Your Career Journey

How do you stay resilient when change feels constant? In this episode, I'm joined by learning and development specialist Russell Harvey to explore what resilience really means, why it's becoming one of the most important skills we can develop, and how it can help us navigate uncertainty both at work and in life. After a career spanning more than 20 years in leadership and organisational...

Careers rarely follow the path we expect. In this episode, I'm joined by Rachel Abad to talk about the twists, turns, and unexpected experiences that ultimately led her to founding her own communications consultancy. Growing up in regional North Queensland, Rachel always knew she wanted to leave her hometown and build a career beyond its boundaries. While law was her original plan, missing th...

In this episode, I’m joined by HR leader and author Teri Chilcoat to talk about the realities of toxic workplace cultures, why so many people stay longer than they should, and what you can do to protect yourself when you find yourself in one. Teri shares her own career journey, unexpectedly finding her way into HR through a temp role, to experiencing severe workplace bullying as the sole HR person...

What if the opportunity you wanted didn’t exist yet and you had to create it yourself? In this episode, I’m joined by social media and content agency founder Kim James to talk about the power of initiative, visibility, and backing yourself before you feel fully ready. Kim shares how she went from growing up on a macadamia farm and starting out in operations at Reece, to pitching her way into the f...

What does it really take to build a long, successful leadership career? In this episode, I’m joined by Barry Moline, who shares the story behind his 29-year career as a CEO and the experiences that shaped his approach to leadership. Barry didn’t follow a conventional path. He started as a high school teacher, where he developed the foundations of clear communication and patience, before leaving th...

What does burnout actually look like, and how do you move through it? In this episode, Emma sits down with Isabelle Tremblay, a senior Marketer with 25 years of experience in corporate Canada. Discover how a once thriving workplace culture transformed into a hustle driven environment after multiple mergers. Isabelle shares her experience of managing two executive-level roles at the same time with...

Feeling overwhelmed, stretched, and constantly thinking about everything you haven’t done yet? You’re not alone, and a lot of it comes down to the invisible mental load we carry every day. In this episode, I’m joined by productivity and organisation expert Lisa Woodruff to talk about how to move from overwhelm to clarity, reduce mental clutter, and build systems that genuinely make life easier. Li...

What does it really take to grow from a solo marketer into a strategic leader and eventually step out on your own? In this episode, Laura Zahariou shares her career journey from being the only marketer in mid-sized businesses to building a career as a fractional marketing leader. Early in her career, Laura found herself as a solo marketer reporting directly to CEOs and founders, sitting in convers...

How do you position and promote the most important brand you’ll ever work on,  yourself? In this episode, I’m joined by Nina Christian to explore the realities of personal branding, visibility, and building a professional reputation that actually feels authentic. After more than 20 years of building an award-winning marketing agency and working closely with both organisations and individuals, Nina...

Moving countries in your 30s is often portrayed as exciting and full of opportunity, but what does the reality actually look like? In this episode, I'm joined by Ana Asanovic to share her journey from Serbia to Australia as a mature age student, to further her education in Communications and take her career in a new direction Driven by her award-winning travel blog, passion for storytelling,...

In this episode, I sit down with digital marketer and SEO consultant Briony Cullin to explore how trusting her intuition led her through a series of bold career and life changes, and ultimately helped her build a business and lifestyle she genuinely loves. Briony shares her journey from studying and practising law to realising it wasn’t the right fit, a chance trip to Japan that unexpectedly chang...

Today I'm joined by Michelle Michaux, who shares how her unconventional career journey (from banking operations to marketing) gave her a front row seat to how large complex organisations can bridge the gaps between marketing, sales, and delivery. Michelle brings a refreshingly honest perspective on what marketing should be doing inside organisations, why alignment with sales is still one of t...

Ever wondered what it really takes to build a global marketing career? How do you go from working in a local market to leading marketing for global brands? In this episode, Adam Lavrentiadis shares his journey from Australia to the global stage, breaking down the mindset, skills, and strategic moves required to build a successful international marketing career. 🎯 What You’ll Learn in This Episode...

Today, I’m joined by Caroline Patrick for a thoughtful, honest conversation about how our definition of success shifts over time, often in ways we don’t expect. Caroline shares her career story, which starts with dreams of becoming a police officer, moves into marketing, and eventually leads her into senior leadership roles focused on stakeholder engagement. Along the way, life throws some huge cu...

It’s been an incredible year of conversations on Your Career Journey, and I wanted to wrap things up by taking you through the standout moments, themes, and lessons from every guest who joined me. From navigating redundancy… to changing career paths… to leading with purpose… to building confidence… each episode this year brought something special and genuinely useful for anyone building a career w...

In this episode, I’m joined by Keith Abraham, a globally recognised speaker, author, and one of the most passionate voices on goal setting you’ll ever come across. Keith shares his unconventional path from leaving school early to building a successful career helping leaders and teams achieve clarity, focus, and meaningful momentum. So what really sits behind effective goal setting?  ✨ Creating em...

What do you do when the career path you’ve been on since university no longer feels right? In this episode, I’m joined by Kate Greenwood , who shares her incredibly honest journey from a traditional career in family law to a leadership role in legal tech and innovation. Kate talks about the reality of stepping away from a clearly defined path, including the identity shift that comes with saying “I...

What does authentic leadership really look like, and how do we bring more of ourselves to the way we lead? In this episode of Your Career Journey, I’m joined by Ann Pocock, founder of Kinetic Effect and former Corporate Marketing Communications Director, who shares her powerful transition from the corporate world to leadership coaching. Ann and I talk about what it means to lead with emotional int...

How do you really make Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work, not just as a policy, but as something that’s lived and felt in an organisation? In this episode, I sit down with Celeste Warren, a globally recognised HR and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) leader with nearly 40 years of experience at some of the world’s largest corporations. Celeste shares her inspiring career journey, from her...

What really happens when you’re laid off, and how do you bounce back stronger? In this episode of Your Career Journey, I speak with Steve Jaffe, a marketing leader whose 25+ year career has taken him from advertising to client-side roles to tech startups. Along the way, he’s faced layoffs (or redundancies, depending on where you’re based) four times. 👉 The first time left him devastated. 👉 By th...

Are you stuck on the traditional career ladder?   Maybe it’s time to rethink what success really looks like. 🚀  In this episode, I sit down with marketing leader Janice Lee-Fu to unpack the power of nonlinear career paths and discuss why they might just be the fastest route to growth, fulfilment, and long-term resilience. Janice’s journey spans engineering, global FMCG brands, executive leadershi...

🚀 Ready to transform your career and step into impactful leadership?  In this episode, I'm joined by Camille Batiste to reveal a proven 5-step framework for Mastering Leadership Skills. A game plan that’s already helped countless professionals fast-track their growth and land leadership roles. Camille’s journey from chemical engineer to senior corporate leader offers powerful insights for an...

If you’re tired of boring slides and disengaged listeners, it’s time to win the war for attention and avoid death by PowerPoint.  In this powerful episode of Your Career Journey, career coach Emma Graham sits down with Kris Flegg, founder of The Presentation Design Co and author of The Presentation Playbook, to share proven strategies for winning the war for attention in any room. In this conversa...

Want to get promoted, build stronger work relationships, and take control of your career path?  In this episode of Your Career Journey Podcast, I’m joined by Matthias Mahr, author of How to Be Moderately Successful, for a candid and practical conversation on how to achieve career success, without burning out or pretending to be someone you’re not. We dive into: ✅ Matthias’ career journey from Aus...

Are you constantly busy but still feeling unfulfilled? In this episode, we dive into the powerful and life-changing concept of choosing meaning over mayhem with author and speaker Peggy Sullivan. Peggy shares how breaking her addiction to busyness became her life’s mission after a stress-induced heart attack and a painful divorce. This honest and inspiring conversation exposes the dark side of bus...