ReInvention

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. **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.

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

**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 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.

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

**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 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.

Reinvention isn't just a resume update. It's a nervous-system upgrade. In this powerful conversation, coach and former Estée Lauder innovation leader Kelle Jacob shares her Embodiment Method-a three-part framework to reinvent your career from the inside out. Self regulation must be a major part of any ReInventors repertoire because when we are in fight-or-flight we don't make smart decisions. In this episode you'll gain access to a method for nervous system regulation so you can 'tone it down' and move forward with confidence.Kelle unpacks how a public failure on America's Next Top Model became a catalyst, how to handle the "upper limit" when good things start happening, and why corporate success and personal purpose can absolutely coexist.

In this episode you'll learn:

• How to rewire beliefs in a theta state so new possibilities actually stick
• Practical breathwork to expand capacity and reduce fear in uncertain times
• A simple test for when to push vs. pause during reinvention
• Why "it all works out in the end" is a strategy, not a cliché

Perfect for anyone leaving corporate, launching a side hustle, or seeking clarity, resilience, and real momentum.

**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 a mid-career professional who's exhausted by your job and overwhelmed by the state of the world, this episode is for you.

Todd and Chris get real about what "growth mindset" actually means when you're in your 30s, 40s or 50s, and when reinventing your career - and life - is on the table. The purpose of this episode is to give you a tangible framework for controlling - even bending - your mindset and perceptions towards seeing the future with a more opportunistic lens.

You'll hear:

• Why obsessively following the news quietly destroys your energy and focus
• How to care about what's happening in the world without drowning in it
• Chris's honest story of midlife burnout, mental health leave, and rebuilding from the ground up
• The difference between your persona (who you thought you had to be) and your real self (who you actually are)
• Our favorite mantra for Reinventors: "Follow your plan, not your mood."

This episode will help you:

• Break the spell of worst-case-scenario thinking
• Put healthier boundaries around work, news, and other people's emergencies
• Start designing a next chapter that fits who you really are, not the role you fell into in your 20's

Your next career move can be your best one yet…especially when you design it around who you want to become, not who you were.

**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.

Most people "reinvent" their career by… updating their LinkedIn and taking the same job somewhere else.

That's not reinvention. That's relocation.

In this episode, Todd Jason and Chris Thide break down how to actually game plan your reinvention so your next career move can be your best - because you designed it around who you want to become, not who you were.

You'll learn the 3 stages of reinvention and what your game plan should focus on in each:

1. Stage 1 - The Writing's On The Wall You're burned out, being quietly pushed out, or can feel the industry shifting under your feet. Todd and Chris show you why your first move is not "apply for the same role somewhere else," and what to do instead.
2. Stage 2 - The Portal Opens You've started consulting, launched a side thing, or discovered new ways to make money. This is where game planning gets real: KPIs, which skills to build, what to double down on, and how to stop slipping back into your old identity.
3. Stage 3 - The Holy Grail When your new path is real and the income can match or beat your old job. Now you're designing a 3-5 year career roadmap that aligns with your freedom, purpose, and lifestyle… not just a paycheck.

If you're a mid-career professional in that "something has to change" moment, this episode will help you stop drifting and start building a concrete plan for what's next.You'll Hear Us Talk About:

• Why "I'll just find the same job elsewhere" keeps you stuck
• How to think about AI, disruption, and job security without panicking
• The shift from "I need a job" to "I'm designing my next chapter"
• The simple question to ask daily: "What do I need to do today?"
• Why reinvention requires new skills, new experiments, and new KPIs
• What "success" in reinvention really looks like (hint: it's not just money)

Perfect for: Midlife professionals, ex-corporate high performers, burned-out leaders, and anyone who feels the old path is collapsing and wants a smarter way to design what comes next.

**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.

Feeling stuck between "I know I need to change" and "I just don't feel like it today"? This episode is all about the real inner game of reinvention: your mindset.

In this conversation, Todd Jason and Chris Thide unpack what it actually means to build a growth mindset when you're a mid-career professional facing big questions about work, money, and identity. Instead of vague "think positive" advice, they give you a practical mental framework you can use on real Tuesday mornings when your mood is in the gutter and your to-do list is screaming.

You'll learn:

• Why most midlife professionals are wired toward negativity, fear, and worst-case thinking
• The core principle: "Follow your plan, not your mood"
• The two paths in any bad day: - Push through with willpower (Tony Robbins mode) - Allow & reflect so you can reset, not just grind
• How to use "allow & reflect" without getting stuck in a spiral
• Todd's personal practices: solo walks, self-talk, using music to access and release emotion
• Chris's tools: morning pages, gratitude, and how to turn a rough day into an 8/10 instead of a zero
• Why honoring your emotions actually makes you more productive, creative, and resilient in your reinvention

If you're reinventing your career, being shown the door, burned out from corporate, or already on the path and riding the emotional rollercoaster, this episode gives you a way to work with your mood instead of constantly fighting it.

Your next career move can be your best one yet. This is how you build the mindset to make that possible.

**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 a mid-career professional staring down AI, burnout, layoffs, or the quiet dread of"I cannot do this for another 20 years," this episode is for you.

Todd and Chris break down the 6 Tenets of Reinvention they use with clients and in their own lives - a practical framework to design your next chapter with intention instead of panic. This is the system Chris literally wishes he'd had 10 years ago when he was stuck in a big corporate job, burned out, and feeling trapped.

In this conversation, they unpack:

• Why clarity comes first and how to start designing a future you're actually excited about
• Growth mindset without the buzzword BS - using optimism as a real career strategy, not a meme
• Game planning like the CEO of your own life, not just reacting to the next reorg or layoff
• The moment thinking stops and taking action begins (and what that action can look like)
• Skill-building in the age of AI - how to become a student again without starting from zero
• Why isolation kills reinvention and how accountability + community massively speeds things up

If you're in that "anything but this… but I don't know what's next" phase, this episode will give you a language, a roadmap, and a starting point to move forward.

**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.