Whether you’re going for that next promotion, looking for a job or making a pivot, Elissa teaches you how to navigate the ups and downs so you can have the career you want.
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This podcast is for anyone who is trying to learn English and improve their pronunciation, but who finds YouTube videos, TV shows, and films way too fast! In this podcast, I simply speak slowly so that you can hear all the sounds, but I don't modify my accent. Slow, but natural! Go to patreon.com/itselissanotalyssa for transcripts, the Patreon-only section of the podcast, early access to episodes, and bonus content!
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Elissa Elliott, blogger and author, asks questions about living and life. As Rainer Maria Rilke said: "Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without eve ...
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Discovering Your Strengths to Land the Perfect Job
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Are you ready to transform your job search? In this episode, I'm sharing the Day 1 replay of my recent Job Search Challenge with a powerful foundation: identifying your essential skills. Join me as I walk you through a proven strategy to uncover the natural, behavioral strengths that underpin your success and confidence. You'll learn: The differenc…
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Finding Work That Fits: Strategies to Discover Your Career Sweet Spot
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In this episode of Love Your Work Life, Elissa Shuck unpacks the secret to finding career opportunities that truly align with who you are. It starts with understanding your strengths and leveraging them to connect with roles that bring out your best. Discover how the brain's reticular activating system can supercharge your job search, and learn act…
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From Ill-Fitting Job to Perfect Fit: Transforming Your Career Path
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Are you stuck in a job that no longer fits? In this episode, host Elissa Shuck dives into the signs of an "ill-fitting" job and shares a four-step process to help you move toward a career that feels authentic, fulfilling, and purpose-driven. Drawing from her experience coaching clients through career transitions, Elissa encourages listeners to take…
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Transform Your Job Search: Think Like a Marketer
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In this episode, career coach and former corporate leader Elissa Shuck dives into why job seekers need to think of their job search as a strategic marketing campaign. Elissa shares her unique approach that reframes the often daunting task of self-promotion by emphasizing storytelling, understanding hiring managers' needs, and viewing oneself as the…
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From Burnout to Breakthrough: 5 Steps to Your Next Great Job
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In this episode, Elissa dives into five essential keys for navigating a successful job change. With her background as a corporate hiring manager and career coach, she shares practical insights to help you approach your job search with clarity, resilience, and a winning mindset. Whether you're leaving a toxic workplace, looking for growth, or pivoti…
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Land Your Healthy Workplace Job in 2025
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In this episode, Elissa shares powerful insights on how to land a healthy, fulfilling job in 2025. Whether you're aiming for a new role or breaking free from a toxic work environment, Elissa outlines three must-haves: mindset, value, and strategy. Get ready to reclaim control over your career and discover a work life that energizes you. Key Takeawa…
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Start Your Career New Year's Resolution Today
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In this episode, Elissa urges you to kickstart your 2025 New Year’s resolutions now! She offers practical advice to help you get "unstuck" and achieve your career vision before the year ends. Don’t wait until January—start making those shifts today! Key Takeaways: Ask powerful questions to shape your career vision. Release bad habits and thought pa…
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Heart & Brain Coherence for Your Career
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Working in a toxic environment or for a toxic boss can be challenging, even for positive and optimistic individuals. Writing down thoughts and emotions can help diffuse their power. Our bodies memorize emotions, which can affect our experiences in new environments. By consciously observing our thoughts and feelings, we can create new emotional stat…
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Show Up and Get It Done
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In this episode, I discusses the importance of taking action towards your goals and not waiting for perfection. I give you three ways to overcome excuses and achieve your goals: willpower, discipline, and passion. But how do you conger those up? It's about your thoughts. Your thought have power to create feelings of motivation and drive. When you c…
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Resilience In Any Circumstance
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Maintaining resilience is crucial in various aspects of life, including job searches, workplace challenges, and personal growth. To cultivate resilience, it is important to focus on positive aspects and set intentions and expectations. The reticular activating system in the brain also helps in this process. Being curious and asking questions, refra…
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Building Confidence and Clarity in a Toxic Workplace
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I n this conversation, I discuss strategies for dealing with toxic workplaces. I walk you through now confidence comes from your thoughts, not external validation or accomplishments. I also share my personal experiences with toxic work environments and offer tips and strategies for managing them. I also highlight the importance of regaining confide…
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Influence IQ | Leadership Communication Mastery
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All the tools, platforms, tech and gamification in the world will never provide an ROI unless effective, influential communication is at the heart of everything you do... human to human. In this episode, I discuss the importance of effective communication in leadership and provides strategies for middle managers to improve their communication skill…
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Expectations That Change Everything
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In this episode, I discuss the challenges of doing more with less in the workplace, including issues related to layoffs, siloed communication, and the need for the right people in the right roles. It's super important to set job performance expectations, specifically around being open to learning and sharing knowledge, to overcome these challenges …
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Break Through Limitations
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In this episode I explore the concept of breaking through limitations and how to overcome them. I delve into the various types of limitations, the psychology behind them, and practical strategies for addressing and overcoming them. We're all humans, my friends. But we don't have to let those limitations hold us back. Takeaways: ::: Limitations can …
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Restore Your Confidence When Dealing with a Micromanager
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Every poll I post on LinkedIn about toxic behaviors, micro management comes up as number one. So, I decided to ask why people micromanage. 12,000 votes cast and hundreds of comments later, it's clear this is still a problem and it's extremely demoralizing. Restoring confidence in this situation involves tracking progress and accomplishments, remind…
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5 Key Leadership Principles to Live By
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We have a problem with leadership. The problem is, is that the only thing we know about leadership is what we DON'T want. Today, I'm going to revisit an episode that I did a while back about five key leadership principles for amazing results. So if your only leadership examples are: :::micromanaging :::lack of guidance :::narcissism :::bullying han…
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In this episode, I discuss the importance of betting on yourself and taking control of your career. I share three tips for achieving this: >> planning ahead >> always being curious >> being selfish Planning ahead involves having your resume ready and tracking your accomplishments. Being curious means paying attention to your interests and leveragin…
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Every subject or circumstance is really two subjects: what you want and what you don't want. Today is about the tiny little thing that you can do that is a game changer for getting what you want. Today is about the pivot. Such a small thing that's going to have a huge impact on your patterns of behavior and your motivation. Let's get practical here…
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The Secret to Achieving Your Goals
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We're part of a universe that is always expanding. It's in our nature to expand, as well: Set a goal, achieve it, set a goal, achieve it -- this is our expansion. Today I'm excited to give you a really, really easy secret technique for achieving your goals. I'm talking about::: 01:49 - Understanding and Leveraging Your Natural Behavioral Strengths …
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I love Brené Brown's teaching on being courageous through vulnerability. By her definition, being vulnerable is having the courage to lean in when things get tough -- to not quit when you're facing uncertainty or feeling exposed. Being courageous in the sense of being vulnerable is so important. Why? Because creativity, innovation, taking action is…
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Most people approach their resume like it's just some kind of historical document. I'm so excited today, friends, because I'm going to help you create a resume that is going to project you into your FUTURE instead of just reflecting your past. This is so important because a powerful resume opens doors, helps other people see you, and showcases the …
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Unlock Your Ideal Future
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We are wired for continued growth and expansion. I'm thrilled (and I'm sure you will be, too) about today's topic: unlocking your ideal future. With the three principles I'm going to teach you, you can make it happen. In this episode, I discuss::: 02:56 - Removing Roadblocks 06:10 - Appreciating Your Journey 09:25 - Painting a Vivid Picture of Succ…
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How do you create or maintain momentum and inspiration? I like to call it "keeping the dream alive" and this is significant, my friends. When you feel good, you achieve. Not the other way around! In this episode, I'm talking about::: >>>The Role of Feeling Good in Keeping the Dream Alive >>>Managing Inputs and Setting Expectations >>>Focusing on So…
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Leverage Energy in Your Interviews
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Interviews- one of the gateways to career moves. But, most people really don't like that part of the process. And this is why what I want to talk to you about today is so important: Energy. I've said it before-- a sale is nothing more than a transfer of enthusiasm and belief. And when you're in an interview, you are making a sale. You are marketing…
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I have a mind-blowing concept for you today, are you ready?::: If you want to accomplish anything, -- *anything* -- the best way to accomplish it is to focus on what you want without allowing the distraction of *not having it* to infiltrate your mind. When you focus on the absence of what you desire, it becomes a distraction that hinders your progr…
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Context and setup are so important in understanding why things are the way they are. And how we show up in various situations affects our results and mental health. In this episode, I explain the concept of prequels and how they can be applied to our daily lives. By aligning with our natural behavioral strengths and prequelizing our day, we can cre…
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"I don't feel like it today." Sounds familiar, doesn't it? If you're like me, you've probably struggled with motivation -- even with things you WANT to do. We all have those things that for some reason, we just don't feel like it. Routines get disrupted, circumstances come into our life, distractions happen so that we just get off course. Today I w…
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There are way too many people walking around out there with their brains just in neutral, or worse -- focused on what's wrong, focused on what didn't go their way. Isn't it funny how our brain always wants to go to the negative? It's so easy to focus on what is not going well, isn't it? Well, friends, science tells us that we get what we focus on. …
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Have More of What You Want
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You know what you're capable of. You know your next move. But you don't have the *exact* experience listed. So what do you do? That's what I want to talk about today! There are some practical things you can do to help others see your career move as logically as you do. Today, I discuss: 3:40: Finding Leadership Adjacencies 9:01: Reading Leadership …
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Choose To Be Stress Free
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In this episode, I discuss the power of choices in navigating unchosen circumstances in our careers. I've had my share of career heartache, I'm sure you have, too. So, I dive into the details of some of my experiences and insights so you can learn how to make the best choices when faced with challenging situations. The good news is we can all choos…
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It might feel impossible to let go of past offenses, hurts and negative experiences. But if you don't you'll only be harming yourself and your future. In this episode, Elissa shares why it's so important to let the past stay where it is and how to keep it there through a simple decision and an easy daily practice that makes it impossible to feel ba…
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Move Ahead Without Flaming Out
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Summary In this episode, Elissa discusses how to advance your career without burning out. She emphasizes that career advancement does not necessarily mean moving into a leadership role and that it is important to figure out what you want your career to look like. Elissa provides a practical exercise to identify the things you love and hate in your …
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The Key to Managing Change
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Summary In this episode, I discuss the importance of change management and how to embrace and leverage change to your advantage. I introduce my RAVE method for change management, which stands for Relaxation, Attention, Visualization, and Emotion. I also share practical examples from my own experiences and explain how implementing the RAVE method ca…
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Think Your Way to Change
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Summary In this episode, Elissa discusses the challenges we face in life and career, such as toxic workplaces, layoffs, and lengthy job searches. She highlights the importance of changing our thinking and investigating our own brains to create positive change. She encourages listeners to update their operating systems and try on new thoughts that a…
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New Year, New ... Narrative
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Ever feel like you're stuck in a loop, repeating the same old story? Guess what? You're not alone. We all have narratives we tell ourselves. Some are empowering, some... not so much. But here's the thing: You have the power to change your narrative. In this episode, Elissa discusses the power of narrative and how it can shape our lives. She emphasi…
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Ever wondered how to do more with less? It's not about magic or miracles. It's about strategic leadership and understanding your team's strengths and weaknesses. In this week's episode: - Discover why middle managers are the unsung heroes of the workplace. - Learn how to do more with less without sacrificing quality. - Effectively do more with less…
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Leadership month continues! As a middle manager, it's crucial that you influence down through your team and up to your manager and leadership above you. This is important because without influence you feel powerless and invisible, ultimately limiting your impact and career accomplishments. Fortunately, it doesn't take a magic formula to create infl…
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Middle Manager Communication
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Ever wondered why some leaders seem to have a magic touch? They effortlessly guide their teams to success while others struggle. The secret isn't some mystical leadership gene; it's communication. In this week's episode: - Discover the importance of communication in leadership - Learn 3 practical tips to enhance your communication skills - Uncover …
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Ever felt like you're juggling the demands of your team and the expectations of your higher-ups without a manual? You're not alone. Middle management can be a maze, but with the right strategies, you can navigate it like a pro—boosting performance and aligning with company goals. Discover the leadership techniques that can elevate your career and e…
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What's Your Leadership Style
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Do you know what your leadership style is? You have one whether you have a leader/manager role or not. In this week's podcast, I'm kicking off a month of leadership focused episodes. I share four cornerstone behavioral strengths and the implications each of those (depending on which one is dominant for you) has on your natural leadership style. Thi…
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Thrive in a Harsh Workplace
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The experience of working in a harsh or toxic environment is all too common. It is, however, possible to overcome and even thrive in a workplace such as this. In this episode, Elissa talks about how to produce your best work in the midst of negativity and toxicity. It's important that you be committed from a healthy place, or you will be overwhelme…
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Evaluate Your Opportunities
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Sometimes loving your work life means getting out of where you are and into someplace else. If that's you and you're ready to make your move, remember that in every situation, every time you are interviewing you are evaluating THEM as much as they are evaluating YOU. In this episode, Elissa gives you some questions you can ask -- and talks you thro…
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Science says that we have something like 60,000-80,000 thoughts each day, and sadly the vast majority of them are negative. In this week's episode, Elissa invites you to join her in turning the tables on that. The number one key to success in life is to master your own state. If you can master your state, there's nothing you can't do. - Tony Robbin…
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When you get someone to adopt your idea, you just sold them something. This is what selling is. It's not pushy, creepy, or uncomfortable. It's the ability to transfer enthusiasm and belief, motivating someone to take action. In this episode, Elissa shares the key to motivation and tips to make it happen -- whether it be your team, executive leaders…
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Practical vs. Purposeful
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Frustration. Energy drain. Disillusionment. These are signs that you've lost a sense of purpose and you're overly focused on the practical in your career, and the effects can be devastating. So, how do you know what purpose is? How do you get a sense of that with regards to the work that you're doing? In this episode, Elissa guides you through thre…
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The Three Ws For Success
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The key to ensuring you don't repeat mistakes and repeat successes is to evaluate. In some industries, it's called a post-mortem. It's a way to bring people together and figure out how to do more of what you want and less of what you don't. A simple framework for post-mortems is asking yourself three simple questions: What worked? What didn't work?…
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What makes you tick? Why is it so important to identify your strengths? When you have a sense of your strengths, you get a sense of possibility. You start looking at opportunities and evaluating if those fit YOU, instead of you trying to fit into the mold of a job. A strength doesn't necessarily have anything to do with a record of success or abili…
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What would it look like if you talked to yourself like someone you love? Last week we talked about lies and how when we lie to ourselves, it becomes so easy to break the promises that we've made to ourselves. In this episode we're going to dig deeper into how to identify the lies and replace them with truths: --Acknowledge the negative feelings. Al…
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Did you know that the lies we tell ourselves can be the biggest roadblock to our success? It's a hard pill to swallow, but the truth can set you free. When you tell yourself lies like "I'm too old," "I'm not good enough," or "I've tried everything," you’ll break promises you made to yourself, stay stuck, and prevent yourself from reaching your full…
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When you're in business (as most of us are) forecasting is an activity almost every organization participates in during Q4. It's about data, historical trends, competitive intelligence and market analysis. Good business forecasts determine what's realistically possible. But if you're not careful, this business process can become the same framework …
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