The Gen Mess with Tess
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Host Tess Brigham (licensed therapist, certified coach) tackles the generational challenges and complexities of navigating life and work. From the unique struggles of Gen Z to the evolving perspectives of Millennials, Gen X, and Boomers, Tess offers practical advice, expert insights, and real conversations to bridge the generational gap in the workplace.
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Ep 85: The Real Cost of Chasing Perfection (with Michele Molitor)
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Nov 04, 2026 |
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Ep 84: Why You Misunderstand Gen Z at Work (with Danielle Farage)
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Oct 28, 2026 |
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Ep 83: Why Good Employees in Caring Professions Leave (with Crystal Stokes)
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Oct 21, 2026 |
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Ep 82: Why You Feel Empty Despite Accomplishing Everything (with Neil Markey)
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Oct 14, 2026 |
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Ep 81: The Emotional Cost of Surviving Cancer (with guests Hollye Jacobs & Dev Meenagh)
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Oct 07, 2026 |
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Ep 80: Reframe Your Relationship With Alcohol (guest: Vedant Pradeep)
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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Ep 79: Why Gen X Wears Not Caring Like a Badge of Honor
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Ep 78: How Too Much Information Is Paralyzing Younger Generation (with guest Dr. Suzanne Degges-White)
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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Ep 77: Why Your Burnout Recovery Keeps Failing (Guest: Dr. Suzanne Bober)
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Ep 76: Why Authority Doesn't Work the Way It Used To
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Ep 75: Are We Losing Empathy in Our Connected World? (Guest: Mimi Nicklin)
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Ep 74: How to Rewire Your Brain and Break the Patterns Running Your Life (with Thais Gibson)
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Ep 73: How to Stop Avoiding Conflict For Good
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Ep 72: ADHD, Autism, and the Myth of Productivity with Genie Love
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Ep 71: Why Your Best Manager Is Burning Out
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Ep 70: The Part of Your Brain That's Quietly Killing Motivation with Dr. Kyra Bobinet
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Ep 69: Why You're Scared to Give Gen Z Feedback
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Ep 68: Why We Need More Black Therapists and What Institutions Are Actually Doing About It
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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Ep 67: 3 Signs Your Gen Z Employee Is About to Quit That Most Managers Never See Coming
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Ep 66: The Health and Financial Crisis of Fertility Care for the Next Generation
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Ep 65: Why "I Don't Feel Safe" Is the Phrase Every HR Leader Needs to Decode Right Now
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Ep 64 : How to Build a Team That Actually Follows Through with Jon Dario
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Ep 63: Why Gen Z Feels Hopeless
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Ep 62: From Baby Boomers to Gen Z - The Workplace Pattern That Never Changes with Meagan Johnson
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May 27, 2026 |
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Ep 61: How to Build Self Trust to Break Toxic Patterns in the Workplace
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May 20, 2026 |
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Ep 60: How to Stop Feeling Stuck in Toxic Workplace Patterns
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May 13, 2026 |
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Ep 59: What to Do When You've Done Everything Right But Still Feel Off with Malaika Smyth
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May 06, 2026 |
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Ep 58: How to Give Gen Z Employees Feedback That Actually Lands
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Ep 57: AI in the Workplace - Will AI Replace Jobs? with Erin Turnmeyer
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Ep 56: Why Work Feels So Personal (Part 2) Early Career Stress: What Young Professionals Are Really Experiencing
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Ep 55: 3 Ways to Take Back Your Morning Routine with Movement, Mindfulness, and Mastery with Amy Landino
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Ep 54: Why Work Feels So Personal (Part 1) The Psychology Behind Stress, Feedback, and Gen Z at Work
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Ep 53: How High Achievers Burn Out Twice: Stress, Joy at Work, and What Leaders Still Get Wrong with Amy Leneker
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Ep 52: Why Gen Z Keeps Asking Questions at Work
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Ep 51: Why Fast Growth Breaks Company Culture
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Ep 50: Let Go of the Outcome
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Ep 49: AI Anxiety in the Workplace & The Future of Talent with Trent Cotton
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Ep 48: When Your Boss Isn’t Safe | How to Protect Yourself Without Quitting
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Ep 47: The Manager Effect | Why Your Boss Impacts Your Mental Health More Than You Think with Ashley Herd
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Ep 46: The Cost of High Achievement: Burnout, Identity, and Leadership Transitions with Jenny Calcoen
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Ep 45: Why Discomfort Is a Missing Skill in Today’s Workplace
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Ep 44: The Real Reason HR, Managers, and Employees Are Exhausted
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Ep 43: Going No Contact | Acknowledgement, Repair, and the Generational Divide We Keep Missing
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Ep 42: Gen Mess Reflections: Surviving Change, Loss, and Family Shifts Across Generations
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Ep 41: From PR Glam to Career Jam: Storytelling Your Way Out of the Void
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Ep 40: Golden Handcuffs & Gut Checks: Escaping the Career Carousel
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Ep 39: Law & Order: Time Management Unit
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Ep 38: How To Handle Difficult People at Work
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Ep 37: “Emotional Availability”: Now Trending at Work and Home
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Ep 36: Millennial Managers, Gen Z Bosses, and the Art of Playing Nice at Work
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Ep 35: "Kids These Days": A Masterclass in Collective Complaining
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Ep 34: Less Rage, More Sage: Learning from Your Feels
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Ep 33: Generation Exhausted: Why Gen Z Opted OuT
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Ep 32: Love is Blind and So Are We: Navigating Vulnerability in Modern Dating
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Ep 31: Flex Appeal: Why Rigid Leaders Are A Dying Breed
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Ep 30: Likes, Labels & Letting Go: The Empathy Edition with Dr. Ashok Bhattachanya
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Ep 29: Gen X vs. Gen Z: The Great Work-Life Smackdown
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Ep 28: HR: Not Just Birthday Cakes and Candy – A Real Talk with Jessica Holst
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Ep 27: Write or Wrong: Why Most Writing Sucks (and How to Fix It) with Brian Morgan
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Ep 26: Is the American Dream Still Alive or Has It Changed for Gen Z?
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Ep 25: Influencer By Accident: The Secret Life of CEOs, Consultants & Content Creators
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Ep 24: Central Perks and Parent's Couch: The One Where Adulthood Gets Complicated
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Ep 23: The Power of Thought, Action, And Words: Practical Growth with Billy G.
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Ep 22: Is Work Just a Hobby? How Gen Z Is Redefining Success with Katie O’Brien
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Ep 21: Finding Meaning in the Mess: Tess Brigham on Personal Growth and Podcast Evolution
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Ep 20: Autonomy, Trust, and Team Success: Jhana Li's Keys for Modern Entrepreneurs
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Ep 19: Lost in Translation: The Gen Mess Goes Global
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Ep 18: Billable Hours vs. Burnout Powers: Law's Generational Divide
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Ep 17: Why Work is Broken and How Relationships Can Fix It with Jason Lauritsen
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Ep 16: Work First or Me First? Gen X, Z and The Alphabet Soup of Office Drama
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Ep 15: Benefit of the Doubt: Insurance, Generations & Family Drama
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May 28, 2025 |
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Ep 14: Butterfly Goo: The Dirt Truth About Growing Up At Work
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May 21, 2025 |
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Ep 13: FEAR: The Greatest Strategist You've Never Hired
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May 14, 2025 |
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Ep 12: Laughing Off the Job Title: Identity, Irony and The Art of the &
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May 07, 2025 |
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Ep 11: Mission: Inclusion Possible - The DEI Double Take
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Ep 10: How Gen Z and Social Media Are Changing Addiction and Recovery
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Ep 9: Work Trauma, Gen Trauma and the Empathetic Workplace
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Ep 8: The Integrity Game: Play Hard. Lead Soft - featuring Jeffrey Klubeck
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Ep 7: Crisis Management in the Age of Insta-Everything
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ep 6: Bias Be Gone: Bridging the Gen Gap with Matthew Cahill
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Ep 5: Addicted to Connection: Abby's Rx for Relational Chaos
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Ep 4: Remote Control: Tess Takes on Jamie Dimon's In-Office Mandate
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Ep 3: EQ 101: Less Brain, More Heart with Susan Schwartz
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Ep 2: Avocado Toast & Latchkeys: A Generational Feud
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Ep 1: Burnout & Generational Dynamics: Insights from Cait Donovan
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Ep 0: Let's Get Started Cleaning Up The Gen Mess
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Feb 16, 2025 |