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PODCAST EPISODE #17: Ginger Johnson and the human connection

I met Ginger Johnson on LinkedIn earlier this year. I was in the depths of a depressing job search, several months into the COVID-19 onslaught so in an effort to differentiate myself I leveraged my video skills and interviewed myself (well me and a mannequin). Ginger had some how seen the video pop up in…

The wealth gap starts here

When I look back at how I grew up, when I grew up and how I witnessed the form that personal finance took in my life and the lives of my parents and other family members, it is crystal clear to me where we have a cultural problem that starts at a young age. Speaking…

PODCAST EPISODE #14: The declining health of generations X and Y

As a Gen-X’er myself I’ve always felt like my generation has a unique set of challenges, growing up as sort of a latch key kid like many other GenXers. We really are the only generation that knows what life was like before the internet and social media, while also being the first to navigate adulthood…

PODCAST EPISODE #11: Mindfulness in a digital age (it’s not easy)

On this episode I had a chance to speak with a long time social media OG and “recovering digital marketer,” Janet Fouts. After several years of running a digital marketing agency, she realized her calling was less about marketing and more about bringing empathy to leadership and work culture. She created “Nearly Mindful,” a new…

PODCAST EPISODE #10: Caregiver Burnout – How tech can bring help and hope

For the first time in history, older people outnumber children globally. Caregiving is a tougher job than most know until they’re neck deep in the stress of taking care of their aging loved ones. Technology can help bring some levity and relief to those who are burdened with the task of being a family caregiver.…

Social media is a pandemic

Struggling to find work brought a new level of depression and isolation to the game for me. In previous posts here I’ve acknowledged that I have lots to work on with regards to detaching my self-worth from being employed and not having much money. However, the pandemic converted what was once just a platform for…

PODCAST EPISODE #7: How hard will the robots make us work?

There is currently a growing heap of modern day paranoia around the idea of AI and robots taking human jobs away and replacing humans as a whole until the rise of the machines consumes us. While we are quite a bit far from that reality, there are currently existing realities in the workplace where humans…

The gestation of a mid-life crisis

Call it a crisis. Call it indecision. Call it what you want. This pandemic certainly reinforced and inflamed the career holding pattern I was in during 2020. The depression I was feeling from it all came from an old childhood place, a place where all the demons hang out and cavort with each other until…

PODCAST EPISODE #5: Social Media and Depression

This article was originally written by Nadra Little and medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD Nadra Nittle is a Los Angeles-based journalist and author. She has covered a wide range of topics, including health, education, race, consumerism, food, and public policy, throughout her career. SOURCE: https://www.verywellmind.com/social-media-and-depression-5085354

The great hiring deep freeze…

I’ve been fairly stable over the last 25 years on tech….a couple hard years and layoffs here and there but it hasn’t felt tumultuous by any means. It was typically much more feast than famine in terms of opportunities, companies hiring, etc. However, by the time June and July of 2020 rolled around it was…

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