How do you design a career that aligns with your passions, protects your health, and adapts to change? This episode breaks it down.

This week is a solo episode with 1/2 the hosts. Ladan, shares her journey from managing autoimmune illness at 17 to building a global career as a People & Culture strategist, career designer, and entrepreneur. Through intentional planning, skill-building, and passion-driven choices, she moved across academia, tech, nonprofits, and international leadership, including a fully funded master’s and doctoral degree.

In this episode, we cover:

  • How to design your career intentionally and stay adaptable

  • Building skills and relationships that create real safety nets

  • Preventing burnout while pursuing ambitious goals

  • Why working strategically in your 20s pays off long term

Perfect for ambitious professionals, students, first-generation folks, and entrepreneurs, this conversation offers practical tools to build a career that supports both success and well-being.

🎧 Listen now and start designing a career that works for you.

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