Breaking Free from the Grind
Join Master Certified Coach, Columbia MBA & former Wall Street investment banker & Fortune 500 consultant Amelia Noël each week to learn everything you need to work less, stress less & break free from the grind of your career.
Episodes
105 episodes
Ep #105 - How to Stay Motivated this Week at Work
Feeling unmotivated as the year comes to a close? Are you overwhelmed by deadlines or simply counting down the days until your holiday break? 🎙In this episode:Discover how adopting a "giver" mindset can help you overcome stre...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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15:18
Ep #104 - How to Stop Feeling Competitive with Your Coworkers
Feeling super competitive with that ONE coworker at work? You know, that one person you can't seem to get out of your head and stop worrying about no matter how hard you try? Tune into this week's Breaking Free from the Grind e...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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15:51
Ep #103 - How to Find Alignment in Your Career
On this week's episode, I'm getting personal and sharing for the first time on BFG the lessons I had to learn OUTSIDE of the office to find alignment WITHIN my career.Pulled from a recent conversation I had with my dear friend and fello...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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48:23
Ep #102 - How to Create Sustainable Success in the Grind
Success in a demanding corporate career is fueled by three things: stress, self-doubt, and overworking. And if you're achieving success in your career by stressing, self-doubting, or overworking your way to the top, you're inevitably going to b...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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30:53
Ep #101 - Getting 'Woo' With It: Tapping into Your Intuition & Navigating Major Transitions in Your Career (feat. Michelle Yu)
We're switching things up and getting a little 'woo' with it on BFG! This week, I'm joined by my dear friend, leadership coach & HR consultant Michelle Yu, as we record a live, casual "fireside chat" and break in my brand new a...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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56:08
Ep #100 - How to Better Manage Your Energy at Work
Feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, or burnt out at work?Breaking free from the grind and creating sustainable success in your career isn't about managing your inbox or to-do list better - it's about managing your energy better.
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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14:27
Ep #99 - Having Hard Conversations at Work
One of the best time management skills has nothing to do with optimizing your schedule: your ability to have hard converations at work. The better you are at having uncomfortable or difficult conversations with yourself, your boss,...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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14:18
Ep #98 - 3 Phrases Keeping You Trapped in the Grind
There are 3 key phrases keeping you trapped in the grind of your career and preventing you from creating sustainable success. And the sooner you can eliminate them from your vocabulary, the sooner you'll be able work less, stress less, and feel...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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22:03
Ep #97 - How to Trust Yourself in Your Career
All too often in corporate, we're conditioned to value the opinions, desires or advice of others - mentors, bosses, clients - over what we know to be true for ourselves. The truth is - you are the expert of you. No one kno...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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21:49
Ep #96 - Are You in the Right Job?
"Is this job right for me?" is one of the most common questions we ask ourselves when we feel trapped in the grind of our corporate careers. But how do we know if a job is 'right' for us? It's all comes down to one simple principle...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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21:34
Ep #95 - How Emotions are Holding You Back at Work
As humans, we know very little about emotions. In fact, corporate culture often villifies emotions and pressures us to set aside our feelings and "focus on the work."Yet understanding your emotions is the first step before you can effec...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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37:23
Ep #94 - When Things Go Wrong at Work
It's inevitable - as much as high-performers in corporate hate when it happens, things will go wrong at work. The poor performance review, the negative client feedback, the promotion we wanted so badly but didn't get. Some...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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23:00
Ep #93 - The #1 Thing to 10x Your Career
The #1 thing to 10x-ing your career isn't an external tactic, strategy or framework. It's simply believing that you can.Tune into this week's episode as I dive in to discuss:Why it feels hard to believe we ca...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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29:54
Ep #92 - Knowing When You've Done 'Enough' at Work
If you don’t define your own finish line, the end of work will never be in sight, Worrying “Am I doing enough?” in your career is an indicator of an Overachiever mindset that drives overworking and prevents sustainable succ...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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23:57
Ep #91 - Getting Comfortable Feeling Uncomfortable (Part V: Knowing Nothing Has Gone Wrong)
Getting comfortable feeling uncomfortable at work is the #1 skill you need to develop in order to stop overworking & create sustainable success in your career. Tune in to this week's Breaking Free from the Grind episode as I co...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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20:30
Ep #90 - Getting Comfortable Feeling Uncomfortable (Part IV: Make it Fun)
Getting comfortable feeling uncomfortable at work is the #1 skill you need to develop in order to stop overworking & create sustainable success in your career. Tune in to this week's Breaking Free from the Grind episode as I co...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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24:15
Ep #89 - Getting Comfortable Feeling Uncomfortable (Part III: Embracing a Learner's Mindset
Getting comfortable feeling uncomfortable at work is the #1 skill you need to develop in order to stop overworking & create sustainable success in your career. Tune in to this week's Breaking Free from the Grind episode as I co...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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22:29
Ep #88 - Getting Comfortable Feeling Uncomfortable (Part II: Seeing Your Wins)
Getting comfortable feeling uncomfortable at work is the #1 skill you need to develop in order to stop overworking & create sustainable success in your career. Tune in to this week's Breaking Free from the Grind episode as I co...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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16:59
Ep #87 - Getting Comfortable Feeling Uncomfortable (Part I: Being Kinder to Yourself at Work)
Getting comfortable feeling uncomfortable at work is the #1 skill you need to develop in order to stop overworking & create sustainable success in your career. Tune in to this week's Breaking Free from the Grind episode as I ki...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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28:15
Ep #86 - The Power of Doing LESS at Work
Corporate conditions us to overachieve and overdeliver. But once we're able to start embracing the power of doing LESS at work, we actually start becoming better and more effective in our careers. And - we start ...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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24:52
Ep #85 - Why You Don't Need to be an Expert at Work
Expertise and experience aren't the secret(s) to creating sustainable success and immense value in your career. And when we do think we need to be the best, the most informed or the most tenured on the team, we unknowingly hold ourselves ...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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23:32
Ep #84 - Why to Stop Chasing Praise & Recognition at Work
The better you become at ending things at work that no longer serve you or your career vision - whether it's a job, staffing, or relationship - the sooner you'll create sustainable success in your career. Tune in to this week's' BF...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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25:51
Ep #83 - How to End Things Well at Work
The better you become at ending things at work that no longer serve you or your career vision - whether it's a job, staffing, or relationship - the sooner you'll create sustainable success in your career. Tune in to this week's' BF...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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23:04
Ep #82 - Becoming More Visible at Work
Becoming more VISIBLE at work is one of the most incredible hacks to stop overworking and create sustainable career success. Why? Because if you’re feeling overworked and overwhelmed on the job, the problem isn’t ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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18:45
Ep #81 - Redefining Your 'Value' at Work
You are deserving and worthy of whatever you want in your career. And if you're not giving yourself permission to do certain things in your career - whether it's going for the big promotion or simply signing off from work an hour e...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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17:58