How To Handle Work Instability To Keep Your Career Goals On Track Jobshare Revolution: Flexible Work For Work-Life Balance podcast

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29. The Twist of Fate That Brought the Be Your Best Self Challenge to Life Wham! Bam! This is the episode I didn't plan. 👻 😷 After dodging COVID-19 for nearly five years, it finally got me. And while my instinct was to push through and keep working (hello, workaholic tendencies), something surprising happened instead. The Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge —the very challenge we’ve been doing together—showed up for me in a powerful, unexpected way during my 9-day COVID isolation. Instead of overworking, I surrendered. Instead of pushing through, I embraced the break. And in doing so, I learned a huge lesson about slowing down, self-care, and why we HAVE to believe in our own transformation before it can happen. This was an episode I didn’t plan, but I had to share these takeaways with you. If you’ve ever struggled with resting without guilt, believing in big changes, or trusting the process, this episode is for you. Before you listen: 👉 Grab your Be Your Best Self in 2025 Workbook : workmuse.com/bestself This has been an incredible journey together, and I couldn’t be more grateful for you. Remember: You become what you believe. 2025 is YOUR year! 🚀 Links Mentioned: DAY 1 ACTION: Episode 23 - What Will You Leave Behind in 2024 DAY 2 ACTION: Episode 24 - Choose Your Word of the Year DAY 3 ACTION: Episode 25 - Setting Achievable Goals DAY 4 ACTION: Episode 26 - Habits That Stick DAY 5 ACTION: Episode 27 - Manifest the Life You Want DAY 6 ACTION: Episode 28 - BONUS: Ikigai Your Career & Explore Job Sharing Work Muse Instagram Melissa Nicholson LinkedIn Work Muse LinkedIn Facebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work Episode Website: workmuse.com/29 Transcript here. What's Next? 💛 Curious about job sharing? Grab my free guide at workmuse.com/guide . 💡 And don’t forget—if you loved this episode, share it with a friend who needs to hear it too! Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find true work-life balance. 🙌🙌 Plus, I’m adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow now!…

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Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge BONUS: Ikigai Your Career & Explore Job Sharing 18:52

12天之前18:52

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28. Ikigai Your Career & Explore Job Sharing in 2025 You made it! 🎉 Today, we wrap up the Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge with a bonus challenge designed to help you find clarity in your career and create true work-life balance. In this final episode, we’re exploring Ikigai , the Japanese philosophy for discovering purpose, and job sharing , one of the most innovative ways to create flexibility and fulfillment in your work. Before you listen: 👉 Grab your Be Your Best Self in 2025 Workbook : workmuse.com/bestself What is Ikigai & How Can It Transform Your Career? Ikigai is the intersection of: ✨ What you love ✨ What you’re good at ✨ What the world needs ✨ What you can be paid for When these four areas align, you unlock a career that feels deeply meaningful and fulfilling. I’ll walk you through the Ikigai exercise to help you identify your career sweet spot—whether you're considering a change or realigning your current role. What Job Sharing Means for Work-Life Balance Job sharing is one of the best-kept work-life balance secrets. In this episode, I will share 5 things job sharing can do for you, even if you already work flexibly. If you’ve ever wanted more control over your time without compromising your career , job sharing might be your perfect solution. GRAB YOUR BE YOUR BEST SELF IN 2025 CHALLENGE WORKBOOK: 👉 Download it here: workmuse.com/bestself Links Mentioned: Facebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work DAY 1 ACTION: Episode 23 - What Will You Leave Behind in 2024 DAY 2 ACTION: Episode 24 - Choose Your Word of the Year DAY 3 ACTION: Episode 25 - Setting Achievable Goals DAY 4 ACTION: Episode 26 - Habits That Stick DAY 5 ACTION: Episode 27 - Manifest the Life You Want Work Muse Instagram Melissa Nicholson LinkedIn & Work Muse LinkedIn Episode Website: workmuse.com/28 Transcript here. What's Next? If this challenge has inspired you, share this episode with a friend! 💛 And if you’re curious about job sharing, grab my free guide at workmuse.com/guide . This has been an incredible journey together, and I couldn’t be more grateful for you. Remember: You become what you believe. 2025 is YOUR y Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find true work-life balance. 🙌🙌 Plus, I’m adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow now!…

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Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge: Manifest the Life You Want 20:32

26天之前20:32

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27. Manifest the Life You Want in 2025 & Decide Who You Want to BE I will admit, I’m not a ‘woo-woo’ person by nature. I’m just not. But after what I’ve experienced during some of the toughest years of my life, I’m officially a convert. I’ve seen the magic that happens when you put your intentions into the universe. In Episode 27, we continue the Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge with Day 5: Manifest the Life You Want & Decide Who You Want to BE in 2025 . This is about more than wishful thinking—it’s about combining intention with action, getting clear on your goals, and stepping into your full potential. Before you listen: 👉 Grab your Be Your Best Self in 2025 Workbook : workmuse.com/bestself By the end of episode 27, you’ll have: A clear vision for what you’re a “Hell yes!” for in 2025. Practical steps to put your desires into the universe and take aligned action. The confidence to let go of limiting beliefs and embrace who you want to BE. Links Mentioned: Grab your Be Your Best Self in 2025 Workbook : workmuse.com/bestself Facebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work DAY 1 ACTION: Episode 23 - What Will You Leave Behind in 2024 DAY 2 ACTION: Episode 24 - Choose Your Word of the Year DAY 3 ACTION: Episode 25 - Setting Achievable Goals DAY 4 ACTION: Episode 26 - James Clear Your Year: Habits That Stick Work Muse Instagram Work Muse LinkedIn Melissa Nicholson LinkedIn Episode Website: workmuse.com/27 Transcript here. Next Week: Join us for the Bonus Challenge: Ikigai Your Career & Explore Job Sharing in 2025. This final episode of the challenge will help you apply these principles to your professional life—so you can do work that truly aligns with your purpose. P.S. Don't forget to hop into our Facebook group to share your Challenge Action for a chance to win a work-life prize! 🎉 Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rat Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find true work-life balance. 🙌🙌 Plus, I’m adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow now!…

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Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge: Habits that Stick 29:19

5 weeks之前29:19

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26. James Clear Your Year: Habits That Stick in 2025 This is the year your habits stick—and I’m here to spill the James Clear tea 🫖 to help make it happen. In Episode 26, we continue the Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge with Day 4: James Clear Your Year: Habits That Stick. If you’ve ever struggled to maintain habits or dropped them after just a few weeks, this episode will transform the way you approach habit-building. Inspired by James Clear’s groundbreaking work in Atomic Habits , I’ll guide you through the science of habit formation and how to create systems that set you up for success. As most folks (including me!) find adopting habits for the long-term challenging, I dive into how my husband became a runner and I became a vegetarian, breaking the broken habits curse once and for all by understanding the stages and applying James' methodology. Before you listen: 👉 Grab your Be Your Best Self in 2025 Workbook : workmuse.com/bestself By the end of this episode, you’ll have 1-3 habits that are: Specific, Attractive, Easy, and Satisfying —the foundation of James Clear’s proven method. Anchored in your daily routines with a system to support them. Designed to help you not just achieve your goals but become the person you want to be. Links Mentioned: Grab your Be Your Best Self in 2025 Workbook : workmuse.com/bestself Facebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work DAY 1 ACTION: Episode 23 - Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge: What Will You Leave Behind in 2024 DAY 2 ACTION: Episode 24 - Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge: Choose Your Word of the Year DAY 3 ACTION: Episode 25 - Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge: Setting Achievable Goals Work Muse Instagram Work Muse LinkedIn Melissa Nicholson LinkedIn Episode Website: workmuse.com/26 Transcript here. Quick Housekeeping: Jobshare Revolution podcast will be airing on Tuesdays, starting this week! Next Week: Join us for Challenge Day 5: Manifest the Life You Want in 2025. We’ll dive into how to turn your dreams into reality and decide who you want to BE in the new year. P.S. Don't forget to hop into our Facebook group to share your Challenge Action for a chance to win a work-life prize! 🎉 Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find true work-life balance. 🙌🙌 Plus, I’m adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow now!…

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Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge: Setting Achievable Goals 18:42

5 weeks之前18:42

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25. Ditch resolutions! Science-backed methods to set achievable goals for 2025. In episode 25, we continue the Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge with Day 3: Setting Achievable Goals for the New Year. This isn’t your typical goal-setting process—we’re leaving behind vague resolutions that fade by February and diving into a kinder, science-backed approach to help you create the life you want. Before you listen: 👉 Grab your Be Your Best Self in 2025 Workbook : workmuse.com/bestself Setting goals can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. In this episode, I’ll walk you through using the SMARTER framework, a more intentional way to create goals that stick. You’ll learn how to set 1-3 meaningful, personal, and aspirational goals that align with your values—and how to turn them into actionable steps. By the end of this episode, you’ll have the clarity and tools you need to transform your intentions into action and make 2025 your most impactful year yet. In Episode 25, Day 3 of our challenge, we’ll cover: Why traditional goal-setting often fails—and how to unlearn old patterns. How to use the SMARTER framework to create specific, measurable, and exciting goals. Tips to break your goals into micro-actions and create systems that support success. The 5 areas of a full life to consider when choosing your goals Links Mentioned: Grab your Be Your Best Self in 2025 Workbook : workmuse.com/bestself Facebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work DAY 1 ACTION: Episode 23 - Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge: What Will You Leave Behind in 2024 DAY 2 ACTION: Episode 24 - Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge: Choose Your Word of the Year Work Muse Instagram Work Muse LinkedIn Melissa Nicholson LinkedIn Episode Website: workmuse.com/25 Transcript here. Next Week: Join us for Challenge Day 4: James Clear Your Year with Habits That Stick. Learn how to create systems and habits that turn your big goals into daily progress. P.S. Don't forget to hop into our Facebook group to share your Challenge Action for a chance to win a work-life prize! 🎉 Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find true work-life balance. 🙌🙌 Plus, I’m adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow now!…

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Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge: Choose Your Word of the Year 18:41

6 weeks之前18:41

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24. A powerful exercise to choose a single word that embodies how you want to live, feel, and show up in 2025. What’s your Word of the Year for 2025? In episode 24, we continue the Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge with Day 2: Choose Your Word of the Year . This simple yet transformative practice will help you set the tone and mindset to guide your year ahead. Before you listen: 👉 Grab your Be Your Best Self in 2025 Workbook : workmuse.com/bestself Your Word of the Year isn’t a specific goal or task—it’s a single word that embodies how you want to live, feel, and show up in 2025. Join me as I share my personal journey with choosing a Word of the Year and how it’s guided me through some of the hardest seasons of my life, including caregiving for my mom with Alzheimer’s. In this heart-centered episode, I’ll walk you through: Reflecting on what made you happy in 2024 and what you’d like to improve. Choosing a word that inspires and empowers you to show up as your best self. Tips for using your word as a daily affirmation to keep it top of mind throughout the year. By the end of this episode, you’ll have your guiding word—a simple yet powerful tool to keep you aligned with your intentions and dreams for 2025. Links Mentioned: Grab your Be Your Best Self in 2025 Workbook : workmuse.com/bestself Facebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work Work Muse Instagram Work Muse LinkedIn Melissa Nicholson LinkedIn How to Help Victims of the LA Fires: Canine Rescue Club Volunteer here Donate to World Central Kitchen Donate to LA Fire Department Foundation Donate to Community Foundation's Wildfire Recovery Fund Episode Website: workmuse.com/24 Transcript here. Next Week: Join us for Challenge Day 3: Setting Achievable Goals in 2025 . You will unlearn what you thought goal-setting was, and instead, apply science-backed research to set 1-3 goals you will actually achieve in 2025. Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find true work-life balance. 🙌🙌 Plus, I’m adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow now!…

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Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge: What Will You Leave Behind in 2024? 22:31

7 weeks之前22:31

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23. What if 2025 could be the year you truly show up for yourself? In this episode, I'm kicking off the Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge by asking a deceptively simple yet transformative question: What will you leave behind in 2024? Before you listen: Grab your Be Your Best Self in 2025 Workbook : workmuse.com/bestself Too often, we carry the weight of the past into the new year—old habits, limiting beliefs, or relationships that no longer serve us. But this year, it’s time to let them go. Join me as I guide you through an intentional exercise that will make you feel all kind of warm fuzzies to reflect on your most joyful, impactful, and hardest moments of the past year, and decide what you’ll leave behind to make space for a powerful, fresh start. In this heart-to-heart episode, I open up about my personal story of resilience for the very first time, and the magic that unfolded when I leaned into these exercises myself. If you’re ready to release what’s holding you back and step into your full potential, dive into Episode 23. Let’s leave last year’s rocks behind and create a fertile garden for 2025. 🌱 Links Mentioned: Grab your Be Your Best Self in 2025 Workbook : workmuse.com/bestself Facebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work Work Muse Instagram Work Muse LinkedIn Melissa Nicholson LinkedIn Episode Website: workmuse.com/23 Transcript here. Next Week: Join us for Challenge Day 2: Choosing Your Word of the Year . It’s time to set the mindset that will shape your 2025. Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find true work-life balance. 🙌🙌 Plus, I’m adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow now!…

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Election Week Self-Care Strategies: Building Resilience and Finding Hope for Care 18:16

17 weeks之前18:16

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22. Steal my election week self-care strategies to stay sane over the next week, infused with a big dose of hope for Care. As we wrap up our 10-part lesson-focused series I'm calling Reaching Your Goals Despite [Fill in the blank - i.e. all we've been through/return to work mandates/layoffs etc.] and we hold onto our seats for the election of a lifetime, I am more hopeful for CARE than ever. With the untenable childcare and eldercare crisis pushing caregivers to the brink, we are at a tipping point that policymakers and companies can no longer ignore. Fresh off a roundtable for care leaders on the Austin leg of The Care Gap's Global Tour, I'm energized by those doing the work and the ideas flowing to close the care gap together. During election week, I'm feeling more hopeful about closing the Care Gap than ever. Kamala Harris is centering Care in her campaign. Nancy Pelosi says a Care Agenda will make the biggest difference in our economy. We are SO CLOSE. We’ve all been through a lot over the past several years, and you may be feeling election PTSD coming on like I am. Grab your fuzzy slippers, coziest PJs, and favorite comfort items...In episode 22, I'm sharing my self-care strategies to help me stay sane over the next week (including my back-pocket bonus strategy juuust in case...). 📣 Announcement: As we wrap our 10-part series for a short Jobshare Revolution podcast pause over the next few months, we are up to BIG THINGS at Work Muse and can't wait bring them to you in the New Year! Want more before then? Join Work Muse Newsletter to stay up to speed weekly (it's not your ordinary newsletter - get ready to go deep and LOL! ) Links Mentioned: Join Work Muse Newsletter for all the job share and work-life tips, news, opportunities, and events! Rachael Ellison's Election Week Self-Regulation Series The Care Gap Tour: Making Care A Global Priority for Well-Being, Economic Growth, and Social Progress Breadwinners Podcast Episode: Share The Load: Is Job Sharing Right for You? Facebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work Work Muse Instagram Work Muse LI Episode Website: workmuse.com/22 Transcript here Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find true work-life balance. 🙌🙌 Plus, I’m adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow now!…

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The Care Movement's Time Has Come: It's Personal to Me 20:43

19 weeks之前20:43

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21. Kamala Harris announces a plan to support caregivers as the U.S. faces a childcare and eldercare crisis. The Care Movement's time has come and as a sandwich-generation dual caregiver, I'm here for it. This summer, a staggering study revealed the cost of childcare in all 50 states was more than two months of rent. Organizations like Moms First pushed CNN to center the care crisis on the presidential debate stage. And this past week, Vice President Kamala Harris announced her policy plan for Medicare to cover in-home healthcare—a game changer for family caregivers, up to 70% of whom are women. This is personal to me. In Episode 21, I open up about the day-to-day challenges of a week in the life of a working family caregiver with children living at home. Just how isolating, deflating, and impossible it can feel to be a family caregiver without caregiver support in the U.S. My care journey has lit a fire in my belly to help women in the same position advance their careers with time for their new caring responsibilities. Job sharing is one way caregivers can manage their careers and care without waiting on systemic change. In episode 21, I delve into how care policies for childcare and eldercare can impact gender equity in the workplace and improve caregivers' lives. I also share another childcare catch-22 recently laid-off mother Paige Connell called out on LinkedIn about the tough decision families face on whether or not to keep their kids in daycare when one parent is laid off. Bottom line: The U.S. has a care crisis, women are fed up, and with an election in the coming weeks, your vote is your voice and care is on the ballot. Links Mentioned: FREE Guide: The Work Muse Guide to Job Sharing: The Step-by-Step Blueprint to Creating a Successful Job Share Family Caregiver Alliance statistics Childcare costs more than two months' rent in all 50 states Moms First Chamber of Mothers Caring Across Generations Moms Rising The Care Gap Fair Play Paige Connell's LinkedIn post Paige Connell's Instagram Facebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work Work Muse Instagram Work Muse Li Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find true work-life balance. 🙌🙌 Plus, I’m adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow now!…

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Job Sharing: Safeguard Your Job, Switch Careers, and Find Flexibility in a Tough Job Market 16:50

20 weeks之前16:50

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20. A proactive approach to safeguard your job to prevent a layoff, switch careers, or even navigate a tough job market more easily while finding flexibility for real work-life balance. This episode is Part II of a two-part series inspired by concerns about return-to-work mandates, low morale, looming layoff rumors, or worse, actual layoffs by my Ladies of Brilliance tribe, our Work Muse community, and clients. In Episode 19, I share my best advice for how to keep your goals on track, despite a less-than-supportive environment. In episode 20, I dive deep into three specific innovative strategies to prevent being laid off or to navigate a tricky job search in a tough job market while building in your flexibility with job sharing. You might even find yourself amazed by how job sharing could simplify this whole tricky job time. Links Mentioned: FREE Guide: The Work Muse Guide to Job Sharing: The Step-by-Step Blueprint to Creating a Successful Job Share Ep 19: How to Handle Work Instability to Keep Your Career Goals on Track Facebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work Work Muse Instagram Work Muse LinkedIn Melissa Nicholson LinkedIn Episode Website: workmuse.com/20 Transcript here. Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find true work-life balance. 🙌🙌 Plus, I’m adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow now!…

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How to Handle Work Instability to Keep Your Career Goals on Track 19:26

21 weeks之前19:26

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19. Whether you're facing a return-to-work mandate, a looming layoff, or other difficulties in your work life, this is my advice on how to handle it. Too often, we keep these struggles inside or worse, get bad advice when facing difficulties at work, and how to reach for and achieve our big goals, whether a raise, a promotion, or work flexibility, like job sharing during times that feel less than stable at work. When I started hearing the same concerns about return-to-work mandates, low morale, looming layoff rumors, or worse, actual layoffs—sometimes with discriminatory practices laying off pregnant women by faceless algorithmic layoffs—not only from our Work Muse clients but also my closest Ladies of Brilliance tribe, I knew we needed to step in to support our community at Work Muse—my work muses! In episode 19, I'm sitting down for a heart-to-heart and my best advice for how to keep your goals on track, despite a less-than-supportive environment. If it's been a rougher year than you expected, I made this episode for you. Links Mentioned: Facebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work Job Share Academy Waitlist Work Muse Instagram Work Muse LinkedIn Melissa Nicholson LinkedIn Episode Website: workmuse.com/19 Transcript here. Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find true work-life balance. 🙌🙌 Plus, I’m adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow now!…

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Job Share Doubt: Can I Afford to Job Share? 21:38

22 weeks之前21:38

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18. I'll show you how you not only can afford to job share, you might not be able to afford not to job share. Job Share Academy's doors are closing TODAY >>> Enroll here. We've shifted the program to include group coaching for even more hands on support. Don't wait until 2025 to create your job share when the price will go up. In episode 18, the finale in our 4-part Job Share Myth Buster Series, I am dispelling the myth that you can't afford to job share, a totally reasonable assumption (and one I made as an equal breadwinner, carrying the benefits for my family too). You might think that you can't afford to job share, or you don't have the money to invest in creating a job share, especially when you'll be giving up a percentage of your income to do it. Not only can add up some serious bank in daily savings by sharing your job, you can negotiate your job share by presenting the business case, and even level up in your career by leveraging two minds in one job. Your best chance of joining the over 70% of job sharers who work so effectively they are promoted together when they go out for promotion, learning from someone who's gone before you (yours truly!) with the step-by-step blueprint to create your job share THE RIGHT WAY. Work Muse online training & coaching program Job Share Academy is taken in a supportive, hands-on cohort, including weekly group coaching with yours truly. The doors to Job Share Academy are closing today. I'd love to invite you to join me inside of the program! Links mentioned: Enroll for Job Share Academy through Thursday, September 27th at 4pm PT // 7pm ET: Details and Enrollment Information FREE ON-DEMAND Masterclass Thursday 9/27 ONLY Masterclass: 3 Insider Secrets to Share Your Job Episode Website: workmuse.com/18 Transcript here. Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find true work-life balance. 🙌🙌 Plus, I’m adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow now!…

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[ENCORE] Unlocking Job Share Academy’s Full Potential: Insights from Student Elizabeth McQueen 23:26

23 weeks之前23:26

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17. "You can be ambitious AND you can spend a lot of time with your family AND you can be successful, you just have to figure out HOW you want to do it and WHO you want to do it with. Job Share Academy opened my eyes to the fact that it can look a lot of ways. If you're willing to put in the work, you can make something cool happen." - Elizabeth McQueen STUDENT ELIZABETH MCQUEEN SHARES JOB SHARE ACADEMY’S FULL POTENTIAL WITH US. As the doors to Job Share Academy have just opened, we are bringing back our episode featuring Job Share Academy student Elizabeth McQueen for an encore. Work Muse online training & coaching program Job Share Academy is taken in a supportive, hands-on cohort, including weekly group coaching with yours truly. The doors to Job Share Academy have just opened up for a limited-time enrollment. If you are curious about what taking the program is like, Elizabeth gives an in-depth view into what taking the program looks like, on a practical basis in Episode 9. Job Share Academy student Elizabeth McQueen talks with me about her experience inside of the program and how she used job sharing first in a volunteer role as PTA Co-President, and then, in her current role as a co-host and co-producer of Pause Play podcast for KUTX. Elizabeth was curious about the idea of job sharing and how it could help her manage the partnership that she had, but also how she might apply job sharing to her life in the future. Links mentioned: Enroll for Job Share Academy through Thursday, September 27th: Details and Enrollment Information Episode Website: workmuse.com/17 Transcript here. Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find true work-life balance. 🙌🙌 Plus, I’m adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow now!…

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Job Share Doubt: How Do I Get My Boss to Approve A Job Share? 16:05

24 weeks之前16:05

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16. The best way to gain approval for a job share is to present a well-thought-out business case as a confident, competent professional. Limited-Time FREE Masterclass Signup: 3 Insider Secrets to Share Your Job and Lose the Guilt of Putting Work First or Family First—Forever If you've been considering creating a job share arrangement, you've likely thought, "Will my boss approve a job share?" You might have concerns about what your boss will think of you, your level of commitment, or that they'll reject the idea of a job share arrangement from the get-go. While the idea of proposing a job share arrangement may seem daunting or even scary, making any big career move, including working flexibly like job sharing, requires proposing the business case to gain approval. You will feel much more confident about broaching the topic and presenting a job share arrangement once you have laid out how you will divide and share the day-to-day responsibilities, the arrangement's benefits to your organization, and how your job share can solve some of your employer's biggest pains. If you are worried that your boss or company will reject your job share, you're not alone. It's why I'm debunking this myth in episode 16 of our 4-part Myth Buster series to make sure that you are not letting your own limiting beliefs, self-doubt, or imposter syndrome prevent you from presenting a job share. Remember, even the most risk-averse boss can't help but have their interest peaked by an innovative practice to stamp out burnout and turnover while producing better results. In episode 16, you will learn: How to eliminate limiting beliefs, self-doubt or imposter syndrome by doing your homework before presenting a job share. The reasons your boss might seem skeptical of job sharing and how you can overcome them, and possibly, win them over as a job share champion in the process. The "3 P's" required to gain approval for a job share arrangement and the 4 questions to consider when putting your plan into place. The three things you should always put in a job share proposal. Links mentioned: Sign up for My Limited-Time FREE Masterclass Job Share Academy Jobshare Revolution podcast Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work Facebook Community Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work LinkedIn Community Work Muse Instagram Work Muse LinkedIn Episode Website: workmuse.com/16 Transcript here Send Melissa a Text Message. RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good business and mission! “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” <– If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find true work-life balance. 🙌🙌 Plus, I’m adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow now!…

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Job Share Doubt: How Do I Find a Job Share Partner? 21:09

25 weeks之前21:09