In this important episode, Todd Jason and Chris Thide unpack one of the most overlooked parts of career reinvention: the old mental and behavioral patterns that surface when you step into something new.

Fear. Doubt. Imposter Syndrome. Overthinking. AND all the wonderful 'check out' behaviors that come with these negative thoughts.If you are wanting to turn mindless social media scrolling or your typical 3-hour binge of Netflix every night into fuel for your Successful ReInvention this episode is for you!

Inside the session you'll get specific strategies to:

• Understand the root cause of why 'old thinking' resurfaces when you commit to change
• Use the 'crowding-out' strategy to break patterns sustainably
• Habituate the ability to "walk as if" you're becoming your best self (this is SO good)!
• Harness clarity as a springboard for dissolving unwanted behavior patterns
• Reclaim momentum when you feel stalled

This episode is for people who are motivated to reinvent - but keep hitting invisible walls.

If you know your next chapter matters… and you're ready to stop repeating old patterns that no longer fit who you're becoming, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.

If this conversation resonated with you, visit ReInvention.biz to explore our guided workbook and join a community of people just like you - people designing what's next.

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Reinventing your career is exciting - but trying to do it alone is one of the fastest ways to stall, burn out, or second-guess yourself.

In this episode, Todd Jason and Chris Thide explore one of the most overlooked accelerators of successful career reinvention: collaboration.

This is a grounded, honest conversation about why reinvention isn't a solo journey - and how the right collaborators, mentors, and partners can help you move faster, smarter, and with far more confidence.

Inside this episode, you'll discover:

• Why "lone wolf" reinvention often leads to unnecessary struggle
• How clarity attracts the right collaborators naturally
• The difference between collaborators, mentors, and business partners
• How to assess whether you thrive solo or as part of a team
• Why temporary experiments beat all-or-nothing commitments
• How to actually find collaborators and / or partners
• What healthy partnerships actually require to work long-term

Todd and Chris also share the real story of how their own partnership formed - including the skepticism, experimentation, and alignment that made it work.

If you're a mid-career professional exploring a new path - whether entrepreneurship, consulting, or a redesigned role - this episode will help you stop doing it all yourself and start building the support structure that reinvention demands.

Your next career move can be your best one - when you design it around who you're becoming, and allow the right people to walk with you.

If this conversation resonated with you, visit ReInvention.biz to explore our guided workbook and join a community of people just like you - people designing what's next.

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If you're thinking about reinventing your career - or already in the middle of it - this episode tackles the one topic most people avoid…money.

Todd Jason and Chris Thide dive deep into how to think clearly, calmly, and strategically about your financial runway during career reinvention - without denial, fantasy, or panic-driven decisions.

This conversation is honest, grounded, and incredibly practical. It's about replacing fear with clarity so you can make smarter moves and actually enjoy the reinvention process.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• The two numbers every reinventor must understand first
• How "unhappiness spending" quietly drains your runway
• Why thinking about 'replacement income' keeps people stuck
• How to plan realistic milestones instead of betting everything on one leap
• When side hustles actually become viable - and when they don't
• How to invest your time and money into reinvention without blowing up your life

This episode is for mid-career professionals who feel called toward something new - but want to build their next chapter with intention, stability, and long-term upside.

Your next career move can be your best one - when it's designed around who you're becoming, not who you've been.

If this conversation resonated with you, visit ReInvention.biz to explore our guided workbook and join a community of people just like you - people designing what's next.

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If you're in your 30s, 40s, or 50s and realizing, "I can't just keep doing this for the next 20-25 years"…this episode is for you.

In this conversation, Todd Jason and Chris Thide go deep on one of the most overlooked pieces of any successful reinvention: Building New Skills on purpose. Not random courses. Not panicked certifications. Not shiny-object learning.

They first walk you through how to honestly assess the skills you already have, and then how to identify where the gaps are. This self-assessment is absolutely critical for anyone reinventing their career..

You'll hear Todd and Chris unpack:

• Why clarity about your next chapter has to come before skill-building
• How to spot the skills you already have from your past career that you're totally underrating
• Why almost every reinventor must eventually learn some version of sales, marketing, and money skills
• The Tony Robbins story: the one skill he chose to master that changed everything
• When to outsource (and why doing it too early can quietly kill your reinvention)
• How to drop the ego, embrace being a beginner again, and actually have fun learning
• A simple way to audit your own "skill gaps" so you know exactly what to work on next

This episode is blunt, practical, and surprisingly hopeful. If you've ever thought, "I'd love to reinvent myself…but I don't have the right skills", Todd and Chris will show you that you're closer than you think, and that becoming a student again might be the most energizing move of your midlife.

If this conversation resonated with you, visit ReInvention.biz to explore our guided workbook and join a community of people just like you - people designing what's next.

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What if your next chapter isn't "one job" - but a mix of things you actually care about that together add up to your income and identity?

In this episode of the ReInvention Podcast, Todd Jason and Chris Thide break down the rise of portfolio careers - designing work around multiple income streams instead of a single, traditional role. They talk honestly about why the old "one job, one ladder" model is breaking down, and why now is the perfect moment to start experimenting with new ways to make money.

You'll hear real stories from their clients and community: former executives turning skills into fractional work, consultants, coaches, creators, and people testing small experiments on the side before they leap. This is not just theory. It's a practical roadmap for reinventing your career in a world of AI, burnout, and massive change.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• What a portfolio career actually is (and what it isn't)
• How to start making a little bit of money in new ways without blowing up your life
• Why your existing skills are way more transferable than you think
• Smart ways to use your network without feeling salesy or weird
• How to handle the emotional side of reinvention when people don't "get" what you're doing
• Why creative projects and "non-money" experiments often lead to real opportunities
• The mindset shift from "I need one perfect job" to "I'm the CEO of my own future"

If you're burned out, bored, or just know you're meant for more than another decade of scrolling job boards, this conversation will help you see new options and give you permission to start small but real experiments now.

If this conversation resonated with you, visit ReInvention.biz to explore our guided workbook and join a community of people just like you - people designing what's next.

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"I know I can't stay in this job… but I have no idea what to do next." Or maybe you've swung to the opposite problem: "There are so many things I could do - how do I choose?"

In this episode, Todd and Chris break down one of the biggest challenges in midlife career reinvention: going from stuck and trapped → to overwhelmed by possibilities → to actually choosing and testing your next move.

You'll learn:

• Why most of us were never taught how to make good career decisions
• The two phases of reinvention: "I have no options" and "I have too many"
• How to use the Japanese concept of Ikigai:
• What you love
• What you're good at
• What the world needs
• What you can get paid for
• A simple way to create a list of real options (usually 10-20, not 50+)
• How to run smart experiments instead of chasing the "one right answer"
• Why talking to real humans (not just Googling at 2am) speeds everything up
• How ego, shame, and perfectionism quietly block your reinvention
• The difference between a single-focus path and a portfolio career
• How to calm your nervous system so you can take bold but sane risks

If you're in your 30s, 40s, or 50s thinking:

• "I want to reinvent my career but I don't know where to start."
• "I have all these ideas-how do I know which one to pursue?"
• "What if I choose wrong and regret it?"

…this episode will give you a practical framework and real-talk guidance to move from spinning in your head to taking clear, confident action toward your next chapter. If this conversation resonated with you, visit ReInvention.biz to explore our guided workbook and join a community of people just like you - people designing what's next.

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Have you ever thought, "I can't do this for another 10-20 years," but you have no idea what comes next?Or maybe you've been laid off after a long career and you're quietly wondering, "Am I too old to start over?" In this episode, Todd and Chris sit down with Brian Trembley, an engineer who spent nearly 30 years designing high-stakes medical devices for brain and spinal surgery. After more than 20 years with the same company, a wave of layoffs forced him out of a role that had once felt like a calling-and dropped him into a full-blown midlife ReInvention.

Brian shares how he moved from:

• Feeling burned out, misaligned, and as if the "dream machine" inside him had died
• Getting laid off and refusing to "play it safe" by taking another misaligned job
• To "betting on Brian" and launching his own consulting business and other creative projects

You'll hear:

• The subtle signs your career is out of alignment (before the burnout and layoffs hit)
• How to tell the difference between 'productive discomfort' and pure fear
• Why community, coaching, and asking for help can fast-track reinvention
• How to use your experience and network to create a portfolio career in midlife
• What it really looks like to surrender control and still move forward

If you're a midlife professional wondering what's next-and whether it's too late to change-Brian's story is proof that you can redesign your life and career around who you are now, not who you used to be. If this conversation resonated with you, visit ReInvention.biz to explore our guided workbook and join a community of people just like you - people designing what's next.

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Thinking about leaving corporate to do your own thing, but also low-key terrified? You're not alone, and you're not crazy. The work world is changing fast, and a huge number of mid-career professionals are quietly wondering:

"Could I actually become the CEO of my own life?"

In this episode, Todd and Chris break down what it really takes to move from a corporate identity to entrepreneurship in midlife - without blowing up your life overnight.

They walk through their 6 Tenets of Reinvention and apply them directly to the "corporate → entrepreneur" leap and you'll also hear Chris' personal story of going from a 20-year corporate career to coaching and building a business, plus the traps he wishes someone had warned him about.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• The first kind of clarity you must get before you even think about quitting
• How to use mindset practically (not as a buzzword) when fear and doubt spike
• What "financial runway" and "emotional runway" really mean in a career reinvention
• How to start making money outside your job before you leave your job
• The 5 most common TRAPS reinventors fall into when starting entrepreneurship
• Several 'entrepreneur-acceleratoring' tips that will get you to success faster

If this conversation resonated with you, visit ReInvention.biz to explore our guided workbook and join a community of people just like you - people designing what's next.

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What careers actually have a future in an AI-driven world?

In this episode, Todd and Chris get real about the future of work, what AI is actually going to disrupt, and how to build a career that's hard to replace because it is rooted in your uniquely human skills.

They discuss the emerging statistics (like 39% of core job skills changing by 2030), why endlessly scrolling LinkedIn for the same old roles has diminishing returns, and why the smartest move right now is to think of yourself as the CEO of your own life and career.

You'll hear real client stories: a laid-off designer who turned his expertise plus AI into a new business, a burned-out exec who became a highly paid workshop leader for his former company, and mid-career professionals who are quietly building second careers in coaching, community, and creator work.

If you've ever thought, "Who am I to do that? There are already so many people doing it…" this conversation is your invitation to think bigger, experiment more, and start building a future-proof career that actually fits the life you want.You'll learn:

• Why AI is absolutely going to replace certain tasks and roles… and which parts of your job are most at risk
• The durable "human skills" that are only becoming more valuable
• How to honestly audit your current role for what's automatable vs. what's uniquely you
• Why experimentation beats perfection, and how to treat your next moves like low-risk "life experiments" instead of irreversible bets
• How to handle the fear of judgment ("who am I to do this?") and start sharing your work or ideas without waiting to be "ready"

If this conversation resonated with you, visit ReInvention.biz to explore our guided workbook and join a community of people just like you - people designing what's next.

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Feeling stuck, uncertain, or finding yourself refreshing LinkedIn to chase the same uninspiring roles?

In this episode, you will learn the most important trait necessary for any successful reinvention. Todd and Chris will show you how to create clarity as an action, experiment like a founder, and detach from perfect outcomes so you can build momentum fast.

They'll also cover practical ways to test side hustles, open new income streams, and help you develop language so you can talk about 'what you're up to' with confidence. If you want motivation plus concrete next steps, this conversation is your green light.

Great for: career reinvention, mid-career pivots, side hustles, fractional work, entrepreneurship, and anyone who wants security and freedom in their next chapter.

What you'll learn:

• How "getting clarity" counts as action and the simple prompt to spark it
• The fail-fast mindset for reinventors (the stakes are lower than you think)
• Ways to open new income channels with small, fast tests
• How to talk about your new identity so opportunities find you
• The role of detachment and why "share the build" beats "wait until perfect"
• 3 "unreasonable" actions you can take this week to create momentum

If this conversation resonated with you, visit ReInvention.biz to explore our guided workbook and join a community of people just like you - people designing what's next.

www.ReInvention.biz **Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.