Why Are We Racing? How to Navigate The Modern Rat Race

Why are we racing—and who decided the pace? In this episode, Lauren sits down with UCLA Anderson career coaches Jenna Migliaccio and Jessica Christopher, co-founders of Glimmers , to unpack the modern rat race and how to build a career rooted in clarity, not comparison. If you’ve felt busy but misaligned, this conversation will help you slow down strategically—without falling behind. You’ll learn: How to tell the difference between healthy ambition and misalignment Why “clarity comes from engagement” (and how to experiment without derailing your career) A simple mindset shift to stop running someone else’s race and start running your own Show Notes Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: Book career coaching w/ Jenna: Alan Watts “Life & Music” video: Guest Resources: Glimmers Bi-weekly Newsletter: lifeglimmers.com Glimmers instagram: @glimmersbyjessandjenna Jenna LinkedIn: Jessica LinkedIn: Career Contessa Resources: Book 1:1 career coaching session: Take an online course: Get your personalized salary report: Sponsors: Head to vitaclean.co and use code CONTESSA at checkout for 20% off your first purchase. Open a Found account for FREE at Found dot com. That’s F-O-U-N-D dot com. Found is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services are provided by Lead Bank, Member FDIC. See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Why Are We Racing? How to Navigate The Modern Rat Race is an episode from The Career Contessa Podcast by Lauren McGoodwin.

This episode is 00:38:27 long.

This episode was published on Apr 21, 2026.

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