When his brother asked him to join the family business in 2010, it took Jono Sumner just one minute to decide that that’s what his next career move would be. Leaving the world of banking behind, he joined his father and brother in running a chemical distribution company.

"It got to a point in my life where I thought, 'If I don't do it, it's something I'll always regret'".

After 30 years of working in the same industry, Michael Rickatson finally left his job working for Formula 1, took the leap of faith and set up his own coffee business. He ploughed every penny he had into the business and is now reaping the rewards.

If you fancy trying Michael's coffee you can order it from www.goldensheepcoffee.co.uk

Or if you're lucky enough to live in/near the Cotswolds you can find Michael and his coffee at Shambles Market in Stroud

You can follow Michael's business on Instagram

Are you ready for a career change yourself?

If you've been inspired to make a career change of your own, check out www.yescareercoaching.com or book a call with Yesim https://calendly.com/yescareercoaching/10mins

In this episode I chat to author and mentor John Spencer Williams about his career change, but we also talk about his love for comedy, his incredible support network, his interest in AI and his many "play projects" over the years. 

You can find out more about John and his work here - https://theideaslab.org/

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There are so many things I loved about this conversation with Alessandro Ferullo.

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Danny turned his back on a lucrative, yet highly stressful career when he collapsed in the middle of London, and was hit with the realisation that something had to change. His wife reminding him that he'd dreamt of being a graphic designer as a child, was the beginning of a brand new chapter for Danny. You can listen to Ken Robinson's Ted Talk about creativity here https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativityIf you've been inspired to make a career change of your own, check outwww.yescareercoaching.comor book a call with Yesimhttps://calendly.com/yescareercoachingFollow me on social for more inspiration: Instagram - https://instagram.com/yescareercoaching

After a long and successful career in Sales in the gift industry, Sarah left her job and after much soul searching landed a job she now loves.

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Unsure of whether she'd ever be able to fly again, airline pilot Hannah made a big career change during Covid lockdown. 

Not one to sit around twiddling her thumbs, she underwent training in massage therapy and set up her own massage therapy business, in her home. 

Now that she's flying again, she continues to run her business around her roster, and feels she has the best of both worlds.

We also ended up talking about motherhood, role modelling, imposter syndrome and about what gives her a sense a purpose.

If you're inspired to make a career change but you're not sure where to start, start here -⁠www.yescareercoaching.com/10careerchangequestions⁠

You can get a copy of my book 'Ready to quit your job?' here -⁠https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CZJ857LW⁠

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You can find out more about Hannah: 

https://www.facebook.com/hghsportsmassage

https://www.hollowoodhannah.com

https://www.instagram.com/hannah.hollowood/

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"Leaving a job you love is really hard, when actually you don't want to" 

Louise was enjoying her successful career as Head of HR, until she started to experience anxiety due to perimenopause. 

Despite the fact that work had always been important to her, she found she became fearful of everything and couldn't work anymore. Reluctantly she ended up leaving her job. 

She is now a menopause coach focusing on creating and maintaining a calm menopause journey, looking at both lifestyle and workplace support. She's also an Associate Consultant with Talking Menopause, which supports organisations to become menopause confident.

If you've been inspired to make a career change of your own, check out www.yescareercoaching.com or book a call with Yesim https://calendly.com/yescareercoaching/10mins

You can find out more about Louise's work here: 

www.louisegriffithscoaching.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-griffiths-chartered-fcipd-8b51632/

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"I'd built myself a beautiful cage"  

This is how Jen Le Marinel describes her life, when it looked just perfect to everyone but her. Around 6 years ago, while working for a big wealth management company, she experienced burnout & depression, which led her to re-evaluate everything and carve out a completely new career path for herself.    

You can find out more about Jen and her fabulous work here: 

https://wildfirewalks.com

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Connect with me⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/yesimnicholson/⁠🌍⁠https://www.yescareercoaching.com ⁠You can buy my book 'Ready to quit your job?' here - 📚⁠https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CZJ857LW⁠Start by asking yourself these 10 super powerful questions to help you discover your next career -⁠https://www.yescareercoaching.com/10careerchangequestions

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"Don't doubt yourself, embrace the change and be flexible!"  

When Dave was made redundant after 26 years in the print trade, he skipped across the car park. He went on to turn his passion for stone into not one, but two businesses. He now does dry stone walling across the Cotswolds, and is a creative stone carver, producing commissions and running courses from his studio near Cirencester.   

Listen to our conversation to find out how Dave found new talents he never even knew he had in his mid 40's, made the big career transition, and how he defines success nowadays.  

For those of you with eagle eyes, you'll see that the name displayed on Dave's screen is actually his lovely wife Kaye's name - she runs a fabulous Marketing mentoring business - https://www.marketingmentorkaye.com/ 

If you fancy trying your hand at some stone carving, and you live in the UK, you can book onto Dave's next course here - https://www.davidkingstonecarving.com/ 

If you've been inspired to make a career change of your own, check out www.yescareercoaching.com or book a call with Yesim https://calendly.com/yescareercoaching/10mins

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