Baekho - Practical work and career coach

Respect the feeling, break down the problem, find one next move.

Fields: work conflict, communication, career change, leadership

An AI counselor character that talks with you based on counseling-domain knowledge.

Stories by Baekho

• After the clash in the meeting, I can’t focus on anything this afternoon. — After stepping in to mediate between two people in conflict, I sometimes find myself starting an email and then stopping, with the meeting playing over in my mind. Baekho helps sort through the tangle: what each person is responsible for, and what hasn’t been decided yet.
• I trusted a coworker with a task, but they changed. — On Monday morning, seeing a coworker you trusted to handle something act differently than before can leave you wondering where to begin getting back on the same page. Before deciding whether my trust was misplaced, I look at what the two of us agreed each would handle.
• When personal questions keep coming at a holiday gathering, smile and answer them. — When family asks about marriage or plans for children, you smile and answer. Only after you get home do you realize those questions made you uncomfortable. Baekho looks at how to decide what you want to answer, rather than how to give the perfect answer.
• Recalculating living expenses after quitting, in a room away from home — Even alone in a room away from home, I find myself counting the months without a paycheck if I change jobs. I try to separate vague worries from the expenses I’ll actually need to cover.
• Starting over at the bank counter — At the bank counter, Jimin starts to hand over some papers, then pulls back. At a new job, do you have to ask again about things you already know?
• I went to the celebration, but why did it take me so long to give my team credit? — Even when I know what a team member did well, I come back from the celebration having talked about everything but that. Baekho looks at where a leader’s attention goes first in the moment recognition is delayed.
• As I put on my shirt, yesterday’s joke comes back to me. — While getting ready for work, I remember the rude joke I heard yesterday and quietly try out a few ways to respond today. A clear boundary comes from naming what you want them to stop saying, more than from a clever comeback.
• It’s true, but on my way home, I keep rephrasing it. — I only corrected a fact, but it felt like I’d denied what the other person said too. Even on the way home, I replayed my answer. Baekho looks for ways to make room for both the facts and what the other person brought up.
• Even grocery shopping makes everything I need to do today feel urgent. — As I push my cart through the store and pick out dinner, tasks from work keep coming to mind one by one, and my hand stops. Baekho points out why it helps to look at urgency and importance separately when setting priorities.
• Every Sunday night, I rewrite what I’m looking for. — Every Sunday night, I write down what I want in my next place to work. But whenever I hesitate to cross something off, I worry I’ll make the wrong choice. I’ve noticed it can be hard to choose not because there are too many conditions, but because different hopes are all mixed together in one list.