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

Ever wanted to feel like you own it as an architect?  True leadership is more than acquiring expertise, it’s having a point of view around that knowledge that you advocate around.
Newsflash: you cannot ever get there unless you are so deeply connected with your why that you bring it.  Every day. On every project, In every way you live your life.  You have to be committed, which means you are also authentic.  I think we all can smell the bullshit of someone playing at thought leadership.  If you're looking to take things beyond the next paycheck and really start evolving as an architect, you need to hear this episode.
 
We'll cover:
Get super clear on the difference between competency, interests and thought leadership
Learn how following your interests can begin to surface a “passion convergence” that will blaze your trail to changemaking in a way only you can
No matter where you are in your career timeline, you can tap into the OG vibe. Pull back, see the bigger picture find the thing you do, and own it.
Advocacy doesn’t mean being a scrapper.  Know yourself and preach your message.  You make a difference when people willingly follow you because it resonates with them, not when you go for aggressive conversion tactics
Stay Inspired,
Angela
 
 
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Architecture is the career you make it. Join me and my guest Dee Nicholas for a fearless exploration of the DIY career path.
We talk about how to live your purpose no matter what, why it’s important to keep evolving and asking “what’s next,” Dee’s multi- and trans-disciplinary work and above all how architecture is about so much more than just building things.
We'll cover:
Why you should always ask what’s next. Always
Believe that you can take the next opportunity in front of you and go for it no matter what. Don’t judge your own qualifications and if you see a path open up, look for ways to solidify your credentials doing that thing.  That’s what a thought leader does.
Do not define what you do by anyone else’s standard. Who says you can’t be an architect/artist/researcher/social justice crusader/polymath whatever?  Because I guarantee you, you already are wearing multiple hats.
Stay Inspired,
Angela
 
If you want to know more about Dee and her amazing work- she has several different (of course) ways to get the down low:
https://drexel.edu/westphal/about/directory/NicholasDiana/
https://www.integralhealthyliving.com/
https://www.arcc-journal.org/index.php/arccjournal/article/view/1073/903
https://www.arcc-journal.org/index.php/arccjournal/issue/view/42
https://secondstorycollective.org/
D.S. Nicholas, Assistant Professor; NCIDQ, AIA, NCARB, LEED GA
Director MS Design Research, MSDes
Social Impact Design Research Lab: Integral Healthy Living
Department of Architecture, Design & Urbanism Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design Drexel University 
INSTA: @dsre_drexel  
 
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Do you feel you have to make hard choices between things that are of equal importance?
Like work and family, professional development and meeting a deadline, your project or your sanity, or even whether to stay or go from your current job? I’m sharing some real life examples from architects who went into the sad zone thinking they needed to endure some kind of compromise in their desire to do the right thing.  These are common mistakes so many of us make at different points in our career.  But today, I’m going to show you how to fix them. 
 
We'll cover:
How either/or thinking is an illusion
Polarizing our thinking as an excuse to stay stuck in our comfort zone
Why business is just one more way that you choose to hold yourself back
Strategies for setting boundaries and making space for a well rounded life where you invest time in your interests actually lets you get more work done better than being chained to your desk
Stay Inspired,
Angela
 
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Welcome to the first episode of Architecting!
You are here: the landing pad for raw honesty about the state of our profession. Get ready to shatter some of its memes so you can spend your time impacting your clients, your community, the world with your work instead. If you find yourself no longer willing to settle in your work or your quality of life and are ready to get out of the comfort zone of the “good enough” life, I want to welcome you to take this journey with me to get in touch with your WHY and fully express it with grace and joy and ease. This is what I call the architecture lifestyle.
Stay Inspired,
Angela
 
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