We all grapple with stress and anxiety, seeking solace in familiar avenues like vacations, yoga, or meditation. But have you considered the untapped potential of hypnosis? The more we pursue our mission at Soul Career, which is to redefine the relationship between work and life allowing humans to thrive, the more we interface with the field of psychology. We now quite frequently refer our clients to psychologists and we're creating a network of psychologists to support our coaching work....

Your career is not just about the jobs you hold—it's an evolving journey of self-discovery, growth, and transformation.In this episode of the Soul Career podcast, Ep 029: Secrets to Success at Every Stage of Your Career, I explore the different phases that make up your career life cycle, each with its own set of needs, interests, and opportunities for skill development. From the initial stage of experimentation, where you navigate the vast landscape of possibilities, to the mastery phase,...

In today's episode, we introduce the concept of attachment theory and discuss how your attachment style can impact your personal and professional life.  My guest for this episode is Transformational Relationship Coach and Author Dr Gary Salyer. I first heard of Dr Salyer when he was interviewed in a podcast in 2019 promoting his book 'Safe To Love Again.' Which was my first introduction to attachment theory.    Working with Dr Salyer has helped me be more attached to myself which acts as...

You've probably seen videos featuring an incredible woman on Soul Career's social media lately.  That's because in the past six months, we have welcomed Beatriz de la Poza to our team as both an executive coach and our first female investor.  Beatriz has an incredible story and background taking her from Spain where she was born to Barbados where she lives right now. From working as a project manager at Amazon to working with us today, we're excited to share her story with you.   We hope...

In Part 2 of our two-part series, How to Work With Netflix, I'm continuing my conversation with Aaron Mitchell, Director of HR at Netflix Animation Studio and a fellow alum from Harvard Business School.    Aaron has had an amazing career and I'm honoured that he took the time to speak with me and share his journey.    In this episode Aaron shares:    1. His background and early days growing up in Connecticut  2. The biggest roadblocks Aaron faced throughout his career journey and how he...

We're back from a break that we took from the podcast at the end of 2021.    And we're starting 2022 with a bang!    We're joined by Aaron Mitchell, the Director of HR for Netflix Animation Studios, which is the division of Netflix that produces and develops animated programs and feature films. Aaron has had an impressive career journey taking him from Boston, to New York and even to Singapore and now to Los Angeles with Netflix.  Aaron is certain he has found his Soul Career. In this...

For this month's podcast, I'm commemorating one year as a full-time entrepreneur!   To celebrate I want to take this opportunity to reflect on my journey, share the lessons I’ve learned along the way and offer 7 tips to anyone who is considering becoming an entrepreneur.    Here’s a snapshot of what I cover:  1. Why I decided to leave the corporate world for entrepreneurship  2. The challenges I faced and how I overcame them  3. The 4 lessons I’ve learned in my 18 months as an...

We're continuing our focus on multi-location careers in the latest episode of the Soul Career podcast.  Our guest for this episode is Mari-Anne Daura. Mari-Anne is an American living in Denmark whose job is based in Sweden. She currently works as Communications Business Partner for Sustainability at IKEA. She is also a former Soul Career client and one of our success stories.    Here's a snapshot of what we cover:  1.  Mari-Anne's current role at IKEA and what she loves most about her job....

This month's episode of the Soul Career podcast is all about freedom, flexibility and how you can design a multi-location career. My special guest is Audra Gordon, founder and creative director of Beam Bold - a clothing company that focuses on reducing textile waste and facilitating size inclusion.  Audra was born in St. Vincent, moved to America when she was 13 and became a U.S. Citizen, then up and moved to Hong Kong with detours through Ghana and London.  What’s also interesting is that...

In this episode of the Soul Career podcast, I have the pleasure of being joined by DJ DiDonna, Founder of The Sabbatical Project - an organization that brings together researchers, companies and advocates working to catalyze sabbaticals and their enabling policies for people everywhere.    DJ started The Sabbatical Project after he took a four-month sabbatical from his job as a founder of a fintech company. He joins me today to discuss the benefits of taking an extended break and why he...

My guest for this episode of the Soul Career podcast is Laura Maydon, Laura is the Founder and Former Managing Director of Endeavor, a mission-driven organization that helps entrepreneurs scale and has offices in more than 30 locations around the world.    Laura is on sabbatical from work and has been for the past 2 years. In this episode, she shares her reasons for going on sabbatical, how she planned for it, what the experience has been like for her and how she plans to re-enter the...

My guest for this episode of the Soul Career podcast is my friend and fellow entrepreneur Sheldon Powe.  Sheldon is the Founder and CEO of Innovate10X, a leading digital transformation firm based in Jamaica. He also invests in a number of entrepreneurs. In fact, Sheldon is one of the three men who made a seed investment in Soul Career®.   I met Sheldon in 2018 when he was leaving his 21-year career at the JMMB Group - one of Jamaica’s largest investment firms, founded by his family, to...

In this episode of the Soul Career podcast, I follow-up on my conversation with Yasmina Zaidman, Chief Partnerships Officer at Acumen, by talking more about what the social impact space looks like, and how you can craft a career in this space.   Here's a snapshot of what I cover:   1. Personality types that are attracted to the mission space  2. How I found my way to a mission-driven career  3. A framework to help you decide if a mission-driven career is the right fit for you.    You can...

In this episode of the Soul Career podcast, I interview my friend and mentor Yasmina Zaidman.    Yasmina Zaidman’s life proves that you can have a fulfilling career in the impact space. She is the Chief Partnerships Officer at Acumen - a global nonprofit organization that changes the way the world tackles poverty, by investing patient capital in early-stage businesses whose products and services are enabling the poor to transform their lives.   She was also my first official mentor. We met...

Kaneisha Grayson’s career proves that you don’t have to have the typical 9 to 5 job to be successful. She is one of my best friends and fellow Harvard Graduate. She is also the CEO and Co-founder of The Art of Applying. The largest black-owned graduate admissions consulting firm in the world. Kaneisha has undoubtedly found her Soul Career. But the path was not always smooth. In this month’s Soul Career podcast, Kaneisha shares how she was able to overcome personal disappointments and...

When you envision a Soul Career, you probably think of a life away from the corporate grind. But, it’s possible to find fulfilment in traditional jobs and make a corporate career a Soul Career. In this month’s episode of the Soul Career podcast, we interview Attorney-at-Law, and Partner at Hart Muirhead Fatta, Sanya Goffe.  Sanya has what many would consider a traditional Law career. She climbed the ladder in her law firm to Partner, sits on multiple prestigious boards and recently...

We talk a lot about how finding your dream job can change your life.    But what happens after you find your dream job? How can you establish yourself as an indispensable employee in the first few months?   In this month's podcast, Co-founder and COO of Soul Career Warren Rickards discusses his current role as Strategic Customer Success Manager at Cloudflare. And shares how he was able to get a promotion just 15 months after starting his job.   Here's what we cover:  1.  Warren's current...

The world as we know it is changing rapidly. Globalization, technology and COVID-19 are having a massive impact on the way we live and work.   But how will these changes impact our careers decades from now?   In this episode, we’ll explore the changes you can expect coming out the pandemic and what these changes mean for the evolution of our careers in the future. We're going to look at changes across the following three areas:   1. Remote work  2. Contract work (including freelancing and...

As jobs become more uncertain, people in the workplace are looking for ways to boost their credibility and enhance their reputation. In addition, many people have been recording and putting out online content to shore up their online brand as a result of the pandemic and this massive shift from offline to online.   So this leaves us with two questions:  1. How can we determine if someone else is credible  2. How do we become more credible ourselves   Here’s how I've structured this...

Brandon Andrews is charged with leading a nationwide casting tour focused on bringing more diverse ideas and voices to Shark Tank – an award winning American business reality show that connects budding entrepreneurs with potential investors. Brandon is living his Soul Career - a career he never knew existed when he was growing up with his grandmother in a small town in southern Alabama.  As a child he was a natural athlete with a bright mind and ambitions of becoming an engineer - but life...

Paralympic athlete David Smith has faced tremendous odds. He was born with  talipes equinovarus (“clubfoot”), misdiagnosed as an epileptic in childhood and, on the cusp of a successful athletic career, was diagnosed with a life-threatening spinal tumor. He had four surgeries - one of which left him partially paralyzed - and had to learn to walk four times. Yet through it all he maintained his passion for athletics and has developed a new life philosophy. We recorded this episode in January...

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, freelancer, professional in the corporate world, or executive, this pandemic will affect you. While there will be some negative effects, there will also be a lot of opportunity coming out of this crisis - as the way we work has fundamentally shifted. We must face this moment together, with resilience and some degree of positivity, and manage our way through it to the other side. Here’s how we’ve structured this episode: - What’s happening in the corporate...

“Life is not about living a blue chip path. Life is about living your own story, and the more interesting stories tend to be the ones that are off that beaten path. ” Many people  think that if you go to Harvard Business School and work at Goldman Sachs, then your life is set. You make a high salary, get rich and comfortable, and that’s it for the rest of your life. But for the people who come off that “blue chip” path, life is not that clear. Even though you have the privilege of an amazing...

"The energy that stands between the soul and the world is your personality." As we kick off the new year, we ask the question - is our Soul Career written in the stars? Join us as Alina Apostol shares how astrology can help us discover our purpose and guide us towards a Soul Career. Alina also helps us understand how astrology can tell us about the energies to expect in our lives in 2020, whether our new business will have an easy or difficult path to success, and whether the energy of our...