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286: Sensitive Striving: Learning To Trust Yourself For Success In Work + Life - with Melody Wilding

Therapy Chat

Laura Reagan, LCSW-C

Social Sciences, Science, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 762 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to Therapy Chat! In this week's episode host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews author and coach Melody Wilding, LMSW about her new book, "Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success At Work." You will hear Melody explain the concept of sensitive striving and how Sensitive Strivers can harness their superpowers to achieve success. 

Melody Wilding, LMSW is an executive coach for smart, sensitive high-achievers and author of TRUST YOURSELF: STOP OVERTHINKING AND CHANNEL YOUR EMOTIONS FOR SUCCESS AT WORK. Recently named one of Business Insider’s Most Innovative Coaches for her groundbreaking work on “Sensitive Strivers”, her clients include CEOs, C-level executives, and managers at top Fortune 500 companies such as Google, HP, Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, IBM, Citibank, JP Morgan, and others. Melody has been featured on The New York Times, The Oprah Magazine, NBC News, and spoken at Stanford University, Walmart, Adweek, Burberry and more. She’s here to help you break free from self-doubt and imposter syndrome so you can use your sensitivity as the superpower that it is. Melody is a licensed social worker with a Masters degree from Columbia University, and a former researcher at Rutgers University. She is a professor of Human Behavior at Hunter College and is a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, and Business Insider.

Resources

Learn more about Melody at www.melodywilding.com.

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This is the Therapy Chat podcast with Laura Reagan, LCSWC.

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The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed

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mental health professional.

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And now, here's your host, Laura Reagan, LCSWC.

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LCSWC.

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Hi, welcome back to Therapy Chat.

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