Know what it’s like to feel like you don’t fit into any box? And silently suffer while second-guessing yourself in a workplace where you're one of the extreme few? 

Yep, me too.

In this episode, I’m talking with psychotherapist Steve Alexander, Jr., a first-gen, Black, sensitive human who left a “safe” corporate job in risk management to become a healer for folks who, like me, feel too complex, too emotional, or too different for the spaces they’re in. 

We unpack what happens when you’ve tied your identity and self-worth to a job that was never designed with you in mind, and how to reclaim a sense of self that isn’t dependent on a title, paycheck, or corporate hierarchy. 

We also talk about the very real gap between how walking into spaces feel for the “male and pale” default versus those of us who are marginalized, and why naming that difference is a powerful first step toward healing, agency, and change.

What You'll Learn: 

• What it's like to leave a “safe” corporate job when you’re first-gen and carrying family expectations about money, success, and stability.
• How tying your identity and self-worth to your job—especially in environments not built for you—can fuel depression, burnout, and feeling “not enough.”
• Why postpartum mental health matters for both mom and dad, and how anger, anxiety, and loss of autonomy can show up differently from the stereotypical picture of depression.
• How being Black, first-gen, and highly sensitive in predominantly white, male spaces shapes the way you see yourself, your power, and what feels “allowed” for you.
• What becomes possible when you stop trying to fit into any one box and start building a life, career, and identity that actually reflect your full, complex self.
• What Steve’s group practice, New York Wellness Counseling Services, offers first-gen, third-culture, and “don’t-fit-in-a-box” clients—through trauma-informed therapy (including EMDR) for people navigating multiple identities in New York and New Jersey.
• How Jamie’s work as an executive coach for professional women and entrepreneurs helps clients make more money, build confidence, and negotiate for the roles and recognition they want
  
  

Featured

• Learn more about Steve Alexander's NY Wellness Counseling Services, a virtual group therapy practice serving clients across New York and New Jersey: https://www.nywellness.com⁠
• Connect with Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevealexanderjr/⁠
• Follow Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenywellness
• Learn more about Jamie's 1:1 coaching practice: https://www.jamieleecoach.com/about 
• Connect with Jamie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leejieunjamie/
• Follow Jamie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamieleecoach/

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