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 adaptableBuilding skills and relationships that create real safety netsPreventing burnout while pursuing ambitious goalsWhy working strategically in your 20s pays off long termPerfect 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.-------- Send us a question to @emp.our or info@empour.org Follow along with us on our journeys as friends and founders: @ladanoutloud@hali.jama
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