Career Unicorns - Spark Your Joy

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.

Episode 102: From the Bronx to Chief Legal Officer: how to embrace your identities, take risks, and build your dream career with Shana Simmons (Chief Legal Officer at Everlaw)

Oct 31, 2023

Are you wondering when is the right time to make a career move? And what if the next role isn't exactly a promotion? What do you do?

In this episode with Shana Simmosn (Chief Legal Officer of Everlaw, we discuss:

- What it means to grow up poor with very little access to resources and how it impacts the way you...

Episode 101: You are not the problem, unlearning silence, advocating for yourself, letting go of suffering, and healing from toxic workplaces with Elaine Lin Hering (speaker, facilitator, and writer)

Oct 24, 2023

How many of us have been told to suffer in silence because we shouldn’t burn bridges? But that silence is violence and trauma.

In this episode with Elaine Lin Hering, we discuss:

- AAPIs in American and how to navigate executive leadership in majority White spaces.
- What happens when people of color are...

Ep. 100: Repost: Being a Black DEI consultant and setting healthy boundaries with Janice Gassam Asare (Founder of BWG Business Solutions)

Oct 17, 2023

Do you want to embrace the intersectionality of your identities and build your dream career? But you’re not sure where to start? In this episode with Janice, we discuss:

- How she built her DEI business during the pandemic.
- Why optimizing rest and scheduling time for self care and sleep is important to...

Episode 99: Repost: Being Asian and gay, recovering from a toxic workplace, creating cultural competent therapy for AAPIs with Dr. Noel Ramirez (Founder & Director of Mango Tree Counseling & Consulting)

Oct 10, 2023

The pandemic and the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes has been devastating for AAPI communities. How do we heal ourselves from individual, institutional, and systemic traumas?

In this episode with Dr. Noel Ramirez (Founder & Director of Mango Tree Counseling & Consulting, an AAPI mental health group mental health...

Ep. 98: Repost: Finding your voice, working with allies, building your dream career, and creating a culture of inclusion with Mita Mallick (Chief Diversity Officer at Carta and Co-host of The Brown Table Talk Podcast)

Oct 3, 2023

If you’re looking for resources on how to create inclusion, order Mita’s book (out today!) “Reimagine Inclusion: Debunking 13 Myths To Transform Your Workplace” on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Reimagine-Inclusion-Debunking-Transform-Workplace/dp/1394177097 - currently #1 bestseller in HR category).

Some...