Here’s to Adulting: Recent Episodes
Here's to Adulting
Follow Julie and Teresa's journeys as they talk about their experiences of growing into adulthood. They don't have everything figured out, but they're on a mission to learn. Let's make a toast. Here's to the good, the bad, and everything in between. Here's to Adulting!
2020 was a WILD year! COVID-19 threw a huge curveball into everyone's plans, and it has been challenging, difficult, and truly a strange time in everyone's lives.
In this episode, Teresa and Julie reflect on their accomplishments of 2020, and chat about what they are looking forward to in 2021.
And.. that's a wrap for Season One of Here's to Adulting! We'd love to thank all of you for listening and supporting us this year. We're excited about what's to come in 2021, and hope that you'll continue with us on this journey.
Stay safe, happy, and healthy. Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!
Mentions in this Episode:
- The Happy Cactus Club - https://thehappycactus.club
- How to Make Friends When You're BUSY (Friendship Blog) - https://thehappycactus.club/blog/making-friends
- Color Forward Episodes on Friendship - https://www.colorforward.com/episodes/028, https://www.colorforward.com/episodes/029
- New Year, New Theme (Yearly Theme Blog) Written by Julie - https://thehappycactus.club/blog/new-year-new-theme
Do you feel like you're constantly behind? Living in a fast paced society can push us to feel like we don't know what we're doing and that we aren't good enough. Listen in as Teresa and Julie contemplate on the idea of hustle culture and wrestle with imposter syndrome in a digital age where it is easy to feel inadequate.
Mentions in this Episode:
- Jonathan Javier, CEO of Wonsulting - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanmjavier/
- BBC Article, "Why Imposter Syndrome Hits Women and Women of Colour Harder" - https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200724-why-imposter-syndrome-hits-women-and-women-of-colour-harder
- New York Times Article, "Why Are Young People Pretending to Love Work?" - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/business/against-hustle-culture-rise-and-grind-tgim.html
- Color Forward - Episode 22: Leanne Robers, Tech Founder on Overcoming Imposter Syndrome - https://www.colorforward.com/episodes/022
Have you ever taken a personality test? Do your results resonate with you, or are you skeptical? In this episode, Teresa and Julie analyze and reflect on their results on a variety of personality tests and how they can use their personalities and strengths to their advantage. Mentions in This Episode:
16 Personalities Test - https://www.16personalities.com/ The High 5 Test - https://high5test.com The Vantage Point: Communication Style Self-Assessment - https://www.thevantagepoint.ca/sites/default/files/High%20Performing%20Teams%20-%20Self%20assessment%20handout.pdf
Special Shout-out to Alisa Manjarrez! Check out her podcasts and work through the links below!
The Happy Cactus Club - Where powerful women gain clarity to cast their vision, create a strategy, and make it happen. https://thehappycactus.club Color Forward Podcast - A podcast highlighting successful women who have overcome cultural adversity and mastered the art of resilience. https://www.colorforward.com Seriously Though Podcast - A podcast about succeeding in life and at work. http://seriouslythoughpodcast.com Alisa Manjarrez, Executive Coach - https://www.alisa.coach
Looking for a job? Us too.
From resume writing to screening to interviews, the job search process can be long, difficult and tiring - especially when faced with rejection.
In this episode, Teresa and Julie reflect back on their experiences with the job hunt (so far) and discuss the lessons they have learned along the way.
Mentions in this Episode:
- Color Forward Podcast - https://www.colorforward.com
- TopResume - https://www.topresume.com
- VMock - https://www.vmock.com
- Jonathan Javier (CEO & Founder of Wonsulting) - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanmjavier
- Wonsulting - https://www.wonsulting.com
What happens behind our screens? In this episode, Teresa and Julie discuss and reflect upon The Social Dilemma, a documentary-drama that dives into the impact and consequences of using social media.
Spoiler Alert! If you haven't seen The Social Dilemma, pause this episode! Come revisit it after you've seen the movie.
Trigger Warning: This episode mentions suicide and self-harm.
Mentions in this Episode:
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Inside Out - https://movies.disney.com/inside-out
- The Try Guys - https://tryguys.com & https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpi8TJfiA4lKGkaXs__YdBA
Check out The Social Dilemma through the links below!
- https://www.thesocialdilemma.com
- https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224
More on Tristan Harris, his mission, and the Center for Humane Technology:
- https://www.tristanharris.com
- https://www.humanetech.com
Wonder what it's like to graduate during a pandemic? Well, wonder no more! Listen to Teresa and Julie talk (and rant) about how it was like to graduate in 2020.
Welcome to the first episode! Teresa and Julie are friends of over a decade who grew up together in San Francisco. They get nostalgic while diving into high school memories and talk about what living in a big tourist city is like.
Teresa and Julie are fresh out of college and start to reflect back on their past four years. They evaluate how college treated them and what they would have done differently.