This week on the pod, I’m reviewing Martha Beck’s Finding Your Own North Star.   If you’ve ever wondered how you should find your calling or passion, this book is for you. It is a guide to uncovering what has always been there.   In this…

What if I told you there was a tool that could help you figure out what you should be doing with your life?   Sounds pretty amazing, right?!   What if I told you that tool was the ever-popular personality assessment?!   Before you roll…

Traci Connell is an award-winning creative entrepreneur whose business sense and design skills are combined with a passion for delivering interiors that are at the heart of a livable style. Formally trained as an elementary teacher, Traci enjoyed the…

Most people accept the limitations placed on them by society, never questioning how much more they’re actually capable of.  Tasha Cochran is not most people. And that is why I’m thrilled to have her on the podcast today to blow up people’s…

This week on the podcast, we’re kicking off our book club for 2020. One of the biggest tools to achieving the life you want is changing your mindset. Books and podcasts have been pivotal in my own journey and the journey of so many others who…

Are you staying in a job you hate because of money?   The #1 reason I hear from people when they tell me they can’t quit is finances.   Whether it is too much debt, not being able to replace their salary, or not being able to cut back, money…

On this podcast, we’ve talked to tons of people who have quit careers that they hated in order to find something that they loved. The general premise is that this outside circumstance, namely their stressful job, is causing them to be miserable and…

This week I had the opportunity to chat with Marc Allen, a strategy consultant to social impact and development funders worldwide, advising them on how to create greater human impact with their investments. We talk all about why skills are valuable….

If you’re serious about achieving the many dreams you have for your life, you need to start getting serious about goal-setting. I know goal-setting, especially around New Year’s, gets a bad rap. But I always find it laughable that people look down…

 We’re obsessed with trying to find the “right” answer because we think that will give us some semblance of “control” over our future.⁠ “How do I know which direction is the right one for me?”⁠ Everyone who wants to quit their job asks some…

Sure, quitting is easy if you’ve always hated your job. But what if you used to love it? What if you loved it for many years? What if you were really, really good at it? I’m so excited about this week’s episode with the amazing Shawn Askinosie. Shawn…

In 75 episodes, I think the recurring lesson that comes up in almost every single episode is that you can’t think your way to the end goal. It just doesn’t work that way.⁠ ⁠ There will be detours. Set-backs. New connections. And a whole lot of…

Hi, my name is Goli and I’m a life-long people-pleaser.⁠ ⁠ I have a feeling a lot of you are too. Because we’re trained from childhood to just do what we’re told and not make waves.⁠ And while I used to understand that this tendency made me…

Will Day started out his career with a 2-year stint in the Peace Corps after college. He then went on to a successful career in the financial industry on Wall Street. But something felt like it was missing. In 2001, he enrolled in the Masters of…

So often we hold on to what we know so tightly that we give up the opportunity of having something so much better. Kim Le Pham is on the podcast today and her story is such an inspiration to me. Everything this woman touches turns to gold and, yet,…

It’s important to pay attention to what you build your identity around. A common mistake that people make is to believe that what they do equates to who they are. This misconception can create a giant roadblock when it comes to changing paths because…

Even though this week’s guest isn’t a traditional quitter like our previous guests, she has dealt with the same limiting beliefs and fears we all deal with when starting something new. Right out of college at 21, Jenna Irvin decided she wanted to…

One of the biggest benefits that come from pivoting a career is that it shows you the freedom you truly have to reinvent yourself. The fear of starting over lessens with each jump and that’s why so many #quitters go on to have multiple career changes….

We typically have stories of people who have become successful in one type of career and then quit to start over in a completely unrelated field. However, there are people who enjoy the field that they’re in but they want to find an alternative way to…