On this episode, Wil Hobbs, Director of Student Activities and Affairs at College of the Sequoias, shares his transformative journey in higher education, highlighting how his faith inspires his purpose to serve others. We’ll dive into Wil’s experiences as a mentor and the lessons he’s learned from his own challenges. Join us as we explore the powerful connection between humility, curiosity, and the surprising commonalities found in diverse environments. Listen in for valuable insights and a positive word of encouragement for your own journey.

Connect with Wil:

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CHAPTERS

0:00 - Cold Open

2:54 - Meet Wil

6:47 - How Faith Inspired Purpose Leading to Higher Education

15:56 - The Power of Mentorship

19:24 - The Sweet Moment of Running Into Old Mentors

22:15 - The Value of Sharing Mistakes & Hardships When Mentoring Others

On this episode, Jeremy Watts shares his transformative journey from a pastoral and theology background to a career in aerospace technology. We'll dive into Jeremy's experiences navigating diverse environments, the lessons he’s learned, and how curiosity has shaped his professional path. Join us as we explore Jeremy’s insights on humility, curiosity, and the surprising commonalities found in diverse settings. Listen in for valuable lessons and a positive word of encouragement for your own journey.

Connect with Jeremy:

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Connect with Ish

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CHAPTERS

0:00 - Cold Open

4:59 - Meet Jeremy

7:21 - From a Pastoral/Theology Degree to an Aerospace Tech Career

10:20 - Lessons Learned in Diversity

14:01 - Early Roots for Navigating Diverse Spaces & A Turning Point story

24:14 - Critical Skills for Navigating Diverse Environments

On this episode, Emily Witucki (Salesforce Administrator) shares about her journey through a challenging work experience where HR wasn't a safe place and the ensuing career transformation from there. We'll journey through Emily's experience growing up in the DMV, navigating the challenging experience of being an overachiever for an underwhelming supervisor, and the eventual career transition that took place! Listen in for a positive word of encouragement from Emily's own life for your journey.

Connect with Emily:

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Connect with Ish

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CHAPTERS

0:00 - Cold Open

3:02 - Meet Emily

5:00 - A compelling argument for spending personal time to network and mentor

10:35 - When HR Isn't a Safe Place

14:30 - The Fighter in ALL of Us

16:57 - If your future seems bleak, listen to THIS

On this episode we turn the tables aroudn as we welcome our guest host Ali Arteaga (Mental Health Counselor) who interviews our regular host, Ish Arteaga (Career Coach & Speaker). We'll journey through Ish's journey as he buys his younger brothers cell phones in 2nd grade to how a career transition into Salesforce opened doors as a career coach and speaker! Tune in to hear how a clear purpose and community make all the difference in a life journey.

Connect with Ish

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Connect with Ali (guest host)

Instagram | LinkedIn | Web

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Cold Open

2:28 - Meet Ish

7:05 - First Generation upbringing challenges

8:29 - Financial Aid and the Value of Purpose

14:42 - Divorce, a New Career, and the Value of Community

25:40 - The Most Valuable Resource

On this episode, Anthony Scrima (Solution Engineer) takes a look at his life leading up to being a trusted teacher and inspiration for many people navigating career transitions. We'll explore Anthony's journey from a communally minded upbringing, through an alarmingly independent degree path, to ultimately forging a journey (against the advice of mentors!) to create the life he was built for! Listen in as Anthony shares about navigating the challenging journey to become the trusted advisor and professional he is today!

Connect with Anthony:

⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠

Connect with Ish

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CHAPTERS

0:00 - Cold Open

2:59 - Meet Anthony

3:31 - Mindset when instructing others in their career transitions

8:45 - Communal Upbringing in Individualistic Society

11:15 - Pivoting from Heavily Individualistic Degree Path

19:50 - When Mentor's Advice Disagrees with Personally Compelling Decision

On this episode, Chris Covey (Talent Sourcing Team Lead) joins us to share his story to leading the recruitment team at Texas Oncology. From his days in Canyon, TX, through the days of navigating trauma growing up and overcoming the hardship of a degree path that led to a seemingly dead-end career wise, listen in as Chris shares some of his insights to successfully leveraging his degree onto a new career path and ultimately overcoming trauma to lead Texas Oncology's very successful talent sourcing team.

Connect with Chris:

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Connect with Ish

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CHAPTERS

0:00 - Cold Open

2:21 - Meet Chris

7:02 - Overcoming a jobless degree path

10:53 - Finding value in a fruitless degree/career path

15:49 - Growing career potential by overcoming trauma

19:39 - First steps to get help with trauma

On this episode, Dr. Terrance McClain (Student Success) joins us to share his story to becoming Director of Student Success Center at McCoy School of Business (Texas State University). From his days in Houston, TX to being the first in his family to go to college, and now serving in the higher education industry as Director of Student Success, listen in as Dr. Terrance shares some of his insights to building character, how to help define your purpose, and making the most of your circumstances to not be selfish but to be 'self-full.'

Connect with Dr. Terrance:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Website

Connect with Ish

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CHAPTERS

0:00 - Cold Open

2:15 - Meet Dr. Terrance

8:56 - Food as a Universal Language for Connection

11:49 - Life as #firstgen College Student

13:56 - Job Searching and Building Character

18:45 - Authenticity as a Source For Connection

22:40 - An Overlooked Source for Defining Your Why

On this episode, Keegan McGoldrick (Salesforce Consultant) joins us to share about her story to becoming a Salesforce Consultant entrusted with some major contracts. From her early days in Tampa, FL to making a transition from substance abuse counseling into the tech space as a Salesforce consultant, listen in as Keegan shares great insight on finding a mentor, the value of freewriting in lifestyle design, and the one thing she wished she knew earlier in life.

Connect with Keegan:

⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠ | Facebook

Connect with Ish

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CHAPTERS

0:00 - Cold Open

2:24 - Meet Keegan

5:37 - From Substance Abuse Counseling to Salesforce

10:06 - Freewriting in Lifestyle Design

17:44 - On-Demand Mentoring

22:58 - One Thing I Wish I Knew Earlier In Life

On this episode, Brian Hills (Education Consultant) joins us and looks back on his personal and career journey: from growing up in Wyoming and Texas to landing the ultimate job as a school principal, only to realize that wasn't what he wanted! Listen in as Brian shares his story navigating that moment and the amazing insight he picked up from that moment of disruption in his life.

Connect with Brian:

⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ | Email Brian (Email Address at 26:49 mark)

Connect with Ish

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CHAPTERS

0:00 - Cold Open

2:32 - Meet Brian

4:09 - Building Trust Quickly as Ed Consultant for Underperforming Schools

9:09 - Defining a Career Path

19:13 - Critical Moment that made later career-pivot possible

On this episode, we connect with Amy Morris (Salesforce Consultant, CGI). Join us as Amy looks back on her story, from being an athlete in a small family to her career transitions from a science undergrad to Business Development and eventually into Salesforce. Amy will share her best insights to making it through these transitions and willing your way to your desired goals!

Connect with Amy:

⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠

Connect with Ish

⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Cold Open

2:32 - Meet Amy

9:03 - From Introvert to Networking Extraordinaire

15:20 - How to Prepare Now to Attract Opportunities

21:40 - One Thing I Wish I Knew When I Was 18