When a job ends, whether through redundancy, retirement, or another life change, it can feel like you’re losing more than just a role—you’re losing a part of yourself.
How do we hold onto our sense of self when the titles we’ve relied on disappear?
This Mind the Gap episode explores navigating these transitions with grace and resilience. Through the lenses of Stoicism, Emotional Intelligence, and Modern Psychology, we’ll uncover practical ways to rebuild self-esteem and rediscover who you are beyond external labels.
What We’ll Discuss:
- Why do we often tie our identity to roles like job titles?
- Stoic principles for maintaining a strong sense of self.
- Emotional Intelligence tools to strengthen self-worth.
- Insights from psychology on navigating life transitions.
- The wisdom of Musonius Rufus on finding happiness within.
Key Takeaways:
- You are more than your job title or role.
- Life transitions are opportunities to redefine success and rediscover purpose.
- Practical steps, like reframing success and reconnecting with joy, can help you build a fulfilling new chapter.
Whether stepping away from a long-held role or preparing for a life change, this episode will help you find confidence and purpose on the other side.
Mind the Gap
You already know my voice. For twenty-five years, I've been telling you to mind the gap on trains across Ireland. This is the same instruction. The gap is just different now.
Mind the Gap is a podcast about the space between what we think we're doing and what we're actually doing. Between intention and impact. Between the behaviour we display and the one we'd choose if we were paying attention.
Each episode is a short reflection — drawn from psychology, philosophy, and the texture of everyday life — on one of those gaps. Why do we give advice nobody asked for? Why do we lie more after the mistake than during it? Why do we perform contentment, perform listening, perform strength? And what it costs us when we do.
I'm Michael Comyn — coach, broadcaster, and the voice on the platform. New episodes weekly.
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You already know my voice.
For twenty-five years, I've been telling you to mind the gap on trains across Ireland. This is the same instruction. The gap is just different now.
Mind the Gap is a podcast about the space between what we think we're doing and what we're actually doing. Between intention and impact. Between the behaviour we display and the one we'd choose if we were paying attention.
