Work In Progress Podcast

Resources

• Questions? Comments? [email protected] 
• Interview summary 
• Louise's instagram

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Louise worked in Australia as a registered nurse. One day, she decides she wants a change — a big change. She leaves her job and books a flight to the UK, and in her own words “wings it”. Everything from where to live and what to do once she lands is undecided. Her adventure hits some rough patches as she navigates nursing career in a new country with a completely different system. It is not easy and she doesn’t know anybody. And yet she pulls through. A few months ago, she started working as a CrossFit trainer full time and soon she will launch an online nutrition coaching service.

Here's how and why she made the switch.
 
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We have more interviews on our podcast! Head over there to check out more interesting stories. 

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Resources

• Questions? Comments? [email protected] 
• Interview summary 
• Eike's instagram, Website, LinkedIn

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Eike grew up in Germany and had always been into nature, animals, and art. As a child, she remembers wanting to be a veterinary and help people understand cat behavior. In university, she studied Business and Administration and after graduating she worked as a financial broker at an international bank. Eike excelled at her job and moved to other roles and was given the responsibility to manage a team at a young age. However, she became increasingly unhappy with her work and decided that she needed a change.

She left her job in search of what she wanted to do next, but was clueless how to even get started. Luckily, while relocating temporarily to London with her husband, she found an organization called Career Shifters that offered a seminar on how to find the work you love. This was the turning point of her career search that made her realize that working with animals and art would be what she wanted to do next.

Since then, she went back to school for conservation & biology and has volunteered in several conservation projects across the globe. Among her favorite moments were elephant monitoring in Africa and meeting John Dransfield at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Soon she will finish her studies and we will follow her footsteps to see where she lands next.



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We have more interviews on our podcast! Head over there to check out more interesting stories. 

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Resources

• Interview summary 
• Rosie's Free Mini Course: Find your WHY
• Rosie's instagram
• Website
• LinkedIn
• YouTube: Not Even French
• YouTube: Badass Careers

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Today's episode is on how Rosie transitioned from working in corporate to her own career coaching business, Badass Careers. In the past, Rosie had a successful corporate career in Human Resources and a YouTube channel Not Even French (she is still active here).

Rosie grew up in New Zealand and soon after starting a career in Human Resources, she met her French boyfriend (now husband) and her world turned upside down. In a matter of 6 months, she decided to move to Paris to be with him — but that didn’t mean she went without a plan. She got into a master’s program which allowed her to advance her studies in HR and intern while being paid. After that she found roles in various sized companies from startups to big corporate giants like L’Oreal, all in the field of Human Resources. This is when she got excited at the prospect of starting a business online, which prompted her to start a YouTube channel “Not Even French” about two years ago. In mid 2019 she left L’Oreal to start Badass Careers, an online career coaching business that combined her passion in HR and expertise in running a successful YouTube channel. Currently her income is made 100% online and she is able to travel between France and New Zealand and have autonomy over her own schedule.

Sounds like a dream, doesn’t it? How did she do it? What obstacles did she overcome in order to achieve a balanced lifestyle and maintain a good living standard? We go over all these, plus some networking tips and tricks for the networkers out there. So stay tuned! 

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We have more interviews on our podcast! Head over there to check out more interesting stories. 

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Resources

• Interview summary 
• Where to find Amanda: instagram
• Email Amanda: [email protected]

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Today's episode is on how Amanda Armstrong transitioned from nonprofit to sales at a tech startup to her own career coaching business, Athari. For more than a decade, Amanda had been devoting her time to nonprofit organizations to causes she deeply believes in. What made her switch to what she does now? 

Here's what we want you to know about Amanda: 

First, she's made couple switches in her career journey. 
Amanda’s first career transition was from nonprofit to sales. Then she started a career coaching service that generated income on the side while she continued to work at her day job. In October of 2019 Amanda turned her coaching service full time. 

Second of all, if you want to find impactful career that is aligned with your personal values and strengths, check out Amanda's coaching (https://www.instagram.com/athari.careercoaching/) or contact her at [email protected] 

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We have more interviews on our podcast! Head over there to check out more interesting stories. 

Music was used with permission. Credit:
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Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/g6swHZbWtRc

Resources

• Interview summary 
• Where to find Masha: instagram, LinkedIn, website
• Define your own success with Masha  
• YouTube video on the Imposter Syndrome 
  
  

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Today's episode is on how Masha Zvereva transitioned from social media manager and marketing expert to founder and digital nomad. You might already know her by the name "Coding Blonde", just like we did, but we came to realize that there is much more behind the message she created. In our conversation, we learned how Masha faced obstacles head on and forged a successful path with unmatched positivity and growth mindset. Tune in to hear Masha tell her own story!





















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Resources

• Interview summary 
• Where to find Chen Hsi: instagram, LinkedIn

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This episode is about how Chen Hsi transitioned from working as a respiratory therapist to flight attendant (!) to a commercial pilot.














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Resources

• Interview summary will be up soon!
• Where to find Lauren: instagram and website. 

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This episode is about how Lauren transitioned from working in the restaurant and hospitality industry to creating custom ceramics full time. 

Lauren graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics and Bachelor of Science in Arts Education so she has been working with clay since college. While pursuing her career in the Carribean she took a break from it . When she moved back, she started working in a studio again, but just part time for a couple of hours a week.  

What encouraged Lauren to take the leap and start working in the studio full time? And how does she handle the transition so well? What about the finances? Tune in to find out! 

I am so excited to share her story with you and I hope her story inspires you just like it did for me. Without further adieu, this is Lauren’s work in progress story! 

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Resources

• Interview summary
• Where to find Anne: LinkedIn, website
• Anne's email: [email protected]

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Anne changed her career from social worker to front-end web developer and this is her work in progress story! 

In the beginning of her career, Anne was a social worker and as time went on, she started to feel that there was something missing and she grew unhappy. Next she worked in telemarketing and customer service but was equally unsatisfied and she knew they were just not right for her. Until a cousin encouraged her to try a coding. She did some free online courses and really fell in love with how coding allowed her to create instead of following protocols. She liked it so much that she couldn’t wait to go back home from work to start coding. Her energy and passion for coding was infectious and I really enjoyed talking to her! 

I hope her story inspires you to take a step towards a more fulfilling career. Good luck with your quest! 

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Resources

• Interview summary
• Where to find Stephanie: LinkedIn, website

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This is the part I of Stephanie's work in progress story. Stephanie switched her paths several times in the past: after she graduated with a biology degree, she taught English in Japan, got a Masters in Business & Science, and worked in Regulatory Affairs at a Gilead... all these were before she discovered the world of user experience designer (UX designer). We talked about how she chose science, how she felt about "starting over" and her boot camp experience. We found that she has very good intuition in what she wants and what is currently missing and that is a lesson worth learning for all of us!


















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Resources

• Interview summary 
• Where to find Leo: LinkedIn, website

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Leo is a director of product at a Bay Area tech startup but he actually started as a management consultant in an entirely different industry. Over the course of his career, he worked in different roles, industries, and even countries! Why did he choose a Liberal Arts program in college despite being a techie at heart? Why did he decide to quit a good career? And how did he switch from management consulting to tech start ups? What was the transition like? So many questions and we have answers for you in this episode! We hope you enjoy Leo’s work in progress story just like we enjoyed talking to him.

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