Chart Your Career

Heidi and Ellen begin by talking about recent movies and shows they have seen including,  Somebody Somewhere  with Bridgett Everett ( 2:03 );  After Life  with Ricky Gervais ( 4:22  ); and the new season of  Billions  ( 6:26 ). They then take questions from Autumn and Cece.  Autumn has recently done a deep dive into her writing. but needs to find ways to make money.  She was a nurse for many years...

In this episode, Heidi and Ellen engage in a deep and beautiful conversation with Adriana Rizzolo.  Adriana  is a spiritual guide and mentor, somatic healing, meditation teacher, sex and pleasure educator, embodiment and intimacy coach, transformational speaker, podcast host, and soon-to-be author. She has ignited a body and heart-based healing movement called Body Temple, that supports people wor...

Heidi and Ellen welcome Aquarius, the sign of the humanitarian, group work, community, creativity, problem-solving, and progress. During this month we shake things up and ask ourselves to wake up in new ways. We share and distribute what we know in order to improve conditions for all. Ellen and Heidi begin the conversation talking about what it feels like to be an Aquarian ( 00:58 ), they review t...

Ellen and Heidi talk about their quiet entry into 2022 (going to the movies in the middle of the day!) and the shows they have been watching including: 'Station Eleven'; '14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible'; 'Killing Eve'; and 'Queer Eye' (00:40). They then take questions from Laurel and Mel. Laurel has been a social worker for the past 10 years. She is ready to shake things up, though transitions ma...

Heidi and Ellen celebrate their 50th episode and the new year! They talk to Jay and Hala. Jay has been an educator for the past 10 years and is ready for a new and creative venture. She is thinking about doing voice overs or therapeutic singing. She wonders if this is consistent with her chart. Hala is a visual artist. She has had a difficult road but is on a healing path. She wants to put her art...

On this winter solstice day, Heidi and Ellen welcome the sign of Capricorn.  There is something quite silent and sacred about Capricorn. Yes, it rules our plans and our work and our purposeful living, but it also has to do with soulful living. It asks us to check in about the mountain we are currently climbing, making sure we are climbing at a pace that serves us, and also making sure that we are...

Heidi and Ellen are in conversation with Jolie Kobrinsky. Jolie is a great example of how we can be and do many things over the course of a lifetime. Jolie started her career producing indie films and acting in both movies and television. A serendipitous set of circumstances opened the door for her to radically switch careers and to start teaching fitness and health. Jolie has been at the forefron...

Heidi and Ellen talk to Marquisha and Mary. Marquisha is a professor. She is a planner and likes to think about the future. She has some expansive ideas and wonders if she should go all out or build more locally and slowly. Mary has had a long and winding path to get to event planning and then to floral design. She recently moved across the country for a great job opportunity that did not pan out....

Heidi and Ellen talk to Toland and Kirsten. Toland has recently started a  coaching business. So far she has just had friends and family as clients. She finds she is procrastinating about the next hard steps and wonders how to break through the logjam.  Kirsten has a human resources job that she hates and has a dream to open a wedding venue in the woods. While she has taken steps to make the weddi...

As we leave the deep waters of Scorpio, Heidi and Ellen welcome the fiery sign of Sagittarius. This is a month of vision. We set goals. We seek out and offer inspiration. We feel fiery and passionate and enlivened. We feel the wind beneath our wings. Ellen and Heidi also talk about the many creative people that have birthdays this month, including Taylor Swift, Emily Dickinson, Mary Queen of Scots...

Heidi and Ellen are honored to interview Rachel Goodwin. Rachel is a make-up artist extraordinaire, who has spent the better part of her adult life working in the world of fashion and beauty. She has painted the faces of some of the world's most talented and beautiful women including Emma Stone, Natalie Portman, Selma Blair, Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, January Jones,...

Heidi and Ellen talk to Kim and Barbara. Kim is in school for counseling and, at the same time, is feeling very drawn to full-time motherhood. She wonders if the time is right to take that big step. Barbara too is at a crossroads. For the past 23 years, she has been a musician, a career that she never loved, and has recently decided to leave that behind. She is having a hard time finding something...

Heidi and Ellen get back together after almost a month apart! They diverge from their usual format to share stories and catch up and talk about where they have been and where they are going.

Heidi and Ellen talk to Jenna and Adan.   Jenna is currently a student midwife working at a birth center and also works part-time at her local food co-op. She loves both jobs but is wondering if it's time to let go of the job at the co-op.   Adan has long worked for a locally-owned outdoors shop as the Operations Manager. His dream was to buy the shop one day, but that is seeming less and less lik...

Heidi and Ellen welcome the sign of Scorpio, the season of depth and healing. It is a time of tenacity and research. We don't give up. We don't give in. We rise to the occasion. We name what ails us and shed skins. We claim our inner power and wield it well.   Ellen and Heidi talk about some big Scorpio birthdays, and do a deep dive into the chart of the beloved folk artist, Joni Mitchell ( her su...

Heidi and Ellen are thrilled to interview Kate Spencer. Kate is the co-host of the award-winning and beloved podcast, ' Forever 35 '. Her memoir, ' The Dead Moms Club' , was released in 2017. Her first novel, ' In a New York Minute ', is out in March 2022 (you can pre order!). She currently co-writes the InStyle.com  column ' The New Age' about beauty and skincare for women over 40. Ellen, Heidi a...

Heidi and Ellen talk to Alyssa and Brynnen. Alyssa got a master's degree in puppetry and is looking for a job in a creative field. Since the pandemic and the disappearance of live events, it has been hard to find something in the areas she loves. She is feeling a bit lost and hopeless. Similarly, Brynnen has found the last year to be a stressful and unknowing time.  She has previously designed the...

Heidi and Ellen are thrilled to interview Theresa Reed (aka "The Tarot Lady"). Theresa has worked as a full-time Tarot card reader for 30 years. She is the author of many books, including ' The Tarot Coloring Book, an illustrated tour through the world of Tarot ' ', ' Astrology For Real Life (A No B.S. Guide for the Astro-Curious) ', as well as a recently released  tarot deck called ' Tarot for Ki...

On this day of the autumnal equinox, Heidi and Ellen welcome Libra, the season of diplomacy, harmony and balance. This is a sign of collaboration and potent relationship. In Libra, we are invited to cooperate and reach out. We are meant to find a way to work together. And sometimes the best way to start that process is to throw a beautiful party in true Libra fashion and introduce all your fabulou...

Heidi and Ellen talk to Emma and Megan.  Emma is about to embark on a big shift. She is leaving a career in marketing and starting a masters in clinical mental health.  She wonders how to best find success in this new life stage.  Megan is a school counselor and a mom and takes care of a lot of people. She feels drained by all the needs she has to answer to.  She senses big changes in store for he...

Heidi and Ellen talk to Jennifer and Logan.  Jennifer is in the midst of a major career change.  After many years in advertising she has switched to real estate.  While she loves the flexibility and potential of her new job, she is not happy working nights and weekends and the fact that she has no benefits.  She wonders if she should give it more time. Logan is a marriage and family therapist. She...

Heidi and Ellen talk to Hayley and Kelly.  Hayley is an engineer and as a side gig loves buying, selling and renovating houses.  She just got a new job that involves a possible relocation and potentially a house purchase. She wonders if this is a good time to move and grab this opportunity. Kelly is at a moment when everything in her life feels in upheaval.  She recently had a second baby and is a...

Heidi and Ellen welcome Virgo, the sign of early, devoted practicality. Virgo carries the editorial eye and has a great interest in improving the health and wellbeing of herself, her friends and her business. Virgo uses her great power of discrimination and discernment to carve out the precise work she is meant to do. It's the sign we associate with getting back to work, going back to school, and...

Heidi and Ellen are in conversation with Laurie Wagner, a Bay Area writer and writing teacher. Laurie's focus over the last 20 years has been Wild Writing, a super creative, loose writing practice that helps people get out of their heads and into the more intuitive, instinctual sound of their own voice. We look at three big moments in Laurie's life, and deep dive into what was happening at that ti...

Heidi and Ellen talk to Keriann and Michelle. Keriann started working for herself during the pandemic.  While she loves the freedom and creativity of self-employment, she worries about money and her financial future. She wonders how long it will take for this new venture to truly blossom. Michelle finds herself in a constant cyclical work state. The moment she starts to master what she is doing, s...