Ditch the Struggle with Alana Ruoso | Career & Success Coaching for Personal Growth

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• A conversation with Kimberly Jarman, Mental Performance Coach
• All things mindset including victim mindset
• Kimberly's personal story of deep pain and anguish
• How to pull yourself out of despair and build a life you love and build a life you love
• How everyone brings their own trauma to the table and how that affects their lives
• Why you need to build yourself UP

Links and references ⚡️
Connect with Kimberly Jarman:
 📷 Instagram
🌐 Website
📺 YouTube
✨ Joe Dispenza (referenced in convo)

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

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Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• What really happens when you tell friends and family you have burnout
• How to navigate burnout and dig deep to recover
• A list of 12 burnout signs from coach Lisa Jeffs - they are SO GOOD!!
• My personal thoughts on how corporate culture does not actually care about your burnout or mental health 

Links and references ⚡️
🌐 Lisa Jeffs website
🎙️EP49: Chronic Pain, High Cortisol and Low Patience

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

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Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• 3 simple ways to set yourself up for success in 2025 (whatever success means to you)
• NOT falling into the trap that you have to accomplish a billion things in the New Year
• Letting go of the need to crush it 24/7 (that's so last year lol)
• Leaning into the seasons when you are goal setting (and why winter is not necessarily the best time to be starting new projects)
• Tips on goal setting and how to feel good about yourself by the end of the year

Links and references⚡️
⭐ Beyond Resolutions: The Complete Guide To Achieving Your New Year Goals🌐 🌐 Kate Northrup's website
💫 Human Design

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

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Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso

Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• A conversation with Licia Tobias, owner of LVT Agency, a successful jewellery wholesale company
• What wholesale actually is and how to build a business representing other people's brands
• Building authentic relationships with clients
• Growing up in retail and learning how to sell at a very young age
• How to sell honestly--sans used car salesman vibes!
• Building a company based on your passions-yes, it IS possible

Links and references ⚡️
Connect with Licia Tobias:
📷 Instagram: @lvtagency

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

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🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
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Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso

Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• Navigating (often painful) moments of rejection and criticism
• Putting yourself "out there" even when it feels scary
• The fear of what people with think of us--and our work
• How to "sit in the cringe" and be in the line of fire
• The stress of hearing harsh feedback
• Taking inspo from others who have been rejected over and over again
• Creating work that sucks and not making it mean anything about you

Links and references ⚡️
🖋️ Dive into more resources over at my blog
🎥 Katherine Center's TedX talk
📕 Katherine Center's website
🎙️ My Toastmasters episode

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now

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🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
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Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso

Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• A conversation with Amelia Ellenstein, Founder & CEO of ameliaellenstein.com and brand strategist, keynote speaker and adventurer
• How Amelia left a job as a VP at a near billion dollar company in 2016 and then sold her house, sold her things and bought a one way ticket to Hawai’i
• Creating a life of action and meaning
• The real impact and fallout from leaving her job (not what I expected to hear!)
• How to infuse adventure and meaning into your life, no matter what you do
• Incredible stories of Amelia walking thousands of miles across America, paddling the entire length of the Mississippi River, setting a Guinness World Record to benefit people with Parkinson’s, and volunteering in the Appalachian Mountains

Links and references
Connect with Amelia Ellenstein:
Instagram: @ameliaeverywhere
Website
LinkedIn 

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now

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🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
❤️ Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com for free & special offers.

Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso

Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• That time in college (Ontario College of Art & Design) that I dug deep to create a "win" for myself--despite wanting to curl up in a ball and hide from the world forever
• Low self-esteem, self-sabotage, panic attacks and migraines
• Navigating my parent's nasty divorce (that took 15 years)
• Getting triggered by my packaging design teacher and feeling like a failure
• The trauma of being a student of a very famous Canadian graphic designer instructor (he designed the CBC logo)
• Not quitting when you really, really want something
• The courage to finally admit to yourself that you DO want to achieve a goal at all costs

Links and references ⚡️
🎙️EP3: My Unplanned & Anything-But-Linear Graphic Design Career [Personal Backstory]

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🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
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Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso

Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• An update on my health journey to eliminate chronic knee/hip/back pain
• How I found out my cortisol was sky high and I'm officially in burnout mode
• IV therapy (ugg, needles!) as a way to get my adrenals back in action
• The mindset that is required to heal after many months of pain
• How healing is usually a big fat puzzle and we have to keep diving into solutions

Links and references ⚡️
🎙️ EP36: Chronic Pain, Deep Despair & "Trying Everything" [Personal Update & Health]
🎙️ EP20: Eliminate Anxiety, Connect to Your Body & Stop "Pushing" [Interview with Sue Ruhe]
✨ My Bowen therapist in Toronto
🌿 The Dutch test for hormones

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now

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🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
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Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso

Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• A conversation with Leah Yard, Owner/Designer behind the demi-fine jewellery brand Leah Yard Designs in Vancouver, Canada
• How Leah worked minimum wage jobs for over ten years (!) and how she finally broke out into entrepreneurship
• Living in survival mode and how it wears you down, mentally and physically
• Wanting to hide from the internet
• The struggle of being a creative and an introvert
• Overcoming our own flaws and setting boundaries
  
  ⚡️Connect with Leah Yard
   📷 Instagram: @leahyarddesigns
  🌐 Website: leahyarddesigns.com
  🎙️ Leah's podcast: Voted Least Likely

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now

⚡️Looking for career help? Work with me 1:1
🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
❤️ Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com for free & special offers.

Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso

Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• Giving ourselves permission to leave a job that is no longer serving us
• When "should" you leave a job? {Spoiler Alert: whenever you want to}
• The crazy rules and regulations we make up about how long to stay in a job
• The fear of how we will look on our resume if we leave a job after just a few months (or a few days as I share in one story)
• How to explain why we have left a job in interviews
• Connecting back to what we really want when it comes to our career

Links and references ⚡️
EP30: Navigating Multiple Job Interviews & Job Offers [Career Strategy]

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now

⚡️Looking for career help? Work with me 1:1
🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
❤️ Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com for free & special offers.

Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso

Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.