AVIDly Adulting
AVIDly Adulting is the podcast where we tackle the wild ride of transitioning into your first career and all the life lessons in between!
If you’re feeling the pressure of adulting, you’re in the right place. We’re here to decode the ups and downs of your first job and yes, at times, laugh about the inevitable mishaps that happen along way when life and career merge into adulting.
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Episodes
11 episodes
Anxiety-Less at Work, with Jacqueline Lopez
Jacqueline Lopez shares her perspectives on the impact of anxiety in the workplace and strategies for overcoming it. She discusses the importance of peer and mentor relationships in mitigating anxiety at work. She emphasizes the need for transp...
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Episode 10
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28:57
Stress-Less At Work, with Jacqueline Lopez
Jacqueline Lopez, a graduate researcher at the University of Nevada, Reno, discusses the impact of stress on mental health and work performance. She emphasizes the importance of time management, setting realistic goals, and creating boundaries ...
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Episode 9
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35:29
Time and Project Management: Job Hacks, with Adriana Buelna
Adriana Buelna, an associate project manager at AVID Center, shares her insights on time and project management. She emphasizes the importance of evaluating task value and reallocating time to productive activities. Adriana highlights the signi...
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Episode 8
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27:19
Fueling Success: Eating Healthy While at Work, with Janet Lopez
Janet Lopez, an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida, discusses the importance of healthy eating for productivity and energy levels in the workplace. She emphasizes the role of balanced meals in maintaining stable energy and...
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Episode 7
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31:09
Career and Co.: Starting a Business While Loving Your Full-Time Job, with Tamika Smith
Tamika Smith, an Executive Events Producer at Salesforce, shares her journey of balancing a full-time job with running her own business, EyeKhan Studios. Tune in to hear how she started EyeKhan Studios i...
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Episode 6
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40:44
Volunteering: Generosity Unplugged, with Mark Vega
Mark Vega, an AVID alum and Account Executive at SoftServe, discusses the importance of volunteering and giving back. He emphasizes starting small with service, such as helping with résumés or do...
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Episode 5
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38:38
It’s Me, I Earned My Place: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, with Jesus Medrano
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Episode 4
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27:26
Savings and Investments: The Rewards of Efficiency vs The Pitfalls of Shininess, with Steve Mendoza
Steve Mendoza, an Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase, shares his journey from Yale to his current career, emphasizing the importance of saving early and understanding investments. He advises using tools, such as Mint, for tracking expenses an...
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Episode 3
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43:02
The Early Career Playbook: LinkedIn Edition, with Jazmin Garcia
Jazmin Garcia, an alumna of the AVID program and LinkedIn account director, discusses the importance of building a strong LinkedIn profile for early career professionals. She share key insights including maximizing all profile sections, using p...
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Episode 2
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35:44
Life Is Hard . . . But It's Totally Worth It, with Dr. Jerome Chelliah
Welcome to the first episode of AVIDly Adulting, the podcast where we tackle the wild ride of transitioning into your first career and all of the life lessons in between and beyond. Our first guest is Dr. Jerome Chelliah, an OB/GYN Physician fo...
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Episode 1
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