Career pivots are no joke, especially when making the decision to go from a stable career to running your own business. But when done out of the desire to do something you love, it can be one of the most rewarding career shifts of your life.

Meet Rayana, one of my favorite examples of a woman who followed her desire and made a successful career out of it. When Rayana and I first met, I was her first interior design client after she made the decision to leave her career as a firefighter to focus full-time on her budding design business. Fast-forward to today, she has over 11k followers on Instagram, despite having a shy approach to social media, with clients who seek her out specifically for her unique style and vision. 

From fighting fires to transforming spaces into unique works of art for clients, Rayana has done it all. She is proof that recognizing your own talent is the first step to transforming your life into one you truly love. 

Key Topics:

1. Recognizing the desire to be a business owner at a very young age
2. How Rayana got started firefighting
3. The catalyst for leaving her career and starting her own business
4. Running a DIY furniture business on the side
5. The bridge between DIY furniture and interior design
6. Finding her own style as an interior designer
7. Having the courage to go after higher-end clients
8. Managing client expectations as a perfectionist

Connect with Rayana online:

Website: https://www.firefinishinteriors.com/

Instagram: @firefinish_interiors

Find more from Courtney Page:

Instagram: @glowstate_coaching

Website: https://www.glowstatecoach.com/

Interested in 1:1 Coaching or Hiring Courntey for a Speaking Engagement or Workshop? Email her at: [email protected] 

Have you ever felt that you can feel more deeply than most people, or can almost sense things about people or situations that you can’t explain? You’re not alone.

Dive into the world of “woo” with us this week, where I chat with my friend Jen Cabot about her experience embracing her intuitive side and becoming a spiritual master. She has a gift of being able to tune into the spiritual world and help people learn about themselves more deeply.

In part 1 of this interview, Jen shares how she discovered and embraced her intuitive side, how she deals with spiritual skeptics, and so much more. She even shares how wannabe intuitives can start working out their own spiritual muscles and seeing the unseen wonders that the Universe has to share with us.

Key Topics:

1. Seeing pathways for people in a point of transition
2. Defining the world of “woo”
3. Allowing skeptics to be skeptics
4. Staying grounded in an energy of integrity
5. Awakening to a deeper life purpose
6. Finding confidence and embracing intution
7. Recognizing our own intuition
8. Synchronicity and the 4 different “clairs”
9. Advice for wannabe intuitives
10. The Akashic Records

Connect with Jen online:

Website: https://www.jennifercabot.com/

Instagram: @jennifer_the_healer

Find more from Courtney Page:

Instagram: @glowstate_coaching

Website: https://www.glowstatecoach.com/

Interested in 1:1 Coaching or Hiring Courntey for a Speaking Engagement or Workshop? Email her at: [email protected]

Typically when you think of finance, you think of white men. Specifically, old, white men. But despite the stereotypes, there are women paving their way in the industry bit by bit.

One of these women is Urmi Hossain, a Bengali woman born in Italy who is now living in Montreal and living her finance career dreams. It’s uncommon to hear of someone who is passionate about finance, but Urmi is no common woman. She is sharing her gifts with the world, particularly with women who need education in financial literacy.

Urmi loves the art of personal finance and how numbers can be made into stories that can help people better understand how their money works. In this episode, she shares a wealth of inspiration and knowledge about how she got into this career field and how she uses it to help others earn their own independence in life.

Urmi is truly inspirational, and I’m so excited to be sharing her story with you all here!

Key Topics:

1. Finance was love at first sight
2. Making stories out of numbers
3. Choosing something because you love it, not because of money
4. The ambition and courage of going against stereotypes
5. Teaching women financial literacy, leadership, and career coaching
6. Resources for financial education
7. Why learning finance is so important for women in particular
8. The power of personal branding
9. Following your passion is the spice of life
10. Tapping into undiscovered potential

Connect with Urmi online:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZoiI0SGU0Xo9_lNjtLWtgg

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/urmihossain/

Urmi’s books: https://www.amazon.ca/Urmi-Hossain/e/B0B7D7WM4K%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

https://www.femmepalette.com/authors/urmi-hossain

https://www.womeninleadership.ca/post/power-5-interview-urmi-hossain

Resources mentioned in the episode:

More Money Podcast

Rich Dad Poor Dad book

The Little Book of Valuation

Aswath Damodaran’s Youtube Channel

Rose Han's Youtube Channel

Find more from Courtney Page:

Instagram: @glowstate_coaching

Website: https://www.glowstatecoach.com/

Interested in 1:1 Coaching or Hiring Courntey for a Speaking Engagement or Workshop? Email her at: [email protected]

When you’re asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” a typical answer isn’t professional sommelier or wine expert. Yet, these careers do exist and can be a dream for those who are lovers of wine.

Today, our guest is Carrie Lyn Strong, the founder of Strong Wine Consulting and an experienced sommelier. Carrie's career journey started as a bartender at the original Tao in New York City and later transitioned into hospitality management, with a focus on food and beverage. Her love for wine eventually led her to become a sommelier, working with renowned chefs and restaurants before starting her own wine consulting agency.

In this episode, we’re digging into the world of wine to see what it’s really like and what it takes to pave your own way in such a niche industry. From the beginning of her career to breaking out on her own, Carrie Lyn shares the multifaceted world of wine with us. 

Key Topics:

1. Being a wine “jack of all trades”
2. How Carrie Lyn found time to break out on her own
3. Choosing a non-traditional profession
4. The importance of studying abroad if given the chance
5. Paving your own way in a new career
6. From working in marketing to marketing herself
7. Adapting to putting herself in the public eye
8. The multifaceted nature of running a business
9. Becoming a creative problem solver

Connect with Carrie Lyn online:

Susquehanna Style Magazine

Website: https://carrielynstrong.com/

Instagram: @carrielynstrong

If you're local to Marietta, PA, check out her wine dinners at the Railroad House Inn

Find more from Courtney Page:

Instagram: @glowstate_coaching

Website: https://www.glowstatecoach.com/

Interested in 1:1 Coaching or Hiring Courntey for a Speaking Engagement or Workshop? Email her at: [email protected] 

Sometimes, a person’s career begins where most people dream of ending up years or even decades down the road. This is very much the reality for Ashley Stahl, who began her career at 23 in the Pentagon as a counterterrorism professional. 

After following this path for a short time, she soon realized that it was time to move on to other things and begin finding career success down other avenues. While having the opportunity to give a TEDx Talk about her time in the Pentagon, she used her public speaking platform to launch her career coaching business and has thrived there ever since.

In this episode, Ashley tells all about her career pivots from being an introvert in government and public speaking, to now helping others build their careers and launch their own TEDx Talks. We’ll discuss everything from the different stages of career building and finding your niche in life, to balancing instability with inner peace, and even Ashley’s career ambitions as a kid. 

If you want to be inspired to go big or go home and put your fears aside to make your dreams a reality, don’t miss out on this episode!  

Key Topics:

1. Balancing introversion with being in the public spotlight
2. The physical side effects of public speaking
3. Beginning her career at most people’s end goal
4. True self-learning begins after you achieve what you thought you wanted
5. Dabblers, Stressers, and Masters
6. Finding “home” in unexpected places
7. Pivoting from TED Talks to coaching
8. The intense ups and downs of career development]
9. Balancing instability wth peace

Connect with Ashley online:

Instgram: @ashleystahl

You Turn Podcast 

You Turn Book

Website: https://www.ashleystahl.com/

Find more from Courtney Page:

Instagram: @glowstate_coaching

Website: https://www.glowstatecoach.com/

Have you ever been so sure of your path in life, you’d do almost anything to make it happen?

Meet my friend and hair colorist, Crissy. She’s out here making her dreams a reality running her own hair studio, Ash + Honey, with her business partner Gianna. From a young age, Crissy knew her destiny in life was to become a hairstylist. After giving college a try for a few years, she finally decided to stop following everyone else’s plans for her and set down the path to making her own dreams a reality. 

We’ll discuss managing external and internal expectations, what originally drew her to balayage, making the decision to branch out on her own, imposter syndrome, and so much more. Join us to follow Crissy’s career journey and learn more about the intersection of hair color, chemistry, and creativity. 

Key Topics:

1. Discovering her calling
2. The internal and expectations from herself and others
3. The intersection of hair coloring and chemistry
4. Finding her niche in hairstyling
5. Realizing it was time to branch out on her own
6. How she and her business partner made it happen
7. Faking it ‘till you make it
8. The turning point of her career
9. Brutal honesty and managing client expectations 

Connect with Crissy online:

Instagram (personal): @crissystyles

Instagram (salon): @ashandhoneybeauty_

Message to book an appointment today!

Salon info: Ash + Honey Salon, Coral Springs, FL

Vino Salon Suites

Find more from Courtney Page:

Instagram: @glowstate_coaching

Website: https://www.glowstatecoach.com/

Interested in 1:1 Coaching or Hiring Courntey for a Speaking Engagement or Workshop? Email her at: [email protected] 

When we’re younger, we’re all pressured to decide what we want to do for the rest of our lives before we’ve even had a chance to get into “the real world.” It leaves many of us in autopilot, either doing what we think we’re supposed to be doing, or feeling completely lost without direction. 

Meet Alex Wolf, a perfect example of breaking free of that pressure and simply allowing life to unfold before him. His ability to go with the flow and follow what lit him up inside professionally has led him to some pretty incredible places.

In this episode, we’ll follow his journey from when he was in college and wind through his exciting career path in the luxury hospitality industry. If you’re interested in knowing what it’s like on the inside of working for some of the best dining spaces in the world, you don’t want to miss this conversation!  

Key Topics:

1. Discovering the electric energy of the restaurant industry
2. How he ended up in NYC
3. Meeting Courtney at a high-stakes time in his career
4. Balancing being detail-oriented and delegating well with others
5. The importance of knowing when to pivot and detaching from the outcome
6. Traveling for work
7. Where perfectionism and creativity come together
8. Trusting instead of controlling

Connect with Alex online:

Instagram: @ajalexwolf

Find more from Courtney Page:

Instagram: @glowstate_coaching

Website: https://www.glowstatecoach.com/

Interested in 1:1 Coaching or Hiring Courntey for a Speaking Engagement or Workshop? Email her at: [email protected] 

What happens when you truly go with the flow and allow the Universe to guide your direction in life? Today, we’ll explore this notion with someone who is a true example of this idea.

Meet Debbie Troyan, a certified massage therapist, reiki healer, and yoga teacher who spent over 20 years working in corporate America before pivoting into the healing arts. Despite loving her career as a software engineer so deeply, once it ended, she decided it was time to follow a different path. 

Her truest calling in life is sharing her passions with others and always being willing to try new things. It’s part of what makes others so drawn to her energy, and it really shows in this conversation. We’ll explore how she found the healing arts despite being in tech for so many years, the power of manifestation, the importance of living in the present, and why you should always be willing to reevaluate the path you’re following. 

Key Topics:

1. Debbie’s history in the corporate tech world

2. How she jumped from tech to yoga and healing

3. The power of living in the present

4. Trusting the Universe and manifestation

5. Taking the leap to try new things

6. Sharing your passions with the world

7. Pricing yourself as a creative

8. Always be willing to reevaluate

Connect with Debbie online:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keys_yogagirl/?hl=en

Website: https://www.keysyogaandwellness.com/

Find more from Courtney Page:

Instagram: @glowstate_coaching

Website: https://www.glowstatecoach.com/

Interested in 1:1 Coaching or Hiring Courntey for a Speaking Engagment? Email her at: [email protected] 

If you’re a creative, you’re probably familiar with the chaos that usually comes with it. We often sacrifice a lot to make our deepest passions a reality. It even takes some creativity to balance our day jobs with our creative hours.

Meet Aixa, a dear friend of mine who has found her way around the chaos of a creative life time and time again. While she tried to do the typical “actress by day, waitress by night” routine, she found that it wasn’t quite what she was looking for. Instead, she found her way into the corporate world as an executive assistant and still found ways to fit auditions and acting classes into her work-life balance.

Join us as we weave through the twists and turns of her life to learn how she discovered her creative passion over and over again as a dancer, actress, and photographer and how she made corporate life fit around her dreams and not the other way around. 

Key Topics:

1. How being an immigrant shaped parts of Aixa’s life
2. Listening to the innate pull to follow her passions
3. Being obsessed with what you do to find success
4. Navigating her desire to be an actor and needing to pay her bills
5. The switch from acting to photography and embracing new creative passions
6. Deciding to live the life of an artist every day

Where to find Aixa Mastrangelo:

Instagram:@aixamastrangelo

Website: www.gaiastudiony.com

Find more from Courtney Page:

Instagram: @glowstate_coaching

Website: www.glowstatecoach.com

Interested in 1:1 Coaching or Hiring Courtney for a Speaking Engagement? Email her at: [email protected]

We spend a third of our life working. Don't you think we should enjoy it? 

Welcome to re:sume, the podcast here to spread the message that you can in fact, enjoy your career. 

Join your host Courtney Page, a former executive recruiter turned career coach, every week as we explore the age-old question, “What do you do?” and expose careers like never before. 

Through upbeat and in-depth interviews with global professionals across industries, Courtney will guide you through career paths of all origins with one thing in common happiness. 

So, push play and re:sume the podcast now to learn how people just like you are happy in their careers.