Holistic Career Change

This is one of those long-time coming episodes where I take you through my very own linear career change journey. 

In this candid episode, I open up about my 3-year transition from misaligned corporate jobs to building my own coaching practice. I talk about how:

• I experienced years of inner turmoil and unhappiness working in management consulting and public sector roles that felt inauthentic;
• I quit jobs without a plan, taking solo soul-searching trips to Iceland and Portugal to get clarity;
• Iceland helped strip away my former identity and connect me to my true self through nature;
• After realizing I needed to be self-employed, I gradually transitioned by studying coaching while still working corporate jobs;
• I overcame intense fears of being perceived as a "wacko" life coach by former colleagues;
• I took imperfect action by starting to coach before feeling fully ready to gain clarity;
• I transitioned by getting a job with flexible remote hours which gave me safety to build my practice.

I also share the most pivotal moments, doubts, and emotional journey I had to embark on in order to help others find aligned careers.

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🧚🏻‍♀️ABOUT VILMA

Vilma is a holistic career coach helping unfulfilled women transition into soul-aligned work where their gifts become their livelihood. Whether they're dreaming of launching their own business or finding a role that lights them up, Vilma supports their journey to work that feels like home.

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🧿NEED CAREER CHANGE SUPPORT?

1/ Book a career alignment session

We’ll explore your aligned career or business journey & create a path to work that lights you up.

2/ Uncover your healing gift - QUIZ

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In this special episode, I chat with my partner Maarten about his experience and insights as the significant other of someone going through a major career transition.

I know so many women express feeling unsupported or doubted by their partners when they want to make a bold career shift. Or partners come at it very logically versus emotionally. Understandably, the prospect of losing financial stability can be scary for spouses too.

I’ve been SO fortunate to have a partner who believed in and stood by me every step of my winding career change journey. I wanted to share Maarten's perspective to shed light on how partners can provide that unconditional support when their loved one decides to take the leap towards more purposeful work.

We get honest about Maarten's initial reservations, how he came to fully embrace my transition, the flexibility required to make more time together, tuning into each other's needs, and the advice he has for others supporting a career changer.

There's so much wisdom in hearing the other side's experience when your dreams disrupt the status quo. 

When you make a shift, your loved ones shift too. I hope this episode inspires you & your partner to navigate inevitable changes with more compassion, trust and teamwork.

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🧚🏻‍♀️ABOUT VILMA

Vilma is a holistic career coach helping unfulfilled women transition into soul-aligned work where their gifts become their livelihood. Whether they're dreaming of launching their own business or finding a role that lights them up, Vilma supports their journey to work that feels like home.

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🧿NEED CAREER CHANGE SUPPORT?

1/ Book a free career audit

We’ll explore your aligned career or business journey & create a path to work that lights you up.

2/ Uncover your healing gift - QUIZ

Take this free lightworker archetype™ assessment.

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Have you chosen an exciting new career path, one that truly lights you up...only to start questioning if you made the right move when it doesn't unfold smoothly or quickly? You're not alone!

In this week's episode, we're exploring why an aligned vocation can still feel uncomfortable or rocky in the early stages. And how to tell the difference between normal growing pains versus true misalignment.

I'll also share how I navigated feeling like an imposter and reclaiming my confidence when reality didn't match my expectations. And what I did to course correct and find more ease, joy and flow as I built skills and structured my ideal business model.

We'll discuss some key signs that your discomfort may signal just growing pains, not necessarily overall misalignment:

• You still feel excited by the work itself, just doubting your abilities
• Part of you knows it aligns with your core motivations
• The path resonates, but your approach feels off

Plus, strategies to recalibrate HOW you're walking this purpose path in order to feel re-inspired:

• Examine unconscious expectations around the timeline
• Check where you’re using outdated models versus aligning with your own rhythm
• Get radically honest if this still deeply resonates with your soul

Even when you're headed towards your North Star, the journey itself will likely involve some stormy seas, please don't get discouraged!

Enjoying this episode? Send me a text & share what you're resonating with!

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🧚🏻‍♀️ABOUT VILMA

Vilma is a holistic career coach helping unfulfilled women transition into soul-aligned work where their gifts become their livelihood. Whether they're dreaming of launching their own business or finding a role that lights them up, Vilma supports their journey to work that feels like home.

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🧿NEED CAREER CHANGE SUPPORT?

1/ Book a career alignment session

We’ll explore your aligned career or business journey & create a path to work that lights you up.

2/ Uncover your healing gift - QUIZ

Take this free lightworker archetype™ assessment.

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In this episode, I interview Eleanor, a graduate of the Holistic Career Change Group Program who's made a pivot from non-profit work to becoming a guide for mothers and caretakers.

We discuss:

• how Eleanor first came into the program with lots of interests: from a jewelry business to returning back to non-profit work
• how overworking and overcommitting to pursue misaligned goals left El burnt out and disconnected from their body. It took a traumatic childbirth experience to force them to reevaluate their choices
• financial scarcity and how it impacted Eleanor's life and career choices
• transition into motherhood and how mothers are STILL a very underserved and under-resourced community
• the pre-butterfly "goo phase" that is so tough to endure yet so necessary in order to complete the transformation required to embrace an aligned path
• Eleanor's experience in the group program - deep friendships,  support and clarity she found as a result of doing the work & showing up for the process and themselves.

ABOUT ELEANOR
El Fort (she/they) serves as a guide for female-bodied (women and non-binary) folks on their unique healing journeys, with a particular focus on new and soon-to-be mothers and caretakers. El combines over 20 years of leadership, training, coaching, and facilitation skills in the professional world with their own experience over the last few years of healing from chronic stress, burnout, and overwhelm. 
El believes the heart of healing is nervous system regulation. They use evidence-based practices that back up ancient wisdom with a sprinkle of mysticism. They work with people holistically to connect with their own self-worth, self-trust, and self-compassion. Through mindfulness, movement, breath and belief work, clients find peace, balance, harmony and joy to live their most authentic, fulfilled, badass life.

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🧚🏻‍♀️ABOUT VILMA

Vilma is a holistic career coach helping unfulfilled women transition into soul-aligned work where their gifts become their livelihood. Whether they're dreaming of launching their own business or finding a role that lights them up, Vilma supports their journey to work that feels like home.

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🧿NEED CAREER CHANGE SUPPORT?

1/ Book a career alignment session

We’ll explore your aligned career or business journey & create a path to work that lights you up.

2/ Uncover your healing gift - QUIZ

Take this free lightworker archetype™ assessment.

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In this short & sweet episode I share a pattern I've been noticing A LOT LATELY - people being let go & redirected by the wildest career circumstances.

Rather than resisting this at times unpleasant change, I encourage you to embrace it and ask yourself -  what gifts they’re pushing you to embody. 

Let's zoom out & read between the lines!

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🧚🏻‍♀️ABOUT VILMA

Vilma is a holistic career coach helping unfulfilled women transition into soul-aligned work where their gifts become their livelihood. Whether they're dreaming of launching their own business or finding a role that lights them up, Vilma supports their journey to work that feels like home.

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🧿NEED CAREER CHANGE SUPPORT?

1/ Book a career alignment session

We’ll explore your aligned career or business journey & create a path to work that lights you up.

2/ Uncover your healing gift - QUIZ

Take this free lightworker archetype™ assessment.

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In the last episode of the year, I have the honor of chatting with an inspiring career changer & manifestation maven - Sarah.

Sarah's gone through the holistic career change process & found herself in a multipotentialite portfolio career - having carved out a very unique space for herself.

In many ways, she's a trailblazer & an example of what's possible when you choose to boldly lead with creative spirit, emotional intelligence, and alignment—even within rigid tech spaces not set up for authentic expression.

In the episode we will chat about uncompromising self-advocacy to shift workplace culture to the leading edge, refusing to mute intuition or hide true colors for the comfort of others.

Sarah will also expand on the magic that unfolds when you stand firmly in your integrity and heart-wisdom, ushering in the new paradigm of working & living.

This was such a fun episode to record. Sarah has this joyful, light yet wise presence - and my hope is that you'll feel inspired hearing her story just as I did.

ABOUT SARAH
Sarah is a creative spiritualist who is devoted to understanding herself, so that she may understand everything else. She is on the path of radical self-acceptance so that she may create the most beautiful reality possible. Sarah's favorite feeling is being inspired by someone; so she is deeply honored when she is able to do the same.

You can find her on Instagram at @darahsoh

Enjoying this episode? Send me a text & share what you're resonating with!

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🧚🏻‍♀️ABOUT VILMA

Vilma is a holistic career coach helping unfulfilled women transition into soul-aligned work where their gifts become their livelihood. Whether they're dreaming of launching their own business or finding a role that lights them up, Vilma supports their journey to work that feels like home.

———

🧿NEED CAREER CHANGE SUPPORT?

1/ Book a career alignment session

We’ll explore your aligned career or business journey & create a path to work that lights you up.

2/ Uncover your healing gift - QUIZ

Take this free lightworker archetype™ assessment.

3/ I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU🤍
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I'm brimming with joy to be bringing you an astrology-focused episode!
 
In this beginner-friendly episode, we are joined by a special guest Cat, a professional astrologer, who will be walking us through the crucial birth chart components that signify career and destiny:

• Moon to indicate our emotional needs
• Midheaven to identify our public calling
• North Node to show us a soul-driven direction
• and 10th house to suggest types of career & public roles we might be drawn to

We will discuss how, by assessing planetary aspects and zodiac sign positions related to these key locations in the natal chart, you can find greater clarity around fulfilling work that aligns with your innate talents and gifts. 
 
Cat will go into more detail about how you could leverage astrological guidance for your career shifts, along with actionable tips for listeners interested in mapping their birth charts for an aligned career direction. 

We had SO much fun recording this episode and I hope you will enjoy listening to it just as much!

RESOURCES
Free Birth Chart generator: https://www.astro-seek.com
The Pattern App
Co-Star Astrology App

ABOUT CAT
Catherine, also known as Cat, is an astrologer whose passion is to see other people understand themselves the best, their path and their potential based on their birth chart. She has a particular interest in career astrology, and how understanding your birth chart can help you feel aligned within your career.
If you are interested in booking a personal reading with her you can visit her Etsy shop: https://catsastrology.etsy.com
TikTok: @cats_astrology
Instagram: @cats_astrology

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🧚🏻‍♀️ABOUT VILMA

Vilma is a holistic career coach helping unfulfilled women transition into soul-aligned work where their gifts become their livelihood. Whether they're dreaming of launching their own business or finding a role that lights them up, Vilma supports their journey to work that feels like home.

———

🧿NEED CAREER CHANGE SUPPORT?

1/ Book a career alignment session

We’ll explore your aligned career or business journey & create a path to work that lights you up.

2/ Uncover your healing gift - QUIZ

Take this free lightworker archetype™ assessment.

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We are back with the career change series! This week I’m bringing you the behind-the-scenes of my client Nina’s career change journey.

While Nina’s story is very unique in the way that it unfolded and how she found her aligned career, many of her fears, and inner conflict that she experienced along the way are very common amongst career changers.

We will discuss:

• what it felt like working in real estate and how despite the potential in the industry - showing up for it felt very challenging
• a personal traumatic experience that turned out to be a catalyst for change in both - Nina's personal and professional life
• a new perspective on grief and how to transmute and reimagine it
• the moments of peace, lightness and expansion she gets to feel now that she started walking an aligned career path...

and so much more.

Nina has a lot of wisdom to share and my hope is that you will enjoy and appreciate her grounding & healing energy and get inspired for your own career transition!

ABOUT NINA
Nadjalisse “Nina” Rodriguez is founder and host of the Grief and Light Podcast, which she created following the unexpected loss of her brother Yosef in 2019. 
 
 She has since forged a path to address the silence surrounding sudden loss and the reality of life as a griever. 
 
 The Grief and Light Podcast has evolved into a powerful platform highlighting stories of loss, grief and life thereafter, as well as amplifying the voices of those making meaningful impacts within their communities. 
 
 Beyond the airwaves, Nina extends her support by offering monthly virtual grief support meetups, one-on-one grief support sessions, illuminating the path forward for those facing one of life's most challenging moments. 

• Website: www.griefandlight.com
• IG: @griefandlight
• Email: [email protected]
• 1:1 Grief Support (12 weeks): https://www.griefandlight.com/heart-to-heart
• Book a Discovery Call: https://calendly.com/griefandlight/heart-to-heart-discovery-call
• Other ways to work with me: https://www.griefandlight.com/workwithme
• Podcast: 
  • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2FI3TSz9wPBYu8Eymdegaj?si=738e6ba3d7514922
  • Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grief-and-light-podcast/id1680003901
  • Other Platforms: https://griefandlight.buzzsprout.com/share 

Enjoying this episode? Send me a text & share what you're resonating with!

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🧚🏻‍♀️ABOUT VILMA

Vilma is a holistic career coach helping unfulfilled women transition into soul-aligned work where their gifts become their livelihood. Whether they're dreaming of launching their own business or finding a role that lights them up, Vilma supports their journey to work that feels like home.

———

🧿NEED CAREER CHANGE SUPPORT?

1/ Book a career alignment session

We’ll explore your aligned career or business journey & create a path to work that lights you up.

2/ Uncover your healing gift - QUIZ

Take this free lightworker archetype™ assessment.

3/ I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU🤍
Follow & DM me on Instagram

This week we are analysing the anatomy of giving up.

In the episode, we will be discussing:

• Our tendency to give up too quickly on our dreams and career pursuits and how many of us have become complacent and, at times, even entitled to manifestations. 
• How our need for instant gratification affects long-term change efforts.
• The unpleasant, challenging feelings we will inevitably experience as we explore the edges of our possibility and how to coexist with those feelings versus allowing them to take over.
• The evolution of the human brain and what time inconsistency has to do with it.
• How aligning our frequency with desires is just one side of the equation - the other being inspired action.
• The importance of self-awareness, curiosity, and taking ownership of your actions and outcomes.

This episode is a little more fiery than usual because my goal is to ALWAYS remind you of the untapped potential inside of you.

Enjoying this episode? Send me a text & share what you're resonating with!

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🧚🏻‍♀️ABOUT VILMA

Vilma is a holistic career coach helping unfulfilled women transition into soul-aligned work where their gifts become their livelihood. Whether they're dreaming of launching their own business or finding a role that lights them up, Vilma supports their journey to work that feels like home.

———

🧿NEED CAREER CHANGE SUPPORT?

1/ Book a career alignment session

We’ll explore your aligned career or business journey & create a path to work that lights you up.

2/ Uncover your healing gift - QUIZ

Take this free lightworker archetype™ assessment.

3/ I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU🤍
Follow & DM me on Instagram

I'm very excited to share another career change story with my client Julia.

We will discuss:

-about her years as a registered nurse and what her every day felt like

-how she made a decision to pivot which coincided with her moving to Europe

-how she broke into the film industry - without speaking the language - and what steps she took which eventually led her to a paying job she has now

-how she was learning to not just think but also FEEL out what alignment felt like in her body and how to discern what’s hers and what’s not

-what she learnt during her career change journey and what’s her advice to those of you still on this journey

It's such a unique beautiful story. Enjoy!

JULIA
Follow Julia's journey and work on her Instagram account @juliascreative_

Enjoying this episode? Send me a text & share what you're resonating with!

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🧚🏻‍♀️ABOUT VILMA

Vilma is a holistic career coach helping unfulfilled women transition into soul-aligned work where their gifts become their livelihood. Whether they're dreaming of launching their own business or finding a role that lights them up, Vilma supports their journey to work that feels like home.

———

🧿NEED CAREER CHANGE SUPPORT?

1/ Book a career alignment session

We’ll explore your aligned career or business journey & create a path to work that lights you up.

2/ Uncover your healing gift - QUIZ

Take this free lightworker archetype™ assessment.

3/ I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU🤍
Follow & DM me on Instagram