Stuck in a career that looks fine on paper and feels like nothing? I've been there — twenty years in, title intact, joy gone. Seven years ago I was unemployed. This episode is the story of what I rebuilt, and exactly how.

In the first half, I'm telling you the version of my story I don't share on stages — the day I admitted corporate accounting had no more joy left for me, the fear of walking away from two decades of work, and the question that haunted me: was it all a waste? (Spoiler: it wasn't. It was inventory.)

Then I hand you the blueprint. The exact framework from my free guide, Shaping Your Professional Path:

✨ The 4 foundations that reveal your unique strengths — passion, talent, skills, values
✨ The Career Storyboard: the mind-mapping tool behind every major move I've made
✨ How to spot the intersections where your most unique opportunities are hiding
✨ The one question that makes every career decision easier

You don't need luck. You need a map.

🔗 Take the free 2-minute Career Pivot Quiz + download the guide: https://www.stefaniericchio.com/careerquiz💬 Built your Storyboard? Tag me — I want to see it.

We've all had one. The coworker who makes Sunday nights feel sick. The one everybody dreads, who somehow never goes anywhere. But this episode isn't really about them. It's about the better question no one asks: why do companies let it happen?

After a few real-life horror stories (yes, I went there), I get into the uncomfortable truth: leadership almost always has its reasons for looking the other way. Some sound perfectly practical, "they hold all the keys," "we don't have time to rehire." Some come down to a manager who just won't have the hard conversation. And then there's the reason nobody says out loud, the one that quietly keeps the wrong people in place far longer than they should be. I'll walk you through all of it.

Then we get honest about what actually works, how this plays out differently in a giant corporation versus a small family business, what to do whether you're the boss or the one just surviving it, and how to tell the difference between a fight worth having and one that's futile. Because sometimes the most powerful move isn't staying. It's the door.

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She built the fastest-growing liquor brand in history, sold it, and never looked back. This week, Bethenny Frankel tells me how she really thinks about money.

You know her name. But in this conversation, I wanted to get past the name and into the mind — because Bethenny Frankel is one of the sharpest businesswomen and investors out there, and the way she thinks about risk, money, and betting on herself is something every woman needs to hear.

We get into all of it: why she "almost never" invests her own money, how she decides what's worth her time, when to take the deal and walk away from your own baby, and the one question she asks before she puts a single dollar into anything. Plus the mindset I can't stop thinking about — that being careful and being bold aren't opposites. They're the same skill.

Whether you're building a business, eyeing your first investment, or you just want to borrow a little of her nerve, this one will change how you talk to yourself about money.

Come get into it with me. 🎧

In this episode:

• Why protecting your downside matters more than chasing the upside
• Knowing what you know — and getting help with what you don't
• When to stop falling in love with your own ideas
• The "flip or forever home" question for every money decision
• How to build the foundation that lets you eventually play with the house's money

When the FTX crypto empire collapsed in one of the largest financial frauds in history, I sat down with Kevin O'Leary to make sense of it while the dust was still settling.

Now the verdict is in. The founder is serving 25 years, customers are finally getting paid back, and the whole saga has a twist nobody saw coming. But here's the part that keeps me up at night: swap the word "crypto" for "AI," and this exact story is unfolding all over again right now. Same brilliant founders. Same "move fast, the rules will catch up later." Same dangerous belief that ethics and oversight are just speed bumps on the road to the future.

In this episode, I'll set the scene on what FTX actually was, play you my original conversation with Kevin, tell you how it all resolved in the courts and for investors, and make the case for why this was never really a crypto story at all, it's a warning about the technology reshaping your life today. Because the people building the future move fast. You don't have to hand them your trust at the same speed.

Two years into my business, I'd doubled my growth and built brand partnerships I used to only dream about. And you know what happened?

Nothing. No call. No card. No one sent flowers.

In this episode, I'm telling you the story I usually keep to myself, what it actually felt like to hit the milestones and look up to find the people I loved most had gone quiet. If you've ever poured everything into something and felt invisible to the people closest to you, this one's for you.

But this isn't an episode about hurt feelings. It's about what I figured out on the other side of them. We get into why friends and family so often go silent when you build something (spoiler: it's almost never about you), and then I walk you through the three things to focus on instead that actually work. We'll talk reputation, finding your real people, and why waiting for applause might be quietly draining the very drive that got you started.

By the end, you'll stop counting who noticed and start buying your own flowers.

In this episode:

• Why the people who love you most often can't see what you're building
• The reputation move that matters more than any cheerleader
• What the data on entrepreneurial loneliness should tell every founder
• The motivation science behind validating yourself (and why chasing applause backfires)
• Your homework: three things to do this week

Press play. I have so much to tell you.

What happens to you if something happens to the person you love?

In this episode, we're talking love and money — the conversations couples avoid, the documents that protect you, and why being financially prepared is one of the most loving things you can do. Real talk, practical tools, and a checklist you can actually use.

If you've ever felt anxious about money, avoided looking at your accounts, or wondered why earning more still doesn't feel like enough — this episode is for you.

Stefanie Ricchio, CPA and financial strategist, opens up about her own journey from debt at 18 to financial independence — and what she's learned from years of helping women move from money stress to money clarity.

This isn't a budgeting episode. It's about the emotional side of money that nobody ever taught you. The beliefs you absorbed growing up. The patterns that follow you no matter how much you earn. And the one shift that actually changes everything.

Money is not just math. It's behaviour. And once you understand that — everything is different.

This episode is my story.

Before the career, before the credentials, before the confidence, there was a period of my life where I was trying to figure out who I was, what I was capable of, and how I was going to build a life that felt secure and independent.

In this first episode, I’m sharing the real story behind how I went from being a stay-at-home mom navigating financial uncertainty to becoming a CPA, a trusted advisor to business owners, and a go-to financial expert.

This episode is about starting over, making decisions when you’re not sure what the outcome will be, and how money, career, and life are always more connected than we think.

If you’re in a season of change, trying to rebuild, or just wondering what’s next for you, this episode is for you.

In this session we talk about why we fear change, starting over and career transitions.