Best NYU Stern Professor Suzy Welch Podcasts (2025)

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Becoming You: The Process Gets Real (Part 3) When All the Pieces Click into Place 34:29

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Over the past two episodes, you’ve met Becoming You alumni Max and Kristen as they explored their values and aptitudes — the foundational work of figuring out who they are, and what their purpose should be. Now, in the final part of this special three-part series, it all comes together. This week, Suzy guides Max and Kristen through the final eleme…

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Becoming You: The Process Continues (Part 2) How Knowing What You’re Good At Changes Everything 34:17

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Last week, we began exploring the Becoming You process by uncovering values — the truths that quietly shape our choices and help point us towards our purpose. This week, we go deeper. In Part 2 of this three-part series, Suzy sits down again with alumni Max and Kristen to explore aptitudes — not the skills you’ve learned, but the ones you’re wired …

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Becoming You: The Process Begins (Part 1) Inside the Values Deep Dive That Changes Everything 35:09

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You’ve heard the phrase “Becoming You” — maybe in a friend’s recommendation, maybe in a moment when your own life felt off-track. But what does it really mean to “become” yourself? In this powerful first episode of a special three-part series, Suzy Welch — professor, career expert, and the host of Becoming You — takes you inside the very first and …

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Can We Really Ever Write Our Own Stories? 28:28

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Before Becoming You was a methodology, a class, or a book — it was a question. A question that our host Suzy Welch grappled with for decades as she sought to make her way in the world, as a wife, journalist, mother, and professor. Is it ever really possible to write the story of our own lives, or are we fated to edit the script handed to us by our …

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Live from New York…It’s Becoming You! (Part Two) 32:14

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This week, we return to questions from the Becoming You reunion in New York — and to the complicated truth of what can happen after you find your purpose. First, you’ll meet Molly, who lands a job that aligns with her values — only to discover it comes with layoffs and instability. Then there’s Tim, an alum from the very first Becoming You cohort, …

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Live from New York...It's Becoming You 26:13

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Recently, the Becoming You community gathered in person for a special event — and the questions were as big as ever. This episode features two Becoming You alumni facing different versions of the same dilemma: how do you move toward your purpose when it’s either far away… or still a little fuzzy? McKenna is a sustainability consultant by day and as…

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Becoming You 101: You Were Born To Do This 30:14

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This week on Becoming You, we’re diving into the heart of it all: the methodology that’s changing lives, one purpose at a time. Whether you’re a first-time listener or a longtime fan (love you, by the way), this episode is your ultimate guide to answering the question that occupies us all heart, mind, and soul: What should I do with my life? In thi…

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Becoming You and…Becoming Me: The Untold Story, Until Now, Because, Well, Here It Is 29:32

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Every book has a backstory, and Becoming You (published today, heck yeah!) is no exception. In this episode, we go behind the scenes — not just of the writing of the book, but of the emotional excavation and journey of reinvention it required. Told Rashomon-style, this funny, poignant, and intimate episode features the voices of the people who live…

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You Were Judged. You Judged Back. Now What? 30:21

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It’s one of the more painful human experiences: being judged not for what we’ve done, but for what we value. This episode examines why those moments leave such a lasting mark — and why, so often, we end up doing the same to others. Listeners share stories of judgment given and received, and the consequences of not finding the right words when it ma…

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Accidents Happen; You Just Don’t Want Your Life to be One 23:27

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We’re told to live intentionally — to take the reins, to choose boldly. But often, without realizing it, we drift. Titles accumulate, opportunities knock, life happens. And suddenly, the path we’re on isn’t one we meant to choose. In this episode, two listeners — separated by decades — unknowingly echo the same story: ambition deferred, then redefi…

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The Three Indisputable Secrets To Success. No, Really. 28:14

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There’s no way around it: success is hard. It’s prized, pursued, endlessly theorized — and yet, remains frustratingly rare. Still, behind many lasting success stories lies a shared set of conditions. This episode explores one such framework: the PIE theory — a framework for understanding what actually endures. Disarmingly simple, quietly complex, a…

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The Killer Career Question We Never Ask Ourselves…But Must 26:56

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Come with us this week as our host Suzy Welch demonstrates how good she is at pottery! Wait, don’t. Because she’s terrible. Not for lack of trying. She’s tried her entire life. And not for lack of love. It’s her favorite thing. And that’s pretty much the point of this week’s episode of Becoming You, the podcast devoted to answering the question, “W…

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So You Think "Altruism" is One of Your Values? Yeah, That's Complicated. 25:17

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Lots of people want to help other people. In their jobs. In their lives. In fact, lots of people would tell you "helping" is one of their main values. They only wish they could do it more. How wonderful that is in theory...and how complicated that can be in real life. Every week, Becoming You -- the podcast that aims to answer the question, "What d…

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Are We Ever Really Real? A Podcast About The Happiness Value, With Special Guest Liz Moody 31:12

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What does it mean to find your purpose or to have an authentic life? Are either of those goals actually attainable – really? In this episode of Becoming You, Suzy sits down with bestselling author and top podcast host Liz Moody for an insightful—and at times surprising—conversation about Eudemonia, the often-misunderstood “happiness value” that can…

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The Danger of a B+ Life 29:07

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Buckle up, friends, because today we’re tackling one of life’s sneakiest traps—the B+ life. You get what that means: Good job, decent relationships, maybe even some great days. But most of the time? It’s just… fine. And fine is the enemy of flourishing. If you’ve ever found yourself wondering, "What do I do with my life?" or feeling stuck in the se…

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Me, My Career, and Anxiety: A Love Story, with Special Guest Chrissy Rutherford 25:49

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You don't have to read the news to know that anxiety is everywhere and anywhere these days, endemic across generations and cultures. But where Suzy confronts anxiety most often is in the Becoming You classroom, where her students ask a question many of us have wondered: How can I possibly design my perfect future when my head and heart are consumed…

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If You Knew Suzy...The Swan, That Is.. 24:08

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In this week's deeply personal episode of Becoming You, we revisit one of the podcast's most loved stories -- about Suzy's swan named, well, "Suzy" -- and bring it up-to-date with an ending that might surprise you, because it certainly surprised Suzy herself. But don't get the idea that this episode is about bird life (although it is...a little)...…

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Please Stop Taking the Dumbest Advice in the World 21:08

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Every day, we make decisions—big, small, and everything in between, each one shaping our careers and relationships, and sometimes even the course of our entire lives. And yet, most of us were never taught how to actually make a decision. Instead, we accept the conventional wisdom: "Just trust your gut." Too bad that advice is only right half the ti…

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You’re Fine. You’re Good. You’re…Trapped? 32:08

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The Becoming You method of purpose-discovery is based on the premise that there’s one wild and precious life that we’re each meant to live. But it also acknowledges that there’s real life out there. Real life is where we too often cede our hoped-for dreams of purpose and joy to the many seemingly inescapable demands, constraints, obstacles and chal…

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You Love Your Family. You Love Your Work. You Hate How That Feels. 28:43

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What happens when two forces, your home life and your work life —both central to your identity—need you with equal urgency at the exact same moment? Well, chaos happens. Or guilt. Or angst. Or sheer, utter exhaustion. Or...all of the above.In this episode, Suzy gets into a heart-to-heart with Jennifer, a woman who finds herself caught in a battle b…

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Four Questions To Turn Your Firing Into the Best Day of Your Life 35:06

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The demise of a job is rarely fun, whether it's by our own volition or not. Whether you've been fired or quit or somehow just eased out by mutual agreement and angst, every company separation is a little bit of a public death, and sometimes a personal one too. That's why it's OK to mourn, it's OK to rage -- for only a bit. After that, the work has …

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It’s OK To Do Scary Things in Life, Except One 24:58

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You can want more in life. You can want less. You can choose to take a walk in dark and snowy woods with four crazy dogs, or you can choose to stay inside by the fire reading Jane Eyre. How edgy, wild, and exciting your life is, or how contained, chill, and peaceful it is – that choice is on you. The answer depends on your value of Scope. And the t…

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Have You Already Found Your Purpose? There are Five Ways to Know 28:08

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Because we all so ardently want to find our purpose, it's not unusual for people to enter the Becoming You process with the question, "How will I know when I've found what I'm looking for?" In this week's episode, Suzy answers that query with a list of the five stages that invariably lead up to getting there -- all the way there. To the unique plac…

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It's the end of the world, who cares about purpose anyway? 21:49

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It's so bad out there, isn't it? There's war. Violence. Polarization. And sometimes, there's our own work too, weighing us down, because it's so much less than we want and need. So why bother even trying to find our purpose in the morass? What's the point? Hello! Here at the Becoming You pod, we're so happy you asked! Because we have an answer to t…