31 episodes
Well, That Was Unexpected Carla Isabel Carstens
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5.0 • 69 Ratings
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Join your host Carla Isabel Carstens as she shares unfiltered, relatable, actionable conversations and guest interviews showcasing raw and inspiring career and lifestyle pivots, made by real people.
Her goal is to empower you to give yourself permission to change your mind, pursue your many different interests, and carve out your own unique career path.
You can expect topics like setting boundaries in the workplace, starting a side hustle or business, overcoming self-doubt, mastering negotiation skills, and general conversations around anything that helps you thrive in and out of your 9-5.
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The Power of Lifelong Learning in Your Professional and Personal Life
Everyone earns a college degree or reaches some form of an educational pinnacle — then what? Most people shelve learning new things once they are out of their academic phase of life. The same people who dedicate years to nurturing passions like sports, music, or the arts, only to abandon them and just…work.
Lifelong learning goes beyond textbooks or getting another degree. It’s exploring your curiosities, even if they’re unrelated to work.
It fuels personal growth, boosts confidence, and increases happiness. It helps us adapt to the ever-changing world.
I know, learning something new can feel like adding more to our already busy plates. But the good news is, it doesn't have to be overwhelming or consuming.
The world is diverse, and so should be the knowledge you possess. Whether it provides you professional success or personal happiness, there’s always something new to learn or a perspective to explore. So, never stop learning.
*Heads up, I’m OOO for the rest of 2023 😉 – I’ll be back in early 2024! xoxo*
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How to Get a Promotion
Want to stand out, make an impact, and get that promotion you deserve? Listen up! Feeling overlooked or undervalued in your job sucks. In this episode, I dig deep into actionable ways to exhibit your readiness for a more senior-level role, as well as the qualities you need to exhibit in order to be promotable.
Tune in to learn effective techniques for securing that coveted promotion, get tips on how to leverage career planning and your yearly review for a promotion, and how to navigate scenarios where a promotion might not be in your future.
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How to Manage Self-Created Stress
Believe it or not, most of your stress is self-created. And it’s easy to think there’s nothing you can do about any of it. I know better now. We take an already difficult situation and make it so much worse than it actually is. That’s why it’s critical to know where your stress comes from and understand how you’re making it worse with your thinking and behavior.
But when you accept full responsibility for your role in creating and maintaining your stress triggers, managing stress is in your control. Tune in to learn how to change the way you look at potentially stressful situations, and change how they impact you!
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Why You Aren’t Getting Interviews for Jobs You’re Qualified (or Over-Qualified!) For
In this episode, I talk about something we've all experienced: job hunting and those frustrating as hell rejection emails, even when you know you're more than qualified for the job. I break down the many reasons why this happens and demystify the confusing hiring process you’re up against.
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The Best and Worst Times to Look for Jobs
Tune in to learn how months of the year correlate with hiring patterns. In this episode, I share the best months, days, and times to apply for jobs and when you may experience a lull in your job search. I also give tips for how to navigate these periods so you can plan your job search effectively, and maximize your chances of getting hired!
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It’s OK to Not Want a Side Hustle or Be Your Own Boss
You don’t have to be an entrepreneur or side hustler to be successful. Plenty of successful people have the exact life they want because they’re investing their time into work that makes them happy and earns them the money they need to enjoy life. And that’s enough.
In this quickie episode, I break down the harmful narrative that everyone should be side hustling if they’re worth anything and actually motivated, and why there’s no shame in wanting to embrace the unhacked, unoptimized parts of life.
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Customer Reviews
Extremely helpful
This podcast was an easy listen and very insightful. It’s helped me tremendously as I navigate looking for a new role. Thanks Carla!
Inspiring, funny, real
I have always admired Carla’s endeavors and I’m thrilled she has a podcast where she shares her insight and advice. She is smart, engaging, relatable, and a straight up boss. The stories she shares are inspiring and feel actionable. Listen if you need a push, want to learn something new, or be entertained by Carla’s commentary.
Beyond Amazing, the Content I’ve Been Waiting For
I’ve been a big fan of Carla since her Free Fashion Internship days and have been tuning in on her insta stories during the pandemic. I adore her as a person and a professional, adapting her career advice towards my trajectory. I started my new life in Austin, thanks to Carla’s advice so I was beyond elated to tune on this podcast series! Her content is endearingly fresh, relatable, poignantly honest, and entertaining! Never felt so seen and heard!!!!