Welcome to this week's episode of the Modern Mentor podcast. I'm your host, Rachel Cook. In today's

episode, I'll be sharing advice on what to do if you're finding yourself in a work slump,

because listeners, that's where I found

myself several weeks ago. And I'll be talking about the steps I personally took to reignite my work

energy. I always get my ice cream in a cup, and there's a good reason for that. When I was seven,

I was walking along the boardwalk with my ice cream cone,

licking chocolate off the top, and loving life. Then, I tripped, and suddenly everything good was

melting into a gooey chocolate puddle on the sidewalk. Thankfully, my dad bought me a new one,

but I've never forgotten what it felt like to lose something that was bringing me joy.

Have you ever had a moment like that where things went from awesome to heartbreak in a breath?

It's funny that I'm thinking of this now, but something about 2020 reminded me of that day,

professionally anyway. Things were awesome for me in February.

Life was a scoop of chocolate in a cone.

But by March, that sweet treat was melting all over the sidewalk,

and no one was going to buy me a new one.

Let me explain.

Running my business has always been about being present with clients,

standing at the front of a room or on a stage, facilitating education, dialogue, and shared learning experiences. But overnight, stages and

rooms full of people ceased to be an option. So I started replicating my work virtually,

at least to the best of my ability.

But pretty quickly, I hit a slump.

Work that had always lit me up was now dragging me down, and I felt uncertain and a little bit

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