ReInvention

This is a special Mother's Day show, and it comes along with one of the most important frameworks we'll talk about: Masculine vs. Feminine energy.

Most of us have been conditioned into constant "go mode." Push. Achieve. Figure it out.

But successful ReInvention doesn't come from more force. It comes from learning how to balance action with awareness. We talk about:

• What masculine vs. feminine energy actually means (and why everyone has both)
• Why so many high performers are burned out and misaligned
• The power of "allow and reflect" as a real strategy, not just a nice idea
• How creating space leads to better, more aligned decisions

This one also gets personal - family, loss, parenting, and how these dynamics shape who we become.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Before you reinvent your career, there's one thing most people avoid: Looking at their finances honestly.

In this episode, we sit down with David Mandell JD, MBA - a financial and legal expert who's spent 30+ years advising professionals - to break down the real foundation of career ReInvention.

Because no matter how exciting your next move is…if the numbers don't work, the plan won't either.

We talk about what most people get wrong when making a career change, why "hope" isn't a strategy, and how to create the financial runway that actually gives you freedom to move. You'll hear:

• Why most people don't know where their money is going (and why that matters)
• How to build a realistic financial runway before making a change
• Why career transitions take longer—and cost more—than you think
• The importance of getting your spouse or partner aligned early

This is a more sober, practical conversation - but it's one of the most important ones. Because ReInvention isn't just about vision and courage, it's about giving yourself the space to make good decisions.

**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.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

We sat down with Scott Clary, host of the Success Story podcast (100M+ downloads) to break down what it actually takes to reinvent your career.

Scott didn't follow the traditional path. He questioned it.

In this conversation, we go deep on why curiosity is the starting point for any reinvention - and how most people stay stuck simply because they never stop to ask: is this even what I want?

We also get practical. If you're mid-career, successful on paper, but feeling out of alignment, Scott shares how to navigate that tension without making reckless decisions. You'll hear:

• Why the old career playbook no longer works
• The "die every night" exercise to get clear on what you actually want
• Why confidence (and control) matters more than talent
• How to take action without quitting your job overnight
• The truth about entrepreneurship: hard, but not complicated

This is a grounded, no-BS conversation about what it really looks like to take ownership of your career, and build something that actually fits your life.

If you've been thinking about making a change but haven't started yet, this is your push.

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**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.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Season 2 is here, and we're starting with a simple truth:

No one knows what's coming next with the AI Economy.

Todd just got back from a 4,000-person leadership conference where top executives, HR leaders, and operators were all saying the same thing: we're figuring it out in real time.

That's the backdrop for this episode, and it's a 'must listen' for anyone navigating career transitions. Chris and Todd break down why uncertainty isn't something to avoid, it's something to work with.

We talk about what's actually happening inside companies right now, why the idea of "certainty" was always a bit of a myth, and how to start making decisions even when you don't have all the answers. You'll hear:

• Why uncertainty can unlock opportunity (not just fear)
• How to stop spinning and start thinking clearly again
• The shift from transactional networking → real relationships
• Why slowing down might be your biggest advantage right now

This is the skill: learning how to move forward without knowing exactly how it's all going to play out.

**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.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Season 2 is on its way and while we get ready, we're revisiting this deeply personal episode on the provider trap because feeling stuck as the breadwinner is one of the most common and most solvable challenges in career reinvention.

If you're the primary breadwinner or you carry the "provider" identity, Career ReInvention can feel impossible. The fear is real: If I change jobs, the whole system collapses. Mortgage. Bills. Kids. Expectations. Your nervous system starts treating reinvention like a threat.

In this episode, Chris and Todd unpack the Provider Trap - the hidden identity that keeps high-achievers locked into misaligned work long after it stops working. They talk about why "providing" is more than a paycheck (presence, energy, relationships, legacy), how fear and scarcity get passed down through generations, and why staying in the wrong career can quietly cost you the very family life you're trying to protect.

They also get a bit personal with their own stories. Chris reflects on losing his dad when he was 25 and the conversations they had towards the end. Todd shares some personal challenges he and his wife are currently dealing with when it comes to the question: 'What is a breadwinner - and what are we really providing'.

At the end you'll understand why courage is the most important muscle that makes ReInvention possible - even when you feel like you have no room to fail.

If you've ever thought, "I can't change - everyone depends on me," this episode is for you.

**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.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

While we prep for an incredible Season 2, we're bringing back one of our most impactful episodes and this one on collaboration and community feels more relevant than ever right now. 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.

**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.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Season 2 is on its way and while we gear up for it, we're revisiting this critical episode on navigating AI and the future of work because getting ahead of what's coming is everything right now.

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"

**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.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

While we gear up for a powerful Season 2, we're revisiting one of our most impactful episodes and this one's too good not to hear again.

If you're staring down "what's next?" after a solid run in corporate, this episode is your invitation to reinvent from the inside out. Todd and Chris unpack the real engine of lasting career change: identity.

You'll learn how to define the future-self you want to grow into, gently retire the parts of your old identity that don't serve you, and build daily practices that make reinvention tangible. From 'clarity' weekends and morning pages to self-talk walks, and crisp new language for "what you do," this is a practical guide to becoming the person your next career actually needs. No hype—just honest tools, mindset shifts, and stories from the trenches to help you land work that's aligned, abundant, and way more fun.

You'll learn:

• How to map your future-self identity and use it as a north star
• The allow & reflect method for releasing old patterns without bulldozing your feelings
• Two zero-cost practices: morning pages and self-talk walks (and why they work)
• Crafting a new narrative for "what you do" that feels true and opens doors
• Why non-attachment accelerates reinvention more than white-knuckling goals

**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.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

In the Season 1 finale of ReInvention, Todd and Chris come full circle on the framework they've been pressure-testing with their community: the 6 core tenets of Career ReInvention. This isn't resume-polishing or a quick pivot - it's a practical, human roadmap for mid-career professionals who want more agency, more fulfillment, and a smarter path forward in a rapidly changing world.

They unpack why ReInvention starts with clarity and long-term vision, why game-planning reduces anxiety, how to take imperfect action through experiments, and why humility and a growth mindset are the hidden unlock for learning new skills and building what's next. Plus: a look ahead at Season 2 themes like AI, money, and the future of work. In this episode:

• A practical breakdown of the 6 core practices to reinvent your career FAST
• Why this is a ZEITGEIST moment for Career ReInvention, and how you can take advantage
• Practices to become the most charismatic and magnetic version of yourself
• The real advantage: building a team so you don't reinvent in isolation

**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.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Imposter syndrome hits hardest right when you're trying to reinvent. You've been confident in your craft for years, then suddenly you're starting over, pitching a new path, learning new skills, and your brain decides you're "not ready."

In this episode, Todd and Chris break down a practical system for building confidence without waiting for it to magically appear. They unpack why "fake it till you make it" gets misunderstood (and what it should mean), how to turn insecurity into curiosity (the fastest antidote), and why confidence is ultimately not about results, it's about trusting yourself to figure it out.

You'll learn:

• Why waiting for confidence keeps you stuck
• How taking action rewires confidence (and reduces anxiety)
• The "beginner mind" approach that makes imposter syndrome shrink
• How to balance inner work (allow & reflect) with bold external action
• A new definition of confidence you can actually use in real life

If doubt is keeping you from sending the DM, making the pitch, launching the thing, or stepping into the room, bookmark this one.

**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.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.