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.

Being intentional with your career, making big career changes, and bouncing back from the techsession with Stephanie Kiman, Sr. Marketing Programs Manager at SAP (Ep. 136)

Jun 25, 2024

In this episode, we’re doing a deep dive with Stephanie Kiman (Sr. Marketing Programs Manager at SAP). We discuss:

- Why winging it in your career can work for a while, but ultimately will not lead to happiness or fulfillment.
- How the “techsession” led to unexpected layoffs and how to bounce back.
- Why...

Healing generational trauma as a Cambodian-American and finding courage to pursue your passion with Chhunny Chhean, Supervisory Attorney at Federal Aviation Administration (Ep. 135)

Jun 18, 2024

Do you want to be happy? But you’re afraid of making career changes? In this episode, we discuss:

- How to find happiness even in a career that is known to be soul sucking like law.
- What cooking can do to help us process generational trauma, including genocide by the Khmer Rouge.
- Discover the importance of...

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 (Ep. 134)

Jun 11, 2024

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...

Letting go of toxic narratives, healing generational trauma, and celebrating Asian women leaders with Sheena Yap Chan, Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of The Tao of Self-Confidence (Ep. 133)

Jun 4, 2024

Did you grow up wishing you looked different? Because there was a lack of representation in leadership and in the media.

In this episode with Sheena Yap Chan, we discuss:

- Why she is an Asian woman but wanted to have blonde hair and blue eyes, and what was the one small thing that allowed her to change.
- How...