If you're in the middle of a career transition, you've probably felt this tug-of-war:

Part of you knows you need space… time to decompress, process what happened, and heal from the emotional toll of your old work life.

Another part of you feels intense pressure to move fast… to make money again, prove this wasn't a mistake, and "figure it out" as quickly as possible.

In this episode, Todd and Chris unpack the real (and rarely discussed) dilemma: how to balance healing with forward momentum so you don't get stuck in reflection…and you also don't rush into the same patterns that created the burnout in the first place.

Inside the conversation:

• Why "push through" works, until it doesn't
• The hidden cost of skipping the processing/healing phase
• How financial runway (and real-life situations) change the pace of ReInvention
• Why taking time to reflect often accelerates new successes instead of delaying them
• A practical way to build self-reflection into daily life while still moving forward
• What it looks like when your work finally feels integrated with who you are

This is an honest, human episode for anyone who's trying to build what's next without ignoring what the old chapter did to them.

**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.

Fear. Doubt. Anxiety. The mental spiral that makes everything feel heavier than it actually is.

In this episode, Todd and Chris go straight into the "real stuff" that shows up when you're in transition or uncertainty - especially when you're trying to make a big change and your nervous system starts writing worst-case stories.

We break down a simple truth: your emotions can feel urgent… without being supported by objective reality. And we give you practical tools to stop the spiral, separate facts from fear, and turn "negative" emotions into forward motion.

In this conversation, you'll learn:

• Why your nervous system can react like the world is ending - even when the numbers say you're okay
• How to tell the difference between real fear and "rollercoaster fear"
• A simple method to sort what's valid vs. imagined
• The "control the controllables" mindset shift (and why it saves massive energy)
• Why numbing out (Netflix, distractions, checking out) keeps you stuck - and what to do instead
• The Allow & Reflect practice Todd uses to process fear and generate solutions

If you've been feeling stuck, frozen, or caught in old conditioning… this episode will give you a framework to work with fear - without letting it drive the car.

**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.

Ever feel that little spike of anxiety when someone asks: "So… what's going on with work?"

If your career is shifting, evolving, or in a "between chapters" season, that question can make even the most capable people freeze - not because they're failing… but because they don't yet have the language for what's emerging.

The FIX here is so simple, and instantly adds so much confidence back into whatever you're doing, but most people simply don't know the power of crafting communication scripts….

In this episode, Todd and Chris break down a simple 5-step communication framework that helps you speak about where you are right now with clarity, confidence, and authenticity - without oversharing, sounding uncertain, or falling into the "woe is me" trap.

You'll learn how to:

• Acknowledge your past without getting stuck in it
• Name the transition (without making it awkward)
• Share what's real in a way that builds connection (not discomfort)
• Shift the conversation toward possibility and momentum
• Make a confident "ask" that can create real opportunities (introductions, ideas, next steps)

This is the kind of small skill that quietly changes everything: your confidence rises, your relationships deepen, and your conversations start opening doors again. Listen to this whole episode as we provide detailed scripts throughout!

**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.

What happens when you finally start building something new…and your old world suddenly comes knocking?

In this episode, Todd Jason and Chris Thide talk about one of the most confusing - and most common - moments in career change: unexpected opportunities from your old professional life showing up just as you begin to reinvent yourself.

This is almost a predictable phenomenon, and they'll unpack why these moments are so tempting, how identity and nervous system conditioning pull us back toward certainty, and why this phase is actually a test of your long-term vision. You'll learn:

• How to evaluate new job offers without panic or reactivity
• The difference between conscious choice and defaulting to safety
• How to set boundaries around time, energy, and availability
• When it makes sense to go back - and how to do it without killing your vision
• Why clarity around your future self changes every decision

The GOAL: to help you make the best decisions possible for your long-term future. So this episode isn't about burning bridges or forcing bold moves, but about slowing down, staying aligned, and making wise, intentional decisions when things get noisy.

If you're building something new - and feeling pulled back toward the familiar - this episode will help you stay grounded and choose well.

**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.

From the outside, everything looks fine. But on the inside, something feels off.

In this episode, Todd Jason and Chris Thide talk about one of the most difficult - and most avoided - moments in a professional's life: realizing that a career has run its course before the proverbial sh** has hit the fan.

They explore the allure of the 'Golden Handcuffs' and the quiet pain of staying in roles that no longer fit. This episode goes deep into the notion of being attached to an old identity that may no longer serve you and discusses the coping behaviors people use to avoid facing the truth.This conversation will help you:

• Recognize the signs that staying is costing you more than leaving
• Understand why money and status make change feel really hard
• Identify distraction and avoidance patterns that keep you stuck
• Move forward to making better career decisions faster
• Begin imagining what's possible on the other side

This episode isn't about rushing into a change. It's about facing the music, telling yourself the truth, and giving yourself permission to start exploring what comes next-with clarity, support, and intention.

If you've been telling yourself "not yet" for years…this conversation may be the one you've been avoiding-and needing.

**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 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.

**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.

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.

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.

**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.

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.

**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.

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.

**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.