The Impromptu Game Plan

After 30 years in the restaurant business, Paul quit his job, sold his house and belongings, strapped a backpack on, and took off on a trip to Greece. He wasn't sure how long he'd be gone, but four years later, he's in Vietnam writing a book on that country's food and culture

https://paulbkennedy.com/

Abby moved to LA after college to try to make a career in improv and comedy. I barely supported myself with jobs like hostessing and working at a gym. Abby eventually entered graduate school for psychology and struggled with the feeling of “giving up”  on her creativity. However, she's managed to create a private psychotherapy practice that she now finds far more creatively satisfying than the realities of the comedy circuit and entertainment industry.

Website: www.abbykrom.com

Podcast: All The Therapies https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/all-the-therapies/id1576797554

Courtney left her cushy government job as a policy analyst (after 6 years of school and a graduate degree in policy and politics) because she was incredibly unhappy. She didn't have a plan - she just knew she needed to trust her gut and that something better was out there. The following 3 years were about self-exploration and growth, leading her to open her own fitness studio in 2018. 

Now, Courtney is the owner and CEO of Loyobo FIT, a fitness community that is fighting back against diet culture and teaching members (mostly women) how to love their bodies. Her passion is helping women to step into their strength, understand they are worth MORE than just their body, and have the confidence they dream of!

https://www.loyobofit.com/

Growing up at the end of apartheid in South Africa, Gordon knew from an early age he wanted to have one of three careers: to be in government, to work in the UN, or to be a newscaster. So far, he's managed to achieve the first two, and with his intellect and charm, who knows what the future holds for him to end up on CNN.

At the age of 50, and after 15 years at Microsoft, Jack left a six-figure job to become a Magician.  People noticed not only how great a magician he was, but also how good he was at marketing. He started getting gigs to write copy and create marketing funnels for other businesses and now helps clients around the world create powerful marketing machines for their businesses.

https://writekillercopyfast.com/

Jody Sperling is a fiction writer looking for a publisher.  A decade of patience and no book contract led him to shift his strategy, and he began learning real estate investing with the view that the rental properties would be his patrons of the arts. 

While he built a strong rental portfolio, he realized he had years until his properties would pay for his bills, not to mention, that real estate got him no closer to his true dreams. He decided to live off the proceeds from selling his rentals and launch the business, cre8 collabor8, a podcast and publishing platform designed to give everyday people a chance to tell their stories

https://www.cre8collabor8.com/.

After more than 20 years as a children's book editor, Annie did a lot of soul searching and found the courage to follow her joy and go back to school to become an acupuncturist. She's currently juggling both professions (and actually combined the two by editing a book by a fellow acupuncturist!) as she builds her practice and learns how to be a small business owner.

joyalchemyhealing.com
https://awesome-builder-9760.ck.page/1401cbaca0

From very early on in his career, Kenston knew that his strengths, passions, and values lay in the L&D and leadership development spaces, particularly around diversity and inclusion. But despite trying everything he could think of, he was unable to get a role in that field.  He finally started his own company, Live with Lyfe.  Through this work, he has now found himself in demand for exactly the roles that companies were unwilling to hire him for previously!

livewithlyfe.com

Helen has always been open to opportunities and to change and so life and career pivots have come easily to her. Quite early on she found a career that aligned with her values but she nevertheless struggled to bring her strengths, experience, passions, and values into alignment. She's now moved closer to that alignment through a portfolio career that combines her work with NGOs with her own company helping clients with speaking and presentation skills. 

https://academy.presentpotential.ch/ 

After undergraduate and graduate degrees in music composition, Mellissa pivoted to being a 
 TV News Anchor/Reporter/Producer. A few more pivots later, Mellissa is now an award-winning storyteller, film & video director/producer,  international speaker, and best-selling author. She teaches companies how to marry purpose with commerce to shorten their sales cycle by way of storytelling. 

https://www.duckpunk.net/