The Midlife Career Rebel Podcast

Episode 20: Personal Branding for Career Success In this digital and global economy we live in, we're competing against a lot of noise. As a result, it can be tough to set yourself and your message apart. Whether you're looking for a job, building your career, growing your network, or starting a new venture, you have to be visible, memorable, credible and create meaningful connections. That means...

Episode 19: Trusting Yourself Through the Transition with Diane Halfman  According to the American Institute of Stress, changing careers is the top 20 most  stressful life events. So how do you handle a career change when it's unexpectedly  forced on you? First, you have to learn to trust yourself and know that all of your  experience and everything you've gone through has happ...

Episode 18: Believing in What's Possible How do you know what's possible for you in your life or career? How do you know it's achievable? I've found that the reason we struggle with believing what's possible is because of fear. More specifically, I think the culprit is that many of us suffer from having a victim mentality. What I mean by that is that we don't want to deal with our feelings of fear...

Episode 17: Navigating Your Life and Career with Liz Bronson & Kathleen Troyer   By the time you've reached midlife, you've taken a few twists and turns in your life and  career. Too often, we try to bifurcate our lives and jobs as if one has no impact upon  the other, but that's impossible. You can't completely separate the different areas of  your life. They are interconn...

Episode 16: Choosing More with Samara Stone    What happens when you land that great job, marry your partner and give birth to your  beautiful children, but all of a sudden, nothing makes sense anymore? From the  outside, things look perfect, but on the inside, you feel like you're dying a slow death?  Today, our guest on the Midlife Career Rebel Podcast, Samara Stone, ent...

Episode 15: Charting Your Own Path with Dr. Cathy Mazak In the new economy of work, it's become imperative to expand our idea of career and what it means to step into a "creator economy." While holding a position as a respected tenured faculty, our guest today, Dr. Cathy Mazak, wanted to find another way to bring in extra income. After brainstorming some ideas, Cathy took what she knew and, over t...

Episode 14: Mastering Modern Midlife Catherine Grace O’Connell Fear is a contraction of energy that can keep us stuck in our comfort zones. But to get to our future self and what we ultimately aspire to do or become, we have to break out of that comfort zone, which means we have to manage our fear. When you get into a space of fear, you need to confront that fear by asking yourself, "What am I tel...

Episode 13 : Your Next Best Chapter with Julia Daverne It's common to believe that after you've spent a career in a particular role or industry that it's next to impossible to pivot into a new one. Well, our guest today, Julia Daverne, proves otherwise. Years before retiring from her career in pharmaceutical sales, Julia knew she wanted to do something different, work that was more aligned with th...

Episode 12: Work From the Inside Out with Tammy Gooler Loeb Midlife career reinvention can be both exciting and frightening. You’re renegotiating your identity, wondering what you’ll do next, and more likely wondering if what you’ll do next is going to be the right next step for you. But it doesn’t have to be that way. If you can work your way past the fear and any limiting beliefs, you can take c...

Episode 11: Leading From Your Values with Dr. Charlotte Jones-Burton What happens when you have an idea, a dream, and nurture it to fruition? You transform lives, change an industry, empower others, and create an impact. Dr. Charlotte Jones-Burton appears on the podcast today in our first “Career Rebel Conversation” and she’s sharing insights into what it takes to realize your dreams. In this epis...

Episode 10: Your Pathway to Career Success in 2022 January and February are traditionally the best months to reexamine your career direction, explore other options and possibilities, search for a new position, and even make a career change.   Today, I want to share the core pillars and philosophical approach I use with my clients to help you have your most successful year yet. The new world o...

Episode 9: Purpose & Deciding What You Want to Do in Your Career  Most people struggle with the idea of finding their purpose and how it relates to making big decisions in their careers. However, the work is not to find your purpose; you’re already a living manifestation of that. The challenge is bringing your purpose into your work.   Celebrating the 5th principle of Kwanzaa, Nia or...

Episode 8: Building Your Self-Confidence Confidence is not something you’re born with. It’s a feeling that you create through your thoughts about what’s possible. However, familial, cultural, societal, or other past experiences   can bias our perceptions about what’s possible and ultimately our self-confidence. So how to do you bridge the gap between self-doubt and self-confidence?   On...

Episode 7: Corporate Escape - Side-Hustle to Entrepreneur Have you thought about making the great escape from your corporate gig or taking your side-hustle to the next level? Then you're in the right place. Today I am sharing the six (6) essentials to creating a profitable and successful business. In 2021, 1.4 million people started a new business venture in the midst of the Great Resignation, mos...

Episode 6: Money Beliefs and The Capacity to Make Money   Our relationship with money is probably the most complicated relationship we have. But what many of us don't understand is that the stories we've inherited or created around money directly impact our capacity to make it.   A money story is a personal narrative you have about money. It makes up your beliefs, thoughts, and feelings...

Episode 5: People Pleasing and Letting Go of What Other’s Think We all want the acceptance and approval of others. Putting yourself out there is an act of vulnerability because it opens you up to others’ opinions. As Brene’ Brown said, vulnerability is “having the courage to show up when you can’t control the outcome.” When we’re more concerned about what others think than our own opinions, it can...

In this episode of the Midlife Career Rebel Podcast, we celebrate gratitude! Practicing gratitude for your career accomplishments can make you feel empowered, worthy, and capable. Challenge your doubts and see yourself holistically.   Apple:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-midlife-career-rebel-podcast/id1592972920   Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/show/2HxFeNxpf4...

In this episode of the Midlife Career Rebel Podcast, we discuss your thoughts. Career management is both not just an outer game; the inner game crafts your career experience. We only have control over ourselves and our thoughts.   Apple:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-midlife-career-rebel-podcast/id1592972920   Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/show/2HxFeNxpf43J4F...

In this episode of the Midlife Career Rebel Podcast, Dr. Carol Parker Walsh covers choices—how they can be thoughtful opportunities for a new start. Negative and positive experiences are a part of life, but how you react to them can change your life. How can our actions impact the way we feel? Realize that there is no wrong decision for your well-being. Know that there are no “forever” decisions....

In this inaugural episode of the Midlife Career Rebel Podcast, you'll get to know me, Dr. Carol Parker Walsh, my goals, and what you can expect with the podcast! We'll throw out the old rulebooks that are outdated and ineffective and embrace a new path that will lead to a fulfilling career that stirs the soul and enlivens your life. You'll learn to stop sacrificing wh...