Most people aren't struggling to find opportunities because of their "qualifications"...

They're struggling because every time life falls apart…
they have to start from scratch all over again.

After my father passed away this week, I found myself thinking about relationships differently.

About community. About consistency. About how my father spent decades showing up at the flea market every Saturday - not because he needed something, but because those were his people.

And it made me realize how transactional a lot of us have become.

We wait until we:
• need a job
• need support
• need a referral
• need help

…before we reach out to people.

In this episode, I talk about the difference between networking and actual relationships, why hustle culture makes so many coaches isolated without realizing it and how every major opportunity in my career came through nurtured relationships - not cold applications.

I also unpack:
• why moving to Mexico didn’t magically make me feel free
• the identity shift that changed how I approach work
• what I learned watching 100 coaches apply for corporate coaching roles
• why only 10 got hired
• and why coaching is really a leadership skill more than anything else

If you’re trying to build meaningful work, transition into corporate coaching or stop feeling like you have to do everything alone…

this episode is for you.

🎧 Plus, I share why relationships are not emergency exits - and why the people who move differently in their careers usually build relationships differently too.

RESOURCE: Grab the resources from this episode at www.natishawillis.com/mayguide

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What happens when running a business doesn’t save you the way you thought it would?

In this comeback episode, Coach Tish shares how moving abroad, getting laid off and one conversation with her therapist completely changed the direction of her career.

What started as a search for freedom through being a biz owner eventually led to something unexpected:

corporate coaching.

Now, after years of trying to build fulfilling work on her own terms, she’s sharing why corporate coaching became the thing that funded the freedom she’d been chasing all along.

Grab your free Corporate Coaching Starter Guide here: https://natishawillis.com/mayguide

Coaching Outta Corporate is a podcast for Black women over 40 who are tired of just surviving work instead of living their actual lives.

Hosted by Coach Tish - corporate coach, former DEI leader, expat, and recovering overworker - this show is about what happens when smart, capable Black women stop tying their worth to exhaustion.

Over the years - a lot of us didn’t just build careers.

We built survival identities.

And even after changing jobs, starting businesses or moving abroad, we still carry those same overworking, overperforming, people-pleasing patterns with us.

This podcast is where we unpack THAT.

We talk about:

• coaching inside corporate

• career pivots
• visibility and leadership

• meaningful work

• relationship-based community building (networking)

• money without self-abandonment

• and building freedom your nervous system can actually hold onto

You’ll also learn how to position your existing experience for coaching roles, consulting opportunities, leadership development, employee wellbeing and other people-centered careers without starting over from scratch.

Your next phase isn’t just about quitting your job.

It’s about becoming the kind of woman who no longer believes she has to disregard herself to succeed.

New episodes weekly.

For more details, visit natishawillis.com/mayguide.