Today's episode features an interview with Nan Saysana, who made the decision to leave a 20-year career in teaching to become an emotional-eating coach.

Nan shares the pivotal moments that inspired her to step away from a secure role within the French civil service and follow a new calling to support women through a struggle she once faced herself.

Today's episode explores passion decline, or what happens when your passion for work starts to fade, and what you can do to get it back.

To help dive deeper into this topic, international speaker and consultant Dr. David Shar joins to share some of his research-backed insights and real-world examples of how people can rediscover meaning and excitement in their careers. 

Today's episode is an interview with Merry Korn, a serial entrepreneur and author of Fired to Inspired.

Merry opens up about the shock of being fired just two months into a job and the subsequent challenge of rebuilding her life with bills to pay, children to support, and no clear path forward. She speaks candidly about the fears she had to confront and the intentional choices she made to not just land another job, but to pursue work that genuinely motivated her.

Today’s episode explores the idea of quiet ambition, or how to grow in your career without feeling pressure to be loud or overly self-promotional.

Joining to help dive deeper into this topic is Patrick Kamba, author of Quiet Ambition: Achieving Your Goals with Confidence and Discretion.

In this episode, Patrick shares the moment he realized that while career progression wouldn’t happen automatically, it also didn’t require him to become someone he wasn’t. Instead, he found ways to advance that aligned with his values and natural style, without aggressive self-promotion.

Today's episode features an interview with Glenn Bostock, founder and CEO of SnapCab, a design and manufacturing company known for its innovative elevator interiors and custom privacy pods.

Glenn is also the author of the upcoming book A Human Business, which explores his people-first philosophy and the power of building a company rooted in kindness and respect.

From his beginnings as a cabinet maker to leading a multimillion-dollar company, Glenn shares how his early struggles with learning disabilities and the challenges of feeling misunderstood shaped his compassionate approach to business.

Today's episode features an interview with Sabine Hutchison, often called the “queen of reinvention.”

After leaving a career in science to work with a world-famous magician and then moving to a new country where she didn't speak the language, Sabine is very familiar with the art of starting over. She shares her journey—that often involved following her intuition into unknown territory—and how she transitioned from scientist to entrepreneur, co-founding a biotech vendor-relations company and authoring Beyond the Ladder, a book that empowers women to redefine what success means for them.

For many, retirement is a long-awaited milestone, a time to celebrate newfound freedom. But that freedom can sometimes come with a cost in the loss of structure and purpose.

That’s exactly what happened to Nick Shelton, who after retiring at 49 felt confused and invisible. So Nick began a journey of reinvention, learning how to release his pre-retirement identity and build a new one.

In this episode, Nick shares the five-step process he used to rebuild his identity—a process he now uses to guide others through similar transitions—and how he found a new purpose that motivates him every day.

After stepping away from the film industry, Steven Puri set out to build something of his own—launching two tech startups that ultimately didn’t succeed. But he didn't give up.

Now, Steven is part of the team behind the Sukha Company, a thriving community and online platform that helps people tap into flow states.

In this episode, Steven opens up about the lessons he’s learned from failure and reinvention, including the signs that it’s time to move on, and why he’s come to fall in love with problems. He also shares practical insights into how to reach and sustain a flow state.

Today’s episode is an interview with Daryl Dittmer, the author of two new books that offer a look into his experience moving his life from that "dead-end mess" to a place he couldn’t have imagined in his wildest dreams: When I Stop Fighting, the Unexpected Joy of Getting My Head Out of My Ass and When You Stop Fighting, the Road You’re on is Your Own Asphalt.

Take a listen to hear more of Daryl’s journey, including his decades-long sobriety journey, how he went from farm hand to entrepreneur and how he maintains a sense of inner peace. 

Today's episode explores how to apply innovation tools and design thinking to your career—a passion for Ashley Jablow, who has 20+ years of experience working in design and strategy at places like IDEO and the White House. 

She now helps others through career transitions and, in this episode, shares practical strategies for applying innovation tools and mindsets to your next career move.

Being an entrepreneur means wearing many hats, which can sometimes lead to burnout and self-sacrifice. But it doesn't have to be that way.

Chanda Coston, a business and strategy coach, is on a mission to help empower women over 40 to build businesses that align with their lives, not consume them.

While they are often exciting and rewarding, career pivots—like any significant life transition—can also bring up feelings of grief. 

In this episode Shelley McIntyre, who coaches midlife professionals interested in leaving corporate life, shares some of the different ways that grief can surface when making a career change, including a loss of identify, feeling adrift and scattered in the transition phase, loneliness, and more. 

Feeling stuck or overlooked in your career?

In this episode, Rosie Zilinskas, a certified career coach and former Fortune 500 executive who knows what it's like to wait for recognition that doesn't come, shares her experience of taking the lead in her own career. 

Take a listen to hear more of Rosie's story after she started campaigning for herself as well as her strategies for readying yourself for promotion.

Not all career paths are straight or linear. Just ask Carlee Wolfe, a seasoned HR pro with more than 20 years at brands like Under Armour, Hyatt Hotels, and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee.

In this episode, Carlee shares how curiosity, intentionality and a strong sense of self helped her navigate change. 

Could you go 24 hours without your phone?

That’s a question and a challenge Kelsey Green is presenting to folks as part of a passion to help people reduce the distractions of screen time in daily life. 

As an entrepreneur and someone who is helping other women achieve big goals, Kelsey advocates for a more mindful, value-centered approach to technology, or digital minimalism, to help increase opportunities for improved focus, creativity and mental health. 

While building self-confidence does take work, it doesn't have to be complicated. Small, simple steps over time can lead to significant changes and a greater sense of self-belief. 

Today’s episode is an interview with Scott Hardiman, a men's transformational mindset and confidence coach who personally overcame crippling anxiety and low confidence and now helps other men to do the same. 

Career transitions—whether carefully planned or unexpected—can shake our sense of identity and direction.

This episode explores both the planned and unexpected types of transitions through the lens of Meggi Rombach, who over the course of her career has navigated several career pivots, including a move from the private sector into the humanitarian field and moving from the world of marketing into fundraising and now education and coaching. 

Stepping into a leadership role, whether that's leading others or taking the lead in your own career, requires a certain level of commitment and accountability. Plus, many of us are not taught how to be effective leaders, so we may burn out quickly. 

In this episode, Walter Dusseldorp, aka the Dutch Mentor, shares strategies to help counteract the burnout and make leadership sustainable and enjoyable.

After climbing the career ladder fast–moving from editorial intern to managing editor in a year and employee to vice president in four–Brianne Rush is now helping other women to do the same. 

In this episode, Brianne shares how she learned to decode unspoken workplace dynamics and capitalize on soft skills to advance in her career. She also shares her career journey and how she's translating her experience to help Gen Z women transition from college to career with confidence as part of the Independence Lab.

After the pandemic made her job in hotel sales redundant, Sasha Eburne decided to start her own thing and embarked on a new career as a virtual assistant. Sasha achieved quick success booking her first client within 24 hours and becoming fully booked within three weeks. Now Sasha coaches other women how to move beyond the 9-5 and create a business and lifestyle on their terms. 

Take a listen to hear more of Sasha's story as well as her advice for starting and then scaling an online business.