Pivot Happens

Anne Kingston & Von denMeer
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Pivot Happens is the plucky little podcast that could. We look at the pivots in life that help us change our path or show us where we need to be and how to wrangle the resilience to do so in style.  We call ourselves the Unprofessional Armchair Psychologists, but this is pure silliness and if you need REAL mental heal help, please reach out. If you need to connect, you can reach NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) at Call: 1-800-950-6264, Text “NAMI” to 62640, or if you're in a crisis, Call or Text 988. Don't wait! Your pivot may be just around the corner and we want you here and healthy for it.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    Pivot Happens - Episode 7, Pt 1: For Those About to Pivot, Make Sure They Salute You

    We are Anne Kingston and Von denMeer and welcome to our podcast! It's Episode LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN (PART 1) and it's just us talking about how those around us can influence our pivoting choices. We talk a lot about writing on this episode and how that process forces us into very vulnerable situations. We hope that you have the kind of support you need to make all the best pivots for you and talk about how to navigate those who may have ulterior motives.  Like Elaine from Seinfeld's toast: Here's to those who wish us well and all the rest can go to hell! Sláinte!   Want to share your pivots and your journey toward your goals? Reach out to hosts@pivothappens.com or go to our website and fill out the form. We're not scary - ask our guests! Work brought us together, writing bonded us for life, but we also found that we shared a lot of similar beliefs about life and moving toward where you really want to be. We started talking about pivots and the podcast idea came from that. We wanted to share our experiences on making pivotal choices in our lives and those other times the Universe made the choices for us and how we survived (and thrived). We focus on resilience and we invite people with interesting and inspiring pivot stories to come on and share with us and our audience. Want to share you're story? Reach out! We call ourselves the Unprofessional Armchair Psychologists, but this is pure silliness and if you need REAL mental heal help, please reach out. If you need to connect, you can reach NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) at Call: 1-800-950-6264, Text “NAMI” to 62640, or if you're in a crisis, Call or Text 988. Don't wait! Your pivot may be just around the corner and we want you here and healthy for it.

  2. Jul 17

    Pivot Happens - Episode 6: The Prettiest Nuts wsg Food Stylist Joanie Homrich

    We are Anne Kingston and Von denMeer and welcome to our podcast! It's Episode SIX and we have another guest with an interesting pivot history and another unusual career.  Joanie Homrich, food stylist and owner of Smashing Plate Food Styling, joins us to tell us how she went from crunching numbers to spending her time finding the prettiest nuts and creating epic cheese pulls for pizza commercials you have definitely seen. Her work is truly art and science and you can check it out at www.thesmashingplate.com.  Want to share your pivots and your career, unique or well known? Reach out to hosts@pivothappens.com or go to our website and fill out the form. We're not scary - ask our guests! Work brought us together, writing bonded us for life, but we also found that we shared a lot of similar beliefs about life and moving toward where you really want to be. We started talking about pivots and the podcast idea came from that. We wanted to share our experiences on making pivotal choices in our lives and those other times the Universe made the choices for us and how we survived (and thrived). We focus on resilience and we invite people with interesting and inspiring pivot stories to come on and share with us and our audience. Want to share you're story? Reach out! We call ourselves the Unprofessional Armchair Psychologists, but this is pure silliness and if you need REAL mental heal help, please reach out. If you need to connect, you can reach NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) at Call: 1-800-950-6264, Text “NAMI” to 62640, or if you're in a crisis, Call or Text 988. Don't wait! Your pivot may be just around the corner and we want you here and healthy for it.

  3. Jul 6

    Pivot Happens - Episode 5: The Spiritual Red Carpet - How to Pivot Out of Imposter Syndrome

    We are Anne Kingston and Von denMeer and welcome to our podcast! It's Episode FIVE and this one is about imposter syndrome and how it can affect your ability to pivot intentionally.  Anne Kingston tells her story of the spiritual red carpet and it's a great metaphor for taking inspired action to keep moving forward.  Work brought us together, writing bonded us for life, but we also found that we shared a lot of similar beliefs about life and moving toward where you really want to be. We started talking about pivots and the podcast idea came from that. We wanted to share our experiences on making pivotal choices in our lives and those other times the Universe made the choices for us and how we survived (and thrived). We focus on resilience and we invite people with interesting and inspiring pivot stories to come on and share with us and our audience. Want to share you're story? Reach out! We call ourselves the Unprofessional Armchair Psychologists, but this is pure silliness and if you need REAL mental heal help, please reach out. If you need to connect, you can reach NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) at Call: 1-800-950-6264, Text “NAMI” to 62640, or if you're in a crisis, Call or Text 988. Don't wait! Your pivot may be just around the corner and we want you here and healthy for it.

  4. Jun 16

    Pivot as a Verb wsg Laura, Episode 3, Part 2

    We are Anne Kingston and Von denMeer and welcome to our podcast! It's Episode THREE and it's all about the action you need to take to pivot or react to pivots - inspired action as Von denMeer likes to call it.  Today's Episode, Pivot as a Verb, PART 2, features our friend, Laura! She is a fellow traveler on the pivot path and has had a life full of pivots and sees it all in a wonderful, positive way, while acknowledging what we believe too - this shit is hard! Join us for Part 1 of an intentionally meandering, wide-ranging discussion with our posse of pivoters. Work brought us together, writing bonded us for life, but we also found that we shared a lot of similar beliefs about life and moving toward where you really want to be. We started talking about pivots and the podcast idea came from that. We wanted to share our experiences on making pivotal choices in our lives and those other times the Universe made the choices for us and how we survived (and thrived). We focus on resilience and we invite people with interesting and inspiring pivot stories to come on and share with us and our audience (we will have one someday, right, Buzzsprout? That's part of the deal. . . ). Want to share you're story? Reach out! We call ourselves the Unprofessional Armchair Psychologists, but this is pure silliness and if you need REAL mental heal help, please reach out. If you need to connect, you can reach NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) at Call: 1-800-950-6264, Text “NAMI” to 62640, or if you're in a crisis, Call or Text 988. Don't wait! Your pivot may be just around the corner and we want you here and healthy for it.

  5. Jun 9

    Pivot Happens - Episode 3, Part 1: Pivot as a Verb wsg Laura

    We are Anne Kingston and Von denMeer and welcome to our podcast! It's Episode THREE and it's all about the action you need to take to pivot or react to pivots - inspired action as Von denMeer likes to call it.  Today's Episode, Pivot as a Verb, features our friend, Laura! She is a fellow traveler on the pivot path and has had a life full of pivots and sees it all in a wonderful, positive way, while acknowledging what we believe too - this shit is hard! Join us for Part 1 of an intentionally meandering, wide-ranging discussion with our posse of pivoters. Work brought us together, writing bonded us for life, but we also found that we shared a lot of similar beliefs about life and moving toward where you really want to be. We started talking about pivots and the podcast idea came from that. We wanted to share our experiences on making pivotal choices in our lives and those other times the Universe made the choices for us and how we survived (and thrived). We focus on resilience and we invite people with interesting and inspiring pivot stories to come on and share with us and our audience (we will have one someday, right, Buzzsprout? That's part of the deal. . . ). Want to share you're story? Reach out! We call ourselves the Unprofessional Armchair Psychologists, but this is pure silliness and if you need REAL mental heal help, please reach out. If you need to connect, you can reach NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) at Call: 1-800-950-6264, Text “NAMI” to 62640, or if you're in a crisis, Call or Text 988. Don't wait! Your pivot may be just around the corner and we want you here and healthy for it.

  6. May 31

    Pivot Happens - Episode 2: Livin la Vida Pivot

    We are Anne Kingston and Von denMeer and welcome to our podcast! It's Episode TWO and it's all about living the pivot life when life can kinda want to get in the way of your progress. Come along with us and hear how we do our best to move beyond these roadblocks and work on a pivoter's toolkit.  Work brought us together, writing bonded us for life, but we also found that we shared a lot of similar beliefs about life and moving toward where you really want to be. We started talking about pivots and the podcast idea came from that. We wanted to share our experiences on making pivotal choices in our lives and those other times the Universe made the choices for us and how we survived (and thrived). We focus on resilience and we invite people with interesting and inspiring pivot stories to come on and share with us and our audience (we will have one someday, right, Buzzsprout? That's part of the deal. . . ). Want to share you're story? Reach out! We call ourselves the Unprofessional Armchair Psychologists, but this is pure silliness and if you need REAL mental heal help, please reach out. If you need to connect, you can reach NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) at Call: 1-800-950-6264, Text “NAMI” to 62640, or if you're in a crisis, Call or Text 988. Don't wait! Your pivot may be just around the corner and we want you here and healthy for it.

  7. May 6

    Pivot Happens - Episode 1: Meet the Unprofessional Armchair Psychologists

    We are Anne Kingston and Von denMeer and welcome to our podcast! It's Episode One and a big ol' PIVOT for the two of us. Work brought us together, writing bonded us for life, but we also found that we shared a lot of similar beliefs about life and moving toward where you really want to be. We started talking about pivots and the podcast idea came from that. We wanted to share our experiences on making pivotal choices in our lives and those other times the Universe made the choices for us and how we survived (and thrived). We focus on resilience and we invite people with interesting and inspiring pivot stories to come on and share with us and our audience (we will have one someday, right, Buzzsprout? That's part of the deal. . . ). Want to share you're story? Reach out! We call ourselves the Unprofessional Armchair Psychologists, but this is pure silliness and if you need REAL mental heal help, please reach out. If you need to connect, you can reach NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) at Call: 1-800-950-6264, Text “NAMI” to 62640, or if you're in a crisis, Call or Text 988. Don't wait! Your pivot may be just around the corner and we want you here and healthy for it. We call ourselves the Unprofessional Armchair Psychologists, but this is pure silliness and if you need REAL mental heal help, please reach out. If you need to connect, you can reach NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) at Call: 1-800-950-6264, Text “NAMI” to 62640, or if you're in a crisis, Call or Text 988. Don't wait! Your pivot may be just around the corner and we want you here and healthy for it.

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Pivot Happens is the plucky little podcast that could. We look at the pivots in life that help us change our path or show us where we need to be and how to wrangle the resilience to do so in style.  We call ourselves the Unprofessional Armchair Psychologists, but this is pure silliness and if you need REAL mental heal help, please reach out. If you need to connect, you can reach NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) at Call: 1-800-950-6264, Text “NAMI” to 62640, or if you're in a crisis, Call or Text 988. Don't wait! Your pivot may be just around the corner and we want you here and healthy for it.

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  • Creator
    Anne Kingston & Von denMeer
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Pivot Happens
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