Episode 112: Ask A Coach - A Single Action and Book Recommendations
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 112: Ask A Coach: A Single Action and Book Recommendations. Today we’re exploring how to create momentum with a single action and why asking for book recommendations is really an inside job.
Episode 98: What If You're Wrong?
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 98: What If You're Wrong? Today on the podcast we’re exploring the idea that what worked for us in one phase of our lives may not be serving us now. We explore what this concept means for our daily lives, how it’s showing up for our clients, and how to choose our beliefs.
Episode 24 (re-release): The Myth of Work Life Balance
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 21 (re-release)The Myth of Work-Life Balance. We had a conversation about reframing the term, so you get closer to what you truly want. We wanted to revisit this talk because one thing we all do at the end of the year is examine [and judge] how well we “did it”. This episode addresses work-life balance and why it is often a source of unintentional stress.
Episode 89: Perfectionism By Any Other Name
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 89: Perfectionism By Any Other Name. In this episode, we talk about how self-punishing it is to live and work in environments with no room for mistakes, despite language we may use to suggest otherwise.
Episode 88: External Validation and the Inside Job
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 88: External Validation And The Inside Job. We’re navigating the dance between external and internal validation this week on the Inside Job podcast. We talk about what can be answered on the outside, what must be answered from the inside, and how to know where to look for the answers to some of the biggest questions in work and life.
Episode 80: Quick Wins Quick Bucks and the Need for Speed
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 80: Quick Wins Quick Bucks And The Need For Speed. Whether it be a need for belonging, more money, a clearer identity, more engaging work, or something else so many of us are looking for the short and quick path to “better”.
Episode 77: Why You Really Aren’t Getting Started
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 77: Why You Really Aren't Getting Started. If you notice you can’t get started on something, we invite you to explore that as a symptom of something else going on beneath the surface…we dive in deeper in this week’s episode. Is it possible that your goal is not really your goal, or it’s an idea that compels on the surface but you don’t have a deep longing to see this thing through?
Episode 76: If you're feeling the funk
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 76: If You're Feeling The Funk. Today we talk about the clues we experience when we’re at the point of funk, how genuine self-care can help, the risks of impulsive and drastic action, and how time can be our ally in the search for the right path.
Episode 68: Kicking Our Own Ass
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 68: Kicking Our Own As*. There is an old adage: “We are our own worst critic.” While it is often profoundly true, there are also too many instances where we go from being our own critic to being our own bully. So many of us are guilty of kicking our own ass, and it’s a cycle that we need to stop.
Episode 66: The Search for Confidence
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 66: The Search For Confidence. Eric and Nayla dive in to talk through what confidence is and isn’t, how it helps us, and how to build more of it. Confidence is not a point at which we arrive, a thing we ultimately achieve. Rather, it is a muscle we have to exercise regularly, a set of practices we have to engage in to develop courage and belief in ourselves in increments.
Episode 63: The Fallacy of Negotiating with Yourself
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 63: The Fallacy Of Negotiating With Yourself. We’re all quite skilled at the art of negotiating with ourselves, talking ourselves in and out of habits and actions that would move us toward our goals. This week we talk about how to get more skilled at noticing how we hold ourselves back, make excuses for ourselves, or hide when we negotiate with ourselves.
Episode 61: Getting the Credit You Deserve
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 61: Getting The Credit You Deserve. In this episode, we dig into the differences between humility, confidence, and arrogance and highlight that it’s possible to both be humble and earn recognition. We also tear apart the origin stories behind the myths that lead us to believe we don’t deserve credit above our steady paycheck.
Episode 59: Having a Quarterly Meeting with Yourself
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 59: Having A Quarterly Meeting With Yourself. During this episode we talk about the value of a personal quarterly meeting – one that is taken seriously and conducted deliberately. We talk about what to ask yourself, how often to do it, and how to make sense of the analysis and results.
Episode 54: A Blueprint for Experiments
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 54: A Blueprint for Experiments. 'Running experiments’ are part of our process to make change happen in our work and other domains of our lives, but what does that mean? We talk about incremental, measurable steps, the value of neutrally looking at the information gathered in our experiments, and knowing when we’ve collected enough information.
Episode 52: Making It Work with Your Manager Part 2
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 52: Making It Work With Your Manager | Part 2. One of the most significant relationships in our lives is the one we have with our boss. Like all meaningful and important relationships, it takes effort, communication, and conscious contributions from both parties. Listen in for our answers to caller questions!
Episode 47: Help! I'm Working 14 Hour Days
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 47: Help! I'm Working 4 Hour Days. Any chance you’re feeling overwhelmed by the amount of work you’re trying to get done in a day? Routinely finding yourself working 14-hour days with no end in sight? Skipping meals, delaying sleep because there’s simply too much to do? We hear you. Nayla and Eric start by saying: pause.