The Career Changers

Ready to learn the secret to landing your ideal job right after college? Tune in as we have a candid chat with Beth Hendler-Grunt, the founder and president of Next Great Step. Beth, who started her career journey in sales and telecom, then worked as a consultant for Fortune 500 companies, has plenty of wisdom to share. We delve into her life story, from her childhood ballet dreams to the mentors...

Our guest today is Elinor Moshe, The Construction Coach founder and author of the best sellers Constructing Your Career, Leadership in Construction, and Young Guns. Elinor is guiding, inspiring, and directing industry professionals and future leaders in the construction industry.  Today she is here to inspire you with her career journey and discuss how to build a career in construction.   From nav...

Discover the power of transferable skills with our guest, Asha Aravindakshan, an accomplished author, speaker, and tech executive. Asha, the creative mind behind the book "Skills: The common denominator", navigates us through her inspiring career journey. From her first job to her current leadership role, she shares her unique experiences. She enlightens us on how recognizing and applyin...

Our guest today is Katrina Foe, Pilates instructor, and certified Metabolic Approach to Cancer practitioner.  She has trained over 1,000 Pilates instructors worldwide and also works with women who have cancer or have had cancer, helping them address the root cause and prevent it from returning. Katrina was able to successfully address her own cancer 100% naturally, and she is board certified in ho...

Our guest today is Virginia Peterson, a nurse who couldn’t find a comfortable bra to wear for a 12-hour shift, so she designed her own.  SWOOP is now in year 4 and continues to provide nurses, health care workers, and busy women the support they need….Literally + figuratively!   Today she is here to share her experience and share with you: —  How nursing inspired her to start a business —  Not let...

In this episode, we are meeting Alison Hall, life and business coach, public accountant, tax planner, and certified divorce planning professional. Alison reinvented herself to become her own happy boss after 25 years of building a conventionally successful corporate career. She started several lucrative businesses, and for the past 10 years, she has been using her knowledge of finances and in-dept...

In this episode , we are meeting with Lindsay McDonell, cancer coach and author of Your Dance with Cancer: Steps to Maximize Your Chance of Survival. Before that, she had a career as a private detective and interior designer.  Eight years ago, she started her own path of cancer diagnosis . Early after her first diagnosis, she realized how sterile and ostracizing the label of “cancer patient” is, s...

In this episode, we're meeting Rick Bleiweiss - the perfect example of the saying "You're never too old to follow your dreams". In fact, it wasn't until 2022, at the age of 77, that Rick's dream of being a published author was finally made into a reality with the bestselling, award-winning Pignon Scorbion historical mystery series. But before then that Rick had career...

In this episode we're going to talk about career change with Adam Sackett who went from a two-decade career for large banks to opening and owning his own karate school. Find your inspiration in three quotes :  If your aim is to change career you need to have patience. Things aren't going to happen in one day or one week. Have a plan B and C. There is no such thing as wasting time, if you...

Our guest today is Jasmine Katatikarn, Creative Leader for a Fortune 100 company, mother of two, and co-founder/CEO of the Academy of Animated Art, an e-education company for 3D lighting artists that helps people land their dream jobs in major animation studios like DreamWorks and Sony . Find your inspiration in three quotes : Looking back I knew that my passion was in creating things, because I c...

Our guest today is Joe O’Connor, Director & Co-founder of the Work Time Reduction Centre, Ex CEO of 4 Day Week Global, founder of the 4 Day Week Ireland , and career changer himself.  Find  your inspiration in 3 quotes:    The reduced hours working week can be a great contribution towards gender equality. When I started working on the shorter working week, it emerged from a survey that many wo...

Our guest today is Carolyn Buck Luce, author of Epic! The Women’s Power Playbook and one of America’s most respected and accomplished advocates for women. Find  your inspiration in 3 quotes: " I have never felt that my job is what someone else is paying me to do. My job is to become the leader I long to be, at work, at home, and in the world ". " At the end of my 30's, I  was w...

Our guest today is Lindsay Teplesky, Army Veteran & Spouse turned career coach and learning and development specialist.  Together we are going to talk about her military career and career transition, the challenges many faces during a military career transition, and how to find the inspiration to transition to a new life and career.  Support the show Are you looking for more inspiration? Why n...

Our guest today is Jenny Tse, Sipping Streams Tea Company founder, World Tea Expo first prize recipient, and Essence of Tea Podcast host. Sipping Streams Tea Company founder, Jenny Tse, was born in Hong Kong, but raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. She spent her summers selling her mother's vegetables at the local farmer's market and was very active in the local community. Her vision for Sippin...

Our guest today is career changer Shani Jordan Goldman, a registered dietitian, diabetes educator, and Founder of Nutrition Cheat Sheets.  At the age of 30, she stormed out of her first post-undergrad job without any money or idea about what was next and today she is here to talk about her career change story.  Support the show Are you looking for more inspiration? Why not take our ten minutes car...

Our guest today is Dr. George Sachs, a licensed clinical child and adult psychologist, specializing in the treatment of ADD, ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders.  Dr. Sachs is the founder of the Sachs Center, a holistic treatment center for ADHD.  He is also the co-founder and clinical director of Inflow, a science-based app for adults with ADHD.  Dr. Sachs is the author of Helping the Traumatized...

Our guest today is Lily Woi, Executive Leadership Coach and an introvert herself,  is sharing her wisdom on how to become successful as an introvert in an extroverted world.  Lily's Journey “I reshaped my career by 180 when I hit my limit and could not imagine living another day of not achieving my full potential. My journey is serving as an inspiration to many people, from naively letting my...

Our guest today is Mpume Ncube-Daka, who is the Founder & CEO of Change Conversation and corporate-level coach. But before then that… in Mpume Words: “I love change. The only thing I love more than change is change conversations, mostly because of what follows in people’s careers when powerful discussions take place. People grow, they succeed, and ultimately, their lives change. I earned my st...

Change in our careers is aimed at finding a "successfully ever after".  But how do we navigate uncertainties and confusion so that we can head in the right direction?  Chellie Phillips, coach, corporate trainer, motivational speaker, and author of the award-winning books: When In Doubt, Delete It and Get Noticed, Get Hired, has created the “Successfully Ever After” formula designed to la...

Would you life to change your life and the world at the same time but think the two things together are impossible? Are you part of GEN Z and think that the only options you have are to get a high paid job you hate or a meaningful job with a low pay?  There are other options and you can discover them by listening to this episode.  Our guest today is Seven Jacobs, Founder of StartrHub, which is cre...

Are you dreaming a new life abroad but not sure where to start? This new episode will give you all the answers you need. Our guest Erez Agam - Author of the book Berlin Immigration Secrets - talks about his personal experience of relocating from Israel to Germany, what you should keep in mind when choosing the country you want to move to, how to tackle the bureaucratic procedures involved in the i...

Cancer is one of the biggest killers in the world. But it may surprise you to hear there’s no international effort to cure it.  Our guest today is Matthew Dons, Founder of Make Cancer History. It’s a non-profit group with one aim, to cure cancer all over the world.   But before than that.. He is a father of two who was given only months to live after being diagnosed with terminal colon cancer six...

Our guest today is Scott Johnson Managing director of The Proper Blokes Club. In Scott's words: "The Proper Blokes Club (TPBC) started in September 2020 with a simple Facebook page. It showed videos of me walking around my favourite local spots, talking about the issues I’ve had in the past, and seeing if any local lads could resonate with how I was feeling, and hopefully get something o...

Our guest today is Staci Wallace, CEO of the Fueled by Fire Mastery Program and Elite Mastermind and Founder of the non-profit organization EMwomen, which rescues and restores the lives of women and girls who have gone through some of life’s most difficult challenges.  In Staci words: "I've been incredibly blessed to write 8 books, share the stage with 5 U.S. Presidents, help scale compa...

Our guest today is Nicoleta Porojanu, Psychologist, Therapist, Educator, and Founder of The Significant You, a mental health charity that provides mental health education and campaigns to raise awareness and promote individual and collective knowledge of mental health in England and Wales. In Nicoleta's words: “I struggled in life a lot, probably like you did, and my studies and training did...