Career Tipper

This Calm In The Chaos episode will explore the mental health challenges of project and program management practitioners, particularly how to identify signs of burnout and maintain self-care while meeting deadlines. Joined by licensed therapist Valerie Carmel Dorsainvil, who specializes in workplace wellness, we will explore these practitioners' unique pressures and how to check in on their mental well-being proactively. This conversation offers actionable advice for project and program management professionals who want to build healthy teams by recognizing signs of burnout.

This Calm In The Chaos episode will dive deep into project and program management practitioners' mental health challenges, particularly during the mid-month crunch. With constant deadlines, team dynamics, and deliverables piling up, it's easy for stress and burnout to take center stage. Joined by licensed therapist Valerie Carmel Dorsainvil LCSW, specializing in workplace wellness, we will explore project and program management practitioners' unique pressures and how to check in on their mental well-being proactively. This conversation offers actionable advice for project and program management professionals who want to build healthy teams by honoring psychological safety.

In this Calm In The Chaos episode, we dove deep into project management practitioners' mental health challenges, particularly during the mid-month crunch. With constant deadlines, team dynamics, and deliverables piling up, it's easy for stress and burnout to take center stage. Joined by licensed therapist Valerie Carmel Dorsainvil LCSW, specializing in workplace wellness, we explored project management practitioners' unique pressures and how to proactively check in on their mental well-being. From recognizing early signs of burnout to practical tips for setting boundaries and fostering resilience, this conversation offers actionable advice for project management professionals who want to balance productivity with peace of mind. Whether leading a high-stakes project or simply navigating daily work stress, this episode reminds you to pause, reflect, and prioritize yourself.Episode Notes:[00:00 - 01:56]: Intros and the "why" behind the launch of the mid-month wellness check-in series for pr

Evolving to your professional best is a journey that will lead many of us to assess the need to honor your mental wellness. Mental wellness awareness is year-round, and small actions can ignite transformation to take better care of ourselves. Many professionals actively seek ways to manage compassion fatigue, preserving their ability to provide compassionate care while safeguarding their well-being. Natasha is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the states of Florida, Oregon, and Washington, a Florida Qualified Supervisor, a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), a Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional (CCFP), a Compassion Fatigue Educator and a Certified Forward Facing Professional Resilience Coach and Consultant. She received her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Argosy University, Sarasota. She is the Clinical Director of Lakewood Residential Treatment Center and the owner of D'Arcangelo Counseling & Consulting, LLC

Evolving to your professional best is a journey that will lead many of us to assess the need to honor your mental wellness. Mental wellness awareness is year-round, and small actions can ignite transformation to take better care of ourselves. Determining a pattern of how to prioritize self-awareness, practicing mindfulness to foster a growth mindset that supports setting meaningful goals, and engaging in positive self-talk is a journey that may require a few reboots. We must work to celebrate our efforts to care for ourselves consistently. Valerie Carmel Dorsainvil is next up in the series, discussing mindful evolution. Valerie Carmel Dorsainvil, LCSW, CCTP, is adding her insight to the series by discussing the importance of building a healthy relationship with yourself. When you're as passionate and knowledgeable as Valerie Carmel Dorsainvil, guiding high-achieving Black women's stress and trauma to their highest selves is all in a day's work. As a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and found

Evolving to your professional best is a journey that will lead many of us to assess the need to honor your mental wellness. Mental wellness awareness is year-round, and small actions can ignite transformation to take better care of ourselves. Treating ourselves like a priority and having a healthy relationship with ourselves can sometimes be challenging for various reasons. Sometimes, embarking on or reconnecting to therapy can be a good investment of our time and resources with an ROI of next-level self-care we're each worthy of experiencing.Dr. Rhonda Baker, M.A., LMFT, is adding her insight to the series by discussing the importance of building a healthy relationship with yourself. Dr. Baker is a pioneer in human services—a highly sought-after professional who has created a humanitarian impact for over 25 years. As a licensed marriage and family therapist, Dr. Baker diligently assists couples and communities in navigating relationship challenges through the Art of DismantlingTM communication barriers.

Evolving to your professional best is a journey that will lead many of us to assess the need to honor your mental wellness. Mental wellness awareness is year-round, and small actions can ignite transformation to take better care of ourselves. As we navigate the ebbs and flows of our careers, we sometimes need to heal from career grief, perceived lost opportunities, unexpected life events, overcome self-doubt, and dismiss the imposter syndrome.Caitlin Magidson, NCC, LCPC is kicking off the series by discussing Well-being in Life & Career. Caitlin integrates her mental health counseling and coaching specialties as she guides clients through personal and professional life transitions to enhance their overall well-being. Caitlin previously worked as the Assistant Director of Coaching & Education at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. She has coached executive leaders through Hopkins’ Academy for Women and Leadership and The Academy for Health Care Leadership and Management. Show Notes:[00:29]:  Miche

The Skills Recharged® conversation recently continued during the Add Your S.A.U.C.E. episode on my podcast, Career Tipper®. S.A.U.C.E is my latest professional development acronym to help professionals like yourself keep their skills recharged, competitive, and hire-ready. #ProfessionalDevelopment In this bonus video, I'm providing more information on E in S.A.U.C.E on exploring opportunities beyond your comfort zone, including insight from David Tann, the Founder and Creative Director of Tantrum Agency. #SkillsRecharged --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/career-tipper/support

S.A.U.C.E. episode on my podcast, Career Tipper®. S.A.U.C.E is my latest professional development acronym to help professionals like yourself to keep their skills recharged, competitive, and hire-ready. #ProfessionalDevelopment Michele provides more information on C in S.A.U.C.E on communicating your value, including insight from Career Coach, Cathy Francois in this bonus video. #SkillsRecharged --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/career-tipper/support

S.A.U.C.E. episode on my podcast, Career Tipper®. S.A.U.C.E is my latest professional development acronym to help professionals like yourself to keep their skills recharged, competitive, and hire-ready. #ProfessionalDevelopment Michele provideds more information on U in S.A.U.C.E on understanding your niche, including insight from Former Accountant and Investment Banker, Dalan Vanterpool in this bonus video. #SkillsRecharged --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/career-tipper/support

The Skills Recharged® conversation recently continued during the Add Your S.A.U.C.E. episode on the Career Tipper® podcast. S.A.U.C.E is Michele's latest professional development acronym to help professionals like yourself keep their skills recharged, competitive, and hire-ready. #ProfessionalDevelopment In this bonus video, Michele provides more information on A in S.A.U.C.E on assessing your skills that center around transferable skills, including insight from Agile Coach Stella Ihenacho. #SkillsRecharged --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/career-tipper/support

S.A.U.C.E is Michele's latest professional development acronym to help professionals like yourself to keep their skills recharged, competitive, and hire-ready. The Skills Recharged® conversation recently continued during the Add Your S.A.U.C.E. episode on my podcast, Career Tipper®. In this video, Michele provides more information on S in S.A.U.C.E on strategizing your money line alignment in this bonus video based on No Boss, Only Clients written by the former accountant and investment banker Dalan Vanterpool. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/career-tipper/support

The Skills Recharged conversation continues on the Career Tipper podcast, with Michele encouraging and guiding listeners to add their sauce when promoting and sharing their skills in the workplace and their businesses. Check out this episode, where she shares her latest professional development strategy, Add Your S.A.U.C.E., full of expert advice clips, friendly reminders, and insight to help listeners continue to evolve to their professional best while keeping their skills recharged, competitive, and hire-ready on an ongoing basis. Show Notes: [00:07] Michele shares her professional development journey. [01:38] Michele introduces and explains her latest professional development strategy, Add Your S.A.U.C.E. [04:20] S - Strategize your alignment with the money line breakdown [9:20] A - Assess your skills [15:10] U - Understand Your Niche [19:55] C - Communicate Your Value [25:19] E - Explore Opportunities Beyond Your Comfort Zone --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/career-t

Ladies, financial empowerment is an ongoing conversation that helps us evolve to our professional best. Michele Badie hosts the Career Tipper podcast and is a Women On The Rise International board member. She and the Founder of Women On The Rise International (WOTR), Arelene Blake discussed the Educated & Broke™️ program during a financial empowerment special edition episode. WOTR is educating women on developing tactical strategies to earn more money, know their worth, budget, save, pay off debt, invest, start a business and provide a legacy for their families.   [00:03] Intros and Arlene shares an overview of Women On The Rise International (WOTR).   [03:37] Arlene shares her vision for the financial empowerment programming, Educated & Broke™ (E&B)  [06:29] Michele shares her journey of supporting E&B and becoming a member of the board.   [8:00] Arlene talks about the importance of being a part of a community-based organization and a program like E&B.    [11

Evolving to your professional best is a journey that includes self-care. Michele kicked off the mental health awareness conversation early for her upcoming Color To Connect workshop in Central Florida on Saturday, 8/13/2022, with the event's guest Mental Health Counselor Natasha D'Arcangelo. Michele believes that mental health awareness is year-round, and small actions can ignite transformation to take better care of yourself. Listen as Michele and Natasha chat about mental health triggers.  Register for the in-person Color To Connect Central Florida workshop. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/color-to-connecttm-tickets-375573007977 [00:25] Michele shares her why for creating the Color To Connect™ workshop. [01:20] Natasha shares her "why" for becoming a Mental Health Counselor. [03:25] Natasha shares signs that listeners can recognize that they might be struggling with their mental health. [08:20]Michele and Natasha talk about breaking the generational stigmas associated with therapy. [11:37] Natasha shares

*The Evolution of a Project Manager* The #SkillsRecharged conversation continues this quarter; MJ Bianchi, the Three T Institute CEO, and I are curating project management-centric discussions titled PM Perceptions on the Career Tipper podcast. During the season finale, MJ and I chatted about the evolution of a project manager. [02:14] Michele and MJ reflect on their collaboration and the first season of PM Perceptions with Michele and MJ. They also shared their takeaways from chatting with professionals about being a practicing project manager and becoming PMP certified. [07:54]  MJ and Michele share ways for project managers to identify development opportunities. [11:30] MJ chats about the need for project managers to be patient with themselves. [15:23] MJ gives insight into what point a PM goes from feeling scared of managing a project to being confident. [18:10] MJ spoke of the difference between managing and leading a project team [22:14] MJ and Michele chat about how can a project manager decipher b

The #SkillsRecharged conversation continues this quarter; MJ Bianchi, the Three T Institute CEO, and I curate project management-centric discussions titled PM Perceptions on the Career Tipper podcast. During episode three, MJ and I chatted about being project management consultants. [01:04] Michele and MJ chatted about leveraging your network to connect to consulting opportunities [05:52] MJ shared branding starting points and strategy on defining your niche through a scenario of PM Consultant persona Gregory.  [08:57] MJ provided insight on how to land consulting gigs beyond your 9-5 and shared her experience and the duration of how she built her consulting portfolio.  [12:07] MJ spoke of why collaboration is vital for project management consultants to learn and grow in their business.  [14:59] MJ shared her perspective on why project management should seek opportunities outside their comfort zone.  [18:05] MJ and Michele provided intel on identifying contra

*Hiring Project Managers* The #SkillsRecharged conversation continues this quarter; MJ Bianchi, the Three T Institute CEO, and I are curating project management-centric discussions titled PM Perceptions on the Career Tipper podcast. During episode two, MJ and I chatted about hiring project managers. [01:30]  Michele and MJ chatted about misconceptions recruiters have about project managers' knowledge and abilities [06:10] MJ shared what hire managers should be mindful of when assessing PM candidates' transferable skills. [09:24] MJ provided insight into project management's core components/baseline that recruiters should understand. [14:03] Michele and MJ spoke of how a newly certified PM and a PM who is not certified with experience can potentially share their level of knowledge during an interview. [27:43] MJ shares hiring trends project managers note for 2022. We welcome you to comment below or send either of us a DM with your questions about project management and earning your PMP certification crede

The #SkillsRecharged conversation continues this quarter; Mahjooba (MJ) Bianchi, the Three T Institute CEO, and I curate project management-centric discussions titled PM Perceptions on the Career Tipper podcast. During episode one, MJ and I chatted about the value of project management. [02:54] The benefits of a work environment that executes project management consistently. [06:13] The benefits of a project manager joining a team that runs lean. [07:46] Why does project management matter to organizations? (i.e., human resources) [09:54] How do project managers support businesses to survive and thrive? [12:38] What benefits for organizations encouraging their project managers to be certified? [16:00] Confidence building tips on how to become a proficient certified project manager [17:45] How does project management discipline support the efficiency of a business? [19:13] Starting or pivot point for organizations to enhance their project management processes. [21:02] How can Three T Institute help businesses g

The Skills Recharged™ conversation during season one of Money + Skills with Dalan and Michele. Dalan Vanterpool and I appreciate all of you that tuned in. We are grateful for the takeaways shared with us after each episode. Let us know which money and skills areas you want us to discuss during season two. Check out the replay for the season finale. Show Notes: [00:00] Discussed highlights from throughout season one. [02:22] Continued to discuss the money line from episode three. [03:58] Monetizing your skills recap [05:38] Niche/SME recap [06:11] Reference: The Visibility Project with Nerissa Golden https://learn.trulycaribbean.net/courses/the-visibility-project [07:40] Continued the Keep Your Stride discussion [08:19] Be consistent and confident in your skills and the value of them. [10:10] Seek resources that help you accomplish your goals. [10:53] Reference: Women of Project Management https://womenofpm.com/ [11:33] Michele's hope for the season - be a guide of clarity to confirm or navigate your next