100 episodes

Welcome back to Designing the Best YOU! a podcast hosted by career strategist and board-certified holistic health practitioner Vennessa McConkey. This podcast is dedicated to helping you uncover hidden obstacles that are holding you back in your career.

Whether those be physical conditions and symptoms, emotional blocks such as unresolved trauma, or mental blocks such as confidence and limiting beliefs. With each episode we will be sharing practical strategies, tips, and insights to help you gain clarity, build confidence and advance your career. From job searching and networking to resolving fatigue and burnout, we will help you tackle the toughest challenges in your journey that help you Design the Best YOU!

Designing The Best YOU‪!‬ Vennessa McConkey, FDNP, FNC

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Welcome back to Designing the Best YOU! a podcast hosted by career strategist and board-certified holistic health practitioner Vennessa McConkey. This podcast is dedicated to helping you uncover hidden obstacles that are holding you back in your career.

Whether those be physical conditions and symptoms, emotional blocks such as unresolved trauma, or mental blocks such as confidence and limiting beliefs. With each episode we will be sharing practical strategies, tips, and insights to help you gain clarity, build confidence and advance your career. From job searching and networking to resolving fatigue and burnout, we will help you tackle the toughest challenges in your journey that help you Design the Best YOU!

    Imposter Syndrome and Your Career

    Imposter Syndrome and Your Career

    Welcome back to Designing the Best YOU!  In today’s episode you will hear about:
    - Characteristics and symptoms
    - Imposter syndrome “types”
    - Client statements on imposter syndrome at work
    - Tips to help overcome imposter syndrome


    Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Are you ready to figure out the HIDDEN blocks keeping you STUCK in your career so you can advance and be all you were designed to be?
     
    BOOK a CALL: https://calendly.com/vmc-health-career  
    NEWSLETTER Sign-Up: https://forms.gle/eL5ov7Cawu5JxGDj8 
     
    IG: https://instagram.com/vennessamcconkey 
    LINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/in/vennessa-mcconkey
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    • 40 min
    FEAR and How it Manifests in Your Body

    FEAR and How it Manifests in Your Body

    Welcome back to Designing the Best YOU!  In today’s episode you will hear about:
    - What pushing through means
    - Hard work and harmful patterns
    - How trying harder hurts our body and what we should do instead
    - The list of how to heal that I WON’T give you


    Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Are you ready to figure out the HIDDEN blocks keeping you STUCK in your career so you can advance and be all you were designed to be?
     
    BOOK a CALL: https://calendly.com/vmc-health-career  
    NEWSLETTER Sign-Up: https://vennessamcconkey50156.ac-page.com/vm-newsletter 
     
    IG: https://instagram.com/vennessamcconkey 
    LINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/in/vennessa-mcconkey


    Discounted nervous system devices:
    Whoop (https://join.whoop.com/73B5B1) - helps optimize your sleep, performance, strain and recovery
    Apollo (https://share.apolloneuro.com/x/DGTAsx ) - wellness device intended to help manage stress, challenging life transitions, and to promote a healthy lifestyle

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    References
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3230324/ 

    • 40 min
    The Fear of Ghosting

    The Fear of Ghosting

    Welcome back to Designing the Best YOU!  In today’s episode you will hear about:
    - How avoiding the sharing feedback is disorienting and discouraging for candidates
    - the feelings of abandonment, worthlessness, rejection, not being good enough in the ghosting process
    - The Fear Factor
    - How To Get Your Confidence Back After Being Ghosted
    - and so much more!
    Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Are you ready to figure out the HIDDEN blocks keeping you STUCK in your career so you can advance and be all you were designed to be?
    BOOK a CALL: https://calendly.com/vmc-health-career  
    NEWSLETTER Sign-Up: https://forms.gle/eL5ov7Cawu5JxGDj8 
     
    For extra support and information!
    IG: https://instagram.com/vennessamcconkey 
    LINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/in/vennessa-mcconkey


    Discounted nervous system devices:
    Whoop (https://join.whoop.com/73B5B1) - helps optimize your sleep, performance, strain and recovery

    Apollo (https://share.apolloneuro.com/x/DGTAsx) - wellness device intended to help manage stress, challenging life transitions, and to promote a healthy lifestyle

    • 40 min
    FEAR: How Does It Play Out in Our Careers and Health?

    FEAR: How Does It Play Out in Our Careers and Health?

    Welcome back to Designing the Best YOU!  In today’s episode you will hear about:
    Recognizing how our grown, accomplished selves reconcile with our wounded, hurt inner child and it's importance to improving our leadership Getting an early promotion as a child The positives and negatvies of hypervigiliance The greedy salesman  Physical and emotional health issues as a result of unresolved trauma Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Are you ready to figure out the HIDDEN blocks keeping you STUCK in your career so you can advance and be all you were designed to be?
    BOOK a CALL: https://calendly.com/vmc-health-career  
    NEWSLETTER Sign-Up: https://forms.gle/eL5ov7Cawu5JxGDj8 
     
    For extra support and information!
    IG: https://instagram.com/vennessamcconkey 
    LINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/in/vennessa-mcconkey
     
    Discounted nervous system devices:
    Whoop (https://join.whoop.com/73B5B1) - helps optimize your sleep, performance, strain and recovery
    Apollo (https://share.apolloneuro.com/x/DGTAsx) - wellness device intended to help manage stress, challenging life transitions, and to promote a healthy lifestyle
     

    • 40 min
    How to Regain Confidence After Setbacks

    How to Regain Confidence After Setbacks

    Welcome back to Designing the Best YOU!  In today’s episode you will hear about:
    - the stories we tell ourselves that hold us back
    - steps to regain confidence
    - looking back to reframe
    - and so much more!
    Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Are you ready to figure out the HIDDEN blocks keeping you STUCK in your career so you can advance and be all you were designed to be?
     
    BOOK a CALL: https://calendly.com/vmc-health-career  
    NEWSLETTER Sign-Up: https://forms.gle/eL5ov7Cawu5JxGDj8 
     
    For extra support and information!
    IG: https://instagram.com/vennessamcconkey 
    LINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/in/vennessa-mcconkey


    Discounted nervous system devices:
    Whoop (https://join.whoop.com/73B5B1) - helps optimize your sleep, performance, strain and recovery
    Apollo (https://share.apolloneuro.com/x/DGTAsx) - wellness device intended to help manage stress, challenging life transitions, and to promote a healthy lifestyle
     

    • 31 min
    Take Charge of Your Job Search with Things IN Your Control

    Take Charge of Your Job Search with Things IN Your Control

    Welcome back to Designing the Best YOU!  In today’s episode you will hear about:
    - Interviews
    - Digital Presence
    - Well-being
    - and so much more!
    Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Are you ready to figure out the HIDDEN blocks keeping you STUCK in your career so you can advance and be all you were designed to be?
    BOOK a CALL: https://calendly.com/vmc-health-career  
    NEWSLETTER Sign-Up: https://forms.gle/eL5ov7Cawu5JxGDj8 
     
    For extra support and information!
    IG: https://instagram.com/vennessamcconkey 
    LINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/in/vennessa-mcconkey


     
    Discounted nervous system devices:
    Whoop (https://join.whoop.com/73B5B1) - helps optimize your sleep, performance, strain and recovery

    Apollo (https://share.apolloneuro.com/x/DGTAsx) - wellness device intended to help manage stress, challenging life transitions, and to promote a healthy lifestyle

    • 22 min

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