Career Foresight | Future of Work for Creative Professionals

After a few months of building my career coaching business full-time, I decided to add a job back into the mix. In this episode, I'm walking you through all the career choices and changes I've made this past year and why I made each of them.

Today I am honored to introduce you to my friend, Josh Newton. Josh has an incredible gift of speaking encouragement and believing in other people when they might not be able to believe in themselves. I have been very blessed by this gift of his and his friendship over the past few years and I’ve learned so much from his example.

False decision points are when you feel cornered into making a decision. They are false because in fact, you may have misidentified the root problem that needs to be addressed, or because you have not evaluated all of your options. This episode teaches you how to recognize and avoid false decision points in your life.

Julianne is an aspiring global executive with a love for travel, creativity and personal growth. In fact, it’s her love for those three things that have influenced her professional goal to lead a global company. A lot of people doubt their potential, and this is something Julianne witnesses on the daily. But through her own life choices and the way she manages her team, she’s trying to change this.

In our conversation, Meredith shares how she got to the point in her life where she was able to make the decision to uproot and move to Valdez, why she cares about helping people write grants, and how she prioritizes and keeps herself accountable to her goals.

She challenges listeners to leave behind the story that our current experience of work is how things have to be. Just because it’s what you know, doesn’t mean that it’s normal or how things need to stay.

I am pleased to welcome Scott Knight to the Career Foresight podcast. Scott is the Co-Founder of Mintor a new platform designed to reimagine mentorship. Through Mintor, entrepreneurs, startups, and industry leaders are able to find and build goal-driven mentoring relationships. Scott is also an author and his new book about mentorship will be publishing soon!

Mentorship is a unique kind of relationship and in our conversation, Scott shares how you can find and develop positive mentoring relationships that will impact your life and business.

Genecia Alluora is former Miss Singapore and the Southeast Asia Woman of Excellence 2010. She is the founder of Soul Rich Woman, the #1 female entrepreneur network in Southeast Asia that connects more than 200,000 women across the region. She has been so diligent in pursuing her vision and she has results to show for it. Her work is an overflow of her generous heart, and you feel it from the moment she starts talking.

Theresa Delaney is the founder of Creative Kind, a place for people to come together for crafting, conversation and to support small makers and artists. Four years ago, Creative Kind started as a monthly pop-up workshop series and has continuously evolved ever since.

In my conversation with Theresa, we discuss how crafting is a perfect avenue for making friends as an adult, lessons learned through the ups and downs of running the business, and so much more!

Stephanie Hicks is a personal style and wardrobe coach. She helps people show up as their best selves, confident and well-dressed! Stephanie works with female entrepreneurs and coaches who what their personality and brand to be better represented in how they dress. You’ll fall in love with her and gain a new perspective on why it’s worth building a great closet in this episode!

What do you do when you have a dream so big it overwhelms you? That’s the position you may find yourself in. You have an idea or a passion that’s hard to shake. The only problem is, you don’t know how to take the first step to make it a reality. I'm answering that question in today's episode!