The Career Relaunch^®Podcast

Former retail apparel buyer Maddie Potvin shares honest perspectives on the emotions of career change, the challenges of leaving your corporate identify behind, and the importance of taking control of your future. Joseph Liu also talks about defining your walkaway points in your career.

Former hotel lounge pianist turned pharmaceutical digital marketer Rei Lim discusses why he chose to leave his life as a professional musician behind to instead pursue a corporate career. We’ll talk about the importance of role models, feeling good about the future your profession offers, and being proud of the work you do. In the Mental Fuel segment, I’ll address a listener question about how to prioritize your interests and head down the right path for you in your career.

Former journalist Victoria Crandall shares her unique, international career journey of leaving the US to become a managing director of cocoa exporter in the Ivory Coast. We’ll talk about the power of curiosity and how to identify your professional “center of gravity.”

In this special 40th episode of Career Relaunch, hear my 3 key takeaways about what it takes to make a career change based on the past 38 interviews I’ve done with people featured on this podcast who have reinvented themselves. I’ll also share some exciting milestones Career Relaunch has crossed, and give you a chance to pick the former guest who will return in episode 50 to give us an update on how their career change journey has gone since we last spoke.

What happens when your career plans don’t end up working out? Independent artist turned community founder Jamie Smith will explain why it’s okay to allow yourself to shift away from your original goals and move forward with “imperfect” ideas. Afterwards, during the Mental Fuel® segment, I’ll share one of the plans I had for my own business that didn’t end up panning out along with the opportunity that created.