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Episodes

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June 23, 2022

Mental Health for Moms: Why OBGYN Dr. Tracy Shevell Stopped Practicing to Start Blue Moon Perinatal

Dr. Shevell explains her transition from high-risk OBGYN to entrepreneur/advocate for women in their reproductive careers and why providing one-on-one perinatal care matters now more than ever.
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June 16, 2022

Sober Powered: Addiction Expert Gillian Tietz's Transformation of Self and Career

A former biochemist turned podcaster talks about conquering addiction, the desire to "people-please"/equate career success with personal worth and achieving professional purpose in a pivot that helps others find and maintain sobriety.
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May 26, 2022

When Dollar Signs Don't Cut It: Jamie McDonald's Jump from Hedge Fund Manager to TV Host

This episode explores how a pedigreed man with a picture-perfect career on paper or in theory could be after something more, how to transfer skills from one industry to another, and why accessible financial education is so important.
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May 19, 2022

New Age DJ from Marketing Exec: Morgana's Path to Moving People Through Music

We explore how Morgana confidently reinvented herself as a DJ in midlife, tapping into her curiosities and talents to take that leap and build a second career.
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May 5, 2022

Taking Flight After the Airlines: Victoria Victory's Road to Becoming A Registered Nurse

In this episode we talk about going back to school later in life, experiencing and overcoming (literally) paralyzing illness, and what its like to be in nursing during a pandemic.
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April 28, 2022

Self Publishing Expert Chandler Bolt on How to Create Content to Grow Your Impact

Chandler Bolt believes everyone has a story - don't wait to start writing it. This episode highlights a young entrepreneur who's helped more than 6,000 authors to write, market and publish their own books. Free book offer in episode!
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April 21, 2022

Magazine Editor To Professional Organizer: Welcome to Meredith Goforth's House of PRIM

This founder and mother of 3 shares how she took her innate organizational skill set honed while working as a bookings editor and combined it with a fresh approach to home styling.
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April 14, 2022

EvolveMe: How Co-founders Help Others in Midcareer Relaunch or Reinvent After Doing It Themselves

Judy Schoenberg & Linda Lautenberg delve into their own career transformations, plus how and why they created their professional development company for women in midlife who want a next career chapter!
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April 7, 2022

Superfood Carb Creators Rachel Katz & Tal Bar Share their Joint Pivot Journey

In this episode the co-founders of NonoPASTA tell us how they formulated a gluten-free and adaptogen pasta in the pandemic after reinventing their careers, drawing on backgrounds in biochemistry, business and design to launch a new gourmet superfood brand.
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March 31, 2022

Reinventing Herself to Teach Mind-Body Medicine: Dr. Juna Bobby's Journey

This conversation examines the personal crisis that sparked Juna's decision to leave her radiology practice and the actionable steps she took to develop her own business MindBodySpace. Juna also shares how through her radiology practice she identified a pattern of three major lifestyle factors to be the primary cause of illness in her patients. She then explains her innovative methods for transforming clients' lives BEFORE disease can take over.
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March 24, 2022

Garden Designer Lucy Berkoff Returns to her Roots

Lucy shares how she made her professional pivot to her dream business a reality - creating beautiful, ecologically balanced gardens for clients in her hometown community. She also talks tips on balancing a thriving career and motherhood after taking a pause to raise her 4 children.
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March 10, 2022

Taking Camp to the Next Level: Ed Metzendorf's Pivot from Tech

This conversation highlights how Ed left his own software company to transform his childhood love for summer camp into a thriving business. He walks us through how he's created an innovative and sustainable model that emphasizes the importance of balancing intensive sports and academic training with activities that allow kids to be kids.
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March 3, 2022

Guiding Invisible Illness Sufferers: Former Lawyer turned Transformational Coach Emily Shaules Finds Her Life’s Work

Emily Shaules expands on what invisible illness really means, why she founded something called “The Canary Club” and how she’s found the most rewarding and healing work of her life.
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Feb. 24, 2022

Pro Football, ESPN & Filmmaking: Ed Cunningham’s Path to Podcasting

Ed Cunningham's professional evolution is packed with lessons for anyone interested in reinvention, delivering true advice for changing career direction, the value in a side hustle, and building your network.
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Feb. 17, 2022

Social Trades Coaching: How Daniel Snead's Program Develops Young Entrepreneurs

In this episode, Daniel offers valuable insights into how young people can create fulfilling and lucrative careers without debt by learning practical and applicable skills, while diving deep into the moments that changed his life forever.
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Feb. 10, 2022

NYC Reporter to Artist & Radio Show Host: Lauren DeFranco’s Journey to Authenticity

This is a classic pivot-centric BLC episode highlighting how Lauren DeFranco finally became honest with herself, following her heart more and more in her journey to professional purpose!
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Feb. 3, 2022

Beat the Bomb Founder Alex Patterson: Winning At His Own Game

In this episode, we explore the mindset of a lawyer turned inventor/entrepreneur, exactly what lead to the creation of this "different type of escape room" and why Alex's highly scalable hybrid is getting an increasing amount of attention.
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Jan. 27, 2022

Soggy Doggy Doormats: Founder Joanna Rein Cleans Up with Pivot to Dream Gig

We explore Joanna Rein's pivot from brand manager to founder of a multi-million dollar business, how she navigated obstacles in the prototyping process and what it took to fight off competitors trying to knock off her invention.
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Jan. 20, 2022

Dr. Brian Giordano: Becoming a Surgeon Against the Odds

We dig into the headspace of a successful surgeon and dedicated father, what it takes to flourish in the highly competitive and ever-evolving field of medicine, and Dr. Brian Giordano opens up about the urgent need for increased professional focus on mental wellness in today’s medical community.
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Jan. 13, 2022

80s Obsessed: Chris Clews on Carving Out His New Career

In this episode we learn how Chris Clews left marketing to speak and write about what he loves, his top business takeaways that draw from 80s wisdom and what it takes to live by the quote from his favorite, the poet laureate Ferris Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
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Jan. 6, 2022

Christa Goes Solo: Takeaways of ‘21 and What’s Ahead

Christa previews what’s ahead for the podcast, talking details about guests booked for the beginning of ‘22 and for the first time answers listener questions about her “why'' in moving from TV news anchor to podcast host.
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Dec. 23, 2021

Food Network Star former ESPN Anchor Jaymee Sire on Connecting her Passions Like Never Before

Jaymee Sire shares how she developed the mindset to make an almost immediate pivot from 16 years in sportscasting to prominent positions in food media.
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Dec. 16, 2021

Victory Sports: Doug Rifenburg Finds Purpose Giving Kids Across the Globe Access to Sports

Founding a non-profit after 25 years in sales, Doug Rifenburg details how he morphed his career to promote global youth development through sports, collecting and distributing used athletic equipment to those in need.
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Dec. 9, 2021

Designer to Gut Health Chef: Lifelong Foodie Kate Velasquez's Journey

Kate Velasquez transformed her life in the pandemic to become a chef with an expertise in recipes that promote better digestion and gut health after a lucrative career in corporate interior design in New York City. She shares what lit the fire and gave her the strength/tools to connect those proverbial dots and make her dream real!