Maartje Bakker
The Unconventional Career Coach
Let's pivot your career so you can love Monday like it's Friday ☀️As an ex-Tech Leader turned Career Coach & Business Builder, I help my clients pivot their careers and land happy, healthy, and wealthy jobs. May this podcast inspire you to follow your heart - do the brave thing - and create the life and career you secretly dream of. 🟠 Learn about working with me: https://www.yourspacetothink.com/workwithme🟠 Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maartjebakker-spacetothink/🟠 Join my email list: https://forms.wix.com/f/7026362761672131484
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Aug 13, 2025
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E68. Jasz's Career Pivot - Rekindling your entrepreneurial fire by making the right business pivot. 13.08.2025 27:45
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! Connect with Jasz on Linkedin . ----------------------------------------- When Jazz came to me, she wasn’t looking to completely reinvent her career, but she was r...
E67. How to say 'no' at work - and make your boss love you more. (Boundary setting 2.0) 17.04.2025 17:23
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- If you're feeling overloaded at work, and the thought of one more request makes your chest tighten… The first thing that needs to happen...
E66. Sabrina's Career Pivot - Building your resume like a Billboard (when you have a wealth of experience and don't know where to start) 08.04.2025 24:32
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! Connect with Sabrina on Linkedin . ----------------------------------------- When Sabrina reached out to see if I could help her update her resume, I got excited. I had ch...
E65. Listen to this if you're fighting against wanting a career change. (+ create your own permission slip) 12.03.2025 15:11
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- If you want to make a career change, the very first thing that needs to happen is this: Give yourself permission to want more. Allow yourself to...
E64. How to create space in your calendar to work on your career change. 05.03.2025 20:00
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- You're overworked, answering emails from the breakfast table, making calls while being your kids' taxi driver, and checking Slack in th...
E63. How to start posting on LinkedIn to land your next opportunity - with Mel Ripp 26.02.2025 35:08
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! Connect with Mell Rip on LinkedIn . ----------------------------------------- Mel is the founder and CEO of Peapod Marketing & PR Consulting and helps women entrepreneurs an...
E62. Ece's Career Pivot - From career confusion to loving your work again (when staying in your current role is the solution!) 13.02.2025 34:43
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! Connect with Ece on Linkedin . ----------------------------------------- Ece came to me feeling stuck in her career. She couldn't quite put her finger on the problem, but sh...
E61. How to make difficult career decisions (+ choose between job offers) 31.01.2025 17:43
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- Are you facing a tough career decision? To quit or to stay? To accept offer A or B? To work at company X or Y? This episode will hel...
E60. My Career Pivot - From High Tech Innovation Management to Supporting Women Make Career Changes. 18.12.2024 24:10
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- Finally! After publishing so many of my clients' career pivot stories, I am sharing my career change journey! After getting my engineeri...
E59. How to make your resume stand out from the crowd when making a career change. 17.12.2024 17:45
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- When you're making a career change, you're likely applying to new jobs. In the current job market, that means you are up against a lot of fe...
E58. Liana's Career Pivot - From Tech Customer Service to Building A Mental Health Startup (While Parenting a Teenager) 11.12.2024 28:21
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- Ever felt like "This can't be it until retirement?" - Liana did. She came to me wanting to make a career change, but she didn't know what th...
E57. How to Negotiate with Confidence (your salary, benefits, work hours, company trips, etc.) 27.11.2024 3:32
🟠 Listen to this Private Podcast episode here . Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- Talking about money can feel tricky. Even icky. Something you were told to "stay away from"...
E56. How to use your Body Language to advance your career. 13.11.2024 25:19
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- If you want to make a career change or long to progress in your career, we need to talk about your body language. Subtle but powerful, the way y...
E55. Ashmi's Career Pivot - From 2 years of career confusion to landing a deeply fulfilling job in weeks. 06.11.2024 42:22
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! Connect with Ashmi on LinkedIn . ----------------------------------------- Ashmi found herself in a 2-year-long existential crisis. She didn't know if she should change the indu...
E54. How to manage stress as a working mom while making a career change - with Lynsey Retzlaff 30.10.2024 47:05
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! Connect with Lynsey Retzlaff on LinkedIn , Instagram, or check out her website . You can join The Renewed Working Mom Narrative™ Private FB Group here . Lynsey offers you a free copy...
E53. How to Ace Your Interview (when making a career change) 23.10.2024 27:00
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- Interviewing can be daunting - especially when you are making a career change. If you are changing roles, industries, or companies, the...
E52. How to Handle Ghosting During Your Job Search - with Alexa Curtis 16.10.2024 22:13
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- Alexa Curtis crossed my feed and I immediately messaged her. A lot of the work I do with my clients revolves around speaking up, reaching ou...
E51. How to go from Career Confusion to Clarity when you are Exhausted. 09.10.2024 27:22
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- You're exhausted, drained, and burnt out - and you want to make a career change? It's tricky to update your resume, revamp your LinkedIn, write...
E50. How to deal with anger at work - with Mark Alder 25.09.2024 39:57
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! The book I mentioned is called Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly. Connect with Mark Alder on LinkedIn and message him to receive your Anger Feeling Wheel! ------------------...
E49. Your language is ruining your boundaries (+ how to fix it) 18.09.2024 25:28
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- Do you want to set stronger boundaries in your work and life? Or have you been setting boundaries but people are walking all over them? This...
E48. Eleonora's Career Pivot - Becoming an Independent Project Manager + How to Balance Professional Success & Personal Wellbeing 11.09.2024 46:10
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! Connect with Eleonora on LinkedIn . ----------------------------------------- Eleonora started coaching with me because she wanted to change her career - but it brought her so much more tha...
E47. How to combat ageism when making a career change - with Luann Horobin 04.09.2024 26:09
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! Connect with Luann Horobin on LinkedIn and message her to receive your Perspective Worksheet! ----------------------------------------- Do you fear you are too old or young to change your...
E46. How to build your career action plan to make the career change you long for. 21.08.2024 19:25
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- When you know what you want, you have to make it happen. But what is your action plan? You know you want to change into industry X, or job Y, or...
E45. Olivet's Career Pivot - Getting promoted to Business Unit Head by doing less & overcoming self-doubt. 14.08.2024 33:47
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! Connect with Olivet on LinkedIn . ----------------------------------------- Olivet felt stuck in her career as an Account Executive. She was a star at work, cleaning up her team's messes, ens...
E44. How to Create a Diversified Career with Multiple Income Streams. 07.08.2024 26:47
Schedule a call to explore working with me here . Reach out on LinkedIn or email me at maartje@yourspacetothink.com & share how this episode landed with you! ----------------------------------------- Whether you are longing for more flexibility, joy, or inspiration in your career - a diversified career could be your answer. In today's episode...
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