When Your Job Becomes Your Identity: The Hidden Danger of Career Enmeshment

People Processes
People Processes
When Your Job Becomes Your Identity: The Hidden Danger of Career Enmeshment
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Episode 40 • 27th March 2025 • Don't HR Alone • Rhamy Alejeal
People Processes
People Processes
When Your Job Becomes Your Identity: The Hidden Danger of Career Enmeshment
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How can you tell if your top employees are experiencing burn out? Is your entire identity wrapped up in your work? In this episode of Don’t HR Alone, our host Rhamy Alejeal interviews clinical psychologist Dr. Janna Koretz, founder of Azimuth Psychological, to explore the hidden dangers of career enmeshment—when your job becomes your sole identity.

You’ll learn:

• Why career enmeshment often leads to burnout, mental health crises, and even professional collapse.

• How to recognize the signs in yourself and your employees.

• Actionable strategies to build a healthier, more resilient workforce.

Book a Free HR Strategy Consultation with Rhamy Alejeal (U.S. businesses, 10+ employees)

Explore Dr. Janna Koretz’s website at https://azimuthpsych.com/ for expert insights and free resources, including a burnout calculator and values navigator.

What’s your take? Have you ever struggled with separating your identity from your job? Drop a comment below—we read and respond to every one!

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About the author, Rhamy

Rhamy grew up watching and working with his mother and grandmother in the senior insurance market. This familiarity with the struggles faced by people trying to navigate the incredibly complicated and heavily regulated healthcare market led him to start Poplar Financial while working on his degree at the University of Memphis. After completing his MBA and Bachelors in Finance and Economics, Rhamy guided Poplar Financial through the disruptive opportunity that is the Affordable Care Act. Since then Poplar Financial – now People Processes – has received numerous awards from major insurance carriers and industry groups. People Processes focuses on the processes around human resources and specializes in providing companies with between 20 and 300 employees with a complete, GROWN UP HR department, with the service, executives, and technology needed to scale people operations.

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