Ditch the Struggle with Alana Ruoso

Alana Ruoso
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If you’ve ever felt lost and trapped in your career, frustrated with the life you’re living, stuck in a state of struggle and maybe even–like me–haunted by the fear of unfulfilled potential, then you’re definitely in the right place. Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt and then burned it–a few times over.Hi! I'm Alana. I'm a certified Career & Success Coach and Graphic Designer in Canada. I can’t wait to share stories from my deep dive into personal development work, careers, coaching, energy healing, waking up to toxic societal programming (yes, I’m going there) and the path back to my intuition, the place I desperately needed to be but, of course, resisted.

  1. EP105: From Exhausted Pilot to Thriving Photographer [Convo with David Enloe]

    FEB 4

    EP105: From Exhausted Pilot to Thriving Photographer [Convo with David Enloe]

    Send us a text In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into: A conversation with David Enloe, a Marin and San Francisco family photographer who traded the cockpit for the coastlineAfter years in aviation — a career that looked adventurous from the outside but proved toxic on the inside — he walked away to build a practice rooted in presence, connection, and creativityHow he summoned the courage to make such a big leapBeing a Highly Sensitive Person in a noisy worldBuilding a career based on passionHow being an entrepreneur has shaped how he sees the world🌐 Connect with David:  📷 The Enloe Creative 📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now ⚡️Looking for career help? Work with me 1:1 🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ❤️ Leave a rating and review and let me know what let me know what you would like to see more of on this podcast! Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive awesome freebies and exclusive access to special offers. 💫 Connect with me: 📷 Instagram: @alanaruoso 🌐 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso Hi! I'm a Graphic Designer and certified Career & Success coach in Toronto, Canada. I love to connect with people who deep down know that they can do better but keep falling short of where they want to go. With humor and honesty, I help you to ditch the struggle, own your value and move your career–and life–from vanilla success to spectacular triumph. ⭐ Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions 🌿 This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, or medical or financial advice. Listeners take full responsibility for their actions.

    52 min
  2. EP104: Feng Shui to Bring Harmony, Energy & Magic to Your Space [Convo with Laura Morris]

    JAN 21

    EP104: Feng Shui to Bring Harmony, Energy & Magic to Your Space [Convo with Laura Morris]

    Send us a text In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into: A conversation with Laura Morris, co-founder of the Mindful Design Feng Shui school, co-host of the Holistic Spaces podcast and co-author of Mindful Living: a Guide to the Everyday Magic of Feng ShuiThe basics of Feng Shui - explained brilliantlyHow the art of placement deeply affects your space and surroundingsUsing the things you have to create harmony in your living spaceHow our physical stuff affects usConnect with Laura: 🌐 Visit her website 📕 Buy her book 📷 Follow on Instagram 📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now ⚡️Looking for career help? Work with me 1:1 🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ❤️ Leave a rating and review and let me know what let me know what you would like to see more of on this podcast! Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive awesome freebies and exclusive access to special offers. 💫 Connect with me: 📷 Instagram: @alanaruoso 🌐 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso Hi! I'm a Graphic Designer and certified Career & Success coach in Toronto, Canada. I love to connect with people who deep down know that they can do better but keep falling short of where they want to go. With humor and honesty, I help you to ditch the struggle, own your value and move your career–and life–from vanilla success to spectacular triumph. ⭐ Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions 🌿 This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, or medical or financial advice. Listeners take full responsibility for their actions.

    53 min

  3. 12/24/2025

    EP103: Addicted to Working Under Extreme Pressure? [Work & Personal Growth]

    Send us a text In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into: The habit of working under high pressure/last minute deadlinesUsing cortisol to fuel your task completion📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now ⚡️Looking for career help? Work with me 1:1 🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ❤️ Leave a rating and review and let me know what let me know what you would like to see more of on this podcast! Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive awesome freebies and exclusive access to special offers. 💫 Connect with me: 📷 Instagram: @alanaruoso 🌐 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso Hi! I'm a Graphic Designer and certified Career & Success coach in Toronto, Canada. I love to connect with people who deep down know that they can do better but keep falling short of where they want to go. With humor and honesty, I help you to ditch the struggle, own your value and move your career–and life–from vanilla success to spectacular triumph. ⭐ Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions 🌿 This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, or medical or financial advice. Listeners take full responsibility for their actions.

    20 min
  4. EP102: Get Unstuck & Move Through Change with Confidence [Convo with Jyoti Pannu, Career Coach & Realtor]

    12/17/2025

    EP102: Get Unstuck & Move Through Change with Confidence [Convo with Jyoti Pannu, Career Coach & Realtor]

    Send us a text In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into: A conversation with Jyoti Pannu, Career Coach & RealtorJyoti is a Career & Transition Coach and Realtor® who helps women move through big life changes with clarity and confidence, whether it’s a new job, a fresh start, or a new home.After years in leadership within the healthcare sector, Jyoti saw firsthand how many women felt stuck in roles they had outgrown.She now coaches women through those pivotal moments, helping them get unstuck, define their next move, and step into leadership or life with purpose.The joy that comes with changing paths and discovering 'What's next?'Connect with Jyoti: 🌐 Website 📷 Instagram ⭐ Facebook 📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now ⚡️Looking for career help? Work with me 1:1 🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ❤️ Leave a rating and review and let me know what let me know what you would like to see more of on this podcast! Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive awesome freebies and exclusive access to special offers. 💫 Connect with me: 📷 Instagram: @alanaruoso 🌐 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso Hi! I'm a Graphic Designer and certified Career & Success coach in Toronto, Canada. I love to connect with people who deep down know that they can do better but keep falling short of where they want to go. With humor and honesty, I help you to ditch the struggle, own your value and move your career–and life–from vanilla success to spectacular triumph. ⭐ Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions 🌿 This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, or medical or financial advice. Listeners take full responsibility for their actions.

    48 min

  5. 12/10/2025

    EP101: Interview Red Flags & Running Away From the Cray [Job Interview Stories]

    Send us a text In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into: Interviewing at a beauty brand where there were tons of red flagsThe interviewer who had a 'streak of cray'Paying attention to red flags in interviewsKnowing when a role is just not right for you and walking away📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now ⚡️Looking for career help? Work with me 1:1 🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ❤️ Leave a rating and review and let me know what let me know what you would like to see more of on this podcast! Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive awesome freebies and exclusive access to special offers. 💫 Connect with me: 📷 Instagram: @alanaruoso 🌐 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso Hi! I'm a Graphic Designer and certified Career & Success coach in Toronto, Canada. I love to connect with people who deep down know that they can do better but keep falling short of where they want to go. With humor and honesty, I help you to ditch the struggle, own your value and move your career–and life–from vanilla success to spectacular triumph. ⭐ Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions 🌿 This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, or medical or financial advice. Listeners take full responsibility for their actions.

    18 min
  6. EP100: Celebrating Episode 100--Podcasting, Intuition & Not Being Famous [Convo with Me & Sue Ruhe, My Producer]

    12/03/2025

    EP100: Celebrating Episode 100--Podcasting, Intuition & Not Being Famous [Convo with Me & Sue Ruhe, My Producer]

    Send us a text In this episode of Ditch the Struggle: We celebrate 100 episodes of Ditch the Struggle!⁠This episode is a fun one: my podcast producer and editor Sue Ruhe interviews ME, so the tables are turnedIt's casual convo about all things podcasting, struggle, intuition, not being famous and the grocery isle (love a random sidebar!)⁠PS: we have a new (shorter!) Intro/Outro!📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now ⚡️Looking for career help? Work with me 1:1 🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ❤️ Leave a rating and review and let me know what let me know what you would like to see more of on this podcast! Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive awesome freebies and exclusive access to special offers. 💫 Connect with me: 📷 Instagram: @alanaruoso 🌐 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso Hi! I'm a Graphic Designer and certified Career & Success coach in Toronto, Canada. I love to connect with people who deep down know that they can do better but keep falling short of where they want to go. With humor and honesty, I help you to ditch the struggle, own your value and move your career–and life–from vanilla success to spectacular triumph. ⭐ Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions 🌿 This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, or medical or financial advice. Listeners take full responsibility for their actions.

    52 min

  7. 11/26/2025

    EP99: Career Clarity! When You Don't Know What You Want [Career & Manifesting]

    Send us a text In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into: How to figure out what you want in a new job or career, even if you don't know what you wantMy go-to career "manifesting" exercise Why you need to write down what elements of a job/career are important to you--and be honest!Forget about job titles when exploring career options! 📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now ⚡️Looking for career help? Work with me 1:1 🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ❤️ Leave a rating and review and let me know what let me know what you would like to see more of on this podcast! Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive awesome freebies and exclusive access to special offers. 💫 Connect with me: 📷 Instagram: @alanaruoso 🌐 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso Hi! I'm a Graphic Designer and certified Career & Success coach in Toronto, Canada. I love to connect with people who deep down know that they can do better but keep falling short of where they want to go. With humor and honesty, I help you to ditch the struggle, own your value and move your career–and life–from vanilla success to spectacular triumph. ⭐ Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions 🌿 This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, or medical or financial advice. Listeners take full responsibility for their actions.

    21 min
  8. EP98: Quitting Lululemon & Building an Underwear Revolution [Convo with Sara Jonsdottir, Founder Revol Cares]

    11/19/2025

    EP98: Quitting Lululemon & Building an Underwear Revolution [Convo with Sara Jonsdottir, Founder Revol Cares]

    Send us a text In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into: A conversation with Sara Jonsdottir, the visionary Founder & CEO of Revol Cares, a company revolutionizing menstrual care with medically recognized, toxin-free leak proof underwear.The embarrassing work incident which led her sewing her own underwear... and then selling her handmade underwear–sometimes on the street in a ziploc bag!How Sara left her internship at Lululemon (yes! THE Lululemon) to bet on herself and become an entrepreneurWhat it's like working with her husband who is also a business partnerWhat happens when you build a business based on PASSION and a MISSION📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now ⚡️Looking for career help? Work with me 1:1 🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ❤️ Leave a rating and review and let me know what let me know what you would like to see more of on this podcast! Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive awesome freebies and exclusive access to special offers. 💫 Connect with me: 📷 Instagram: @alanaruoso 🌐 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso Hi! I'm a Graphic Designer and certified Career & Success coach in Toronto, Canada. I love to connect with people who deep down know that they can do better but keep falling short of where they want to go. With humor and honesty, I help you to ditch the struggle, own your value and move your career–and life–from vanilla success to spectacular triumph. ⭐ Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions 🌿 This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, or medical or financial advice. Listeners take full responsibility for their actions.

    56 min
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If you’ve ever felt lost and trapped in your career, frustrated with the life you’re living, stuck in a state of struggle and maybe even–like me–haunted by the fear of unfulfilled potential, then you’re definitely in the right place. Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt and then burned it–a few times over.Hi! I'm Alana. I'm a certified Career & Success Coach and Graphic Designer in Canada. I can’t wait to share stories from my deep dive into personal development work, careers, coaching, energy healing, waking up to toxic societal programming (yes, I’m going there) and the path back to my intuition, the place I desperately needed to be but, of course, resisted.

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