A podcast about people making small (or very large) professional changes. I explore how they did it and how you can, too. If it's time to make a change, when do we trim the sails, and when do we burn the boats?
Ella Taylor: What about the money? Let's talk with a financial planner.
Ella Taylor a financial planner and is the CEO of Ella Financial Advising. She spends her days talking to people all about their money - and more importantly how they are using their money to create the life they want. Ella Financial Advising's mission is to make financial planning more inclusive and to use investing as a force for planetary wellbeing. At the core of her work is the belief that money is one of the most powerful tools we have to not only to provide freedom and stability for ou...
10 Jun 2026
Cory Gerlach: Harvard PhD leaves and pursues life as an adventure as a sailor and a writer.
Cory Gerlach is a writer and ocean sailor currently living on a sailboat in Guatemala. With a Harvard PhD in biomedical science and years of government work, he decided to pivot towards a life filled with self-discovery. He wasn't a sailor when he started. In fact, Cory Gerlach was on a successful path in a stable, government job. But 10 years in, his question was not just about his career choices, but about redefining success and embracing an adventurous life. He wanted to l...
2 Jun 2026
Mary-Lynne Williams: Leaving tech at 48 for peace & purpose.
Mary-Lynne Williams is the CEO & Founder of Buffalo Firefly in NYC and Richmond VA. Buffalo Firefly is an Energy Wellness Company whose core mission is to bring the power of sound & energy medicine to the masses, allowing us to recalibrate and elevate from surviving to thriving. Energy medicine and sound healing allow us to regulate our nervous systems as a regular practice, encourage mindful presence, & invite people to achieve more abundance in all aspects of life — resulting in...
26 May 2026
Stacey Gordon: Building dual identities. Fiction author. Tech leader.
Stacey Gordon wanted to be a novelist since she was a kid. She loved reading and writing. However, as an adult she was juggling a demanding career in tech, parenting, work travel, and life...with nothing left over for her own creative pursuits. Stacey shares how she gave herself the space for writing and creating without sitting down to type or put pen to paper. How she continued her path through Covid, putting down a few hundred words a day in a small shed outside her house. ...
11 May 2026
Danielle Malik: UX Leader's unexpected and gratifying path into housing solutions.
After 20 years in tech consulting and leadership, Danielle was laid off. She knew it was time for a change. But what? Tech didn't seem like a path forward anymore. She made the unexpected but extremely gratifying shift into housing, becoming a housing provider for people challenged by the Bay Area rental market. Her company, Rising Tide Residences offers room rentals for men, women and families from diverse backgrounds, looking for stability and a chance to level up. These are people who have...
4 May 2026
Erin Wade: Mac and Cheese Millionaire. From lawyer to restaurant innovator and author
"I think the journey that most of us are on with work really has to do with a process of self discovery that has followed us our whole lives.” When Erin Wade was fired from her job as a lawyer, she decided it was time to take on a big project - creating a restaurant space that prioritized purpose, culture, and hospitality. Erin is the founder of Homeroom, a restaurant with a cult following in Oakland, California, focused on delivering the absolute best mac and cheese. She bootstra...
22 Apr 2026
Tina Santiago-Keenan: Leaving tech, creating immersive experiences for people IRL
In this conversation, Courtney Kaplan interviews Tina Santiago-Keenan, co-founder of Secret City, a creative design and production studio that creates immersive experiences. Tina shares her journey from working in tech at Facebook and Uber Eats to launching Secret City, which combines elements of escape rooms and immersive theater. The discussion covers the challenges of entrepreneurship, the impact of the pandemic, and the importance of community and in-person experiences. Tina also offers i...
11 Mar 2026
Bonus: Four dead end traps when we want to change
Over the years, I’ve seen how we can lead ourselves into dead ends when it comes to change. There are some ways we think about change that are actually pretty unproductive and not really useful.. and are also common patterns. So, in this episode, I want to share a few of the ways we get blocked. Anything sound familiar? Getting to know how you sabotage or position yourself in dead ends is helpful to figure out how you're going to get out. I’ve also seen - and experienced firsthand - how chang...
4 Mar 2026
Bonus: Change is here, but I don't wanna. Six phrases to move on.
Host [Host Name] interviews individuals navigating unexpected professional changes, offering six phrases to help listeners reconnect and move forward.
15 Oct 2025
Anna Bloom: Launching her product with love
Anna Bloom discusses launching her own physical product while working full-time, sharing insights on overcoming challenges and getting products on shelves in an interview with the host.
23 Sept 2025
Serene Lewis: Retired at 50. Ready to help you do it, too.
Retirement coach Serene Lewis discusses how to create actionable retirement plans involving money, mindset, and community, so listeners can retire earlier than expected; this is an interview.
23 Sept 2025
Jason Kriese: VP at Salesforce goes back to school
Jason Kreise, former VP at Salesforce, discusses his transition from corporate executive to student, seeking greater alignment between his work and personal values in this interview.
2 Jun 2025
Brandy Cerne: Embracing the winding path to a beach town in Brazil
Brandy Cerne discusses her unconventional career path, highlighting how diverse experiences in branding and hospitality culminated in her pursuing a dream of living in a Brazilian beach town; this is an interview.
6 May 2025
Kat Vellos: Making connections to help your journey
Kat Vellos has written books, taught workshops, and given talks about about how people can break out of feeling lonely by creating opportunities to connect with others. In this episode, Kat talks about how we can use the same techniques in our professional lives. When we are considering professional transitions, we often need to reach out for support. Maybe there's someone in a role you're interested in or a connection that could help answer a question you have. Reaching out might feel ...
6 May 2025
Jennifer Kanyamibwa-Biggs: Re-invention and bold moves
Jennifer Kanyanibwa-Biggs has worked with the best of them at Twitter, Slack, Strava, but also in government roles with Mayor Michael Bloomberg as well as non-profits. She is also a co-founder of Plant Lady Juice a VC backed wellness company based in Atlanta. We talk about how Jennifer adapts and evolves her skills into new industries and ventures. She shares how she makes big decisions and the things she believes are most important to being able to change. I hope you enjoy this one! You can ...
15 Apr 2025
Mark Brenwall: Stories on sobriety, moving across the world and starting again at 40
At 40 years old, Mark Brenwall had it all. He lived in a loft in San Francisco's Mission District. Working in tech, he had money, he had friends and big nights on the town. But it took him 20 years to realize it just wasn't for him. Sobriety helped give him to space to see that he wasn't happy -- but also wasn't sure what was next. Mark shares each step of those transitional years from exploratory trips to setting up a company on his own, and finally setting down new roots i...
15 Apr 2025
Erin Ryan: From homebirth midwife to global maternal health advocate
Join me in my first ever episode to talk with Erin Ryan. She'll share her revolutionary journey from San Francisco, to becoming a homebirth midwife in Vermont, moving her three children to Bali (twice) and re-inventing her life again when her marriage ended. Today you'll find her in Tonga, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Lao, and Bangladesh connecting with community, and advocating for and training with midwives globally. Erin looks back on her journey and the key moments when everything changed...
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