Arianna Molloy is a Communication professor at Biola University in California. She has recently published “Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work.”
In our conversation, we spend a little bit of time talking about some of the people who have helped Arianna as mentors, but the bulk of the conversation focuses on the book.
We begin by talking about burnout. In the book Arianna suggests that the positive side of calling leads to greater motivation and satisfaction, but that it also has a darker side: the called are more prone to burnout!
We talk about the nature of calling and its four components (which set it apart from a job or even a career). Calling involves a relationship between the person called and the Caller, but also the community. We talk about how calling looks different from drivenness and we spend a bit of time on workaholism and job-idolisation.
In addition we reflect on the importance of humility and sabbath in sustaining calling, and we finish with the advice Arianna has for her 20-year-old self.
If you are in the US, you should have no trouble ordering from wherever you get your books: in the UK you will have to wait about 10 days for the delivery of the paperback (I managed to order one from Abe Books), though the Kindle edition is available right away.
Here is the link to the episode.
https://jsalanwilson.podbean.com/e/the-leadership-journey-podcast-arianna-molloy-on-healthy-calling/
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