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Becoming You with Suzy Welch

by NYU Stern Professor Suzy Welch

Have you ever wondered, “What should I do with my life?” Or, “Should I stay or should I go?” Or, “Is there anyone out there who actually tells the freaking truth about life and work today, but also does not leave me in despair?” Wonder no more! The “Becoming You” podcast has arrived, hosted by Suzy Welch, the business journalist-turned-professor at the helm of NYU’s wildly popular self-discovery class by the same name. A three New York Times best-seller and frequent contributor to the Today Show and the Wall Street Journal, Professor Welch is considered a leading expert on decision-making, and the discovery and pursuit of authentic purpose. But virtually no topic is off-bounds in her irreverent new podcast, from parenting fails (including her own) to perfect poems (none of her own, thank God.) Also included: Pointed opinions on dogs, Gen Z, marriage, credit default swaps, golf skirts, career killing mistakes, and under-appreciated TV shows you really have to see immediately. OK, there is actually nothing in the podcast about credit default swaps. Tune in every week to laugh, learn, get riled up, get calmed down, and basically get closer to becoming you, joyfully, in this crazy, upside-down, scary, messy, and altogether beautiful world we share.

Latest episodes

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Please Advise: I’ve Had 30 Jobs and Still Haven’t Found the One

#7 trending · Careers

Two Suzy’s walk into a podcast. One of them has had 30 jobs. The other is here to help sort through what job is next.  This week on Please Advise, your host Suzy Welch t

Sep 17
33 min

If Your Life Were an Asteroid, How Big a Crater Would It Leave?

How do you make a fun, upbeat podcast about a value that makes literally everyone uncomfortable — the people who have it and the people who don't? That's the challenge Su

Sep 15
58 min

Please Advise: What Happens When Your Family Doesn't Like the New You?

"I want the old you back." Sometimes that's how the people closest to you respond when you start actually living your values — and it's exactly what this week’s caller Br

Sep 10
32 min

It's Okay to Care How Things Look. And No, You're Not Shallow.

Suzy continues her deep dive into the 16 values from the Welch-Bristol Values Inventory with Beholderism — our desire for beautiful things: our homes, our clothes, our st

Sep 8
44 min

Please Advise: Stop Networking. Do This Instead.

This week on Becoming You’s Please Advise series, your host Suzy Welch takes two more listener calls. Erin is a 55-year-old single mom of three, working a job in HR that'

Sep 3
37 min

Is AI Coming for Your Job? An Economist Gives It to Me Straight

This week on Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch hits pause on the values deep-dive series for something urgent: the state of work today. After Suzy casually dropped the p

Sep 1
40 min

Please Advise: Should I Just Do What I'm Good At...Even If I Hate It?

This week on Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch introduces Season 1 of an exciting new series: Please Advise. Real listeners. Real questions. Real solutions. Each episode

Aug 27
37 min

The Value We All Judge the Most

This week on Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch continues the series' deep dive into the 16 human values with one of the most misunderstood: Workcentrism, the value of or

Aug 25
1 h 06 min

The Three Things Working Against Your Friendships

Suzy Welch was standing in her kitchen when the phone rang. Her best friend's voice was different before she even said a word. "I can't be friends with you anymore," she

Aug 18
1 h 12 min

The Four Things No One Tells You About Fame

This week on Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch takes on fame, or what the Becoming You methodology calls Luminance, one of the 16 values measured by The Values Bridge, S

Aug 11
1 h 00 min

The Three Things No One Tells You About Being the Boss of Your Own Life

Agency is the number two value in the Becoming You data set—the drive to be the author of your own life, no exceptions, no apologies. But according to Suzy, it's the Jeky

Aug 4
1 h 01 min

The Three Things No One Tells You About Happiness

This week on Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch tackles the value everyone assumes they already understand: happiness. Using data from the Values Bridge — the assessment

Jul 28
39 min

Welcome to For the Love with Jen Hatmaker

Joy isn't the reward you earn after all the work is done. Joy is the work. That's what a new series on For the Love with Jen Hatmaker is all about, the Sacred Yes. It's c

Jul 27
37 min

Your Values Aren’t What You Think They Are

This week on Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch takes a step back to answer a question that is central to the podcast and the Becoming You methodology: what even are valu

Jul 21
47 min

The Insult That Changed My Life Could Change Yours — and Probably Should. (Part 3)

This week on Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch delivers the finale of one of the most personal series she has ever shared on this podcast. Part 3 has it all: the last th

Jul 14
47 min

The Insult That Changed My Life Could Change Yours — and Probably Should. (Part 2)

Last week, Suzy Welch got publicly humiliated at Harvard Business School. This week? Revenge. In Part 2 of this three-part series, Suzy picks up where the insult left of

Jul 7
40 min

The Insult That Changed My Life Could Change Yours — and Probably Should. (Part 1)

This week on Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch opens a three-part series with a confession: she is, apparently, obsessed with insults. Creative ones. Clever ones. The ki

Jun 30
49 min

No One Can Get a Job Right Now. So Now What?

Jannah had a spreadsheet with 340 job applications — organized by posting date, job type, and application portal — because it was the only thing that made her feel like s

Jun 23
57 min

Can You Heal a Wound Your Father Never Knew He Left? with Vienna Pharaon, MFT

As the poem goes, “They f-you up, your mom and dad. They may not mean to, but they do.” If Father's Day has ever felt more like something you just get through than someth

Jun 16
46 min

What If a Yellow Dress, in the Pages of Vogue, Told the Story of Your Life? Part 2

Francesca Pilato did not do what she was told. Not once. Not ever. And in 1929 Rochester, New York, that came with consequences no one in her family would talk about for

Jun 9
40 min

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What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

This is a great podcast, and I love the Becoming You book as well. I’ve taken the values bridge quiz and this resource is very insightful, and the resources have been very helpful for me to figure out my next chapter in life and to make sure my values are aligned.

bethhuck12 · Jul 2026

Wish I had found Suzy sooner. The book is great, the podcast is great, the newsletter is (I’m sticking with it) GREAT! Be prepared for painfully good introspection. Grateful to have found Becoming You.

madisonblair_ · Feb 2026

I found Suzy’s podcast a few months ago and I binged listened to all of them and now await each new episode! I love her passion to help people discover and live their values. Her passion is contagious!

Niceorri · Jan 2026

I took a break from my walk where I was listening to another Suzy podcast to write this review. I loved her book and especially the values framework which is genius! The podcast gives me bite sized ways to delve a little deeper and there is always a nugget of true brilliance in every episode. She’s honest and authentic and her hard earned wisdom resonates with me so deeply. I only wish I’d discovered her when I was younger but she’ll tell you “it’s never too late!”

Schatze62 · Oct 2025

Her site advertises a free test, but after submitting your email and completing the test, you're taken to a payment page. This approach feels deceptive and undermines trust.

Lizonvvvv · Jul 2025

Wanted to like this, but couldn't get past the first couple of episodes. Not interested in a one-percenter go on and on about her dogs (women of a certain age who used to drone on about their privileged children now drone on about their privileged pets) and rubbing elbows with the clueless elitists in NYC who don't know and don't care how the rest of the world lives. Honestly, do these people listen to themselves? Do they not realize what an echo chamber they live in? The funny thing is I get the impression that the host would consider herself down-to-earth. But reading the rest of the reviews, I guess I'm in the minority here. Just not for me.

MidtownATLGal · May 2025

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