10,000 Tabs

Kim sits down with therapist, yoga teacher, and relational healing facilitator Ateeka Contee to explore what it means to trust yourself through multiple reinventions. After beginning her career in corporate America with an MBA, Ateeka left behind stability to pursue yoga teaching, eventually returning to school at fifty to become a therapist. Along the way, she learned that the most meaningful car...

Many of the conversations on this show have circled career change. This one is about change that ripples through every corner of your life. Change that you didn't expect and would never choose. Therapist and Kim's former student, Rachel Cash, joins 10,000 Tabs for a conversation about about mental illness, caregiving, identity, and a type of grief many people experience but few have language for:...

For years, the message was clear: work harder, push through, build the thing, chase the goal. And now I have the conditions I want and am realizing I have no idea how to live inside of this reality. In this solo episode, I reflect on a surprisingly difficult season of spaciousness and confronting the discomfort of no longer striving. This is about ambition, identity, motherhood, burnout, and the s...

Back in the height of Girlboss culture, success seemed to have a clear formula: grow bigger, earn more, scale faster, and keep moving the goalposts. For many women, those communities opened doors. They created spaces where ambition wasn't something to hide. But what happens when you achieve the thing you once worked so hard for—and realize you don't want it anymore? In this episode of 10,000 Tabs,...

What happens when the version of you everyone depends on is the very version you’re trying to outgrow? In this episode of 10,000 Tabs, Kim sits down with writer, teacher, and former attorney Catherine Zack to explore the hidden cost of being the dependable one—the woman who anticipates everyone’s needs, keeps things running smoothly, and quietly carries far more than anyone realizes. Together, the...

When you come from an academic family, "dating coach" definitely wasn't on the bingo card as a potential career. Even so, she's always been meant for it.  The "she" we're talking about is Clara Artschwager , a coach, writer, mother, former start-up marketer, and much more. And the conversations she's most interested in having today sound like... What does the next half of life look like? What do I...

What happens when the thing you built your identity around suddenly disappears? In this episode of 10,000 Tabs, Kim sits down with performer, creative, event planner, and storyteller Kloé Mallard for a conversation about identity, reinvention, grief, and learning how to rebuild yourself after life changes direction unexpectedly. At just 30 years old, Kloé says she feels like she’s already lived si...

What if the people who seem “good at change” became that way because life kept asking them to begin again? In this episode of 10,000 Tabs, Kim sits down with strategy leader and former fashion designer, Tanyika Fraser , for a conversation about reinvention, resilience, and proving people wrong. Together, they explore the hidden strengths many multi-hyphenate women develop through nonlinear careers...

Most public conversations about change are retrospective. This one is coming to you in real time. On the last episode, Kim announced her latest offer, an opportunity to join her for an intimate in-person gathering in the fall. This episode walks back on that offer. Instead of saying "everything happens for a reason" or pushing through because "anything worth having is worth working for," Kim share...

It's been one year of this podcast! From Why Is Nobody Talking About This? to 10,000 Tabs, thank you for being here. 📣 Big Announcement: the newest (and current) way to work with Kim is by joining The Bench: Fall Break. Listen through this episode to learn what Fall Break is and how you can sign up to join her in the mountains this fall. Kim takes the mic solo to reflect on her conversations with...

Overachievers know how to do. To push. To make it happen. What they (👋🏼 hey, me too!) struggle with is slowing down. When you're forced to step away, you also lose the congratulations, the gold star, the "great job" comments. And that can be disorienting. So who do you become when you're forced to pause your work? That's what my friend and colleague, India Tizol , are discussing. For the first t...

What happens when you learn—early or slowly—that being fully yourself isn’t always safe? In this episode of 10,000 Tabs, Kim talks with narrative advisor and story coach Jessica Graham about the quiet ways we learn to hide parts of who we are—and how those patterns follow us into adulthood, our relationships, and our work. Jessica shares her experience with codependency, 12-step programs, and what...

Sometimes the hardest voice to hear is your own. In this episode of 10,000 Tabs, Kim talks with real estate entrepreneur, coach, and educator Tina Beliveau about the long journey of learning to trust your intuition. Tina’s life has been shaped by dramatic turning points. After struggling through painful teenage years and addiction, she got sober at 17 and began the lifelong work of understanding h...

10,000 Tabs is a podcast about career change, reinvention, and what happens when life no longer fits the way it used to. Each episode explores the moments when something shifts—when the version of life or work that once made sense no longer fits, and the next chapter hasn’t fully revealed itself yet. Through candid conversations with founders, creatives, leaders, and everyday people, the show expl...

What happens when the thing you’re “supposed” to build stops fitting the life you actually want? In this episode of 10,000 Tabs, Kim talks with photographer and writer Rachel Larsen Weaver about the subtle shifts that change the direction of our work—and our lives. Rachel began her career as a high school English teacher before picking up a camera while raising young children and writing a blog. W...

This is 10,000 Tabs. A show about how people navigate change when the path forward isn’t obvious.   Every other week, I sit down with someone who has navigated one of those moments — a pivot, a realization, a reinvention, or simply a quiet internal shift that changed how they live or work.   These aren’t career retrospectives. They’re not business playbooks. And they’re definitely not promotional...

On the first full-length episode of 10,000 Tabs, host Kim Wensel invites her long-time designer, creative collaborator, and friend, Shauna Haider to be the interviewer.  Together they unpack the many iterations of Kim’s career—from international development work and corporate consulting to entrepreneurship, community building, and storytelling—and the moments that forced her to rethink the version...

⏱️ This is the last episode of Why Is Nobody Talking About This? After a decade in business and seven years behind a microphone, Kim realized something important: the parts of podcasting she loves are centered around a conversation. Sitting across from someone else, questioning, relating, and reacting in real time is something she could do all day long. And once you realize something this big, you...

We talk a lot about strategy, confidence, and visibility, but far less about the one skill that quietly determines how all of those things actually play out: clear, human communication. Get ready for story time. In this episode Kim shares a hilariously uncomfortable personal experience that turned into an unexpected lesson about self-advocacy, assumptions, and the cost of not saying what we mean. ...

In this episode, Kim speaks directly to small business owners and founders who are navigating uncertain times, questioning their role as leaders, and wondering how to use their voice publicly to share their values. She explores the tension many business owners feel between wanting to take a stand and shifting their entire approach to activism. If you’ve been feeling pressure to respond perfectly,...

Call for podcast guests! If you’re someone who has experienced a meaningful shift, pivot, or reckoning—and you’re comfortable speaking honestly about the messy middle—you may be a future guest. Reach out at Instagram and LinkedIn Kim's Website

Before we get to the show notes, we've got an ask. If you've listened to the show, please consider giving it a rating and review in Apple Podcasts. This supports the work that goes into this show and helps attract more opportunities for visibility, growth, and content. Now onto the show...   In the final episode of 2025, Kim hit record with ten hours left on the clock. She's putting words to the f...

Most of us don’t avoid humor because we don’t have it—we avoid it because we’re afraid of how we’ll come across. In this live conversation, Kim sits down with journalist, producer, and Gold Comedy founder Lynn Harris to talk about why comedy isn’t reserved for performers, and why “being funny” isn’t a personality trait—it’s a practice. Together they unpack humor as a tool for connection, trust, an...

Ideas people are tweakers. We keep going back to things that are far from perfect and abandon things that are technically better. But is this necessary? In this episode, Kim unpacks a deceptively simple insight drawn from everyday life: people don’t stay loyal because something is exceptional once; they stay because it’s consistent. Using an everyday story that nearly anyone can relate to, she exp...

Somewhere along the way, founders were taught to ask “is this scalable?” before they ask whether something is worth making at all. In this episode, Kim pushes back on the pressure to build like a venture-backed startup. She unpacks the beliefs that keep smart, capable entrepreneurs stuck in planning mode, the growth advice that’s flattening good ideas, and why starting small and not as polished as...