Mindful Career Transitions

When last did you struggle with something for weeks or months? Anything. A body part not working well, a goal that didn’t come to fruition, stagnation in your career or business, a weight loss plan you didn’t follow, an exercise plan you didn’t stick with or any other thing that you just couldn’t solve by yourself…… How do you handle those situations? Do you keep struggling and eventually give up? Or do you struggle along for years, not happy but not giving up? And start blaming or judging yourself because you’re not able to make progress? (“I SHOULD be able to do this - what’s wrong with me?”) Or do you ask for help from an expert who can point to the origin and help you sort it out? Recently I had a fantastic example of this kind of struggle in my own life. And I'm sharing some tips about finding the right support so you don't have to struggle.

Edel O'Mahony shares brilliant tips and techniques to use the body's wisdom to build a meaningful career that feels authentic and fulfilling. Learn a fantastic intuition tool and empowering information about the body, our cells, our vibration, our subconscious mind, and how to use all of this to build a career we can love.

Do you have a regular self-care strategy and plan? Or does it happen haphazardly and not-too-often interspersed with periods of feeling resentful? In today's episode, Liesel shares a novel way of self-care that will help you to shine your talents brightly in the world.

Do you have natural talents that you can use to create a business? Actually, we all do. We might think it's not possible - but actually, what your find easy, someone else finds hard and they'd be willing to pay you to do that thing. Moreen Torpy is now an author and professional organizer after leaving the corporate world. In this episode, she shares her wisdom on what's involved behind the scenes of having her own business. It's filled with wisdom and nuggets to help you if you're thinking of starting a business.

Michael Bloom has helped to revitalize the careers of hundreds of family and professional caregivers with practical, tactical, soul-saving coping strategies. His wisdom about caregiving comes from personal challenging experiences, as well as his professional background. In this episode, he shares beautiful and practical wisdom for those who are thinking of creating their own business. There are pitfalls he can help us to avoid, and peaks he can help us to traverse. Michael's show notes are found at www.savvyselfgrowth.com - enjoy his beautiful sense of calm, humour and wisdom.

Uma Girish is a grief guide and life purpose coach. She's walked a difficult journey through grief, and found meaning in the loss. Now, she helps women to find new purpose from the ashes of their loss, so they can lead a life of meaning and joy. She shares with us how to find our life's calling through the detours that we often have no control over. There are so many gems in this episode. Enoy - and find Uma's show notes at www.savvyselfgrowth.com

What IS your personal definition of success? Do you have one? If not, how will you know if you're successful? We all WANT to be successful yet it's so easy to go after the goals that we think we should have, because someone else reached 'success' that way. Join me in this episode to define your own version of success in order to live a fulfilled and meaningful life of your choice.

We can mistakenly think "If I can just find the right job with all the right circumstances, I'll be happy." In today's episode, Sue Schreuder shares with us how to make the inner journey with mindfulness. She talks about taking a look at our limiting beliefs that can hinder us from making progress in life and in a career of our choice. It's an inside job!

I've worked with a few clients who have waited very, very long to start looking for a fulfilling career. The toll it took on their health is sad, and shocking. It's scary to open that uncertain door of 'Where do I start?' But if you don't, it means you're not taking responsibility for your life, and your happiness. Listen to today's episode where Liesel shares thoughts and tips on making this journey your own personal choice.

Often described as one of the most authentic, inspiring and heart-centered souls you can meet, Alisoun runs a thriving training business and has helped thousands of people to enjoy more happiness and success. Some of Alisoun's guidance on this inspiring episode is to analyse what would bring more joy into your career, and to become self aware so that you can bring your authenticity to your current job. For show notes and other episodes, please visit www.savvyselfgrowth.com.

Everyone has them, but everyone may not be aware of them. And what we don't know, can unconsciously run our lives! Values.... such a vague word. Why should we care? We talked about values in a previous episode, and in this episode, Liesel shares a practical exercise on HOW to determine our own values. They act like a compass for us, and exert an enormous influence on our behaviour. We can use our values to make decisions easier. When we know our values, we can also choose a company that's in alignment with our personal values. Go to http://savvyselfgrowth.com/how-to-determine-your-values/ to read the notes of this show.

Dr. Susan Bernstein is an executive coach and career advisor who specializes in guiding smart, highly accomplished professionals who are also emotionally sensitive to powerfully boost their resilience and their results. Her clients make sensational shifts using the pioneering mind/body/spirit paradigms and processes she's evolved over the past 15 years. She combines no-nonsense, pragmatic business guidance with deeply sensitive skill in the psychology of transitions to guide her clients through the often tumultuous landscapes of transitions, including career change, promotions, and workplace conflicts. In this episode she shares her journey, how somatic psychology and using the body can help us navigate transition.

If we want to live an authentic, happy, relatively stress-free life, it's important to know what we value. If we're caught up in a career that expects us to do things that are not in alignment with our values, we WILL be unhappy. The search for a meaningful career starts with knowing what's truly important, what we're not prepared to give up, what we are not prepared to do, and what we need in order to be happy. Listen in to this week's episode where Liesel shares stories about clients who were desperately unhappy and unhealthy because they did not pay heed to those values and needs. Go to www.savvvyselfgrowth.com for articles on a mindful career transition.

Diane Topkis is The Midlife Woman’s Career Coach. She helps women gain the clarity and confidence to reinvent or re-energize their career into meaningful work for their next chapter. Her clients have successfully discovered new possibilities and developed new levels of personal and professional success. Diane loves what she does. Her very rewarding career brings a deep sense of peace, freedom, joy, and fulfillment. However, there’s a limit to how many women Diane can help through coaching. She started writing her Career Clarity ebook series to share her knowledge and experiences so more women can benefit from her proven signature process and find the clarity her clients have. Like many women, Diane was stuck in the same routine, living life by default, until she stepped off the track. Typical midlife reflections of “where am I in my life?” turned into several major life transitions. Some were planned—empty nest, divorce and some not—being laid off from her corporate marketing job of over 30 years. Working

Jim has been a story lover as long as he can remember. He spent two decades teaching at high schools and colleges in the U.S. and abroad. But what he really wanted to do was TELL stories. He frequently promised himself he’d use school recesses to "write every day" – but almost never did. His 2008 marriage - and a subsequent relocation - made it necessary to abandon the teaching post. He took an office job and suddenly had very little time to write. It was just the break he needed. A 40-minute train commute twice a day, and a 1-hour lunch break, were his only "guaranteed" writing times. This made it necessary to use every minute available. Within a year he’d written what he considers his best work to date – an original screenplay, "Turning Two," that is currently in development for production in late 2015. More importantly, he'd developed a discipline and a dedication to his craft he'd never known before. Earlier this year he decided to abandon the office job completely, and on September 1 made the leap of

Aprille Janes spent 20 years as a successful business consultant to Fortune 500 companies like Coca Cola and Minute Maid. In 2003, acknowledging her true purpose, she threw away her corporate suit and began building a tribe of creative business owners who wanted to make a life and a living. Aprille is now a sought after speaker, author, podcast host and small business strategist. Today she is taking it another level yet again as she looks at how she can bring more creative mojo to her life and her business. Go to www.savvyselfgrowth.com for Aprille's show notes.

Tom Oberbichler loves people and the world we all are a part of. He's worked in construction, as a soldier, salesperson, translator, outdoor-trainer, hiking-guide and communication trainer. Now he helps people to fulfill their potential and raise their life and business to the next level. He helps them to write, publish and market their book(s). Tom firmly believes that we need everybody to contribute their wisdom, skills, experience and love to make this world an even better place.

Tom Evans is an ex-BBC engineer who became an author unexpectedly in his late 40s. With 11 books to his name, he's the host of the Zone Show podcast and the creator of Living Timefully - the world's first time management programme based on mindfulness. In this brilliant episode we explore how to bring magic into a career transition. Find the shownotes page with Tom's links at www.savvyselfgrowth.com

Liesel Teversham is your host for this episode. She believes that when we find work that is meaningful and ties into our deepest values, in a way that honours our Strengths, we can create the fastest change towards peace and happiness on our plant.

Listen in as Charan shares her own career path from geneticist to epigeneticist, and how the work of Dr Bruce Lipton inspired her to change her career. She also talks about the role of the heart in our lives. An inspiring conversation!