Podcast Episode #6 : Change Sucks. How To Go Through It Without Losing Your Mental Well-being with Wendy Chua
How do we move through life’s transitions—career shifts, parenting, burnout, ageing—without losing ourselves in the process?
In this reflective and energising episode of What Is Your Working Title?, we speak with psychologist, coach, and educator Wendy Chua, founder of Wand Inspiration, who brings over 30 years of experience in education, leadership development and psychological coaching.
From setbacks to reinvention, Wendy shares what it takes to navigate change with purpose, and how resilience is far more than “just bouncing back.”
If you’re a manager, educator, coach—or simply someone at a crossroads—this episode is an invitation to pause, reflect, and redesign your journey from the inside out.
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Key Takeaways
🧭 Resilience Is Reflective, Not Reactive — pause to learn from setbacks, rather than rushing forward.
🧳 Declutter Emotional Baggage — make space for what serves you today by letting go of what no longer does.
🛑 Burnout Isn’t a Badge of Honour — weekly mental check-ins and realignment are key to sustainable performance.
📐 Well-Being by Design — organisations must go beyond wellness talks and relook at how work itself is designed.
🧓 Midlife Is a Moment to Grow, Not Just Survive — transitions can be doorways to deeper purpose and contribution.
🧭 Resilience Is Reflective, Not Reactive
Wendy reframes resilience not as toughness, but as reflection. “It’s not just about moving on—it’s about asking: What’s the purpose in this? What am I learning from this setback, and how will I carry that forward?”
This reflective pause is what allows us to respond with intention, not just survival.
🧳 Declutter Emotional Baggage
Resilience also means letting go. “You can’t carry everything you’ve picked up over the years,” Wendy says. She invites us to unpack old beliefs and emotional habits that no longer serve us, and make space to carry what’s actually useful.
“Travel lighter,” she says. “You can’t grow if you’re dragging a suitcase full of outdated stories.”
🛑 Burnout Isn’t a Badge of Honour
Wendy calls out the quiet epidemic of burnout—especially among mid-career professionals. Through weekly self check-ins, tools like the PERMA+ model, and purpose-led reflection, we can prevent breakdown by tuning in early.
“The goal is to shine, not burn.”
📐 Well-Being by Design
Drawing from her work with FlourishDx in Australia, Wendy shares how wellbeing must be embedded into workplace systems—not just addressed with occasional yoga classes.
Design matters. From cognitive load to leadership culture, the conditions people work in either support mental health—or chip away at it.
🧓 Midlife Is a Moment to Grow, Not Just Survive
Wendy draws from Erikson’s psychological stages of life to explain how midlife isn’t a crisis—it’s a call to generativity. Whether mentoring others, rediscovering purpose, or taking new creative risks, this stage can be fertile ground for meaning.
“Don’t just grow old,” Wendy reminds us. “Grow up.”
Tune in for a conversation that reminds us:
Resilience is not resistance. It’s the ability to reflect, reframe, and redesign.
This episode is for anyone ready to travel lighter—and shine more.
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