Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor. I'm the founder of Lead Above Noise, where we help

leaders rethink how the work gets done so that it becomes regenerative, so that the ways in which

we're working don't just drive results, but they also amplify our engagement and well-being.

If your organization is ready to build new ways into the work,

rather than just bolting programs onto it, learn more today about my speaking, workshops,

and coaching programs at leadabovenoise.com. Okay, so today I've got a good one for you. It's a

conversation that I was privileged to have with Dr. Sarah Beth Bigerton. And in this

conversation, we covered some serious ground. She believes that we're in what she describes as an

invisible epidemic of professional identity confusion. And she offers practical advice on how we can

do better for ourselves.

We discuss the difference between workplace belonging and career belonging.

And we touch on the five steps that we can all take to find career belonging for ourselves,

which I think we all deserve.

I really enjoyed this conversation and I hope you do as well.

So Sarah Beth Bickerton, professional identity

expert and most recently author of the new book, Seen, Known, Valued, How to Achieve Career Belonging

in a Workforce Obsessed with Fit. What an amazing title. I cannot wait to dive in and welcome to the

Modern Mentor podcast. Oh my gosh. I am

thrilled to be here. This is going to be a great conversation. It sure is. If I think so and you think

so, it's already fabulous, right? Yes. We are going to start with your title, which is professional

identity expert. What is that? I know. It's something that we really need to

be more aware of is the bottom line here. Professional identity is how we see ourselves in our work.

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