Prepare to navigate life after a layoff and embark on a journey of self-discovery and growth in the latest affirmation episode of the Mindful Life Changes (formerly known as Mindful Career Change Podcast), host Valerie Mekki guides you toward reclaiming your self-worth, embracing resilience, and recognizing the abundant value you bring to the professional world with this empowering affirmation: 'This Layoff Doesn’t Define Me. My Worth and Value Goes Beyond This Setback and I Have Still So Much To Offer.'
Valerie shares her personal journey of grappling with the emotional impact of a layoff and the subsequent feelings of shame and embarrassment. She encourages listeners to acknowledge these emotions but not assign them more significance than they deserve. She reframes life after a layoff as an opportunity for growth, emphasizing its potential to uncover hidden talents and ignite new passions. Join her on this transformative episode as she guides you toward reclaiming your value and finding new possibilities in the face of a layoff.
Show Notes and Timestamps:
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[00:00:00] Intro
[00:00:42] Today's affirmation
[00:01:08] Everyone says, don't take it personal
[00:01:50] Grappling with my identity without a job.
[00:02:11] Having to face my family friends
[00:02:32] Normal thoughts that arise after being laid off
[00:03:09] A layoff as fertilizer for your career growth
[00:03:51] Priming your mind and body so you're open to accepting this affirmation
[00:04:17] Imagine yourself writing this affirmation down
[00:04:56] Repeat the affirmation out loud to yourself
[00:05:41] Visualize yourself living out this affirmation in full color
[00:06:44] End of affirmation
[00:07:24] Learn how to make your affirmation sticky
[00:08:18] End
Curious to learn how to make your affirmations sticky? Listen to episode 1 and I’ll walk you through how to make your affirmation practice a more effective and transformative tool for your career changing journey.
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This podcast explores patience, meditation, confidence, presence, and overcoming resentment while cultivating calm, peace, mindfulness, clarity, mantras, and addressing loneliness and burn out; it covers boundaries, caregiving, guilt, affirmations, working moms, self-care, midlife crisis, empty nesters, empowerment, people pleasing, compassion fatigue, family caregiving, stress relief, self-worth, stress management, and how to shift from reactive to centered when feeling short tempered, offering tools for self acceptance, easing mental exhaustion, building emotional resilience, harnessing inner strength, and preventing caregiver fatigue for those in the sandwich generation through expert advice on boundaries setting.
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