The Big Life Pivot

What happens when the career you've spent 20 years building no longer feels like the life you're meant to be living? In this episode of The Big Life Pivot, Ursula sits down with Alex Hussey, who spent two decades working in advertising and media before making a remarkable transition into ministry and becoming a vicar. What began as a quiet feeling of dissatisfaction—a recurring middle-of-the-night...

In this episode of The Big Life Pivot, Ursula speaks with Jim de Zoete, a creative consultant with a background in advertising, broadcast, film and agency leadership. After decades in full-time creative roles — from copywriter to executive creative director — Jim found himself facing a transition he hadn’t chosen: redundancy from an agency he had helped lead and deeply cared about. What followed w...

In this episode of The Big Life Pivot, Ursula speaks with Jac Godfrey about leaving a successful legal career and stepping into a very different way of living and working through yoga. Jac’s story is not one of dramatic escape or sudden transformation. She loved the legal profession and built a meaningful career within it. But over time, something shifted. As the profession changed around her, the...

In this episode of The Big Life Pivot, Ursula Capell is joined by Ben Scoggins, outgoing CEO of Organic, to explore what happens when a quiet inner niggle grows too loud to ignore. Ben shares the story of leaving a successful London career in advertising and marketing to move to Devon with his wife and young family, in search of a life that felt more aligned. Together, Ursula and Ben talk about an...

Welcome to The Big Life Pivot, hosted by coach and consultant Ursula Capell. This podcast explores the strange, wobbly space of transformation - that moment when the version of you that used to fit no longer feels quite right, but who you’re becoming isn’t fully clear yet. From the outside, everything might look fine. But inside there’s a quiet nudge: something feels off. In each episode, Ursula s...

Episode Description What if the life you’re living… isn’t one you consciously chose? In this founding episode of The Big Life Pivot, Ursula sits down with Adelynne Chao for an honest, thought-provoking conversation about desire, identity and the quiet courage required to redesign your life. From growing up between cultures to building a career that looked “perfect on paper,” Adelynne shares what i...