The Midlife Career Rebel Podcast

Episode #45 - Your Resignation Game Plan   Feeling like it's time to make that move? Whether you've had this feeling for the last month or the last year, you must consider a few things before leaving your current job. Today on the podcast, we're breaking down what to consider before you decide to walk away from your current position. If you have a game plan for before, during, and after the p...

Episode #44 - Quiet Quitting, the Great Breakup, and What it Means for Women Leaders   Quiet quitting is a term that became popular in late summer to describe folks who have decided to do the bare minimum to get by without any extra effort. But what are the causes of quiet quitting? How is it related to the Great Breakup, where women leaders are increasingly leaving their jobs because they're...

Episode #43 - The Danger of Tolerating & Setting for Good Enough with Guest Lori Saitz What makes us tolerate undesirable circumstances and situations? Why are we more accepting of sitting in the discomfort of the known as opposed to the discomfort of the unknown? Why do we settle in our lives and careers instead of taking active steps to get and have so much more? These are the questions my g...

Episode #42 - The Economic & Influential Power of Your Image What you wear effects and influences how others see, respond, and interact with you. It can also profoundly alter your mood, stimulate your mind, enhance your self-worth, and make you feel more confident and powerful. In addition, your appearance is the filter through which everything you say or do is evaluated, which can significant...

Episode #41 - The Fear of Authenticity & Struggle of Conformity Why is it that when we’re asked to present to the board, give a talk to your fellow members, or even prep for an interview, we become more consumed with what people will think about us than just showing up authentically sharing our brilliance? Why are we afraid to just be ourselves? Today on the podcast, I’m sharing my own experie...

Episode #40 - Is Entrepreneurship Right For You? with Kathy Galloway   Are you thinking of starting your own business? Or are you in the early stages of doing so? This can be an exciting but also daunting time. It's essential to know if it's right for you. There are a few key factors to consider. First, are you comfortable with risk? Starting a business is inherently risky – there's no guaran...

Episode #39 - Closing the Confident Gap for Women Leaders with Kelli Thompson As women, we are often plagued by self-doubt and a lack of confidence, especially as we progress in our careers. This can be a significant obstacle to success, as it can hold us back from taking risks and reaching for higher goals. But thankfully, there are steps we can take to close the confidence gap and become the lea...

Episode #38 - Client Spotlight: How Dr. Jae Sevelius Went From Stuck & Comfortable to Making an Empowered Career Move   We’ve been raised to follow prescribed ideas of our career paths. Go to a good school, get your degree, get in with a great organization, climb that ladder to its highest heights and then retire. But like so many who follow that path, they often abandon any ideas of doin...

Episode #37 - Cultivating Loyalty as a Leader and Being Loyal to Yourself with Lee Caraher Be who you want to be, know what you want to contribute to the world, know your non-negotiables, define what you want out of your work, understand your goals and vision, and always prioritize what matters to you. These are the critical ingredients shared today by our guest, Lee Caraher, CEO of Double Forte....

Episode #36 - Understanding Human Design to Navigate Midlife and Make Aligned Career Decisions with Taylor VerBerkmoes (Taylor V.) Do you ever wonder where your innate strengths come from, your zone of genius? The truth is we were all born with unique talents, gifts, and ways of being in the world. We were all born to do amazing things, but societal messages and pressure can lead us to believe som...

Episode #35 - Real Talk: A Midlife Career Conversation Across Genders w/Duane Leckey The midlife pivot can be a confusing and challenging time of life. It shows up unannounced and most always takes you off guard, but it can also be such a crystalizing time growth, purpose, and meaning. It’s the time when we look at everything in our lives through a new lens and start questioning if the path we’re...

Episode #34 - How Vanessa Murphy Went from the Royal Navy to a Multipassionate Coach and Consultant The more I listen to other people talk about their career paths and journeys to the work they're doing today, the more I see familiar themes integral to success. That includes taking the time to figure out what's right for you; it's by no means a rush job. You need to gain a deeper awareness of who...

Episode #33 - Client Spotlight: How Tayla Mahmud Discovered Herself and Found Her Aligned Career I always say that navigating your career path in midlife requires mastery of both an inner (mindset and self-discovery) game and an outer (tactics and strategy) game. This concept is the foundation of the Career Rebel Academy and what helps my clients achieve the success and results they desire. Today...

Episode #32 - Dump Your Degree & Transition to the Career You Want with Dr. Zakiya Akerele I often talk about the "sunk cost fallacy." It's a term from behavioral economics that describes our tendency to follow through on or stick with something that we've already invested a perceived large amount of time, effort, or money into it, whether or not we're still receiving a return on that investme...

Episode #31 - How to Open Yourself Up to New & Exciting Career Options with Guest Casey Hasten Over the years of my work in this space, I’ve found four levels of careerists: Drifter, Hustler, Established. and Rebel. Unfortunately, many people are caught at the Hustler level (running on autopilot, blindly following a societal career ladder) or Established (working hard...

Episode 30 - You’re Allowed to Change Your Mind When some women read Midlife Career Rebel, they think it means they have to do something radical in their careers. But it's about you finding clarity around the career and life you want and learning how to make the empowered decisions to get it. If that means discovering something new and making a pivot or transition, that's fabulous, but that c...

Episode 29 - How to Run a Career Pilot Study When considering a career transition or pivot, the best way to ensure you land exactly where you want is to run a career pilot study. A career pilot allows you to gather data to help you determine if you're on the right track with your career change or reinvention or if you need to chart a new course. In this episode, I'm going to teach you to conduct a...

Episode 27 - How to Regret-Proof Your Decisions Research has found there are two types of regret: regret for what you didn't do or missed opportunities or experiences and regret for what you did. While, over time, people get over the things they've done, those who regret what they didn't do have a lingering regret because they imagine what they missed as being better than what they have. Letting g...

Episode 27 - It’s Time to Slay Imposter Syndrome Some of the most successful people in the world have suffered from a fraud complex or a secret fear that they'll be exposed or found out that they're terrible at what they do. In fact, studies show that over 70% of people are dealing with this. This affliction is commonly known as imposter syndrome. Amy Cuddy has described it as "the deep and s...

Episode 26: Leveraging Your Past to Get the Career You Want w/Guest Beth Nydick As you look forward to what you want and where you want to be in your life and career, sometimes you have to look back at where you came from. It's a guiding principle my guest, Beth Nydick, has used to achieve the unimaginable in her career. Once you've uncovered your expertise from essential experiences from your pas...

Episode 25 - Why You Need to Negotiate Your Salary…Always  After years of negotiating employment contracts, settlements for discrimination lawsuits, and multi-million dollar labor/bargaining unit agreements as an attorney, I've learned firsthand the power of negotiating. Women who regularly negotiate are likely to get higher salary offers and more raises. Negotiating also allows you to shape...

Episode 24 - Positioning Yourself for a Career Change Many of us experience powerful moments of inflection throughout our personal and professional life. These are the times when we question if our path is the right one and start to wonder if there's something else we should be exploring instead. But how do you know if it's time for you to take action and change your career? On the podcast today,...

Episode 23 - Unmasking Patriarchy & Internalized Oppression It's not uncommon for high-achieving women to look successful and accomplished on paper while still secretly feeling like an imposter or trapped by their own success. As a result, they're often unable to fully appreciate their accomplishments, realize their power, show up authentically, or feel free and fulfilled. Along with other com...

Episode 22: Finding Power When You Feel Powerless w/Deepa Purushothaman   What happens when you're in a leadership position or a position of power, but you struggle with owning that title, that authority? How do you feel, find, and forge it when you've been conditioned not to? In midlife, most women go through an honest reckoning, a fundamental questioning of self and what's important to them...

Episode 21: Trusting Yourself Trusting yourself is the ability to listen to your own voice, intuition, and internal wisdom, make a decision, and then take action based upon that, trusting that whatever decision you make and action you take, it's the right action and decision for you. There is nothing more empowering than being confident in your decision-making abilities, but it's not something man...