Bold Moves: How Did You Know | Midlife Career Change, Life Transitions & Design for Women

Get ready to learn about embracing a bold moves mindset!

It’s highly possible that your routines, obligations, and patterns you’ve fallen into are blocking you from your bold moves.

Mikkel Leslie, founder of A Fulfillfed Life Coaching, helps people ditch the unhealthy expectations put on you from other places to make room for discovering the healthy expectations you have for yourself.

Mikkel shares her transformational journey ditching unhealthy expectations to evolving into the person she's meant to be, including becoming an engineer “because it’s the right thing to do,” to becoming a wilderness therapy program guide, a life coach, and an author.

She wrote her book, “SOAR by Living YOUR Life: Ditch Unhealthy Expectations and Get After What You Want,” to help people realize they have choices – choices to be who you want to be and do what you want to do.

We talk about human design, self-worth, the neuroscience of self-doubt and fear, and how to change your brain to literally rewire the story you tell yourself about your bold move.

Don’t miss this episode full of new insights on creating the right mindset for your bold moves!

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“Making a career change or moving from a place of feeling  stuck or unchallenged to something more  exciting or powerful, you will go through the river of discomfort,” my guest Julie Stoltman, Founder of Reframe Career & Leadership says.

Could she have nailed it any better?

We find ourselves desiring our next bold career move, but all of a sudden we come face-to-face with imposture syndrome, self-doubt and self-criticism.

Julie joins me today to normalize how tough it is to make a career pivot and answer your burning questions – directly from the Bold Moves community – about how to make a career pivot.

Thank you to all the listeners who submitted  questions to make this episode as valuable and informative to your bold career pivot as possible!

Tune in to get your burning questions answered:

[4:08] What ways did Julie begin experimenting with her own career change?

[11:40] How can you prove your skills are transferrable in either a resume, portfolio, or interview situation?

[30:41] What’s your best advice for going from contract to permanent work or from being an entrepreneur to working for a corporation?

[33:42] What should you prioritize: learning new skills or networking when preparing for a career change?

[37:20] How can you tell if it’s time for a career shift or just a change in your current role?

[38:38] Do you use any specific tools, assessments, or exercises to help your clients gain self-awareness or clarity on their next steps?

[41:05] How do you overcome age discrimination?

[42:50] How do you stay confident during a career pivot, especially if you’re taking a step back to step forward?

[47:57] What are the key factors for a successful career change?

[49:44] What do you know about being bold today you wish you would have known earlier on?

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Connect with guest Julie Stoltman

Discover Julie’s career workshop: https://www.reframecareer.com

Take Julie’s energy assessment: https://deft-designer-8336.ck.page/f15e8f0558

Episode Resources

Listen to the other episodes mentioned in this podcast:

“Do It Your Way with Reformed Good Girl Diana Murphy, CEO of Diana Murphy Coaching”

“You Don’t Have to Be in a Midlife Crisis…”

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Raising a child while juggling a full-time software engineering job made today’s guest Polina Ruvinsky gravitate to a community of moms in a similar situation. She realized that not only did she enjoy supporting others, but she also received the support she needed to feel less alone and become even stronger in navigating new parenthood while working full time.

Fast forward to today and Polina is a big advocate for what community can do to support and accelerate your bold moves. So much so that she’s built a community-mobilizing platform called HypeHQ, which revolutionizes how aspiring women gain visibility and uplift each other.

She joins me on the podcast to discuss community, connection, and curiosity – 3 of the most important C’s to any bold moves journey and:

• The power of community
• Why investing in your tribe can support and strengthen your bold moves
• How she's building HypeHQ to amplify women who are bold moving and shaking!
• And much more

If you’ve heard me discuss the Bold Moves Recipe (ep. #37), you’ll know that ingredient 2 is “who”. That’s because building relationships and finding a supportive community unlocks answers for your biggest, boldest dreams.

Get ready to be inspired to seek out the tribe that can support, uplift, and empower you while you embark on your bold moves!

This community, the bold moves community, welcomes you with open arms! Join us in Bold Moves Podcast Club right here: https://www.kristenrocco.com/bold-moves-podcast-club.

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Connect with guest Polina Ruvinsky

HypeHQ.io

Wanna crush your goals? Not just achieve them but knock them out of the park?

Then I created this next masterclass episode just for you!

There’s no better example of doing what it takes to crush your goals than Olympians. The gold medal is the ultimate victory of their sport and they train 4-8 years for 25-32 hours a week for a chance to compete for the elusive gold medal.

But training isn’t the only thing it takes to achieve their Olympic dream. Nope. It’s much more. Much much more.

In this episode, I reveal the characteristics it takes to crush your bold goals from the stories of Olympians including Simone Biles, the breakout star of the Olympics: Steven Nedoroscik, Quincy Hall, Rai Benjamin, and Suni Lee.

It’s a fun episode where you can relive all the victorious moments of the Paris Olympics while learning how to approach your goals like an Olympian for the best chance at crossing your own finish line first.

Here’s a sneak peak:

• Steven Nedoroscik exemplifies the power of visualization
• Suni Lee unveils a part of her training plan that has nothing to do with gymnastics
• Quincy Hall teaches us about digging deeper than you can ever imagine to find determination
• Simone Biles captures what it takes to boldly pursue goals through her tattoo
• Rai Benjamin shows us what it means to come back stronger than ever

It’s a masterclass in boldly pursuing your goals you can't miss!

Connect with host Kristen Rocco

Substack: kristenrocco.substack.com

LinkedIn: /kristenrocco

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Get the Bold Moves Recipe delivered to your inbox: www.kristenrocco.com/bold-moves-podcast-club

Hi bold movers! I'm living out my bold moves vision with an extended stay in New York City. It's a mix of work and leisure, and it all started when I defined the bold moves I wanted to accomplish this year.

Every part of this trip came together by leveraging the Bold Moves Recipe: the trip itself and the Bold Moves dinner I hosted here.

Since there are many new listeners (hi! glad you're here) and long-time listeners (thank you for tuning in week after week!), I decided to replay the episode where I detail the Bold Moves Recipe.

At the top, I give an update on my NYC trip and the NYC Bold Moves dinner!

Are you ready to write the how of your story and define your own path?

Inside this episode, you will discover the Bold Moves recipe that can help you create your dream life, a life that is totally defined by you. This episode will empower you to identify your authentic Bold Moves and then learn how to finally take bold action on them.

I’ve collected all the insights from my guests over the last 35 episodes plus my own experiences on making some GIGANTIC bold moves and I’ve unlocked the recipe for making bold moves.

The Bold Moves recipe has three parts. I go deep into each part of the recipe and give you tools to help apply the recipe for yourself.

A glimpse inside the episode

• Discover the Bold Moves Recipe
• Explore each part of the recipe and discover tools to help you apply the recipe
• Hear my Bold Moves journey, goals, and how I took bold action this year to achieve a new level of happiness and personal fulfillment
• Learn the missing link of making Bold Moves for most people
• Explore the traits and behaviors that you need when you experience a setback in your Bold Moves
• Hear insights from world-renowned thought leaders including Tony Robbins and Gabby Bernstein to further clarify the components of the Bold Moves recipe

Episode resources:

Get the Bold Moves Recipe delivered to your inbox: www.kristenrocco.com/bold-moves-podcast-club

The Bold Moves Recipe helps you:​​

• Move beyond complacency and get unstuck
• Discover your authentic desires
• Define your next bold move
• Take action on your goals and dreams to create a life on your terms

Like this episode? There's a whole community of Bold Movers over on Substack. Join us and build your bold moves muscle with us! kristenrocco.substack.com

Imagine a world where you, as an employee, could not only match your skills to a job description, but you could also match your working style to your potential manager BEFORE you accepted a job?

Or, on the hiring side, imagine if you could understand a candidate’s skillset and how well they would work with you as their manager before day one.

That’s what Hatchproof is setting out to do. Imran Syed, Hatchproof’s visionary founder and CEO, has been studying workplace dynamics for quite some time.

He imagined a better employer/employee fit to improve retention and started on a mission to make the future of work work better. He shares what the future of work looks like when Hatchproof assists employees and employers to find a better match. It’s like corporate dating (my words)!

Imran also takes us inside his career before Hatchproof, a journey that crescendoed in completing an eight-figure exit as CEO at Instapage.

I learned so much in just 30 minutes about the mindset, attitude, and perspective you need to create a fulfilling work life full of bold moves – and I know you will too!

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Connect with guest Imran Syed

Hatchproof.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/imranmsyed/

Does being an introvert make it harder to pursue bold moves?

This interesting question led me to Kate Grantham. She’s an independent event producer behind some of the most well-recognized events in the world: the Super Bowl, SAG Awards, and Sundance Film Festival to name a few.

She’s a self-proclaimed occupational extrovert, meaning that her career requires her to “turn it on” and be extremely energetic while producing corporate events (sometimes she’s on-site for 10-12 hours at a time!), but she’s an introvert at heart.

We explore this interesting dynamic – when your bold move requires you to be a different version of yourself, how do you handle that?

Kate takes us inside her process of managing being an introvert in an extroverted career and dispels a few myths about being an introvert who makes bold moves like why relationship-building may actually be easier for introverts.

You will also learn how Kate built her event production business, KIG Events, and what the difference maker was for her to continue staying on this path.

If you’re an introvert who has a big, bold dream but you're holding yourself back, this episode is for you. If you have introverts on your team, this episode will help you understand their preferences so you can be a better colleague or manager.

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Connect with guest Kate Grantham

https://kategrantham.com/

@KIG.events on Instagram

Here’s the thing about midlife crisis…

Is it even a thing anymore?

It’s time to reframe the age-old narrative with a new twist.

I joined Diana Murphy on her podcast, The Leader’s Table, to dispel why people who make bold moves are not in crisis, we’re clicking!

You met Diana and heard her bold move story in the episode called, “Do It Your Way with Reformed Good Girl Diana Murphy” and now we’re turning the tables. She’s getting my perspective on why people who make bold moves identify more with a midlife click than a midlife crisis.

But first, I went back to the archives and learned the history of the midlife crisis. I share who invented it, how it came about, and why it no longer fits our culture and identities.

That’s not all. You’ll hear me talk about:

• What midlife clicking feels like to me – and to other bold people willing to go for their dreams and write their own stories
• What bold people know about getting OUT of a midlife crisis if you are in one right now
• The behind-the-scenes about what led to my bold move that launched this whole podcast to begin with
• What I do when I’m not focused on bold moves conversations (yes, I do other things, too!)

Push play and let’s start a new conversation about the middle part of our lives!

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Connect with host of The Leader's Table Diana Murphy

Email Diana at [email protected]

https://dianamurphycoaching.com

Did the pandemic shake your world? It did for many of us, including Morli Desai, CEO of Amaira Natural Skincare. “There was this little pandemic going on that caused all of us to stop and take stock,” she said.

For Morli, she realized she had lost herself. “I put everything else before me,” she recalled.

Great, now what? What do you do when you know something’s not working and you need to make big, bold changes?

Morli dissects this question for us with her exact step-by-step process of getting back to finding herself and building a brand new life and career.

You will learn so much from this episode about writing a script that fulfills you. Discover how Morli rearchitected her entire life, starting with her health and wellness, friends, family, and community, and then finding a business that complemented her life’s mission to empower women.

Now that she’s on the other side of upending her life, I asked Morli, does she regret making these bold moves? Her answer will surprise you!

Like this episode? There's a whole community of Bold Movers over on Substack. Join us and build your bold moves muscle with us! kristenrocco.substack.com

Connect with host Kristen Rocco

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Connect with guest Morli Desai

https://amairaskincare.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/morlidesai/

After 55 years, Diana broke free from what was traditionally expected of her to honor her desire to create the life she wants. Now, she refers to herself as a “reformed good girl.”

Life for Diana, now 65, is curated by her and no one else. Diana takes us through how she had to shed her good girl career and her good girl life to make bold moves.

She’s a firm believer that it’s time to break free from being a good girl or guy. She shares how she did it and what helped her write her own story, instead of living by someone else’s.

Think it’s too late to make a change? Diana flipped her life upside down at 55 and has never felt better 10 years into her new lifestyle and mindset.

Tune in to hear her divulge:

• Why you need to embrace your inner knowing to unlock how to make bold moves your way
• How practicing hard things helps you develop self-trust for the bold moves of your life
• Why a bold move doesn’t mean blowing your life or career up and starting over. Learn how the slightest change can be the bold move you need to design the life you’re craving

Episode quote I love:

“I would have it no other way – to be brave enough to leave the marriage, brave enough to start the business and honor this mission and calling. The fulfillment and the happiness I have of holding to my standard, when you think about dating and relationships and, what kind of clients I bring into the practice. I really didn't think it was possible to have what I have right now.”

Like this episode? There's a whole community of Bold Movers over on Substack. Join us and build your bold moves muscle with us! kristenrocco.substack.com

Connect with host Kristen Rocco

Substack: kristenrocco.substack.com

LinkedIn: /kristenrocco

Instagram: @kristenrocco

Connect with guest Diana Murphy

Email Diana at [email protected]

https://dianamurphycoaching.com

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