All Episodes
The Gen Mess with Tess — 60 episodes
Ep 59: What to Do When You've Done Everything Right But Still Feel Off with Malaika Smyth
Ep 58: How to Give Gen Z Employees Feedback That Actually Lands
Ep 57: AI in the Workplace - Will AI Replace Jobs? with Erin Turnmeyer
Ep 56: Why Work Feels So Personal (Part 2) Early Career Stress: What Young Professionals Are Really Experiencing
Ep 55: 3 Ways to Take Back Your Morning Routine with Movement, Mindfulness, and Mastery with Amy Landino
Ep 54: Why Work Feels So Personal (Part 1) The Psychology Behind Stress, Feedback, and Gen Z at Work
Ep 53: How High Achievers Burn Out Twice: Stress, Joy at Work, and What Leaders Still Get Wrong with Amy Leneker
Ep 52: Why Gen Z Keeps Asking Questions at Work
Ep 51: Why Fast Growth Breaks Company Culture
Ep 50: Let Go of the Outcome
Ep 49: AI Anxiety in the Workplace & The Future of Talent with Trent Cotton
Ep 48: When Your Boss Isn’t Safe | How to Protect Yourself Without Quitting
Ep 47: The Manager Effect | Why Your Boss Impacts Your Mental Health More Than You Think with Ashley Herd
Ep 46: The Cost of High Achievement: Burnout, Identity, and Leadership Transitions with Jenny Calcoen
Ep 45: Why Discomfort Is a Missing Skill in Today’s Workplace
Ep 44: The Real Reason HR, Managers, and Employees Are Exhausted
Ep 43: Going No Contact | Acknowledgement, Repair, and the Generational Divide We Keep Missing
Ep 42: Gen Mess Reflections: Surviving Change, Loss, and Family Shifts Across Generations
Ep 41: From PR Glam to Career Jam: Storytelling Your Way Out of the Void
Ep 40: Golden Handcuffs & Gut Checks: Escaping the Career Carousel
Ep 39: Law & Order: Time Management Unit
Ep 38: How To Handle Difficult People at Work
Ep 37: “Emotional Availability”: Now Trending at Work and Home
Ep 36: Millennial Managers, Gen Z Bosses, and the Art of Playing Nice at Work
Ep 35: "Kids These Days": A Masterclass in Collective Complaining
Ep 34: Less Rage, More Sage: Learning from Your Feels
Ep 33: Generation Exhausted: Why Gen Z Opted OuT
Ep 32: Love is Blind and So Are We: Navigating Vulnerability in Modern Dating
Ep 31: Flex Appeal: Why Rigid Leaders Are A Dying Breed
Ep 30: Likes, Labels & Letting Go: The Empathy Edition with Dr. Ashok Bhattachanya
Ep 29: Gen X vs. Gen Z: The Great Work-Life Smackdown
Ep 28: HR: Not Just Birthday Cakes and Candy – A Real Talk with Jessica Holst
Ep 27: Write or Wrong: Why Most Writing Sucks (and How to Fix It) with Brian Morgan
Ep 26: Is the American Dream Still Alive or Has It Changed for Gen Z?
Ep 25: Influencer By Accident: The Secret Life of CEOs, Consultants & Content Creators
Ep 24: Central Perks and Parent's Couch: The One Where Adulthood Gets Complicated
Ep 23: The Power of Thought, Action, And Words: Practical Growth with Billy G.
Ep 22: Is Work Just a Hobby? How Gen Z Is Redefining Success with Katie O’Brien
Ep 21: Finding Meaning in the Mess: Tess Brigham on Personal Growth and Podcast Evolution
Ep 20: Autonomy, Trust, and Team Success: Jhana Li's Keys for Modern Entrepreneurs
Ep 19: Lost in Translation: The Gen Mess Goes Global
Ep 18: Billable Hours vs. Burnout Powers: Law's Generational Divide
Ep 17: Why Work is Broken and How Relationships Can Fix It with Jason Lauritsen
Ep 16: Work First or Me First? Gen X, Z and The Alphabet Soup of Office Drama
Ep 15: Benefit of the Doubt: Insurance, Generations & Family Drama
Ep 14: Butterfly Goo: The Dirt Truth About Growing Up At Work
Ep 13: FEAR: The Greatest Strategist You've Never Hired
Ep 12: Laughing Off the Job Title: Identity, Irony and The Art of the &
Ep 11: Mission: Inclusion Possible - The DEI Double Take
Ep 10: How Gen Z and Social Media Are Changing Addiction and Recovery
Ep 9: Work Trauma, Gen Trauma and the Empathetic Workplace
Ep 8: The Integrity Game: Play Hard. Lead Soft - featuring Jeffrey Klubeck
Ep 7: Crisis Management in the Age of Insta-Everything
Ep 6: Bias Be Gone: Bridging the Gen Gap with Matthew Cahill
Ep 5: Addicted to Connection: Abby's Rx for Relational Chaos
Ep 4: Remote Control: Tess Takes on Jamie Dimon's In-Office Mandate
Ep 3: EQ 101: Less Brain, More Heart with Susan Schwartz
Ep 2: Avocado Toast & Latchkeys: A Generational Feud
Ep 1: Burnout & Generational Dynamics: Insights from Cait Donovan
Ep 0: Let's Get Started Cleaning Up The Gen Mess