The Intentional Career Podcast

Tarzan Kay came to a pivotal moment in 2022 when she had to drastically change her email marketing business. I talked to her when she was fresh off those changes, curious about how she had the courage to get through it. We talk about unethical sales methods, my shocking discovery that we both grew up in the same cult, and how this has affected our businesses.

Content warning: Mention of drug use.

In this mini-episode, I share my musings on the potential cost of not listening to yourself. Why does ignoring your desires matter anyway? Hint: it’s connected to Career Courage.

Diana Alt is a friend and career coach colleague. She’s a no-BS executive coach and career growth strategist. We talk about her transition from tech into coaching, her 4 Pillars of an Ideal Job, and what to do when your life falls apart.

This episode is an excerpt from a coaching session with Briana, a freelance writer who recently accepted temporary employment. But even though she’s uncovered some new skills, she’s struggling with it. Does she like this work? Does it mean she’s a failure if she goes back to work for someone else? What about the financial uncertainty of being self-employed?

Interview with Chelsea Jay, Leadership Coach. I absolutely loved our conversation on job hopping, red flags at work, having courage in your career, and how to know when it’s time to quit your job.

Welcome to Season 2! This season is all about Career Courage and in this first episode I want to share my thoughts on the recent trend of “Quiet Quitting.”

Welcome to the Season 1 Review! In this season’s final episode, we’ll review how my guests went about making career changes. How do you know when it’s time to change something in your career or try something new? Listen to find out the two main reasons my guests have made career changes. You’ll get a taste of each interview from this season and if any of these clips spark your interest, go back and listen to the full episode. Links are included in the show notes below.

This episode is the audio access to my class, Moving Forward With a Bridge Job.

I taught this virtual class live in the spring of 2021; I’m sharing it here because a bridge job can be a great step in building an intentional career, and we can all benefit from a perspective shift on bridge jobs. It has been edited from the original for audio context.

Wanda Deschamps’s career was successful from the outside, but her mid-life autism diagnosis was the missing piece that helped her make sense of her work and life. In this conversation, we discuss the years leading up to her diagnosis, and how Wanda has become an advocate for the inclusion of disabled peoples in her speaking, writing and consulting work.

Nisha Harichandran was a commercial and corporate lawyer before she followed her dream to become a writer. She recognized her transferable skills, moved countries for love, and listened to the nagging of her inner voice to make big life changes in 2020.