Growing Up Sucks! Podcast
Latest Episodes
The Top 5 Job Search Tips for Recent Graduates – GUS Ep. 29
Everyone gets anxious when it's time to graduate and find a job. Luckily, we have Kelsey Thompson on the podcast to help Heather in her job search. Listen in as we cover the top five things you can do
One recent grad’s top 5 pieces of advice for incoming college students – GUS Ep. 28
What are the top five pieces of advice you'd give a brand new college student? Heather shares her answers. I think they are definitely good ones. But I wouldn't have thought to start with one that so
Losing a best friend and speaking up to a new friend – GUS Ep. 27
How do you get over losing your best friend? What happens when, a long time later, one of you reaches out? Can we reframe what happened in the past? Also, are we really making the right attributions when we speculate on the causes of our friends' actio...
Let’s talk money and all the things you should hear in your twenties – GUS Ep. 26
Heather worked for two years and then went to college. It taught her to budget her money carefully and to only spend money that she actually had in her pocket. Importantly, no credit cards. She's now ready to learn the next stages of budgeting and buil...
How do you not overload yourself? How do you stop proving yourself? How do you quit something? – GUS Ep. 25
Some people take on too much. And they only notice it when things have already gotten too stressful or deadlines are missed. We discuss noticing your own behavior and watching how you react to things. These are great indicators of how you are doing.
It’s “exceptionalities”, not “disabilities” – and other great things we can learn from an amazing young woman who is helping others every single day – GUS Ep. 24
Emily is giving herself to her students before, during, and after class. And she's studying for her Master's. Hopefully a Ph.D. someday, so she can help even more. But her struggles are real and sometimes painful. Among her many medical issues,
Recent college graduates ARE making it in the real world, but it’s challenging – just ask Katie – GUS Ep. 23
Katie graduated college right at the start of the pandemic. Recent college graduates ARE making it in the real world. She used college to figure out where her boundaries were for adding things to her plate and she worked on her confidence. Now,
Anxiety about graduating and the future is very high right now. Focus on the controllables – GUS Ep. 22
Kyle is worried about his future. Frankly, he's worried about his whole generation's future. Partly because his own future is up in the air. He's changed major. He doesn't know what he wants to do when he graduates.
A young woman comes out as gay to her father – GUS Ep. 21
It can be a very scary situation for many young people - to share with their parents that they are gay, bisexual or transgender. One brave woman shares her story. But her story is not typical. Her father, though heterosexual,
Meet a young entrepreneur who’s made it all work out despite some serious early struggles – GUS Ep. 20
Seth is a recent college grad who has a full-time job but has also started his own media property called In-Between Media. Now it has a staff, thousands of hits, and lots of content (though it still does a great job with fantasy football).