Get A Shift On: Healthcare Career Change and Business Stories

What if the life you want has nothing to do with building a bigger business and everything to do with thinking differently? In this episode of Get A Shift On , David Birchmore speaks with entrepreneur and solopreneur mentor Moe Choice , who has built 12 businesses and now helps people create genuine independence through business ownership. Together they explore why so many people stay stuck, how f...

It's Mental Health Awareness Week. And one of the most under talked tools for managing stress, anxiety and mental well-being isn't medication, therapy or a morning routine. According to sex and relationship coach Gemma Nice, it starts a lot closer to home. Gemma Nice is back for part two. Multi-award-winning founder of The Relationship Coach, former veterinary nurse of 19 years, and someon...

Most healthcare professionals assume the skills they built in clinical practice are only useful in clinical practice. Matt Vigar spent 18 years at Elekta, went from therapy radiographer to Vice President, and is now building his own health tech startup from Seoul. His story is proof that what you learn at the bedside, in the planning room, and on the treatment machine travels a very long way. Matt...

Relationship breakdown rarely starts with a single event. It starts with communication that just stops, busy schedules, late nights, devices, and two people living alongside each other without actually connecting. Gemma Nice is a multi-award-winning sex and relationship coach, founder of The Relationship Coach, and someone who rebuilt her own 25-year relationship from near-breakdown. She left a 19...

Most healthcare professionals who leave do so after years in clinical practice. Tiarnan McKeever decided during medical school that he wasn't going. He finished the degree, got the letters, and used them to build something else entirely. Tiarnan is a qualified doctor and founder of KE Socials, a digital marketing agency that works exclusively with healthcare businesses — private clinics, docto...

Most doctors and healthcare professionals are brilliant at their job. They're invisible online. That gap is costing them opportunities they don't even know exist. In this episode of Get A Shift On, David Birchmore speaks with Souad Menif — 4th year dental student, founder of Medica Ink, and LinkedIn ghostwriter and strategist for healthcare professionals and doctor-founders — about why cli...

Most workplace problems aren’t motivation problems. They’re communication problems. In this episode of Get A Shift On , David Birchmore speaks with communication strategist, LinkedIn trainer and podcast host Graham Coath about why organisations repeatedly misdiagnose the real issue inside teams. From NHS-style hierarchy and structured communication to the messy reality of business, leadership and...

What actually happens when a doctor realises the career they trained for no longer fits the life they want? In Episode 43 of Get A Shift On, David Birchmore sits down with Dr Luke Mitchell, a former clinician who stepped away from medicine and rebuilt his career as a financial planner. This is one of the podcast’s most direct conversations about healthcare career change, identity, and the financia...

What does it really look like to rebuild your confidence, career, and identity after a business collapses? In this episode of Get A Shift On , David Birchmore welcomes back entrepreneur and marketing consultant Ben Walton for a brutally honest conversation about portfolio careers, freelancing after failure, side projects, and finding purpose beyond traditional job titles. After nine years running...

You can be winning on paper and still feel completely lost underneath. In Episode 41 of Get A Shift On , I’m joined by Farran Turner , former enterprise technology sales high performer turned Life & Performance Coach , now helping “corporate misfits” in target-driven roles rebuild a life that actually fits them. Farran opens up about chasing the next role, the next pay rise, the next shiny thi...

Most career change stories skip the hard bit. This one doesn’t. In this episode of Get A Shift On , I’m joined by Kevin Matthew, a former secondary school teacher, university lecturer, and education entrepreneur who went on to build multiple businesses across e-commerce, property, and digital travel … and then hit a point where it all nearly collapsed. Kevin’s journey spans education, health, entr...

AI isn’t coming for your job tomorrow. But the career you’re relying on might not exist in the same way five years from now. In this solo episode of Get A Shift On , I break down what’s really happening as AI, automation and restructuring quietly reshape the job market , and why this moment is the smartest time in decades to build leverage, not panic. I examine: Why AI disruption doesn’t mean mass...

Redundancy has a way of stripping everything back,identity, confidence, purpose. In this episode, former detective and corporate security leader Willie Nicol shares how losing his job became the turning point that forced him to change his mindset, rebuild his life, and find real fulfilment. After 31 years in the police and seven years in corporate security, Willie was made redundant after “working...

What happens when you lose it all, the business, the money, the confidence,and have to start again? Ben Walton knows. After nine years running restaurants in London, he shut the doors for good, moved to Brighton with newborn twins, and faced the reality of feeding his family with no business left to run. In this episode, Ben opens up about rebuilding from scratch, from losing friends’ money to fin...

Are you an ambitious UK business owner juggling bookkeeping, tax bills and cash-flow stress? In this episode of Get A Shift On , we’ll fast-track you from financial chaos to clarity, giving you control and confidence as you grow. In this episode of I sit down with Chartered Accountant and Root2Growth founder Rayanne Armand as she shares real-world steps for small business owners and career-changer...

What happens when a paramedic on the brink of burnout rebuilds his life, and turns his healing into a global podcast reaching 10 million listeners ? In this powerful episode of Get a Shift On , host David Birchmore talks with Martin Hewlett , certified clinical hypnotherapist and creator of the chart-topping Calming Anxiety Podcast . Together, they unpack how Martin transformed PTSD and emotional...

When psychotherapist Amanda Hitchin lost her job during the pandemic, she didn’t just face redundancy, she faced an identity crisis. After 16 years in education and leadership roles, Amanda’s world suddenly stopped. But that shock became the springboard for something extraordinary: founding Colchester Children’s Counselling , hosting The New Therapist in Town podcast, and earning a spot in the UK’...

"I thought leaving corporate meant losing everything — money, identity, even stability. Turns out, it was the start of finding myself again."In this episode, I talk with Doris Walsh , founder of Happy Bunny Coaching , about what really happens after you walk away from a twenty-year corporate career. Doris shares her story of voluntary redundancy during COVID, uprooting her family to Gree...

What happens when a kid from Armagh, told he wasn’t good enough, ends up kicking Exeter Chiefs to Premiership glory, and then has to start all over again after retirement? Gareth Steenson, better known as Steeno , spent 18 years in professional rugby, from his early days in Ulster to becoming the Chiefs’ reliable No.10 during their rise to the very top of English rugby. In this episode I sit down...

What happens when a former international journalist swapsfrozen peas, Russian winters, and breaking news… for villains, audiobooks, andcorporate commercials? James Brown swapped the newsroom for the booth and built a thriving voice over business from scratch in his Devon studio. In this episode, he reveals the unfiltered truth about starting a creative business later in life, the wins, the mistake...

Feeling stuck in a well-paid job you’ve outgrown? This week I share my own , unfiltered journey, from NHS radiographer to small businesses, to show how tiny steps make big shifts. In this week’s episode, I sit down with myself ( David Birchmore) for a solo “Just Me” conversation on identity, reinvention, and what it really takes to build a life you want. I cover my path from radiographer in the NH...

From corporate life and a café to pet portraits and menopause coaching, Andrea Clare rebuilt on her own terms. This is a practical, human conversation about career change, creativity, and midlife support. In this week’s episode, I sit down with Andrea Clare - The Creative Pause Coach - who spent 20 years in the corporate world, raised a family, owned a café, and then rediscovered art at 57.  After...

Shouting into the void on socials? Heidi Medina shows how conversation-first beats algorithms and drives real career change and success. In this week’s episode, I sit down with Heidi Medina, a 35+ year, 5X entrepreneur and social selling strategist who’s helped 350+ service providers and coaches spark intentional online conversations that connect and sell, without the awkward pitch.  Now based in...

Made redundant and launched a business the very next day, Aleyx Ward doesn’t wait for permission. In this lively episode she shows how story, not jargon, powers real career change. In this week’s episode, I sit down with Aleyx Ward, brand storyteller, consultant and host of “Naked at the Top.” Known for turning complex B2B ideas into messages people actually want to hear, she helps founders and le...

What happens when a global product lead swaps drum kits for defence? Jules Tabberer shares the real, messy truth about career change, purpose, and saying yes to risk. In this week’s episode, I sit down with Jules Tabberer, a global product manager who spent 13 years at Roland before making a bold changet from music to defence. Now in the Met Office’s Defence team and serving as an RAF Reservist, J...