Radiant Growth

Summary: Tatiana interviews Meltem (Mel) Naz Kaso, founder and globally recognized UX career coach at Career with Mel. Reflecting on Career with Mel’s two-year anniversary, Mel shares her entrepreneurship journey and her unique CARE framework that empowers UX professionals to build confidence through action, navigate career transitions, and grow holistically beyond job titles.Takeaways: The CARE framework (Clarity, Alignment, Resilience, Expression) enables UX professionals to gain clarity in what they want, align with their values, build resilience with setbacks, and express their unique point of view.Career is broader than a single company, job title, or career ladder; it involves continuous self-awareness and reinvention.Confidence is about taking action despite uncertainty and trusting your ability to adapt and learn as challenges arise.Entrepreneurship requires muscles to both navigate uncertainty and create certainty.  Nurturing Clarity’s name represents a cyclical connection between reflection/insights and action/experimentation, which opens growth that’s expected and unexpected.Connect with Mel and Career with Mel: Email: contact [at] careerwithmel [dot] comCareer with Mel websiteMel on LinkedInConnect with Tatiana Vlahovic and Nurturing Clarity: Set up an intro call with TatianaNurturing Clarity website   Tatiana on LinkedInNurturing Clarity InstagramNurturing Clarity LinkedInChapters: 00:00 Radiant Growth introduction00:21 Meltem Naz Kaso and Career with Mel02:13 Motivation behind Career with Mel04:26 CARE framework and types of work08:36 Lessons learned from entrepreneurship10:26 Confidence through action as most surprising client growth11:52 Defining confidence13:23 Nurturing Clarity's relationship to reflection and action15:51 Learn more about Career with Mel

Summary: Tatiana launches the Radiant Growth podcast, which highlights leaders and creators through short, focused interviews to discuss something unique and surprising about their work. Tatiana interviews her first guest, Jonathan Ger, founder and lead coach of Ripple Coaching & Consulting. Tatiana and Jonathan explore men’s work and modern masculinity as reconnection to who men truly are when they can be vulnerable, authentic, and courageous.Takeaways: Men need reconnection to and expansion into who they truly are instead of hyperfocus on the performance-oriented “male archetype.”When men are allowed to be more vulnerable and authentic in community, this ripples outward and enables everyone around them to be more successful.Breakdowns become the breakthroughs for growth.Men’s work intersects with grief work because men grieve losing joy, playfulness, and who they really are. When a man or non-birthing parent in a leadership position takes full parental leave, this sets the tone that parental leave is culturally permissible to do any parenting role and sets the foundation for equal partnership at home. Connect with Jonathan Ger and Ripple Coaching & Consulting:  Email: jonathan [at] theripplecoach [dot] comRipple Coaching & Consulting websiteMen’s work webpage  Jonathan's LinkedInRipple Coaching & Consulting FacebookJonathan and Ripple Coaching & Consulting InstagramJonathan and Ripple Coaching & Consulting YouTube Connect with Tatiana Vlahovic and Nurturing Clarity:Set up an intro call with TatianaNurturing Clarity website   Tatiana’s LinkedInNurturing Clarity InstagramNurturing Clarity LinkedInChapters:00:00 Radiant Growth introduction00:22 Jonathan Ger and Ripple Coaching & Consulting01:14 Motivation for work with men and modern masculinity02:04 Types of men's work02:42 What's unique about men's work05:42 Most important lesson from men's work06:37 Most surprising growth for men08:00 Intersection of masculinity and grief09:10 Intersection of men's work, parenting, and leadership10:41 How to find Jonathan