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	Podcast:		Bossed Up
	Episode:		When Your Career Is Your Whole Identity, What Can Go Wrong?
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:26:59
	Publish Date:		2025-04-15 09:00:00
	Description:		What happens when your career becomes your whole identity? Passion for our careers can drive us to achieve great things. But a laser focus on the job can become the only thing in our lives, edging out the personal goals, hobbies, and relationships that make us well-rounded human beings. My guest today, psychologist Dr. Janna Koretz, founded Azimuth Psychological to help individuals in high-pressure positions who experience career enmeshment: the complete entrenchment of their identities in their work. Dr. Koretz and I discuss the potential pitfalls of living for work and how recognizing and aligning with our values serves as a compass to help us remain passionate and committed without losing ourselves to our careers. Dive into Dr. Koretz’s insightful take on career enmeshment, including: When single-minded passion for your work becomes problematic; What happens to your identity when your one-and-only focus is forced to shift; The inextricable interplay between values alignment and a satisfying career; Free tools that will help you name your values and start applying them purposefully. Related Links: Harvard Business Review, “What Happens When Your Career Becomes Your Whole Identity” by Dr. Janna Koretz - https://hbr.org/2019/12/what-happens-when-your-career-becomes-your-whole-identity Harvard Business Review, “New Mothers, Let’s Talk About Your Professional Identity Crisis” by Dr. Janna Koretz - https://hbr.org/2020/08/new-mothers-lets-talk-about-professional-identity-crisis OSHA, Workplace Stress - https://www.osha.gov/workplace-stress “Working Identity” by Herminia Ibarra - https://bookshop.org/p/books/working-identity-unconventional-strategies-for-reinventing-your-career-revised-herminia-ibarra/10709209 Connect with Dr. Janna Koretz - https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkoretz/ Connect with Azimuth on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/azimuth_psych Download Azimuth’s mindful journaling app - https://azimuthpsych.com/clearly Take Dr. Koretz’s Values Navigator quiz - https://azimuthpsych.com/values-navigator Take the Career Enmeshment Test - https://azimuthpsych.com/career-enmeshment-test LEVEL UP: a Leadership Accelerator for Women on the Rise - https://www.bossedup.org/levelup Bossed Up Courage Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/927776673968737/ Bossed Up LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7071888/
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