Ditch the Struggle with Alana Ruoso | Career & Success Coaching for Personal Growth

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 an award-winning graphic designer and certified career & success coach in Toronto, Canada. I can’t wait to share personal stories from my deep dive into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

  1. 2d ago

    EP112: Joe's "Prison Break" & Leaving Corporate Without a Plan [Career & Personal Growth]

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into: The story of Joe, who just left his (awful) corporate job unexpectedlyHow friends have lots to say when you 'take time off'Why you can take time to figure things out, even if society doesn't want you toThe podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities. 📣 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 and hit follow. ❤️ Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive 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. 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.

    25 min

  2. Jun 10

    EP111: Mantras & Affirmations--A Waste of Time? [Personal Growth]

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into: Mantras & affirmations-do they even do anything?Breaking destructive thought loops and catastrophic thinkingHow I personally use them and the benefits I've discoveredCheck out the work of Louise Hay, as mentioned in this episode. The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities. 📣 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 and hit follow. ❤️ Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive 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. 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.

    25 min

  3. Jun 3

    EP110: Terrified of Self-Promotion? How to Put Yourself Out There [Business & Personal Growth]

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into: Being terrified to promote yourself and/or businessWhey it easier to promote other people's products or servicesIt's time to BUY NOW--step up your game!How we question the value of what we have to offerThe podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities. 📣 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 and hit follow. ❤️ Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive 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. 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.

    16 min

  4. May 27

    EP109: My J.Crew Job & Side Gig Advice [Job Stories & Career]

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into: Taking a part-time retail job at J. Crew in 2013 (yes, a mall job!)The stories we tell ourselves when we "need to get more work"Going from a fancy art director job to working retail and serving a former co-worker3 important lessons I learned from this experience! The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities. 📣 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 and hit follow. ❤️ Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive 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. 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

  5. May 13

    EP108: How Not to Resent Others--Ditching "Must Be Nice" Thinking [Personal Growth]

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into: Ever found yourself saying, "Must be nice?" when someone has it easier than you?Realizing that not everyone is meant to have the same struggles as you–and that is ok.You don't need empathy from everyone. It's impossible.Not needing to be understood AND letting others have their own experience and learn the lessons they are here to learn. The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities. 📣 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 and hit follow. ❤️ Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive 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. 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.

    17 min

  6. May 6

    EP107: Keep Your "Judgmental" Friends Close--Especially At Work [Personal & Corporate Stories]

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into: Is it judgment or intuition?When you know something is up with someone, but people assume you are being judgmentalWork stories where my intuition was on point about some toxic colleaguesThe podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities. 📣 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 and hit follow. ❤️ Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive 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. 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.

    25 min

  7. Apr 29

    EP106: Grief is a B*tch--I'm Back! [Personal Update]

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into: A personal update Moving through the grief of losing our dog DollyHow it's affected podcast production and moving through life/work🌈 🐶 Pet Grief video on IG The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities. 📣 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 and hit follow. ❤️ Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive 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. 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.

    26 min
  8. 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 Fan Mail 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 The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities. 📣 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 and hit follow. ❤️ Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com to receive 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. 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
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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 an award-winning graphic designer and certified career & success coach in Toronto, Canada. I can’t wait to share personal stories from my deep dive into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

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