The Career Change Podcast

Most people over 40 make their career change much harder than it needs to be. They believe it has to be a matter of all or nothing. That they only get one chance (so they'd better get it right, or they'll fail in public! ). Or they're (still) waiting to "feel ready" to take any action whatsoever. As a result, they are exhausted before they even start.  In a world of work t...

What if your real career problem is not your current profession or career — but rather your day-to-day experience of working for someone else (as an employee)? For a number of professionals over 40, just changing careers and getting a job in that new career is not going to solve the problem. It might even make it worse. In this episode you'll discover the difference between your work SUBJECT...

Do your career change options feel limited as a professional over 40? Hit play to discover why the problem isn't a lack of options — it's that you are only allowing yourself to explore 10% of them! Learn why your brain is actively keeping you stuck in that "10% Professional Silo" and why defaulting to "what am I qualified for?" is blocking out your most meaningful and...

Changing careers or starting your own business after 35 can seem hard. But do you know what's also hard?! Staying stuck in a career you hate or no longer enjoy is hard. Working on someone else's dream instead of your own is hard. Deciding what problems are worth having (as well as what you no longer want to tolerate) is what this episode is all about!

Do you tend to (endlessly) overthink your career change, but never get any solid clarity about it?   Keep noticing (and worrying about!) problems and risks with your new business or career idea, instead of taking action and making it happen? Then you are stuck in The Overthinker's Negativity Trap!  Hit play to learn WHY you keep falling into this trap and HOW you can avoid or escape it - Both...

Want to discover the portfolio career strategy I use with career change clients who "can't just risk it all"?   Are you a professional over 35 with proven skills and experience?  Then you are a perfect candidate for NOT risking it all, especially financially! Instead of regarding your background as shackling you to the one job you hate, you can learn to turn it into a financial laun...

Who is your who? Figuring out who you most want to work with in your new career or business is key. Especially if you feel overwhelmed by too many career change ideas or you keep overthinking the few you do have (and then talk yourself out of them!).  Hit play to discover how getting clear on their WHO was aha-moment-inducing for two of Rikke's clients - Both professionals over 35 who were co...

Would you love to start your own business, but worry that your age (over 40-ish) and career history will work against you? Hit play to have your assumptions challenged and your career change options increased!  As opposed to what you might think when you scroll through Instagram or listen to (another) hip, intimidating, 20-something start-up founder, the reality is the older you get (up until the...

What do YOU tend to worry about the most?  The risks of changing careers or starting your own business?  Or the risks of staying stuck in that career or job you no longer enjoy?  Most professionals over 35 completely OVERESTIMATE the (imagined) risks of changing careers and starting their own business - All whilst completely UNDERESTIMATING (or even ignoring) the (very real) risks of staying stuck...

Do you think starting a business is unrealistic for you (as someone who needs a paycheque)? Then you are likely taking advice from people who don't have a proven track record of helping people like you! Many professionals over 35 are buying into the myth that changing careers has to be a matter of "all or nothing." So they (and maybe you?) do...nothing.  Let's change that!  I&a...

Whether you feel curious or scared by the (many!) changes happening in the world of work depends on HOW you choose to think about them. Would you like to go from being intimidated or overwhelmed to feeling excited and open-minded? Hit play to discover TWO powerful mindset shifts I recommend making right now! Worried about being seen as a newbie if you change careers or start a business after 35? W...

Are you feeling overworked and undervalued at work? Losing confidence in yourself and your skills? Starting to wonder if you even have any viable career change options or the ability to start your own company? Then you might be stuck in a "Safe Pair Of Hands" job trap - Let's get you out of there (without risking it all or throwing it all away!).  I often get emails from listeners a...

Are you an aspiring career changer over 35? Worried about having to start from scratch again?  Hit play to discover the biggest advantage you have as someone who's got more than one or two+ decades of experience in the working world!  We'll talk about why you never have to go empty-handed into what's next, how to avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater when leaving a professi...

Perfectionists give up earlier and more easily! Have you noticed? I almost (cheekily;) called this new episode: "Why Perfectionists Give Up On Their Career Change Earlier On Than Others" ​Or "How (Toxic) Perfectionism Can Ruin Your Chances Of Ever Launching Your Own Business" No kidding - This is so important to talk about. Here's why: Do you identify as a self-oriented pe...

Ever heard of Stockholm Syndrome?  What if I told you a similar thing occurs amongst a big number of professionals over 35 who know they really ought to get going with that career change...BUT they just can't seem to leave that job/boss they hate so much behind?! ​ Yep - Job Stockholm Syndrome is a thing and this episode is all about how to assess a highly toxic situation like that (IF that&a...

Do you feel torn between staying put in the job/career you don't enjoy ("not risky"!) OR making a big career change ("risky"!)?  If so, then you are likely still stuck (in that job/career you don't enjoy)! Why? Because approaching your career change in such dramatic "Black and white"/"All or nothing" terms is frankly limiting your options. You are...

If you've always worked for someone else then you are likely sabotaging your career change without even realizing it! That's because you might have developed what I call the "Employee Mindset." And it's really important to be aware of how that might negatively impact how you think about what opportunities are/aren't available to you as a career changer over 35 - Wheth...

Are you (still) trying to find that one perfect idea, so you can (finally!) change careers or start that business?  Have you (already) spent years down the rabbit hole of idea hunting? Hoping to find or (somehow?) come across THE perfect one IF you just keep looking for long enough?  If that strategy hasn't worked for you so far, then why do you keep looking?  I bet you even feel anxious and...

Have you fallen into a procrastination-shaped hole with your career change or business plans?       I've noticed a real tendency amongst aspiring career changers over 35 who put their career change on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic over 3 years ago: They  are STILL  stuck in careers or jobs they hate and STILL not creating a career or business to look forward to instead.  Groundhog Day, an...

Do you keep overwhelming yourself with too many career change ideas? Or overthinking the few you have until you kill them off or end up in analysis paralysis? Then hit play on this episode right away! Are you stuck in your career change process? Or not moving forward with starting your own business? Then you are not making enough decisions or experimenting (frequently) enough - Yep! But don't...

What if you were ALREADY in your worst case scenario? What if you stopped wasting so much time and energy on distracting yourself with what might or might not happen if you were you to change careers or start that business? What if you focused A LOT MORE on creating your BEST case scenario instead?  You'll never view your career change experience the same way after you've listened to thi...

Are you worried about failing and regretting it IF you were to change careers or start that business? But are you also stuck in a  career or job you don't/no longer enjoy?  Then this episode will help you get unstuck! Hit play to discover what the biggest regret of career changers is and how you can actively decide what regrets you DON'T want to have - Both in the near future AND at the...

Would you love to start your own business but can’t just “quit your job and go all in from day one”? Wonder if you are even cut out to join the entrepreneurial ranks when you can’t just “risk it all”? (like you are repeatedly being told to do by successful start-up founders over on Twitter🙄). Don’t worry – You have other (more realistic) options when it comes to starting your own business after 3...

Do you hate blowing your own trumpet or tooting your own horn? Feel like a sleazy second hand car sales person the moment you start “selling yourself?” Hit play on this podcast episode to discover a whole new way of thinking about selling – One that will help you go from self-promoter to value provider because you understand why selling is NOT about you.  Yep – It’s absolutely possible to "se...

Are you still stuck in the job you want to leave because you keep getting in your own way?  If you've been wanting to change careers or start your own business for years, but it still hasn't happened - It's time to identify your career change kryptonite!  What are you most consistently spending your time and resources on (outside of non-negotiable work/life commitments)?  What are ...