Modern Mavericks with Janel Abrahami
by Janel Abrahami
Modern Mavericks is a podcast, newsletter, and community for those of us who want more than just a "job." Join me, Janel Abrahami, as I chat with folks who have made bold career moves and share insights & actionable takeaways from my decade of HR and Career Coaching experience, all to help you create a career that feels meaningful and meant for you!
Episodes
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Career Confessions: CHEVAL on How to Glow Up Your Career in 2024, Live at Kendra Scott Soho!
Last week, I hit a career high interviewing the one and only CHEVAL (a woman you might know by a different name) in collaboration with Kendra Scott Soho! The three of us designed a powerful live podcast event at the KS Soho store to share CHEVAL’s and my top tips for reclaiming your career and...
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What It's Really Like Going Back to Corporate (after building a 6-figure solo business)
The most hotly-requested edition of Modern Mavericks over the past 6 months! A lot of us are questioning the assumption that you’re either a corporate go-getter OR you’re an entrepreneur, and that there’s no wiggle room to create your own hybrid. FALSE. Seven months into this multi-hyphenate...
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The Best + Worst Days of 2023
"The Burn It All Down Day" "The Rejection I Didn't See Coming" "The $600 Dumpster Fire" Just like I love seeing everyone’s Spotify Wrapped at the end of the year and the creative TikTok spin on people’s “Dating Wrapped,” I took a moment to look back on 2023 in terms of the meaningful career I’m...
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Career Confessions: How Ashna Mankotia monetizes a community, grows to 100k+ as a creator, and thrives as a Product Manager at Morning Brew
“The more I share my life, the more opportunities come around that are worth sharing.” When I heard today’s guest Ashna Mankotia say share this insight in one of her TikTok videos, my whole perception of a business built around my personal brand changed. Ashna, a Product Manager at a digital…
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MENTORED: Breaking Free From External Validation and Standing in Your Worth, with Bahija Humphrey
I can already tell you— this a Lunch Break episode I will be recommending for-ev-er. I don’t know a single career-minded friend who doesn’t have a complicated relationship with external validation. The gold stars, the praise, the admiration for doing an impressive job— it’s addicting. And it…
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Personal Branding 101: The Foundation of Your Dream Career
When I say “personal brand,” if you immediately think of your LinkedIn bio, your headshot, or your resume— I created this episode especially for you, because you’re missing out on SO much freedom and autonomy in your career by not harnessing a true personal brand! We dig into: What we actually…
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Why The "Miracle Mentor" is a Myth + Your Guide to Finding More Empowering Mentors
Hot take: our traditional approach to mentorship is in desperate need of a revamp. You know, it’s 2023 and we’re embracing our multi-hyphenate eras- combining corporate with side gigs and personal brands. So isn’t the idea of finding that one magical mentor whose career you look to emulate,...
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4 Warning Signs You're Still Not The Main Character in Your Own Story- And How to Change That Right Now
Didn't you promise that this was your Main Character Era- when you'd finally step into your own power, make choices for your higher self, and grab onto your big potential? Yeah? Then WHY are you still acting like the supporting character? Listen to this episode for the 4 warning signs that you're...
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Career Confessions: Fortune Magazine's Emma Hinchliffe on interviewing the world's most powerful women
Emma Hinchliffe knows what it takes to be influential. Emma writes The Broadsheet, Fortune magazine’s daily newsletter on the Most Powerful Women and co-chairs the Most Powerful Women summit- casual! In today’s conversation, the career journalist and editor shares her career confessions from...
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Life Update: What happened to my business, why am I job searching, and what's next?
I owe you a life update. I’ve shared a few videos on TikTok and Instagram, and very lightly touched upon it here on the podcast, but I’m going through some of my own changes in my career. Things are in flux. "Janel, you’re a career coach, and you help people find career clarity – what’s going…
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MENTORED: The Perfectionist's Guide to Stop People Pleasing
Today’s mentor is actually a duo— Alicia Franklin and Kass Gratwick-Sarll are clinical psychologists and the founders of Tend, a practice that helps women tend to themselves and step into their brilliance. Alicia and Kass are experts at the intersection of perfectionism, people-pleasing, and…
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Surviving the Waiting Game: Mental Strategies for Job Search Ambiguity
When you’re in the holding pattern for the job opportunities you’re in the running for, clicking into your email or LinkedIn is like a drug. You’re constantly wondering when you’ll hear back about next steps, and it can take over your entire day. In this episode, we'll tackle the waiting game...
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Career Confessions: Jack Appleby on Taking Career Risks, Exiting Morning Brew, and Growing a Personal Brand
To say that today’s guest is having a powerful year would be a massive understatement! After 10 years working social for brands like Microsoft, Beats By Dre, Morning Brew, Twitch, and more, Jack Appleby started Future Social, a newsletter teaching marketers to build best-in-class social media...
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Should You Go to Grad School? What to Consider, How to Choose, Pros/Cons, and Best Alternatives
Thinking about going back to school or getting a certification, but feeling overwhelmed by all of your options? Scared of the time and financial commitment? Today we’re tackling the most important factors to consider in going back to school AND breaking down all of your options to give your…
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MENTORED: Healing from Hustle Culture with Mindfulness & Wellbeing Strategist Marissa Freeman
Feel like the year is starting to ramp up and it’s time to ~hustle~? Then SHUT UP AND LISTEN! Marissa Freeman, Certified Mindfulness and Wellbeing Strategist joins me for our first #MENTORED episode to start our healing journey unwinding & unlearning hustle culture. We explore the question: “How...
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Time Management Tips for Job Seekers
Why is managing your time so difficult when you’re looking for a new job? Whether you’re unemployed and on the search, starting at a blank week on your calendar, or working a full-time job on top of your search for something better, time can feel like a puzzle you just can’t solve. I’ve got you.…
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Career Confessions: Dana Farber, Founder of Moonstone Marketing
Did the pandemic turn your professional identity upside down? Was 2020 a pivot lightbulb moment for you, in which you realized just how valuable you are in the world of work? Did you think about packaging up your expertise and making a go of it on your own? If you answered YES to any of the…
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The Career Move That Totally Backfired On Me
Did I ever tell you about the career move I made that totally BACKFIRED? It’s the story of an experience that ignited my ultimate career pivot away from the path I’d been on for years, and a core memory that I’ll always think about when making important career decisions. Ultimately, I really want...
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Should You Monetize Your Passion Project?
This is- without a doubt- the hottest question in my DMs: “Should I start this side hustle? Should I turn my passion into a business?” Here, we’re unpacking 3 reasons you SHOULD monetize your passion project, and 3 reasons you SHOULDN’T. PLUS: Real personal examples of each from my own experience...
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Career Confessions: Lauren Powell, TikTok Global Insights Lead
Lauren Powell is the woman who first inspired me to diversify my career path. The Global Insights Lead at TikTok has carved out a dynamic professional path that lets her be a corporate baddie, a creative entrepreneur, and a self-development devotee all at once. But the journey hasn’t been all...
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How to Get Your Foot In the Door - Anywhere
Getting your “foot in the door” can often feel like the most challenging part of finding a new opportunity- mostly because there are so many different ways you can do this, depending on where you’re going in your career. I’m demystifying all of it in today's episode! Specifically: a framework...
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The Proven Plan to Land a Job You Love in 2023
If I were determined to land a new job I loved, these are the *exact* eight steps I would take to make it happen as soon as possible! Consider this your proven Pivot Playbook, with only the most effective ways to land a more meaningful career this year. PLUS: the biggest (avoidable) mistake that...
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Career Confessions: Jess Janz; poet, writer, facilitator
What happens when you basically have no choice but to pursue a certain career path? For Jess Janz, making art wasn’t a choice, it was a need. Jess is a poet, writer, group facilitator, and creative connector forging her own path as an artist. In her Career Confessions, Jess shares what it takes…
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13. D. Arthur: Taking a Significant Break From Work After Loss
One summer day in 2018, D. Arthur got an offer to join the recruiting team at a hot start up with some former colleagues from Google. It would be their first big move up in the corporate world after college. Later that same day, though, they got a phone call that no one ever wants to pick up…
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12. What Your Enneagram Type Says About Your Career Fulfillment feat. Jazmine Reed-Clark
Hey real quick- what's your Enneagram Type? Whether you just thought to yourself, "Okay, here's my number, my wing, and my sub-stack," OR "Ennea-what?" this episode is for you! Today, I'm connecting with Enneagram-certified career coach Jazmine Reed-Clark to explore how your Enneagram type can…
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11. How to Manage Up: Advice from My Former Manager
If you've ever wanted to help your boss be a better manager, this episode is your manual. I sat down with one of the best managers I've ever had to finally get to the core of what it means to "manage up." Amanda Carlton has managed upwards of 40 people throughout her career so far, across…
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10. What If You Just Want to Live, Not Work?
This week, I'm responding to a provocative listener question: “I'm someone who is 'anti-career' (I go through seasons of trying different things out to meet my emotional and financial goals at the time) so I didn't think I would find value in your mission. I obviously was wrong, but I wonder if…
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9. TJ Bonaventura: Ditching the Desk Job to Build a Podcast Production Studio
What do you get when you mix tech sales savvy, powerful relationship building, and an anti-authority streak? You get the audacious career of TJ Bonaventura. After graduating with a degree in Sports Management, TJ joined the Wild West of tech sales, joining startups and large firms you've…
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8. Add These Five People to Your Network ASAP
All connections are not created equal. There are the folks you may exchange details with at conferences and meetups, the random LinkedIn requests with zero mutual contacts, and your parents’ well-meaning friends who don’t really understand what you do for work. And then there are key connections...
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7. Aimee Rancer: Designing a Creative Career
Ever wonder how to build a career around your creativity? Aimee Rancer knows how. Aimee is a Creative Strategy Lead at Pinterest based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with 10+ years of experience creatively collaborating with brands across fashion, beauty, restaurants, and technology. She's spent...
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6. Three Tips for Pivoting While Working Full Time
“How am I going to do all of this?” When you’re dying to change careers and already working a full-time job (or have other full-time priorities like parenting or school), it’s easy to stress about how much actually goes into making a pivot. And yeah, it can be a lot. I fully admit that working...
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5. You Need to Realize This One Thing About Your Career
This episode was totally unplanned, but it couldn't wait. This is the one thing I want you to understand about your career. Follow along on Instagram: @janelabrahami @theaudaciouscareer Subscribe to The Audacious Career weekly newsletter: janelabrahami.substack.com
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4. How To Avoid Job Search Burnout with Wellness Coach Alex Najarian
Let's get real about burnout. More specifically, the uniquely-charged type of burnout we go through when trying to so hard to find a new job. We've all experienced it, this past year probably more than ever before, and it's- in a word- defeating. Especially when you're looking for a new job while...
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3. How to Be Recognized as a Leader- Regardless of Your Title
When I was 22 and in my very first job out of college, I said something to a company leader that I immediately regretted. I'm sharing how her response to my comment changed my perspective on leadership potential, and five highly-actionable tips for flexing your own leadership muscle. GIVEAWAY!…
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2. Hannah Orenstein: How to Write Five Novels with a Full-Time Editing Job
Hannah Orenstein is the Senior Dating Editor at Elite Daily and the author of four novels (working on her fifth!). While she currently spends her days pitching & editing articles and drafting dreamy fictional scenes, she also had a surprising stint in NYC matchmaking before writing her first…
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1. Janel Abrahami: My Career Pivot Story
GIVEAWAY! Each week in October, I'm gifting one listener a FREE Career Strategy session! In this 1:1 on time together, we'll answer all of your burning career Q's and get you on a path that feels meaningful and meant for you. All you have to do: share a screenshot of this episode on Instagram or...
About this show
Modern Mavericks is a podcast, newsletter, and community for those of us who want more than just a "job." Join me, Janel Abrahami, as I chat with folks who have made bold career moves and share insights & actionable takeaways from my decade of HR and Career Coaching experience, all to help you create a career that feels meaningful and meant for you!
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