Creating Your Ideal Work Life

About Creating Your Ideal Work Life

Creating Your Ideal Work Life is a podcast for women who feel stuck, drained, or quietly dissatisfied at work — even when everything looks fine on paper. Hosted by career coach and educator Stephanie Williams, each episode explores career clarity, burnout, work–life balance, alignment, and purposeful work. This podcast offers calm, thoughtful support to help you make sense of your work life and move forward with clarity, alignment, and purpose — without pressure or hustle culture.

Publisher

Stephanie, The Career Strategist

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Dec 2025

Latest episode

26 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Apr 2026

   Episode 20: Your Ideal Work Life… Now What?

   If this series has shifted how you think about work, this final episode offers a grounded way to reflect on what’s changed — and what might come next. We revisit the key themes explored throughout the series, from confidence and decision-making to fulfilment, boundaries, purpose, and reinvention. Rather than offering a prescription or a plan, this episode focuses on permission — to pause, to listen to yourself more carefully, and to make choices that support you over time. If you’re clearer but not certain, steadier but not resolved, this conversation meets you exactly where you are. Links & Resources If you’re listening on the mobile app, you won’t be able to click straight through — so here’s the direct link for all the tea, biscuits, and useful things: The Career Strategist website: https://sites.google.com/view/thecareerstrategist/home (https://sites.google.com/view/thecareerstrategist/home) You’ll find a range of free career resources, support for job applications, work–life balance tools, and programs designed to help you move toward clarity, alignment, and purpose in your work life. I also share practical tools, insights, and real-life reflections every day on social media. You can follow along here: Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/SDW.CareerStrategist (https://www.facebook.com/SDW.CareerStrategist) LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/SDWCareerStrategist (https://www.linkedin.com/in/SDWCareerStrategist) Subscribe & Share If you’re enjoying the podcast and this episode has helped you gain a little more clarity in your work life, I’d love for you to subscribe, rate, and review Creating Your Ideal Work Life. It’s a small thing that makes a big difference in helping this podcast reach other women who are navigating career uncertainty, burnout, or work–life balance challenges. And ifsomeone came to mind while you were listening — a work bestie, colleague, or friend — feel free to share this episode with them too. Everyone deserves the space to create an ideal work life.

2. 

   19 Apr 2026

   Episode 19: The Art of Career Reinvention at My Age

   If you’ve been thinking about change and wondering whether it’s too late, this episode offers a more compassionate way to think about reinvention. We explore why clarity often comes later in life, why changing direction doesn’t erase what you’ve built, and how progress doesn’t always look like forward momentum from the outside. This episode includes my own experience of leaving corporate work, navigating loss of income and status, and choosing alignment, integrity, and sustainability over optics. If reinvention feels risky, uncomfortable, or lonely, this conversation reminds you that you’re not behind — you’re responding to growth. Links & Resources If you’re listening on the mobile app, you won’t be able to click straight through — so here’s the direct link for all the tea, biscuits, and useful things: The Career Strategist website: https://sites.google.com/view/thecareerstrategist/home (https://sites.google.com/view/thecareerstrategist/home) You’ll find a range of free career resources, support for job applications, work–life balance tools, and programs designed to help you move toward clarity, alignment, and purpose in your work life. I also share practical tools, insights, and real-life reflections every day on social media. You can follow along here: Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/SDW.CareerStrategist (https://www.facebook.com/SDW.CareerStrategist) LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/SDWCareerStrategist (https://www.linkedin.com/in/SDWCareerStrategist) Subscribe & Share If you’re enjoying the podcast and this episode has helped you gain a little more clarity in your work life, I’d love for you to subscribe, rate, and review Creating Your Ideal Work Life. It’s a small thing that makes a big difference in helping this podcast reach other women who are navigating career uncertainty, burnout, or work–life balance challenges. And ifsomeone came to mind while you were listening — a work bestie, colleague, or friend — feel free to share this episode with them too. Everyone deserves the space to create an ideal work life.

3. 

   12 Apr 2026

   Episode 18: Why Purpose Isn't Found, It's Built

   If you’ve felt pressure to find your purpose at work and wondered why it hasn’t arrived yet, this episode offers a different perspective. We explore why purpose rarely appears fully formed, how it develops through experience and alignment, and why expecting certainty can create unnecessary anxiety. This episode reframes purpose as something built gradually — through paying attention, making thoughtful choices, and allowing yourself to evolve. Links & Resources If you’re listening on the mobile app, you won’t be able to click straight through — so here’s the direct link for all the tea, biscuits, and useful things: The Career Strategist website: https://sites.google.com/view/thecareerstrategist/home (https://sites.google.com/view/thecareerstrategist/home) You’ll find a range of free career resources, support for job applications, work–life balance tools, and programs designed to help you move toward clarity, alignment, and purpose in your work life. I also share practical tools, insights, and real-life reflections every day on social media. You can follow along here: Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/SDW.CareerStrategist (https://www.facebook.com/SDW.CareerStrategist) LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/SDWCareerStrategist (https://www.linkedin.com/in/SDWCareerStrategist) Subscribe & Share If you’re enjoying the podcast and this episode has helped you gain a little more clarity in your work life, I’d love for you to subscribe, rate, and review Creating Your Ideal Work Life. It’s a small thing that makes a big difference in helping this podcast reach other women who are navigating career uncertainty, burnout, or work–life balance challenges. And ifsomeone came to mind while you were listening — a work bestie, colleague, or friend — feel free to share this episode with them too. Everyone deserves the space to create an ideal work life.

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