Sometimes, the thing we call “career stress” is actually something deeper.
It is not just one hard week.
Or one bad boss.
Or one season of burnout.
Sometimes, work leaves a mark.
A layoff that shook your confidence.
A toxic leader who made you question your voice.
A job that trained you to people-please, over perform, stay quiet, or constantly prove your worth.
And even after you leave that role…
the wound can come with you.
My special guest today is Mandy Tang, and she’s simplifying how to heal your career wounds.
Here’s how.
My special guest today is Mandy Tang and she’s simplifying how to heal your career wounds.
We tackle and simplify all aspects of it, including:
- What a career wound actually is, and how it’s different from everyday job stress.
- Why patterns like perfectionism, burnout, imposter syndrome, apathy, and comparison show up so often, especially for high achievers.
- What it means to reclaim your voice and reclaim your peace after a toxic boss, painful layoff, or season of people-pleasing.
- How her “dark night of the soul” framework can help you understand where you are in the healing process.
- Disruption - the event where there’s no turning back
- Dismemberment - coming back to create space with limited direction
- Liminal Space - the void, the in-between time
- Rememberment - coming back together with intention
- And where to begin if you feel stuck, exhausted, disconnected, or unsure how to find your way back to yourself at work.
Q: Are you wanting to heal your career wounds? If yes, this one is for you.
It’s time to #DoTheThing!
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<What’s catching my eye this week>
- 3 hours of (free) focus music for deep concentration - Quiet Quest - Study Music
- Mary’s book is out now! Buy Squash the Sunday Scaries: A Modern Playbook to Rebuild Trust, Transform Culture, and Reignite Your Workforce on Amazon now or your favorite bookstore!
- Hire Mary Baird, PHR to help you run a 30-day Employee Experience Accelerator to listen better to your workforce, rebuild trust in your senior leadership and improve culture at work - The Simplifiers
- 50 powerful questions to help you reflect - The Institute of You
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My challenge for you this week:
How are you going to take what you’ve learned in today’s episode and take action to begin to heal your career wounds? What’s one thing you’ll do differently? Share it with me, privately or publicly. Snap a photo of you doing the thing, and send me a DM over on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesimplifiers) for added accountability and support!
Links, books and apps mentioned:
Resource: Find Mandy Tang on LinkedIn - click here
Watch: The Pitt, season 2 trailer - featuring Dana the daytime head charge nurse - HBO Max
Book: Heal Your Career Wounds: Navigating the Trauma of Today’s Workplace - Mandy Tang
Book: Open: An Autobiography - Andre Agassi
Podcast: How to apply the 5 Love Languages in the Workplace, featuring Dr. Paul White - The Simplifiers Podcast
Podcast: How to #dothething (guided visualization) - The Simplifiers Podcast
Mary’s New Book is Out NOW on Amazon!
My new book, Squash the Sunday Scaries: A Modern Playbook to Rebuild Trust, Transform Culture, and Reignite Your Workforce, is out now — and you can buy it today on Amazon, Barnes & Noble or your favorite independent bookstore.It’s written for HR leaders, people managers, and anyone ready to make work better in a practical, human way. If you’ve been looking for simple tools to improve employee experience, rebuild trust, and create better results for your people and your business, this book is for you. Learn more, visit: https://squashthesundayscaries.com
About Mandy Tang:
Mandy Tang - She is the author Heal Your Career Wounds: Navigating the Trauma of Today’s Workplace. A career coach and holistic healer, she helps clients from Big Tech, start-ups, and the nonprofit sector bring more creativity and joy into their work lives.
Her training includes an MBA in finance from Columbia, and runs the popular TikTok account @CareerCoachMandy with over 160K+ followers.
Where Mandy hangs out online:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandytang
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@careercoachmandy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/careercoachmandy
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@careercoachmandy
Website: www.mandytang.co
Mandy’s vote for the perfect guest on The Simplifiers Podcast:
Sophia Sun - She is an AI Product Manager and the creator behind Product Playbook, where she makes product strategy, AI, and career growth easier to understand. With a strong following on TikTok, she helps aspiring and current product managers learn how to think more clearly, build smarter, and stay ahead in the fast-moving world of AI. Her content blends practical product advice with a sharp read on where tech is headed next.
