ARCHITECTING Podcast - Career + Lifestyle Mentoring for Architects looking to move beyond overwhelm and make a difference through design

Your internal legal system is a set of rules that consciously or unconsciously governs your life. Then you're left wondering why it feels so much easier to self abandon instead of self promote. Say buh bye to all the ways you are judging and holding yourself back
The internal legal system governs your behavior based on cultural, religious or personal beliefs.
This system creates rules for how you show up in the world and react to people and situations you encounter.
There is the letter of the law that leads to transactional behaviors (if I do this, I get that) or judgements of others (because they did this, I will/won;t do that).
Even deeper is the spirit of the law which is the motivation behind the rules of engagement and rooted in keeping you safe and accepted within your community.
Our laws are based on external validation and people pleasing, which can make them restrict behavior based on achieving what would make us successful on our terms.
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Multipassionate people get a bad rap. You're drawn to many seemingly different things because you are so creative. My guest Kate Cherichello helps you find the throughline in it all and shows how to leverage your skills and interests to get better at everything.
One passion can help you introduce innovation or bring mastery to a different career, so take the time to build skills even if they seem unrelated to your primary career.
Pursuing multiple career arcs pushes you out of your comfort zone 
Don't be afraid to embrace change- nothing is ever wasted. Who you were informs who you will be.
Start small but be consistent about the path you want to follow.
Don't compare yourself to others because you don't know the work that went into the "overnight success," or the pain behind a flawless public facade
Your definition of success will evolve over time, but it's always rooted in doing things that make you feel good.
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Emotional Hangovers are the residual toxicity of stressful experiences. Listen in to learn more about how to avoid them and how you can recover more quickly when you do overindulge in stress.
Your definition of chaos changes as you grow and expand your capacity to take things on. Be mindful of that corresponding expansion of stressors
Stress shifts our body into survival mode which makes it more difficult to focus on anything but having our needs met. Look beyond your own experience of a situation to meet others where they are instead of judging them based on your experience of their actions.
Stress is amplified by lack based thinking. Feeling that you or your accomplishments are not good enough blocks you from being able to appreciate where you are.
To stay anchored in the chaos storm, practice gratitude, focus on the growth in your struggles, and stay focused on taking action based on your mission.
Stop feeling responsible for other people's action. It is not your responsibility to drag them across the finish line. Instead, of feeling anger, guilt or shame, focus on how you could do things better.
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Visionary leadership is all about shifting from "me" to "we." To encourage a growth mindset and a common vision where risk taking is comfortable, acceptable and expected. My guest Steph Tuss shares pro tips for creating meaningful visions and getting buy in for them.
Success is not a destination but a journey. Instead of seeing is as a stationary point in your life, view it as something you move towards every day.
Your quality of life isn't tied to the roles and recognition you achieve, but the experiences you have.
When you lead with purpose, you have the ability to inspire regardless of your level of expertise.
Either you are confident you can help someone, or they are confident you can't
Visionary leaders communicate to their team a future possibility that transcends financial goals, mission or values.
Sunshining mistakes- (what, how it was made and the lesson learned) regularly removes the negative consequences of failing.
Fear is a sign of growth-  you are moving out of your comfort zone.
Listen to Steph's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-successful-mind-podcast/id1364135487
Connect with Steph on Instagram: @stephtuss
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Stuck in a cycle of meeting expectations instead of meaningful work? Feel like your career is on autopilot? Listen in to learn how to stop feeding the machine and letting expediency rule.
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We stay in our comfort zone because it is predictable (even when it's painful). Living by habits allows us to avoid confronting ourselves or others.
Habits are unconscious behaviors. Task habits let you work efficiently. Lifestyle habits are defaults to please others and numb out of situations.
When your life is driven by the need to meet expectations vs doing what feels meaningful to you, you focus more on finishing a task than the pleasure of doing or making.
Feeding the machine in this way is unsustainable and you will either break down or start playing very small.
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The only thing that's constant is change. So why do we resist it so much? This episode explores ways you can lean into uncertainty and leverage it to be more innovative and creative (and stable) than ever.
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Uncertainty is growth. It challenges you to question the status quo and what you really value.
When you are clear about your purpose, it becomes a compass to navigate uncertainty and see it as an adventure and an opportunity.
Check yourself when you feel risk adverse and explore what underlying fear is there that your purpose can guide you through.
Build your sense of purpose by having a 100% hour each day where you commit to personal development
Steps for embracing uncertainty: feel into the body and what it's telling you about the situation, check your choices against your purpose, seek out the adjacent possible.
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It's Time Management week! Join us as we explore different aspects of how you spend (or waste) your most valuable resource. This episode provides you with questions to help you check in before you commit- whether it's to a work deadline or baking cupcakes for the PTO bake sale.
As your capacity to manage your time grows, your bandwidth will increase, allowing you to take on more opportunities.
Work you love energizes you, work you don't depletes you. Choose wisely.
Ask these five questions before you begin doing anything:
Does it need to be done?
Do I want to do it?
Who else can do it?
Why does doing it matter to me?
How can I make it happen?
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This Earth Day, we focus on resilience. Vincent Lee shares how his work to develop green infrastructure is driving not just sustainable solutions, but cultivating wellbeing and health equity.
Innovation comes from being curious, open to different perspectives and persistent. These traits allow you to consider divergent ideas and keep trying when something doesn't work.
Look at strategies to include more green infrastructure vs. gray (traditional) in your projects. Green infrastructure is a cross disciplinary approach that can cost less in the end and is easier to maintain.
Co-Create solutions together. Expand your network of agencies and consultant partners to arrive at more expanded solutions.
Look for the secondary benefits of the solutions you provide to add more value and get more buy in.
Technology will help drive resilient solutions through AI and machine learning. See Arup Sponginess Studies here: https://www.arup.com/perspectives/sponginess-and-why-it-matters
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The meme of I'm Fine is getting old. Hiding behind your ability to drag ourselves across the finish line is no real accomplishment. In this episode, I explore what you might be avoiding because being fine keeps you stuck in overwhelm and burnout.
What is the secondary benefit you get from being stoic about your suffering? What do you get to avoid doing as a result?
Being "fine" let's you put the real things that would bring you peace and fulfillment in the too hard basket. You remain a victim to obligations instead.
Stop showing up compromised. Be willing to be vulnerable about what you need by taking time for self care and enforcing boundaries around your time and resources.
Empower others to find a solution, even if it means they might fail. You never learn the way if you never get to navigate.
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Are you a pressure bomb just waiting to explode? Feeling unseen, unheard, disrespected? Maybe you decided to just turn off the heat and live the jaded zombie life instead.  This episode will help you keep momentum going without feeling so constrained by limitations in your career or your life.
When you have a lot of energy and passion, but don't feel that you are getting the opportunity to realize your potential, frustration builds like steam in a teapot because water in the vapor state is more expansive than in the liquid state.
The solution is to find a bigger pot, not to turn off the heat or let it build until it explodes.
Numbing out and being too busy are ways you turn off the heat to avoid feeling the pressure, but they cause a different kind of pain.
Being angry or overwhelming to others is a sign that you need a bigger pot because you are feeling constrained.
When you are more expansive, your energy is a beautiful swirl that draws in others and helps you meet them where they are.
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