#160: Career | Remote Work Loneliness, Embracing Change, and Giving & Receiving Feedback with Kara Hardin

Dave is joined by Kara Hardin, a Registered Psychotherapist and Lead Executive Officer at The Practice Lab. Kara specializes in the complicated ways that mental health drives performance and how it shows up at work. Drawing from her extensive experience, Kara provides actionable advice for B2B marketers to enhance their professional lives.Kara and Dave cover:How adapting to your team’s preferences can lead to better collaboration, higher productivity, and a more harmonious work environmentHow to view change as a natural and positive part of business strategy, rather than something to fearPractical advice on how to maintain meaningful connection and effective communication in remote work environmentsTimestamps(00:00) - - Intro (06:54) - - Learning to Embrace Change (09:41) - - Connection at Work (13:04) - - The Loneliness of Remote Work (16:25) - - Balancing Remote Work and Relationships (21:02) - - Aligning Work with Values (22:58) - - Creating Your Own Career Path (27:42) - - How Self-Awareness Helps Make Better Decisions (29:19) - - Discovering Your Personal Work Preferences (38:17) - - Recognizing Self-worth in Between Jobs (40:00) - - Self-Awareness in Communication (43:00) - - The Work of Work: Understanding Yourself and Others (47:54) - - Kara’s Framework for Self-Reflection and Interaction (49:45) - - Creating Emotional Guardrails (52:43) - - Combatting the Urgency Impulse at Work (57:22) - - Improve Work by Slowing Down Send guest pitches and ideas to [email protected] the Exit Five Newsletter here: https://www.exitfive.com/newsletterCheck out the Exit Five job board: https://jobs.exitfive.com/Become an Exit Five member: https://community.exitfive.com/checkout/exit-five-membership***Today’s episode is brought to you by Grammarly.Ever have one of those weeks where you spent more time replying to Slack and email than doing actual marketing work?You’re not alone. The average marketing team spends 28+ hours a week just keeping up with comms.That leads to burnout, frustration, and a whole lot of performative productivity that doesn’t actually move the needle.AI-fluent marketing teams are changing that. Grammarly’s 2025 Productivity Shift Report shows how they’re using AI to:– Cut down on back-and-forth– Automate content, research, and reporting– Eliminate busywork– Make space for strategyWe’re marketers because we love crafting campaigns, driving revenue, and proving impact – not spending all day buried in messages.Get the report and see how top teams are making AI actually useful.Visit go.grammarly.com/exitfive to grab it.***Thanks to my friends at hatch.fm for producing this episode and handling all of the Exit Five podcast production.They give you unlimited podcast editing and strategy for your B2B podcast.Get unlimited podcast editing and on-demand strategy for one low monthly cost. Just upload your episode, and they take care of the rest.Visit hatch.fm to learn more