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I’m Samorn Selim. 

I’m a lawyer turned career coach on a mission for us to take our careers from dread to joy. As the daughter of poor Lao refugees, I was told to pay my dues.

After coaching over 1,000 clients, I now realize that the idea that you have to pay your dues and work in a toxic place is a myth. 

We can face our challenges head on, do work we are passionate about, and work with good people with kind hearts to make a big impact. So even as we struggle, we can find a sense of belonging.

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​​Ep. 67: Healing generational trauma and making career pivots to land your dream job with Sam Lam (Senior Legal Counsel at Skybound Entertainment)

Feb 28, 2023

Are your parents refugees, and you struggled with generational trauma and the unwritten rules of Corporate America? In this episode with Sam Lam, Senior Legal Counsel at Skybound (the company behind The Walking Dead, Invincible, and other IPs), we discuss: 

 

- How our parents’ generational trauma impacts our life by...

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Ep. 66: Building your dream career in 90 days even when Corporate America wasn't designed for you with Adunola Adeshola (Career strategist and founder of employeeREDEFINED.com)

Feb 21, 2023

 

Do you identify as BIPOC, and feel like the odds are stacked against you in Corporate America?  In this episode with Adunola Adeshola, we discuss

 

- What to do when your dream job becomes your nightmare.

- How to build your dream career and thrive when Corporate America isn’t designed for you.

- What to do if...

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Ep. 65: Mental health for Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, healing generational trauma and internalized racism, and shooting your shot with Dr. Stephanie J. Wong (Licensed clinical psychologist and Founder of Color of Success)

Feb 14, 2023

 

Happy Valentine’s Day!  What better way to celebrate love than going to therapy to heal generational trauma? 

 

In this episode with Dr. Stephanie J. Wong, we discuss: 

 

- Why therapy is important, especially in Asian American Pacific Islander communities where it’s often considered taboo.

- How there’s been...

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Ep. 64: Workplace abuse, fighting for justice, and rebuilding your life and career with Aliza Shatzman (Founder and President of the Legal Accountability Project)

Feb 7, 2023

 

Have you experienced workplace abuse and harassment that resulted in you being blackballed?  And you’re trying to pick up the pieces in your life and career?  In this episode, we discuss: 

 

- Why women need to stop waiting to be invited to the table and take the seat at the table. 

- The real and...

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