Career Jam: Storytelling Your Way Out of the Void

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Ep 40: Golden Handcuffs & Gut Checks: Escaping the Career Carousel

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Ep 39: Law & Order: Time Management Unit

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Ep 38: How To Handle Difficult People at Work

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Ep 37: “Emotional Availability”: Now Trending at Work and Home

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Ep 36: Millennial Managers, Gen Z Bosses, and the Art of Playing Nice at Work

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Ep 35: "Kids These Days": A Masterclass in Collective Complaining

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Ep 34: Less Rage, More Sage: Learning from Your Feels

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Ep 33: Generation Exhausted: Why Gen Z Opted OuT

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Ep 32: Love is Blind and So Are We: Navigating Vulnerability in Modern Dating

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Ep 31: Flex Appeal: Why Rigid Leaders Are A Dying Breed

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Ep 30: Likes, Labels & Letting Go: The Empathy Edition with Dr. Ashok Bhattachanya

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Ep 29: Gen X vs. Gen Z: The Great Work-Life Smackdown

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Ep 28: HR: Not Just Birthday Cakes and Candy – A Real Talk with Jessica Holst

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Ep 27: Write or Wrong: Why Most Writing Sucks (and How to Fix It) with Brian Morgan

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Ep 26: Is the American Dream Still Alive or Has It Changed for Gen Z?

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Ep 25: Influencer By Accident: The Secret Life of CEOs, Consultants & Content Creators

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Ep 24: Central Perks and Parent's Couch: The One Where Adulthood Gets Complicated

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Ep 23: The Power of Thought, Action, And Words: Practical Growth with Billy G.

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Ep 22: Is Work Just a Hobby? How Gen Z Is Redefining Success with Katie O’Brien

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Ep 21: Finding Meaning in the Mess: Tess Brigham on Personal Growth and Podcast Evolution

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Ep 20: Autonomy, Trust, and Team Success: Jhana Li's Keys for Modern Entrepreneurs

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Ep 19: Lost in Translation: The Gen Mess Goes Global

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Ep 18: Billable Hours vs. Burnout Powers: Law's Generational Divide

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Ep 17: Why Work is Broken and How Relationships Can Fix It with Jason Lauritsen

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Ep 16: Work First or Me First? Gen X, Z and The Alphabet Soup of Office Drama

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Ep 15: Benefit of the Doubt: Insurance, Generations & Family Drama

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Ep 14: Butterfly Goo: The Dirt Truth About Growing Up At Work

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Ep 13: FEAR: The Greatest Strategist You've Never Hired

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Ep 12: Laughing Off the Job Title: Identity, Irony and The Art of the &

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Ep 11: Mission: Inclusion Possible - The DEI Double Take

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Ep 10: How Gen Z and Social Media Are Changing Addiction and Recovery

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Ep 9: Work Trauma, Gen Trauma and the Empathetic Workplace

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Ep 8: The Integrity Game: Play Hard. Lead Soft - featuring Jeffrey Klubeck

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Ep 7: Crisis Management in the Age of Insta-Everything

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Ep 6: Bias Be Gone: Bridging the Gen Gap with Matthew Cahill

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Ep 5: Addicted to Connection: Abby's Rx for Relational Chaos

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Ep 4: Remote Control: Tess Takes on Jamie Dimon's In-Office Mandate

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Ep 3: EQ 101: Less Brain, More Heart with Susan Schwartz

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Ep 2: Avocado Toast & Latchkeys: A Generational Feud

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Ep 1: Burnout & Generational Dynamics: Insights from Cait Donovan

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Ep 0: Let's Get Started Cleaning Up The Gen Mess