In this Episode I speak to author and coach Jenny Wood.

Here is a overview of what the episode is about:

1. Introduction and what Jenny does

2. Happiness at work and Jenny’s own journey around this

3. The juggle of trying to do it all and why it’s not feasible in our working lives currently

4. What inspired Jenny to write her book and the inspiration behind this

5. How fear can stop you from achieving what you want in your career

6. How life changing opportunities can be a great way to address career goals you want to achieve

7. What does career happiness mean to Jennypersonally and how she embraces this

8. Jenny’s career challenges and how she overcome these challenges plus a challenge she had this morning.

9. The power of saying no in your career and how this can help you move forward with your career

10. Where to find Jenny online and how to read her book

How to connect with Jenny

Website - https://itsjennywood.com/

Book- https://wildcouragebook.com/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyilles/

In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Harsha Boralessa fellow career podcaster.

Within this episode we spoke about the following:

1. What Harsha does and his podcast

2. Where did his interest in neuroscience come from

3. What interested him in starting his podcast

4. Harsha’s biggest career learnings

5. Harsha’s career previously and what this wasliked

6. Working environment in the in industry Harsha was in and what it was really like

7. Communication and how to build good relationships in the workplace

8. Resilience in your career and tips on how tobuild on this

9. Taking about failure and what does this looklike plus Harsha’s insights around this

10. How can you make decisions in your career and how Harsha has done this

11. Following your intuition and developing this in your career

12. Advice and tips around finding work you love

13. Being an introvert and asking for what you want at work

14. What has Harsha learnt about being a podcaster and how has it helped his career

How to connect with Harsha

1. LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/harsha-boralessa-cfa-aca-fct-62aa199/

2. Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zo8AjD0Onagq1yjqYoQS2?si=92e71c72aaaf4df4

3. Website - https://www.harshaboralessa.com/

In this episode I talk about Rust out and how it links to burnout.

The format of the episode is as follows:

1. Statistics around burnout currently healthimpact and otherwise

2. Rust out what is it and how is impacting you atwork and why?

3. What can you do about it?

4. Tips and moving forward

5. Closing thoughts

Links mentioned in the episode

Video I did on Instagram about rust out

Mental health report - https://mentalhealth-uk.org/blog/burnout-report-2025-reveals-generational-divide-in-levels-of-stress-and-work-absence/#:~:text=While%20the%20proportion%20of%20people,and%20a%20decrease%20among%20those

HR report article - https://www.bhsf.co.uk/news-insights/burnout-in-the-workplace-a-fresh-perspective-for-hr-leaders-in-2025

Standout CVarticle - https://standout-cv.com/stats/work-life-balance-statistics-uk

Rustout article - https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/careers/rust-out-signs-impact-mental-health/761502

Dr Chatterjee'svideo - https://www.tiktok.com/@drranganchatterjee/video/7444152166828363040

Other Relevant Podcast episodes

1. Episode 13 – Five tips to help you move forward with career burnout

2. Episode 40 – How dealing with burnout andunhappiness can lead to a new career path (with Elaine Batho)

3. Episode 73 - Are you a people pleaser at work?

4. Episode 80 - What does it take it be acompassionate and kind leader in your career (Interview with Kath Curry)

5. Episode 146 - What is quiet quitting and what do you need to know about it?

6. Episode 157 - How can you find your careerpurpose and 2 ways to do this

7. Episode 177 - 3 reasons the Gender pay gapexists and what your can do about this as a women?

8. Episode 202 - We need to talk about why work colleagues aren’t talking to each anymore?

9. Episode 250 - Coffee Badging what is it and how can this impact on hybrid flexible work for others?

My appearance on SEO podcastwhere I spoke about quit quitting and loud quitting - https://podbay.fm/p/the-seo-mindset-podcast/e/1696467600

If you have any questions about thisepisode please contact me on soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.comor soma@somaghosh.com

In this episode we talk about planning for possible redundancy and what it’s like working in an environment whilst going throughthis.

The main format of this episode is as follows:

1. Introduction – Idea behind this episode and why I wanted to record this episode

2. Toxic work environment due to redundancy – what does this look like examples and possible scenarios

3. 3 tips to help navigate this if this is situation currently

4. Closing thoughts on this

Other relevant episodes linked to this

1. Episode 40 - How dealing with burnout andunhappiness at work can lead you to a new career path (Interview with ElaineBatho)

2. Episode 45 - 3 tips to help you prepare forpossible job loss.

3. Episode 49 - How to recover from redundancy and move on

4. Episode 171 - 3 ways to cope with career anxiety

If you have any questions about this podcast episode or generalquestions about The Career Happiness Mentor email me at soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.comor soma@somaghosh.com

In this episode we talk about Coffee Badging and how it can impact on flexible work. The format of this episode was as follows:

1. Introduction and purpose of this episode

2. What is coffee badging and why are people doing it?

3. How is impacting on hybrid flexible work forothers

4. Closing thoughts

Video I mentioned about coffee badging and the impact ofcovid in relation to this is worth a watch see link here - CNBC video - https://youtu.be/mJG4MdepNSA?si=32f12gFoXr8b57YA

Articles that I mentioned and are worth reading in relationto this episode

Harpers Barzaar articlehttps://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/work/a64409450/coffee-badging-work-office-trend/

MSN Article - https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/2025-is-the-year-of-coffee-badging-and-clock-blocking-but-what-do-they-mean/ar-AA1wC2f9?cvid=08ADAA4E7864415588F6735063AF49E5&ocid=finance-verthp-feeds&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

Other relevant episodes

Episode 181 Hybrid work and loneliness

Episode 188 – Flexible work and burnout

Episode 202 - We need to talk about why work colleaguesaren’t talking to each anymore?

Episode 247 - Is flexible working causing a unfair workingdivide ?

Other relevant episodes

Episode 181 Hybrid work and loneliness

Episode 188 – Flexible work and burnout

Episode 202 - We need to talk about why work colleaguesaren’t talking to each anymore?

Episode 247 - Is flexible working causing a unfair workingdivide ?

If you have any questions about this episode or want to askme something linked to this please email me at soma@thecareerhappinesmentor.comor soma@somaghosh.com

In this episode I spoke to guest Mac Prichard. Mac is a careers expert, business owner and author.

The main themes we spoke about in this episode

1. Who Mac is, what he does and his business

2. How did the idea of his podcast come about

3. What is a job board and how to use them effectively

4. The hiring process in relation to job hunting

5. Networking tips and advice whilst job hunting

6. How to find hidden jobs in the job market

7. Mac’s career story and what he did before hisbusiness

8. Advice around being unemployed and how to handle this

9. Biggest lessons about running a business

10. One piece of advice for Mac’s younger self that he would be say to someone in their 20s right now

How to follow and connect with Mac

Mac’s website - https://www.macslist.org/

Podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/find-your-dream-job-insider-tips-for-finding-work-advancing/id1047320599

X (formerly Twitter) - https://x.com/Macs_List

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/macprichard/If you have any questions about this episode orthe podcast itself please email us at ⁠soma@somaghosh.com⁠or ⁠soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com

In this episode we look at 3 ways to not take things personally whilst running a business.

The main format of this episode is as follows:

1. Introduction to episode

2. 3 things to not take personally even when itfeels like it

3. Closing thoughts

Scenarios where you may take things personally

1. People not answering to your emails or DMs

2. Not being included or invited to events or parts of communities

3. People just not wanting to work with youregardless of them liking and actively interacting with your comments

What to do instead :

1. Understand that everyone is busy and remember to concentrate on key activities in your business instead

2. Build on your own resilience muscle every-time you get a no or have FOMO

3. Getting comfortable with no and handling anysetback as learning instead of just rejection or a knockback.

Other episodes you may find helpful:

1. Episode 137 - Why Cliques in business can ruinyour own business

2. Episode 145 - 3 tips to help you have a healthy,happy business mindset

3. Episode 148 - How to keep going in your business even when you feel like giving up

4. Episode 192 - 3 qualities I think every businessowner should have

5. Episode 210 - What does running a business mean to you?

If you want to book a business consultation please apply fora paid consultation here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0gpDnDpsF3qZwebagkQ2mQCtIFqvCr-pQDLbP5J1Rfe_P7w/viewform

If you have any questions or comments about this podcast or episode please contact us at soma@somaghoh.comor soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com

The format of this Episode is as follows:

1. Introduction and why I wanted to speak about this

2. Flexible working ideology and how it can helpyou currently

3. Is it causing a unfair working divide if so how?

4. Closing thoughts and what can we learn moving forward

Articles mentioned in this episode

1. https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/04/why-flexibility-non-office-workers-key-to-equitable-workplace/#:~:text=And%20work%20tasks%20in%20industries,site%20at%20a%20different%20time.&text=The%20historic%20perception%20that%20flexible,shake%20off%20this%20unequal%20treatment.

2. https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1904208/lack-flexibility-frontline-workers-creating-two-tier-workforce-report-reveals#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThere%20has%20been%20a%20longstanding,a%20casualised%20workforce%20and%20underfunding.

3. https://timewise.co.uk/article/why-employers-dont-offer-flexible-jobs-up-front-and-why-they-should/#:~:text=For%20some%20businesses%2C%20flexible%20working,might%20be%20a%20better%20way.

Other episodes you may finduseful

1. Episode 188 - Is flexible working really theanswer to burnout?

2. Episode 212 - Three reasons why the 9-5 doesn’t exist anymore

3. Episode 242 - How are you navigating returning to in person office work? – 3 reasons why it could benefit you

If you have any questions about the podcast please contactme at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com