Career Change Episodes
Episode 91: Designing a Life with Marketing, Mental Health & Mindset …
Sydney Nanberg defied the conventional expectations of society by dropping out of college -- and then went on to build a six-figure marketing business by the young age of 20. Now Sydney teaches others how to better their lives with …
Episode 85: Growing and building a career that fits -- with Meg He
On this episode, meet Meg He, the co-founder of ADAY, a direct-to-consumer clothing brand that creates versatile, long-lasting apparel with a sustainable approach. ADAY was recognized as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company,...
Episode 79: Forrest Schaffer – One Strong Herd
Forrest Schaffer is a “9-to-5er” at a digital marketing company and the founder of One Strong Herd, a fitness apparel and accessories brand and startup company. Forrest talks about the twists and turns in his career path, which included leaving...
Episode 76: Jenny Watzka – Building a profitable consulting firm whil…
Jenny Watzka worked at a Big 4 consulting firm for three years before ditching her 9 to 5 (or in her case, 9 am to 10 pm) after the sudden death of her father. Surrounded by doubters and naysayers, she …
Episode 75: Rachel Werner – Consulting, Motherhood and Entrepreneursh…
After working for years in the corporate, nonprofit, and public sectors, Rachel Werner founded RBW Strategy, her women-owned consulting firm based in the Washington, DC Metro area. She’s an expert in the full lifecycle of grants activities, and...
Episode 73: Jordan Gross – The Journey to Cloud Nine
Jordan Gross is a Northwestern and Kellogg School of Management graduate, a two-time startup founder, a TEDx speaker, and a #1 best-selling author. His upcoming book, “The Journey to Cloud Nine,” provides a new approach to the personal development...
Episode 72: Emily Winston -- How the perfect NY bagel came to Califor…
This week I'm doing a podcast "episode swap" with fellow podcaster Heidi Bennett, the host of the Vibrant Visionaries podcast (and my guest from )! This means that Heidi is publishing my interview episode with her on the Vibrant Visionaries...
Episode 67: Justin Nguyen – Breaking with tradition to uncover career…
Justin Nguyen is the 22-year-old CEO of GetChoGrindUp and Co-Host of the Young and D.U.M.B. (Dedicated, Up-and-coming, Motivated, Bold) Podcast. Justin’s mission is to uncover the blueprint to career success for college students, and educate them...
Episode 66: Amir Bormand – "What if" doesn’t work here
Amir Bormand is the Co-founder of Elevano, a candidate-centric technical recruitment company. On this episode, Amir and I talk about how he quit his job to start Elevano right when he got married, and how his wife’s support and belief …
Episode 55: Jacqueline Jasionowski - Shift Awake into conscious-based…
Jacqueline Jasionowski left her 18+ year career in the corporate automotive world to start her own business, Shift Awake, which is dedicated to working with leaders to create purpose-driven environments and game-changing results. Jacqueline believes...
Episode 48: Flip em the Bird – How Susie Moschkau and Natalie Buckman…
When you don’t have the words, let your gloves say it for you! Flip ‘em the Bird, Inc. is a women-owned, Minnesota based start-up founded by Susie Moschkau and Natalie Buckman. While freezing at their office jobs and looking for …
Episode 45: Rhodes Perry – Cultivating workplace cultures of belonging
Rhodes Perry helps business leaders, change agents, and visionaries at all levels cultivate workplace cultures of belonging through his leadership & management consulting firm. He is an award-winning social entrepreneur, best-selling author, and...
Episode 44: Larry Sprung – Founder of Mitlin Financial and advocate …
This episode features Larry Sprung, the President and Founder of Mitlin Financial, Inc. He also serves on the National Board of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). On this episode, Larry discusses the critical events in...
Episode 41: Stories for Success – How to get unstuck and move your pl…
In this episode, Beyond 6 Seconds host Carolyn Kiel is interviewed by her guest, Valerie Gordon, a 10-time Emmy award-winning television producer and owner of the career and communication strategy firm, Commander-in-She. Carolyn talks about a...
Episode 39: Erica Stanford – Cryptocurrency Simplified
Erica Stanford got into the field of cryptocurrency as an investor in early 2017. She is now the co-founder of cryptocurrencysimplified.com - a project aiming to make crypto and blockchain be better understood and adopted by the mainstream public. On...