Happenstance

As we approach the end of 2023 there's no better time to dive into preparing for performance reviews, evaluating career goals, and looking at the opportunities that lay ahead. Tiffany Uman is a globally recognized Career Strategy Coach and Workplace Expert. She is a former Senior Director at L'Oreal, where she achieved 7 promotions in under 10 years. She now empowers high-achievers to be...

Sabine Gedeon is the Founder of SheLeads Network and host of the top-rated podcast, She Leads Now, focused on women in leadership and business. With nearly 20 years’ experience centered around helping others advance in their professional and personal environments, Sabine has helped clients in start-ups and Fortune 500 companies grow and develop, by breaking through their own mental limits, elevati...

A Happenstance keyword search on LinkedIn that led to so much more. let's see where Happenstance takes us... Marianne Matarese is a Career Development Lead at Indeed.com and a Career Coach at Green with Purpose Coaching.  Marianne supports job seekers in getting started, building their networks, and crafting their job search strategy. Just this past year, she created the first Career Developm...

From a career in social work to  career coaching and entrepreneurship, Kelsey Wat is on a mission to take back Mondays. It's not just about infusing positivity into your Mondays, it's also about finding careers and opportunities that make Mondays better.  let's see where happenstance take us... Kelsey Wat is a career coach and the founder of TGIM Careers, a career consulting agency...

The perfect blend of magic, luck, and the love of hosting, cooking, and pouring others drink led to The Aperitivo Society. Grab a drink or a snack and settle in for this happenstance story Meet Maria, Host of The Aperitivo Society Maria created The Aperitivo Society after her first year living in Boston as a way to meet new people an expand her community while doing what she loves - hosting, cooki...

Taking over the world with tiny trees... Tim Arsenault is the founder of Bonsai Bar, a pop-up bonsai workshop held a breweries. As a self identified,  serial hobbyist,  Tim says "I get really into all sorts of weird hobbies that I find fascinating. Just to name ones that start with “B”, I’m into Birding, Boardgames, Baking and Bonsai.  My interest was first piqued by the bonsai collection at...

From a career in education and teaching to freelance graphic designing and working on a graphic design story while traveling Nasrin Jafari's steps into print design and other creative endeavors came to a halt in 2020.  From there she began printing her designs on fabric, making masks during the pandemic and figuring out how to create, package, and sell a product. From there Nasrin began to ex...

Emily June Wilcox is a crystal loving, coffee drinking, money healer and business mentor. Emily’s mission is to uplevel the planet through helping women heal their money wounds and build significant wealth – which allows women to act from purpose & passion instead of obedience & obligation. While building three 6 and 7-figure businesses (e-com, agency, and coaching), Emily decided to ditch...

How do we change the world? Josh Clifford is starting with Free Water. Josh's career didn't start with selling ads on the side of bottles to establish his brand FreeWater. A journey that includes traveling the world, a dislike of taxis and conversation with his mom have let to both Free Water and his ultimate goal of creating the world’s first free supermarket in which all the products a...

So many happenstance moments come from stepping out side of our comfort zones, embracing adventure, and pushing past fear. Other happenstance moment come from being in the right place at the right time and having the right person say "can you help with this?" Today on Happenstance, Berta Medina shares all of these happenstance stories and so much more. Let's see where Happenstance t...

Things will get better as long as you keep moving forwards - this is sentiment behind Sarah Ihori's mission. Through coaching, building community, and sharing insights through content and blogs Sarah is passionate about helping people on their journey to well-being. Her personal experiences with self-love, boundaries, and resilience have led her to create Moving Fourwords LLC. Her  journey to...

Forging new paths, navigating burn out, and seeking alignment is just part of Nicole Connor's story. On this episode of Happenstance we learn about Nicole's journey reconnecting with her true self, the moments that lead to the creation of The Grand Rising Experience and how we can all take small steps to become more in touch with our own intuition. About Nicole: Nicole Connor: Quantum In...

A solo mini episode with Happenstance Host, Cassie looking at the energy that comes with a new school year, the start of fall, Q4 goal setting and a quick chat about the value of connection. let's see where Happenstance takes us... Let's Connect: @HappenstanceThePodcast @CareerCoachCassie Happenstance the Playlist

Behind the scenes of a content creator's journey. Working a 9-5, reaching out to brands, navigating the self doubt, we cover it all in this episode of Happenstance with Stephanie Yamilett. Let's see where Happenstance takes us... Stephanie Yamilett is a content creator based in Florida, growing up using social media 24/7 to later find a career out of it is such a surreal feeling — now th...

Making little pivots along the way.  Allowing opportunity and interests to lead to the next career move.   Knowing that a different choice wouldn't have been better, it just would have been different.  Gwen Bortner embodies all of this an so much more. Her happenstance stories are all about  Navigating the unexpected turns and shifting paths Rediscovering a love of teaching  Turning hobbies i...

From editing resumes for $5 to becoming a renounced career coach for top talent in Silicon Valley, Dr. Kyle Elliot took his side hustle to  a multi-six-figure high tech career and executive coaching practice. We dive into Kyle's background, his best advice for job seekers, and share all of the Happenstance moments along the way. Let's see where happenstance takes us... Dr. Kyle Elliott i...

A combination of passions, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the desire to create change in the world has led to the creation of Canned Goods Clothing. Easton Dana is a university student with a mission to end plastic waste. He started the anti-plastic apparel brand, Canned Goods, in high school and has grown his movement to over 150k social media followers. When he is not working on his brand he is...

From a career in print journalism to PR, Tonya Kubo has navigated multiple career changes as world of media, social media, and online engagement has changes and grown. With an openness, curiosity, and interest in how we learn from each other in online spaces Tonya has leaned into these changes and became an entrepreneur along the way. This episode dives into how our world have both grown and becom...

What started as an idea in Rob's Iphone notes has become a 7+ year full time job. On this episode of Happenstance Cassie and Rob dive into the background behind the Robs 10K Friends project, how social media has changed, and the cycles of confidence and doubt in entrepreneurship but also in life. let's see where happenstance takes us... Rob Lawless is on a mission to spend 1 hour, 1:1, w...

Lisa Sakai is a Financial Consultant who works with clients on Bucket List Acceleration and getting to live the life they want now. As the co-founder of One Vision Retirement, she has been working with clients across the country for over 12 years. Lisa's advice provides easy to understand, logical steps and exercises that people can take action on right away. www.onevisionretire.com www.onevi...

Magically Kellie joins us as the first returning Happenstance guest. During Kellies first Happenstance episode (ep. 18 Everyday Magic) we said that the next time I was in Florida we would record and episode at Disney on the hub grass and that's exactly what we did. Enjoy the sounds of Disney as we get an update from Magically Kellie about the last year doing what makes her happy. Disney lovin...

A coffee roastery, community involvement, and serving of happenstance is on the menu today. A simple search of Happenstance on instagram led Cassie to find Happenstance Bakery & Coffee Roastery. This episode is all about happenstance but the name and the moments and the value of figuring things out along the way. Today's guest Ian has a diverse range of passions and expertise. As a user e...

Jenn Smith's professional roots are grounded deep within corporate America. Her progressive, global HR leadership experience spans 15+ years across multiple industries, including Fortune 200 companies. Now, as the founder of Flourish Careers, Jenn is a on a mission to support heart-based, career-minded professionals navigate the changing world of work by resetting boundaries and igniting acti...

Tina Kadish is a Business Coach, Author and Speaker and is the owner of “From Job to Joy”. With over 20 years of experience in the corporate world as a Training & Development Specialist and Talent Acquisition herself, she brings a plethora of experience in various industries. Tina’s mission is to impact women’s lives by helping them live with joy, fulfillment, and freedom. Through proven metho...

Constant curiosity and the knowing that you were made for something bigger are the center points for today's episode with Sabrina Victoria. Sabrina Victoria is an entrepreneur at heart. Her company, Human Better 365 is the catalyst behind her community; Her Nation. She focuses on building confidence, finding your voice and stepping into the REAL you. Sabrina works closely with solopreneurs wh...