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. 5d ago

    What's Your Work Story?

    Episode 43: You have probably heard of a money story, the set of beliefs about money that were formed in childhood and shape your financial life as an adult. Career change coach Dana Stevens believes we are all carrying an equivalent work story. A set of beliefs about what work is, what success looks like, what we deserve from it and what is possible for someone like us, formed long before we had the experience to question them. In this episode she introduces the concept of the work story and explains where these beliefs come from. In this episode you will learn: The three main sources of your work story and why none of it is your faultA set of questions to help you identify your own work story and start to see which beliefs are worth keeping and which are worth rewriting Book a free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ 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 consultation call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

  2. Aug 4

    You Are Not Your Job Title

    Episode 42: If the thought of changing careers feels like the thought of losing yourself, this episode is for you. Career change Coach Dana Stevens explores why so much of our identity gets wrapped up in our job title, particularly when we have committed to a career for decades, and what to do about it when it is time to change.  In this episode you will learn: Why leaving a career that has been central to your identity involves real grief, and why that mattersThe personal story of leaving the BBC and what the identity loss felt like the first time Dana changed careersThe second career change, leaving a Head of role, and what was different about it because of what Dana had learned between the twoWhat upgrading your identity looks like, and why what you build on the other side is almost always richer than what you left behind Book a free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ 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 consultation call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

  3. Jul 28

    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. Book a free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ 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 consultation call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

  4. 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 Book a free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ 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 consultation call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

  5. 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 Book a free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ 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 consultation call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

  6. 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 Book a free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ 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 consultation call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

  7. 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 Book a free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ 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 consultation call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

  8. 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 Book a free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat Connect with Dana: Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/ 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 consultation 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
    44
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 The Career Change Studio
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