In this special episode, I chat with my partner Maarten about his experience and insights as the significant other of someone going through a major career transition. I know so many women express feeling unsupported or doubted by their partners when they want to make a bold career shift. Or partners come at it very logically versus emotionally. Understandably, the prospect of losing financial stability can be scary for spouses too. I’ve been SO fortunate to have a partner who believed in and...

Have you chosen an exciting new career path, one that truly lights you up...only to start questioning if you made the right move when it doesn't unfold smoothly or quickly? You're not alone! In this week's episode, we're exploring why an aligned vocation can still feel uncomfortable or rocky in the early stages. And how to tell the difference between normal growing pains versus true misalignment. I'll also share how I navigated feeling like an imposter and reclaiming my confidence when...

In this episode, I interview Eleanor, a graduate of the Holistic Career Change Group Program who's made a pivot from non-profit work to becoming a guide for mothers and caretakers. We discuss: how Eleanor first came into the program with lots of interests: from a jewelry business to returning back to non-profit workhow overworking and overcommitting to pursue misaligned goals left El burnt out and disconnected from their body. It took a traumatic childbirth experience to force them to...

In this short & sweet episode I share a pattern I've been noticing A LOT LATELY - people being let go & redirected by the wildest career circumstances. Rather than resisting this at times unpleasant change, I encourage you to embrace it and ask yourself -  what gifts they’re pushing you to embody.  Let's zoom out & read between the lines! ABOUT VILMA Vilma is a holistic career change coach who helps women transition to their authentic aligned careers and businesses. 1:1...

In the last episode of the year, I have the honor of chatting with an inspiring career changer & manifestation maven - Sarah. Sarah's gone through the holistic career change process & found herself in a multipotentialite portfolio career - having carved out a very unique space for herself. In many ways, she's a trailblazer & an example of what's possible when you choose to boldly lead with creative spirit, emotional intelligence, and alignment—even within rigid tech spaces...

I'm brimming with joy to be bringing you an astrology-focused episode!   In this beginner-friendly episode, we are joined by a special guest Cat, a professional astrologer, who will be walking us through the crucial birth chart components that signify career and destiny: Moon to indicate our emotional needsMidheaven to identify our public callingNorth Node to show us a soul-driven directionand 10th house to suggest types of career & public roles we might be drawn toWe will discuss how,...

We are back with the career change series! This week I’m bringing you the behind-the-scenes of my client Nina’s career change journey. While Nina’s story is very unique in the way that it unfolded and how she found her aligned career, many of her fears, and inner conflict that she experienced along the way are very common amongst career changers. We will discuss: what it felt like working in real estate and how despite the potential in the industry - showing up for it felt very challenginga...

This week we are analysing the anatomy of giving up. In the episode, we will be discussing: Our tendency to give up too quickly on our dreams and career pursuits and how many of us have become complacent and, at times, even entitled to manifestations. How our need for instant gratification affects long-term change efforts.The unpleasant, challenging feelings we will inevitably experience as we explore the edges of our possibility and how to coexist with those feelings versus allowing them to...

I'm very excited to share another career change story with my client Julia. We will discuss: -about her years as a registered nurse and what her every day felt like -how she made a decision to pivot which coincided with her moving to Europe -how she broke into the film industry - without speaking the language - and what steps she took which eventually led her to a paying job she has now -how she was learning to not just think but also FEEL out what alignment felt like in her body and how to...

In this episode, I’m inviting you to listen to a very unique and, in many ways, unexpected career unfolding. My client Niamh is a musician and, as we jokingly called her,  a career ‘returner’. After many twists and turns, using the holistic process, she found her way back to her first love - music.  We will discuss: -How Niamh’s identity as a musician was initially built upon external validation and how it eventually lead to creative, emotional, and physical burn-out. -About the disconnect...

What does masculine and feminine energies have to do with career change? Turns out a lot - if we don't know the difference between how masculine and feminine energies manifest as we go through career transitions, we may end up stuck in inaction and confusion or we'll be choosing misaligned careers and getting discouraged. Tune in to learn more!  Join the HOLISTIC CAREER CHANGE GROUP PROGRAM (Starts June 21st) 1:1 coaching Schedule a free discovery call to explore working...

This week I'm bringing you another transformational career change story. My client Michelle has come on a podcast to share her switch from the wine industry to marriage and family therapy. In many ways, her story is almost a textbook case of a career change process. She went through all the stages and phases I speak about on this podcast, she overcame massive resistance and changed some old sabotaging patterns that kept her stuck, unfulfilled,  and completely terrified of choosing a new...

This week we are exploring the emerging phenomenon of portfolio careers. Portfolio career is a fancy term for the type of careers that consist of multiple streams of income, jobs, or businesses when compared to a traditional single career path. This allows individuals to combine skills, experiences, and interests to create a diverse portfolio of pursuits that provide both financial stability and personal fulfillment. I personally believe portfolio careers are THE careers of the future and I...

In this episode, I share a couple of lessons and reframes I offer you to take on if you'd like to go through a smoother career transition period - these are the most common pitfalls I've seen career changers succumb to when designing aligned careers. *** Schedule a consultation call to take this work further: https://calendly.com/coachvilmausaite/45min *** Instagram: @vilma.usaite

This week's episode features another mind-blowing career change story. My client Nikita has joined me to share her transition from being a dentist and owning a dental clinic to becoming an interior designer. Her career switch story has already been inspiring many others who've been considering a change. She goes into detail about the obstacles she's faced along the way, the inner work this shift required her to do, and the advice she has to share for everyone who's considering a career...

We are starting the year with another magical career change story. The guest on the podcast today is my client Nicole who shares the details of her career transition journey. Nicole’s path to finding her purpose was not easy or straightforward. The majority of her life was spent in hustle, survival, and powering through harsh life circumstances. It was only this past year when she committed to finding an aligned path that her life and her gifts started opening up and flourishing. Nicole...

In this episode, we talk about the often undervalued skill of making decisions. The reason why I talk about this in a career change setting is because your success in a new fulfilling, meaningful purpose-driven career or business will quite literally depend on your ability to make a decision regarding the new path you’re about to commit to. These are the questions I'd like to invite you to journal on to master the decision-making skill: 1. List all the facts (neutral circumstances) &...

This week’s episode features a very special guest - my client who is generously sharing the details of her career change journey with you all. There’s SO much healing in this episode as she is someone who represents a slower, more grounded pace of change - the opposite of what we often are programmed to envision. Do make sure you listen to this till the end as not only does she share life-changing wisdom for career changers, but we also discuss: -how career change is not an isolated event...

In this week's episode, I'm introducing the uncomfortable, confusing in-between space of career change - the liminal space. It's not necessarily a concept I hear people speak about a lot - and yet I have been experiencing firsthand just how vital it is to understand what the liminal space of career change is and how to better prepare for it so you don't feel blind-sided when you're in the middle of it.  *** Schedule a consultation call to take this work...

This week we are talking about the good old imposter syndrome. While we can expect to meet a version of it when changing careers - in this episode I'm offering you a powerful reframe of how to shift this fear and how to work with your unconscious competence. A few questions I'd like you to write down your answers to: -How have my life experiences shaped me and taught me to excel at this new career? -If I look back and start connecting the dots backwards - how has everything been leading...

This week I want to talk to you about manuals we have for EVERYTHING in our lives and how not to use them against ourselves, especially on a career change journey. Not being familiar with this concept has ruined many career change attempts.  Manuals are these invisible, unwritten set of rules we might have adopted throughout the course of life - by symbiosis, being exposed to our caregivers growing up, observing our environment and following the powerful pulls from social conditioning...

This week I'm stoked to bring you a new interview with one of my clients - Ashley Travassos who during our work together transitioned from being at top of her corporate career ladder as a marketing executive - to starting her practice as a holistic nutritionist.  She shares ALL the details in the episode, including how and why her career change journey was particularly hard & complicated - Ashley is what I refer to as circumstantial career changer. She will also share how by luck or sheer...

When is 'the right' time to leave your unfulfilling job? In this episode I'm sharing an extensive answer to this question. There's a very specific way to determine when it's time for you to finally transition into a career of meaning & purpose. *** Schedule a consultation call to take this work further: https://calendly.com/coachvilmausaite/45min *** Instagram: @vilma.usaite

The more I work in career change & alignment, the more infatuated I become with this beautiful transformative experience. I believe that our quest for purpose & career fulfilment is magic & mystery above strategy. I think this process is not dissimilar to alchemy. In this process we too metaphorically transform lack of meaning into awareness, harmony & purpose.  Career change is an identity shift which means that through this process we, first & foremost, crystallise the...