The Change Effect - Inspiration and Strategies for Creating Success on Your Own Terms

Noelle Van
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The Change Effect helps you turn life transitions into powerful new beginnings one story, one shift, one breakthrough at a time. Your host, Noelle Van – a leadership coach and change strategist, spent years in corporate America helping innovators and leaders break through barriers to create success on their own terms – she now works with women to step into change to create a life they love.   Whether you're putting yourself at the center of your own story, redefining success or making a power pivot in your life, career or business - you're in the right place. Each week, we dive into conversations with trailblazers, change-makers, and everyday women experiencing the ripple effects that come from overcoming the fear and doing it anyway. Providing actionable steps, practical strategies, and a whole lot of fun along the way.

  1. 6d ago

    E157: Redirecting Your Ambition and Owning What You Want

    There's a common assumption that when women step away from traditional definitions of success, they've stopped wanting more. In my experience, the opposite is true. The ambition doesn't disappear. It becomes more personal, more honest, and more aligned with who they've become In this episode, we're exploring what happens when your ambitions change, the fears that come with redirecting them, and why wanting something different may require even more courage than staying the course. In this episode: • The inherited definition of ambition • Why changing direction isn't giving up • Common fears around reinvention • Owning what you want now • Building your own definition of success Your ambitions are allowed to evolve. You don't have to keep chasing a version of success that no longer fits simply because it once mattered to you. My hope is that this conversation gives you permission to get honest about what you want now and the confidence to pursue it wholeheartedly. If you want to go a bit deeper on this, I've attached a simple exercise for you called The Ambition Audit, to explore what you want now and what you will need to do differently to get it.  Download:  🖊️The Ambition Audit HERE Connect with me: 🌐 https://www.noellevan.com 📸 Instagram: @noellevanbeyond 💼 LinkedIn: Noelle Van Support the show

    E157: Redirecting Your Ambition and Owning What You Want

  2. Aug 4

    E156: Yvonne Caputo: The Courage to Ask: Family Stories, End-of-Life Wishes, and Deeper Connection

    Some of the most meaningful conversations in our lives are the ones we do not know we need to have until time begins to narrow. In this episode of The Change Effect, Noelle sits down with Yvonne Caputo, author of Flying with Dad and Dying with Dad, for a powerful conversation about family stories, parent-child relationships, end-of-life wishes, and the unexpected healing that can come when we meet someone with curiosity instead of expectation. For many years, Yvonne’s relationship with her father was distant. Then one evening, he began telling her stories from his time as a B-24 navigator during World War II. What started as one story became a deeper path toward connection, trust, understanding, and eventually the conversations that helped Yvonne honor his wishes at the end of his life. In this conversation, we explore: • Why listening to a parent’s stories can open the door to deeper understanding • How curiosity can soften complicated family relationships • The importance of having end-of-life conversations before a crisis • How grief can hold both sorrow and sacred joy  Yvonne also shares how the Five Wishes document helped guide meaningful conversations with her father, and why these discussions can become a profound gift for both parents and adult children. This conversation is a reminder that it is never too late to ask, to listen, to understand, or to begin again.   Connect with Yvonne:  Linkedin Facebook Books    Connect with Noelle: Website: www.noellevan.com Instagram: @noellevanbeyond YouTube: @noellevanv Linkedin noellev   Resources Mentioned:  Flying with Dad by Yvonne Caputo Dying with Dad by Yvonne Caputo Five Wishes Support the show

    E156: Yvonne Caputo: The Courage to Ask: Family Stories, End-of-Life Wishes, and Deeper Connection

  3. Jul 28

    E155: The Hidden Cost of Staying in a Life You've Outgrown

    We often think of change as the risky choice. ➡️  Changing careers. ➡️  Leaving relationships. ➡️  Starting businesses. ➡️  Choosing something new. But what if staying carries a cost too? In this episode, we're looking at the quieter risks. The ones that accumulate over time. The energy drain, the erosion of self-trust, the dreams we postpone, and the subtle ways we adjust our expectations to fit our circumstances. This conversation isn't about convincing you to make a change. It's about helping you see the full picture so whatever decision you make is one you've made consciously. In this episode: • Why we underestimate the cost of staying • How self-trust gets worn down • The hidden tax of postponing what matters • Signs you're staying by choice or by default • Questions to help you honestly assess where you are Whatever your next step, my hope is that this conversation encourages you to pause and take an honest look at where you are. Sometimes staying is the right decision. Sometimes change is. The important thing is that the choice is yours, and that you make it with clarity, intention, and your eyes wide open. If you want to go a bit deeper on this, I've attached a simple exercise for you called The Cost of Staying Audit,  to take a closer look at what it may be costing you to stay where you are. Download: 🖊️ The Cost of Staying Audit HERE Connect with me: 🌐 https://www.noellevan.com 📸 Instagram: @noellevanbeyond 💼 LinkedIn: Noelle Van   Support the show

    E155: The Hidden Cost of Staying in a Life You've Outgrown

  4. Jul 21

    E154: Rebecca Boedges: From Private Healing to Published Memoir

    Some stories take years before they are ready to be told. Not because they aren’t important, but because they ask something deeper of us before we can bring them into the world. They ask us to live them, make meaning from them, heal through them, and eventually decide - that what we have carried privately may become a source of light for someone else. In this episode of The Change Effect, a past guest and long time friend of mine, Rebecca Boedges, shares what changed after her first appearance on the podcast, including her early-stage breast cancer diagnosis in January 2024 and how that experience pushed her to finally bring a decade-long book project into the world. Rebecca is a psychotherapist, coach for artists, consultant, and author of Holding Light: A Life Between Loss and Art a moving memoir that explores pregnancy loss, infertility, motherhood, intuition, trauma, marriage, art, and the quiet courage it takes to build a life after heartbreak. We talk about the vulnerability of memoir, the strange and beautiful process of becoming an author, the support Rebecca received from her husband Mark, and why creative work often asks us to move through fear before we feel ready.  Rebecca also shares how her experience supporting Mark’s internationally recognized art career now informs her coaching work with emerging artists. In this episode, we explore: • The turning point that helped Rebecca finally publish Holding Light • Why memoir writing is both deeply personal and creatively challenging • The fear of being seen, judged, or rejected when sharing your work • How artists can move through the question, “Am I good enough?” • Why relationships, courage, and curiosity matter when building a creative career This conversation is about grief, healing, art, intuition, and the moment when the work you’ve carried privately is finally ready to meet the world. Connect with Rebecca: Website Instagram The Change Effect Episode 7 with Rebecca Connect with Noelle: Website: www.noellevan.com Instagram: @noellevanbeyond YouTube: @noellevanv Linkedin noellev Support the show

    E154: Rebecca Boedges: From Private Healing to Published Memoir

  5. Jul 14

    E153: When People Pleasing Stops Working: Learning to Tell the Truth

    People pleasing always starts with good intentions It's a strategy that helped us navigate relationships, workplaces, and expectations throughout our lives. Over time, though, what once served us can become exhausting. In this episode, we're talking about what happens when you stop arranging yourself around everyone else's needs and begin paying attention to your own. We'll explore the guilt, the pushback, the identity shifts, and ultimately the freedom that comes from becoming more fully yourself. In this episode: • Understanding the roots of people pleasing • Why guilt is a normal part of growth • How relationships shift when you change • Identity after people pleasing • Building trust in your own judgment If you've spent years making yourself easy for everyone else, I hope this episode offers a different perspective. Small, honest choices have a way of changing the direction of our lives, and every boundary you set is an opportunity to build a more authentic relationship with yourself and the people around you. If you want to go a bit deeper on this, I've attached a simple exercise for you called The YES Audit,  to help you see where people pleasing shows up for you and how to overcome it's pull. Download: 🖊️ The YES Audit HERE Connect with me: 🌐 https://www.noellevan.com 📸 Instagram: @noellevanbeyond 💼 LinkedIn: Noelle Van Support the show

    E153: When People Pleasing Stops Working: Learning to Tell the Truth

  6. Jul 7

    E152: Jenny Dreizen: Trusting the Life You Didn't Plan

    Sometimes the life we're holding onto is the very thing standing in the way of the life we're meant to live. This week on The Change Effect, I sit down with Jenny Dreizen to explore the unexpected beauty of new beginnings. From ending a decade-long relationship to co-founding Fresh Starts Registry and eventually finding love across the world, Jenny's story is a reminder that our biggest transitions often become our greatest opportunities for growth. Together, they discuss: • Why life rarely unfolds according to plan • Learning to let go of what no longer fits to embrace what's next • Navigating heartbreak and major life transitions • Building purpose from personal experience  • The role of serendipity in shaping our lives and how life can change in an instant  Jenny also shares the inspiration behind her upcoming book, Divorce Happens: A Compassionate Guide to Starting Fresh, and the lessons she's learned from helping others rebuild after life's unexpected turns. Whether you're facing a career pivot, the end of a relationship, or simply questioning what's next, this conversation offers hope that endings often become the beginning of something even better. To Connect with Jenny: https://freshstartsregistry.com/,  https://www.instagram.com/genevievedreizen/ https://www.instagram.com/freshstartsregistry To Stay Connected with Noelle:  https://www.noellevan.com https://www.youtube.com/@noellevanv https://www.instagram.com/noellevanbeyond Support the show

    E152: Jenny Dreizen: Trusting the Life You Didn't Plan

  7. Jun 30

    E151: Anger as Fuel: What Your Frustration Is Telling You

    What if your anger isn't a problem to solve? What if it's information? In this episode of The Change Effect, we explore one of the most misunderstood emotions women experience and why so many of us have been conditioned to suppress, soften, or explain away our anger. In this episode you'll learn: Why anger is often a signal, not a flawHow women are taught to disconnect from their own frustrationThe difference between suppression, explosion, and healthy processingWhat recurring anger may be trying to show youHow to turn frustration into clarity and actionWhy anger often reveals important values and boundariesWhen we stop treating anger as something to avoid and start viewing it as information, it becomes easier to understand what matters, where our boundaries have been crossed, and what may need to change. This episode offers a practical way to work with anger rather than against it. Download The Anger Inventory Exercise HERE Connect with Noelle: https://www.noellevan.com https://www.youtube.com/@noellevanv https://www.instagram.com/noellevanbeyond Support the show

    E151: Anger as Fuel: What Your Frustration Is Telling You

  8. Jun 23

    E150: Caru Jones: SoulFULLness and Defining Ambition on Your Own Terms [Pros Who Pivot Series]

    One of the themes that comes up often on The Change Effect is the idea that success is not a fixed destination. The definition of ambition that serves us in one season of life may not fit the next, and sometimes the bravest thing we can do is give ourselves permission to redefine it. In this episode, I sit down with Caru Jones for an honest conversation about burnout, identity, intuition, and the evolving nature of ambition. Caru Jones is an executive coach, leadership expert, and founder of Soulfulness Philosophy. With more than two decades of experience across coaching, HR, leadership, and talent development, she helps accomplished women and leaders create success that feels sustainable, aligned, and deeply fulfilling. Drawing from her own journey from a successful global HR career into entrepreneurship, Caru shares the pivotal moments that led her to realize that external achievement alone wasn't enough.  In this episode, we discuss: ·      The importance of understanding our personal values and using them as a compass for both our professional and personal lives. ·      How fear and excitement can feel remarkably similar and why choosing which voice to listen to matters. ·      The concept of "Ambition Without Self-Abandonment" and what it means to pursue meaningful goals while staying connected to yourself. ·      Why success doesn't have to look the same in every season of life, and how giving ourselves permission to evolve creates space for greater fulfillment. Together, we explore what happens when high-achieving women begin asking deeper questions about fulfillment, sustainability, and what they truly want for their lives.  If you are looking for inspiration at the soul level, this is a must listen! Connect with Caru: https://www.carujones.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/carujones/ https://www.instagram.com/carujones/ Stay Connected with Noelle: Website: www.noellevan.com Instagram: @noellevanbeyond YouTube: @noellevanv Linkedin noellev If you enjoyed this episode of The Change Effect, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who may be navigating their own next chapter.   Support the show

    E150: Caru Jones: SoulFULLness and Defining Ambition on Your Own Terms [Pros Who Pivot Series]
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The Change Effect helps you turn life transitions into powerful new beginnings one story, one shift, one breakthrough at a time. Your host, Noelle Van – a leadership coach and change strategist, spent years in corporate America helping innovators and leaders break through barriers to create success on their own terms – she now works with women to step into change to create a life they love.   Whether you're putting yourself at the center of your own story, redefining success or making a power pivot in your life, career or business - you're in the right place. Each week, we dive into conversations with trailblazers, change-makers, and everyday women experiencing the ripple effects that come from overcoming the fear and doing it anyway. Providing actionable steps, practical strategies, and a whole lot of fun along the way.

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