The Career Change Studio

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The Career Change Studio is your go-to podcast to help you design and create a new working life so that you can live the way you want and need in your next chapter. Join Certified Career Change Coach Dana Stevens for practical advice, inspiration, mindset shifts, and proven strategies to help you move on from unfulfilling work, explore new directions, and design a career that works for you.

  1. 3d ago

    Coasting or Growing?

    Episode 41: Are you coasting right now? And if you are, is that genuinely what you want, or just what feels easiest? This episode is about the difference between coasting and growing. Why one feels safer. What the other actually costs. And what to do when your brain tries to talk you out of the thing you most need to do. In this episode, Career Change Coach Dana Stevens shares a personal story that helped her identify this friction in her own brain. And she shares some helpful perspectives to help you figure out what you really want right now.   If you've been considering going all in on change or considering coaching and talking yourself out of it, this episode will be helpful. Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ Free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat If this episode resonated, follow The Career Change Studio and share it with someone who’s feeling stuck in their career. And if you’re ready to design a working life that truly fits your needs and lifestyle, book a free clarity call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

  2. Jul 21

    Create a Life You Don't Need to Escape From

    Episode 40: If a holiday is the only thing keeping you going right now, this episode is for you. Career Change Coach Dana Stevens talks honestly about what it actually means to live from holiday to holiday, the exhaustion of getting there, the body finally letting go and getting ill, the dread creeping back before the holiday has even ended.  In this episode you will learn: Why holidays cannot fix a working life that is not workingWhat a life you do not need to escape from actually looks and feels like day to dayWhere to start if you want to build that life for yourself Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ Free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat If this episode resonated, follow The Career Change Studio and share it with someone who’s feeling stuck in their career. And if you’re ready to design a working life that truly fits your needs and lifestyle, book a free clarity call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

  3. Jul 14

    The Truth About Imposter Syndrome Nobody Tells You

    Episode 39: Have you ever worried that you're not as good as everyone else? That maybe you don't belong in your job? Do you feel like a fraud? Do you worry that people will find out that you don't really know what you are doing? If so, you've experienced Imposter Syndrome. In this episode, Career Change Coach Dana Stevens encourages you to think differently about Imposter Syndrome. She unpacks why acceptance of Imposter Syndrome actually creates a resignation that stops people asking the most important questions. In this episode you will learn: What imposter syndrome is really a symptom of, and why naming that changes everythingThe real cost of accepting the imposter syndrome identity rather than seeing it as a signalThe importance of learning how to take control of your confidence and how it can be built deliberately over time Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ Free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat If this episode resonated, follow The Career Change Studio and share it with someone who’s feeling stuck in their career. And if you’re ready to design a working life that truly fits your needs and lifestyle, book a free clarity call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

  4. Jul 7

    Feeling Overwhelmed? Here's Exactly What to Do

    Episode 38: Overwhelm is one of the most common things that keeps women stuck when they are thinking about changing careers. In this episode, Career Change Coach Dana Stevens gives you a practical tool to reach for the next time overwhelm starts to take hold.  In this episode you will learn: Why overwhelm is a feeling and not a permanent state, and what that means for how you work with itThe wave analogy and why making an intentional choice about how to meet overwhelm matters more than just pushing throughA practical method to help you manage overwhelmThe specific flavour of career change overwhelm and why a structured process is designed to reduce it rather than add to it Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ Free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat If this episode resonated, follow The Career Change Studio and share it with someone who’s feeling stuck in their career. And if you’re ready to design a working life that truly fits your needs and lifestyle, book a free clarity call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

  5. Jun 30

    The Thought Cycle That's Keeping Your Career Change Out of Reach

    Episode 37: So many people who want to change careers are struggling to belief that it is possible for them.  In this episode, Career Change coach Dana Stevens unpacks the thought cycle that keeps people stuck in that gap between wanting something and believing it is possible.  In this episode you will learn: Why belief is built through small evidence rather than arriving fully formed before you startThe important difference between belief and certainty, and why waiting for certainty keeps you stuckHow coaching interrupts the thought cycle at the thought and action stages rather than waiting for belief to appear on its own Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ Free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat If this episode resonated, follow The Career Change Studio and share it with someone who’s feeling stuck in their career. And if you’re ready to design a working life that truly fits your needs and lifestyle, book a free clarity call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

  6. Jun 23

    Is Changing Careers Worth It? Only You Can Answer That

    Episode 36: Your brain is always going to tell you that changing careers is too hard, too risky, too much effort. In this episode, Career Change Coach Dana Stevens asks a different question. Not how would you do it, but is it actually worth it, and only you can answer that. If you have been waiting for a plan before you let yourself want something different, this episode will help you start with the wanting instead. In this episode you will learn: Why knowing if it's worth it matters more than knowing the how, especially at the startA guided visualisation to help you picture what a different working life could actually feel likeThe unexpected benefits of proactively changing careers, beyond just the new job itself Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ Free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat If this episode resonated, follow The Career Change Studio and share it with someone who’s feeling stuck in their career. And if you’re ready to design a working life that truly fits your needs and lifestyle, book a free clarity call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

  7. Jun 16

    Why Career Change Guilt Is Costing You More Than You Think

    Episode 35: If you have been thinking about changing careers for a while but have not yet made a move, there is a good chance you are carrying some guilt about that. You may be thinking 'I should have done this sooner', 'I have wasted so much time' or 'why did I leave it so long?'. In this episode, Career Change coach Dana Stevens makes the case that that guilt is not only unwarranted but is actively getting in your way.  In this episode you will learn: Why not changing your career sooner was almost certainly the right decision for the circumstances you were inWhat the hindsight trap is and why it is not a fair basis for self-judgmentWhy reclaiming your past decisions as conscious and intentional rather than passive or weak is one of the most important things you can do for your confidence right nowHow the guilt about the past is directly undermining the confidence you need for the future Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ Free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat If this episode resonated, follow The Career Change Studio and share it with someone who’s feeling stuck in their career. And if you’re ready to design a working life that truly fits your needs and lifestyle, book a free clarity call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

  8. Jun 9

    Surround Yourself With Evidence of What's Possible

    Episode 34:  One of the most practical and underrated things you can do when you are thinking about a career change is to deliberately surround yourself with evidence that another way of living and working is possible.  Not just for inspiration, but because seeing real people with real lives making real changes genuinely updates what your brain believes is available to you.  In this episode you will learn: The specific places to find examples of people living and working differently, from podcasts and YouTube to real conversations over coffeeWhat to notice as you gather evidence, and how to use what you find to start getting clearer on what you actually want Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ Free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat If this episode resonated, follow The Career Change Studio and share it with someone who’s feeling stuck in their career. And if you’re ready to design a working life that truly fits your needs and lifestyle, book a free clarity call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

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The Career Change Studio is your go-to podcast to help you design and create a new working life so that you can live the way you want and need in your next chapter. Join Certified Career Change Coach Dana Stevens for practical advice, inspiration, mindset shifts, and proven strategies to help you move on from unfulfilling work, explore new directions, and design a career that works for you.

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  • Creator
    Dana Stevens
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Explicit
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