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Becoming You with Suzy Welch, a top Apple podcast for self-discovery, takes on the question almost everyone asks eventually: What should I do with my life? Host Suzy Welch, an NYU Stern professor, three-time New York Times bestselling author, and creator of the research-backed Becoming You methodology, brings a social scientist's rigor and a veteran journalist's nose for a story to every episode. One week she's unpacking the data behind the values that quietly drive our choices, from the hunger for fame to the pull of beauty. The next she's pressing a labor economist on whether AI is coming for your job, or taking live calls from listeners at a crossroads. Along the way, Achilles and the Renaissance share airtime with career pivots, family friction, and guests ranging from top researchers to Suzy's own best friend. It's smart, candid, often laugh-out-loud funny, and never woo-woo, and it leaves you a little closer to becoming you.
Episodes
Episode 24 | Oct 8, 2024 | 30 min
“I’m on My Way to Somewhere, I Swear”
We laughed. We cried. We admitted we were idiots. We counted the ways. Then we said we’d do it all over again. Actually, that was only some of us. On today’s episode, Suzy reminisces about her days at Quadio, the college music streaming company she helped run. Quadio didn’t end up making it, but guess what? This is a story with a happy ending. It is! Quadio taught everyone on the team something they needed to know about themselves — their values. Also in the episode: Invaluable wisdom from the brilliant businessman, and Suzy’s good friend, Claudio Fernández-Aráoz who came to sit down with Suzy all the way from Argentina. Plus, a surprise life lesson that you didn’t know existed, but you don’t want to miss: the Golden Rule of Mountaineering. The Values Bridge digital assessment is available at thevaluesbridge.com PIE360 Feedback tool is available at pie360feedback.com Want more Becoming You? Check out the Becoming You book . You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package. You can follow and tag Suzy on: Instagram: @suzywelch Linkedin: @suzywelch TikTok: @suzywelch YouTube: @suzywelch_ X: @SuzyWelch
Episode 23 | Oct 1, 2024 | 22 min
Hate Is Not a Feeling. It Is a Piece of Data.
If you're human, you've hated someone. OK, maybe you're special, and you've only stooped to dislike someone, and, if so, good for you. But that's not what this episode is about. It's about the value we call "Belonging," one of the most complicated in the Becoming You lexicon because it's about friends. How we take care of them and how they take care of us, or not. In this episode, Suzy ruminates and pontificates about what Belonging means to her, and how she learned that through her messy and often fraught relationship with her grandmother Francesca, a radical woman who had much to teach, both positive and negative. Also in this episode, Suzy apologizes for a rookie mistake she recently made, but corrected when her old friend Andy shamed her into doing so. Go Andy! Press play to hear the whole sordid story. Listen to this episode next, for the full "Whose life do you want?" exercise: The One When Suzy Says Networking Doesn't Work The Values Bridge digital assessment is available at thevaluesbridge.com PIE360 Feedback tool is available at pie360feedback.com Want more Becoming You? Check out the Becoming You book . You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package. You can follow and tag Suzy on: Instagram: @suzywelch Linkedin: @suzywelch TikTok: @suzywelch YouTube: @suzywelch_ X: @SuzyWelch
Episode 22 | Sep 24, 2024 | 34 min
Every Successful Person Is A Complete Failure (First) with Karissa Bodnar
Ten years ago, Suzy traveled to Seattle to film a Today Show segment about a young make-up entrepreneur who was doing business differently. For every pair of false eyelashes she sold, she gave away a set to a chemotherapy patient who was losing her hair. At the time, Thrive Causemetics was based in Karissa Bodnar’s kitchen. The company has been so successful Karissa gave away – HELLO, GAVE AWAY – $150 million dollars to cancer patients and causes. And yet, Karissa would tell you that she’s failed along the way so many times she even has a playlist of “failure songs.” We share some of those tunes, plus so much more, in this interview that happened when Karissa stopped by Suzy’s house to reminisce, compare notes, challenge each other, and, as usual, talk about the ageless question of how to know your values – and live by them. Also in the pod, we answer: Can your boss be your friend? And, importantly, can gray hair be cured? The Values Bridge digital assessment is available at thevaluesbridge.com PIE360 Feedback tool is available at pie360feedback.com Want more Becoming You? Check out the Becoming You book . You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package. You can follow and tag Suzy on: Instagram: @suzywelch Linkedin: @suzywelch TikTok: @suzywelch YouTube: @suzywelch_ X: @SuzyWelch
Episode 21 | Sep 17, 2024 | 29 min
Denying Your Values is Like Hiding a Secret. Bad For Your Health.
Our topic this week is the value of fame – yes, fame is a value! – but why leave it there? In this episode, we also talk about how much we can lie to ourselves about this particular value, not to mention a few others we have hiding in our hearts. Why do we do this? Because we’re human. No getting around it. Also in this episode: Suzy’s profound take on the fluffy Netflix mini-series “The Perfect Couple,” and ruminations on the desire…never to work. Hit play! The Values Bridge digital assessment is available at thevaluesbridge.com PIE360 Feedback tool is available at pie360feedback.com Want more Becoming You? Check out the Becoming You book . You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package. You can follow and tag Suzy on: Instagram: @suzywelch Linkedin: @suzywelch TikTok: @suzywelch YouTube: @suzywelch_ X: @SuzyWelch
Episode 20 | Sep 10, 2024 | 30 min
Land Your Next Interview, Promise
When it comes to getting a job – say, the job of your dreams – you have to get existential before you get tactical. But what’s really killer is when you’re both at the same time. And that’s what this episode of the pod is all about, with tips galore from Suzy on both. Being existential, that is, and tactical. Also this week, the Becoming You values-probing question that makes everyone cry. It’s supposed to. The Values Bridge digital assessment is available at thevaluesbridge.com PIE360 Feedback tool is available at pie360feedback.com Want more Becoming You? Check out the Becoming You book . You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package. You can follow and tag Suzy on: Instagram: @suzywelch Linkedin: @suzywelch TikTok: @suzywelch YouTube: @suzywelch_ X: @SuzyWelch
Episode 19 | Sep 3, 2024 | 27 min
“But You Don’t Understand, She’s Special.”
There’s a little voice inside all of us telling us we were born to do something. You know it’s true. Sometimes, this voice translates into our “passion,” and as we grow up, we have to decide whether or not to admit this passion aloud and chase it, for all the world to see, or be logical, and go do “normal work.” In this episode, Suzy discusses the eternal conflict between these two routes, and then, oops, drops an epic rock & roll story on us out of the blue. Also in the pod: A new hack to get your coworkers to disagree with you in the most productive way imaginable. Hit play! The Values Bridge digital assessment is available at thevaluesbridge.com PIE360 Feedback tool is available at pie360feedback.com Want more Becoming You? Check out the Becoming You book . You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package. You can follow and tag Suzy on: Instagram: @suzywelch Linkedin: @suzywelch TikTok: @suzywelch YouTube: @suzywelch_ X: @SuzyWelch
Episode 18 | Aug 27, 2024 | 27 min
Change is bad.
Ok, not really! Change is good — usually. And really, these days, what choice do we have anyway? But sometimes, it’s worth the energy it takes to resist change, because you’ve built something worth keeping the same. Tune in to this episode for a story to make that point, and sorry not sorry, there will be blood, we mean “crying.” Plus down-and-dirty advice on landing your dream job, and a new secret mentor crush who can lay someone low with a velvet glove. That’s talent. The Values Bridge digital assessment is available at thevaluesbridge.com PIE360 Feedback tool is available at pie360feedback.com Want more Becoming You? Check out the Becoming You book . You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package. You can follow and tag Suzy on: Instagram: @suzywelch Linkedin: @suzywelch TikTok: @suzywelch YouTube: @suzywelch_ X: @SuzyWelch
Episode 17 | Aug 20, 2024 | 23 min
Is it time to reinvent yourself? Ask the birds.
Worried about Suzy the Swan? Yes, you and many other listeners too! In this episode, Suzy (the human, not the swan) gives an update on her missing spirit animal, and somehow also manages to make a point about allowing yourself to change, whether you want to or not. Also on the agenda: Madonna, not knowing which path to take, and advice for working parents. The Values Bridge digital assessment is available at thevaluesbridge.com PIE360 Feedback tool is available at pie360feedback.com Want more Becoming You? Check out the Becoming You book . You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package. You can follow and tag Suzy on: Instagram: @suzywelch Linkedin: @suzywelch TikTok: @suzywelch YouTube: @suzywelch_ X: @SuzyWelch
Episode 16 | Aug 13, 2024 | 33 min
Becoming You: Survivor’s Unit
We talk about Becoming You incessantly on the pod, but how about a first-hand account of the process in action? Heck yes, we got you! In this episode, Suzy welcomes former student, restaurateur par excellence, and full-time fabulous person Michael Lopez, who recounts his Becoming You journey, and also recommends a good Rosé, which, don’t lie, you need right now. Also on the pod: Suzy and Michael confess: “The one that got away.” The Values Bridge digital assessment is available at thevaluesbridge.com PIE360 Feedback tool is available at pie360feedback.com Want more Becoming You? Check out the Becoming You book . You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package. You can follow and tag Suzy on: Instagram: @suzywelch Linkedin: @suzywelch TikTok: @suzywelch YouTube: @suzywelch_ X: @SuzyWelch
Episode 15 | Aug 6, 2024 | 35 min
Everyone Must Get…"Pwned"
Back in the ‘60s, Bob Dylan made an anthem out of the phrase, “Everybody must get stoned,” but it’s 2024, friends, and pwned is what you must get nowadays…if you want to get over yourself and get better at life. Listen up as Suzy talks about two (count ‘em, two) pnwings in one day that reminded her what true friendship involves, and how not-easy it is to get a relationship A-plus IRL. Also on the pod: Music! Dogs! Party ideas! We’re having fun! Hurry up and join in! The Values Bridge digital assessment is available at thevaluesbridge.com PIE360 Feedback tool is available at pie360feedback.com Want more Becoming You? Check out the Becoming You book . You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package. You can follow and tag Suzy on: Instagram: @suzywelch Linkedin: @suzywelch TikTok: @suzywelch YouTube: @suzywelch_ X: @SuzyWelch
Episode 14 | Jul 30, 2024 | 41 min
Guess What? Sometimes Guilt is a Choice.
OK, not always. Sometimes we feel guilty because we should. But other times, guilt is just collateral of a war between our values and the world’s. How to tell the difference? Listen in! Also in this episode: Suzy’s secret mentor, a woman who has made her mad, embarrassed her, and otherwise brought her low, all for the good. Plus, more in-fighting about the best musician of all time. Did somebody mention Pitbull? The Values Bridge digital assessment is available at thevaluesbridge.com PIE360 Feedback tool is available at pie360feedback.com Want more Becoming You? Check out the Becoming You book . You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package. You can follow and tag Suzy on: Instagram: @suzywelch Linkedin: @suzywelch TikTok: @suzywelch YouTube: @suzywelch_ X: @SuzyWelch
Episode 13 | Jul 23, 2024 | 37 min
Thinking of Pursuing Your Passion as a Career? Please Think Again.
Doing something you love all day is the dream, right? Well, not if you’re not good at it. In this week’s episode, a cold, hard, realistic – and loving! – look at whether a passion-based career is for you, or anyone for that matter. Also, a long, sad story about a swan named Suzy…and ChatGPT. And if that wasn’t enough, another foray into Suzy’s favorite mistakes, this one involving (scary music, please) ENGINEERS. The Values Bridge digital assessment is available at thevaluesbridge.com PIE360 Feedback tool is available at pie360feedback.com Want more Becoming You? Check out the Becoming You book . You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package. You can follow and tag Suzy on: Instagram: @suzywelch Linkedin: @suzywelch TikTok: @suzywelch YouTube: @suzywelch_ X: @SuzyWelch