{"podcast":{"title":"Squiggly Careers","slug":"squiggly-careers-755233","podcast_index_feed_id":755233,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/APL9013254409","website_url":"http://www.amazingif.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e52f6dce-340a-11f1-9553-87b22d7956a4/image/b446c05844a7a5d44164e3cba433ae00.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"AmazingIf","episode_count":585,"summary":"Squiggly Careers is a weekly podcast that will help you take control of your career development. Hosted by the founders of Amazing If (https://www.amazingif.com/), Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper, together they cover all things work: from how to manage stress and overcome your confidence gremlins to micro-aggressions and discovering your strengths. Each episode is full of ideas, actions, hints, and tips that you can put into practice straight away. Every so often they take a break from talking to each other to interview other people who are leading the way in making work better. Past guests include entrepreneur and philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley, author of The Joy of Work Bruce Daisley, and neuroscience expert Amy Brann. The Squiggly Careers podcast has been recommended by Harvard Business Review, Stylist, Marie Claire and Management Today. For more ideas, tools and inspiration every week, you can also sign up to their newsletter Squiggly Careers in Action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T14:17:12.363141+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiggly-careers-755233"},"episode":{"title":"Squiggly Shortcut: 3 Ways to Feel Less Stuck When Work Feels Uncertain","slug":"squiggly-shortcut-3-ways-to-feel-less-stuck-when-work-feels-uncertain","published_at":"2026-04-01T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiggly-careers-755233/squiggly-shortcut-3-ways-to-feel-less-stuck-when-work-feels-uncertain","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiggly-careers-755233","url":"https://shows.acast.com/amazingif/episodes/squiggly-shortcut-3-ways-to-feel-less-stuck-when-work-feels","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APL6875661742.mp3","summary":"Does work feel a bit knotty right now? In this Squiggly Shortcut, Helen shares three practical ways to find your footing when everything around you feels uncertain — whether that's a restructure, a shifting role, or just the general noise of a complicated economic moment. 🎯 What You'll Learn – Why focusing on what you do know is the best antidote to feeling overwhelmed by what you don't – How to use uncertainty as a trigger for learning — and how to build a simple learning list that puts you back in control – Why \"mental time travel\" — fast forwarding 12 months into the future — can help you get unstuck and decide what to do differently right now For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Need some more squiggly career support? 1.Download our free career tools 2.Sign up for our Skills Sprints 3.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools 4.Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Does work feel a bit knotty right now? In this Squiggly Shortcut, Helen shares three practical ways to find your footing when everything around you feels…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":371,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/squiggly-careers-755233/episodes/squiggly-shortcut-3-ways-to-feel-less-stuck-when-work-feels-uncertain/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiggly-careers-755233/squiggly-shortcut-3-ways-to-feel-less-stuck-when-work-feels-uncertain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}