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Second Breaks — 253 episodes

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236. An Invitation to Delight

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235. Steer. Don't drift.

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234. Eschewing Comfort Zones, Playing, and Staying Youthful

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233. When The Scary Thing Becomes The Thing You Love

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232. What's happening? Why are we pausing?

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231. Answer The Call And Write Your First Book with Jen Louden

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230. Un-hurrying Grief

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229. Can We Talk About Grief? with Charlene Lam

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228. Experiments on Slowing Down Time

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227. Can We Slow Down Time? A Conversation with Yvonne Marchese

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226. The Purpose of Liminal Spaces During Midlife Transitions

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225. Finding Our Way Through Major Life Changes and the Midlife Emergence with Jen Berlingo

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224. Settling Into Olderhood and Finding Our New Way Forward with Paul Long

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223. How Do You Prepare to Retire From a Career You Love with Merle Saferstein

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222. How To Master Ourselves Through Difficult Situations with Vivek Chakrabortty

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221. The One About Change, Getting Older, The Things We Can (and Cannot) Control

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220. Sustaining Our Drive and Ambition as We Get Older with Kathy Oneto

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219. Deathbed Wisdom for a Happier Life with Dr. Kathy Zhang

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218. Let's Make This The Best Year Yet: Goals for 2024

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217. Year-End Reflections and Key Takeaways From 2023

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216. A Conversation About Growth with Yvonne Marchese

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215. [Dear Lou] Family Tension Following Retirement

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214. Living Our Legacy with Merle Saferstein

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213. [Curveball Series] When You're Forced to Retire From Your Corporate Career with Roberto Seif

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212. How Our Definition of Success Change As We Get Older

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211. How Much Money is Enough to Be Happy in Retirement with Luke Mathers

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210. Retirement is Dead, Long Live Retirement (Modern Retirement, That Is!)

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209. The Modern Retiree Manifesto: A Framework for Retiring in the 21st Century

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208. Beyond Financials: The Skills We Need To Navigate Retirement in the 21st Century

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207. My Unplanned, Messy, and Chock-Full O'Lessons Retirement Story

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206. What Even Is Retirement Anymore? Should Retirement Still Be A Goal?

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205. [Midlife Well-Being] Keeping Our Brains Healthy with Allison Liu

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204. [Midlife Well-Being] Sexual Health with Dr. Alyssa Dweck, MD

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203. [Midlife Well-Being] Stress Relief Principles with Shulamit Ber Levtov

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202. [Midlife Well-Being] Intermittent Fasting with Laurie Lewis

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201. Gratitude During Periods of Curveballs and Uncertainty with Holly Bertone

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200. You’ve Come A Long Way Baby: A Conversation About Change with Yvonne Marchese

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199. Working Midlifers: How To Prepare for the AI Disruption

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198. [Curveball Series] Delayed Reactions with Stephanie Dethlefs

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197. Midlife is a Call to Action: When Curveballs Hit (Part 2)

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196. What and When is Midlife with Bernie Borges

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195. Midlife is a Call to Action: The Case for Midlife Change (Part 1)

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BONUS: Podcast Goals and What's Next for 2023

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BONUS: Five Lessons I'm Taking Away From 2022

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BONUS: How Different Are You From The 20-Year Old Version Of Yourself?

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194. Want to spice up your year-end review process? Try these 3 atypical questions.

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193. A Case Study in Personal Growth and Transformation with Vivek Chakrabortty

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192. When You Must Do a Major Life Makeover in Midlife with Lori Saitz

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191. Spotting Fear and Navigating Difficult Conversations with Nancy Burger

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190. Pushing Out of the Comfort Zone and Doing Your Brave Thing with Yvonne Marchese

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189. The Five Dimensions of Well-Being in Midlife with Ellen Kocher and Dominique Ben Dhaou

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188. Redefining Our Self Image in Midlife with Karen Randall

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187. The Milestones We Must Celebrate in Midlife with Dara Goldberg

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186. Decoding the Stories That Shaped Our Lives with Ronna Detrick

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185. Discovering a New and Different 'You' in Midlife with Diane Diaz

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184. Empty Nest: How to Prepare For This Major Life Transition with Karen Herbert

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183. Therapy or Coaching: What Kind of Help Do You Need with Nicole Lewis-Keeber

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182. Unexpected Life Changes: Mistakes and Lessons Learned

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181. What’s Life Like After Leaving the Corporate Life with Mary Beth Simon (Un-Retirement)

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180. Minimize the Risk on Your Post-Retirement Business with Diane Tarshis (Un-Retirement)

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(Un-Retirement) To Retire Isn't The Right Goal

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(Un-Retirement) Basic Legal Stuff for Your New Post-Retirement Business

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(Un-Retirement) Turn Your Expertise Into a Consulting Career

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(Un-Retirement) A Well-Planned Transition to a Post-Retirement Career

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179. (Un-Retirement) Leaving the Career You Worked Hard to Build with Paula Adler

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178. (Un-Retirement) What is a Midlife Gap Year and How Can It Help with Lisette Smith

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177. Five Lessons for When You're Starting Something You Know Little About

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176. Making Our Way Through Midlife Reinvention with Donna Bond

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Introducing (the New-ish) Second Breaks

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175. Finding Love in Midlife and Making It Work with James and Claire Davis

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174. Stop Fixing Yourself, All Is Well with Don Joseph Goewey

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What's Coming Up For Season 8

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173. There are no midlife police.

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172. Can Expressing Gratitude Really Change Our Lives with Nancy Davis Kho

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171. Self-Loyalty: What it Looks and Sounds Like with Nancy Jane Smith

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170. Stress and Stress Relief 101 with Shulamit Ber Levtov

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169. Successful Aging: A Physician's Perspective with Dr. Mickey Barber

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168. Menopause: Truth Or Consequence with Lorraine Miano

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167. Midlife Pivots and Transitions: How to Tell Your Story with Hillary Rea

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166. Navigating Midlife Career Transitions with Sarah Baker Andrus

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165. Healing Our Past with Janelle Hardy

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164. Powering Up Our Midlife with Sara Smeaton

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163. Fit and Fabulous in Midlife with Gail Gensler

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162. A Midlife Journey Toward Wholeness with Shawn Fink

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161. Personal Contingency Plans with Mary Beth Simon

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160. Answering the Call for a Midlife Reinvention with Annie Schuessler

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159. Being at Peace With Food and Our Bodies in Midlife with Nina Manolson

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158. Limiting Beliefs: It's About Time We Do Something About Them with Lana Hernandez

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The End of a Chapter and the Beginning of a New One for Second Breaks

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156. Changing Your Lifestyle Through Your Diet with Shara Haberman

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155. Stepping Out, Taking Space, and Living Loud with Mara Glatzel

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154. Living the Modern Nomadic Life with Podcast Ally's Brigitte Lyons

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153. Find Your Common Thread and Lean In Further with Storyteller Yvonne Marchese

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152. Business Leader Tara McMullin on The Person She Became Through Her Fitness Habit

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Season 6: Reimagine Yourself

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151. Insights From 2020 and Plans For 2021, a Conversation With Dr. Nayla Bahri

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150. A Year-In-Review and Takeaways From This Year's Guests

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149. PwC Partner Donald Christian on Drive and Staying Relevant in a Changing World

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148. Best-Selling Author Joanna Penn on Setting Intentions, Direction and Ensuring Career Longevity

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147. Self-Management for Actors' Bonnie Gillespie on Enough-ness and Managing Our Attitude Around Rejection

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146. World of Books CEO Graham Bell on Balancing Priorities and Redefining Success

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145. Financial Behaviorist Jacquette Timmons on Bringing Perspective, Passion, and Personality in Your Work

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Season 5: Conversations With My Role Models

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In Between: Resist a Default Personal Tech Stack.

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In Between: Some Thoughts About Midlife

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144. Career Tips For Taking On Newly Created Roles in New Industries

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143. The Podcast Host with Jerod Morris

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142. The Podcast Producer with Sean McMullin

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141. Becoming a Virtual Expert with Kathy Goughenour

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140. The Virtual Assistant with Janice Dalager

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139. The Online Community Manager with Shannon Paris

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138. The WordPress Designer with Susanna Perkins

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137. The Facebook Ad Specialist with Julie O’Hara

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136. The Social Media Manager with Andréa Jones

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135. The Digital Workflow Strategist with Marie Poulin

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What’s Coming Up in Season 4

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In Between: What Work Could Look Like in 2022

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In Between: On Laughter and Stamina

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134. Three Takeaways on Career Continuity and Resilience

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133. Managing Our Careers in Unpredictable Times with Aenslee Tanner

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132. The HR Perspective During Uncertain Times with Randy Lumia

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131. Practical Best Practices for Resumés and LinkedIn Profiles with Allison Lockett

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130. Should You Start a Business During Times of Crisis with Michelle Ward

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129. Should You Pivot to a Life Coaching Career with Lee Chaix McDonough

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128. Is Self-Doubt Stopping You From Stepping Up with Tanya Geisler

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127. Adapting to and Living a New Normal with Kristen Girard

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126. The Power of Stoicism When Times are Hard with Brendan Hufford

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125. How Our Values and Natural Preferences Help Us in Times of Disruption with Alethea Fitzpatrick

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124. Leadership, Planning, and Showing Up in Times of Uncertainty with Tara McMullin

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123. Resilient Habits During Uncertain Times with Dr. Nayla Bahri

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What to Expect in Season 3

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122. Remove the Stress When Kicking Off a Post Retirement Career with Mary Beth Simon

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121. Balancing a Day Job and Your Passion Projects with KC Karr

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120. How to De-Risk Your Move to Self-Employment with Matt Baker

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119. From Idea to Side-Project to Full-Time Gig with Zoha Abbas

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118. How to Protect Yourself and Your Side Gig with Autumn Witt Boyd

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117. Building Career Resilience with Dr. Nayla Bahri

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116. What happened to the podcast and what’s next

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115. Starting a Side-Gig Partnership With a Colleague | Karena Skibinski

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114. Leverage Your Core Strength with Michelle Mazur

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113. Speed Up Financial Independence Through a Side-Hustle

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112. Channeling Your Skills Into a New Side-Hustle with Justine Sones

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111. Start a Side Hustle with Affiliate Marketing | John Lagoudakis

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110. Expanding Your Expertise Through a Side Hustle | Melissa Emler

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109. Working a Job to Finance a Dream Business | Althea Wiles

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108. Starting a Side Consulting Business with Susan Boles

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107. Why Start a Side Hustle – Even if You Don’t Need the Extra Money

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106. Career Change: Embracing Your New Identity with Lee Chaix McDonough

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105. Technology and Work-Life Balance: 5 Things That Will Keep Tech Helpful

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104. Work-Life Balance: Making the Best Use of Your Time With Your Kids

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103. Do the Hustle But Skip the Stress with Nik Poplavsky

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Is Busyness a Problem That Needs Fixing | Kathy Bourque

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Work Life Balance is Personal

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7 Lessons I Learned From My Guests – Special 100th Episode

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[99] Reinventing Yourself and Your Career | Joanna Penn

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[98] On Staying Resilient and Pulling Off Pivots | Tara McMullin

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[97] A Mind-Body-Spirit Approach to Figuring Out Your Career Path

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[96] Financial Considerations for Your Career Move | Christina Gatteri

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[95] Reconciling Purpose, Passion and Income | Meg Casebolt

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[94] About Those Things You Feel You’re Not Good Enough to Do

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[93] Leveraging Your Hard-Earned Expertise as a Consultant | Michael Zipursky

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[92] Burnout: How to Detect, How to Prevent | Dara Paoletti

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[91] Getting Back on Your Feet From a Career Setback

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[90] Is Independent "Gig" Work for You? | Jennie Nash

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[89] Quarter Planning and Value of Showing Up

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[88] Using a Career Break to Figure Out What You Want Next | Katrina McGhee

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[87] Is It the Right Career For You? How to Test Your Career Idea

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[86] Finding Time for Your Future Today | Claire Tompkins

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[85] You Have a Big Picture. Now What?

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[84] Letting Your Experiences Guide Your Next Career Move | Margaret Vandergriff

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[83] Enabling Life Experiences Thru Career Change | Tim DeBellis

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[82] When Your Career Path Isn't What You Thought It Would Be | Denise Walsh

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[81] Who You're With During a Career Pivot is Critical

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[80] Following Your Instincts and Creating Your Own Path | Amy Lippmann

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[79] Creating a Meaningful Long-Term Career Plan

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[78] Pivoting Away From a 20-Year Career | Martha Keith

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[77] Getting Brave Enough to Pursue Your Career Goals

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[76] 2018 Reflections and 2019 Intentions

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[75] Giving Birth to Your Book Idea | Joelle Hann

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[74] The Courage to Go After Your Dreams | Amani Roberts

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Thanksgiving Message

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[72] Strategies for Rejoining the Workforce | Beth Yarzab

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[71] Evaluating Your Career Choice

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[70] Starting a New Career as an SEO Consultant | Meg Casebolt

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[69] Three Things You Absolutely Need to Move Forward With Your Career Plans

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[68] Working Parents: Maximizing Time With Your New Baby | Ayelet Marinovich

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[67] Using Play for Problem-Solving and Strategic Planning | Melissa Dinwiddie

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[66] Dealing with Depression While Growing my Career

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[65] How to Recover From a Career Setback

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[64] Designing a Career Around Parenting Priorities | Janice Plado Dalager

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[63] The Joys and Challenges of Working in the Digital World | Amy Walsh

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[62] Avoid Starting Your Career Move on the Wrong Foot

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[61] Empowering Choices for Your Career | Mia Scharphie

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[60] Why Retirement Shouldn't be the Goal | Damion Lupo

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[59] How to Avoid Stalling on Your Career (and Life) Plans

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[58] Leaving a Corporate Career to Join the Start-Up World | Kat Lu

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[57] Creating and Managing a Portfolio Career with Kristen Runvik

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[56] Establish Authority by Teaching Your Expertise | Gregg Eiler

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[55] Taming Your Inner Critic | Nancy Jane Smith

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[54] Redefining Work and Success | Yana Banzen

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[53] What I Learned From a Year of Podcasting

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[52] A Career Change in Flight | Dave Pidgeon

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[51] The Role of Stories and Storytelling in a Career Pivot | Kay Fabella

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[50] Key Mindset Shifts to Navigate the Changing Work Landscape

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[49] Why Join an Accountability Group | Allison Lockett

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[48] Why Understanding Your MBTI Helps Your Career with Alethea Fitzpatrick

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[47] From an IT Career to Teaching and Creating Art with Paivi Eerola

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[46] Why We Need a New Career Strategy

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[45] Tools Every Working-From-Home Person Needs

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[44] Using Your Unique Strengths to Create a New Career | Karyn Kelbaugh

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[43] Learn Technical Skills and Open New Career Possibilities | Adda Birnir

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[42] Finding New Career Paths in Unexpected Places | Shannon Paris

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[41] Tackling Career and Motherhood Myths | Jennifer Hargreaves

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[40] Understanding Money Mindset Blocks | Nicole Lewis-Keeber

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[39] Why Making a Career Pivot is a Must-Have Skill

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[38] How to Position Yourself Strategically in a Career Pivot | Aenslee Tanner

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[37] Overcoming Adversity and Building a Career Around the Life You Want | Jessica Barnak

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[36] How to Leave a Cubicle Job and Start Your Own Business | Lydia Lee

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[35] Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrency Basics | Anja Schuetz

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[34] From Banking & Finance to Boutique Store Ownership with Ashlie Kennedy

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[33] Overcoming Career Limbo with Alice Karolina Smith

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[32] Common Career Goal-Setting Traps to Avoid

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[31] 2017 Year End Reflections and Looking Forward to 2018

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[30] Trusting Your Core Strengths | Lacy Boggs

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[29] The What, When and Why of Coaching | Tajan Renderos

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[28] Building a New Career the Slow and Steady Way with Alison Taylor

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[27] Finding Balance in Your Hustle | Nik Poplavsky

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[26] Gratitude and Lessons Learned From my Career Pivot Journey

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[25] Creating a Career That Works For You | Sarah Kent

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[24] Creating a Location-Independent Career | Amy Scott

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[23] Continuous Pivots in Business | Lisa Woods

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[22] Leveraging Your Strengths as You Pivot | Gregg Eiler

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[21] Stop Holding Yourself Back | Kathy Bourque

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[20] How to Manage (and Enjoy) Two Careers | Lisa Akers

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[19] Money Conversations | Jacquette Timmons

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[18] How to Get Unstuck Mini-Series (Part 4 of 4)

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[17] Benefits of Starting a Side Passion Project | Vanessa Soto

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[16] How to Get Unstuck, Miniseries (Part 3 of 4)

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[15] How to Get Unstuck, Miniseries (Part 2 of 4)

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[14] How to Get Unstuck, Miniseries (Part 1 of 4)

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[13] How to Follow Your Heart When Making Career Decisions | Nicole Karon

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[12] Using Your Interests Outside of Work to Guide Your Next Career Move | Lara Dalch

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[11] Maximizing Life Experiences Through Career Change | Tim DeBellis

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[10] Parenthood Can be the Perfect Catalyst for a New Career | Alethea Fitzpatrick

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[09] How to Avoid Analysis Paralysis When Making a Career Move

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[08] On Writing and Finding Your Way Through Your First Book | Brenda Peregrine

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[07] How to Manage a Portfolio Career | Adrianne Machina

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[06] Awakening our Creativity and Living a Creative Life | Melissa Dinwiddie

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[05] Early Retirement and Quitting the Cop’s Life | Shane Moran

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[04] Doing Meaningful Work by Helping Others Make Meaningful Choices

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[03] Going Back to School to Start a New Career

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[02] Aligning Your Work With Your Core Desired Feelings

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[01] Start a Side-Gig and Turn it Into a New Career