10,000 Tabs

Kim Wensel

10,000 Tabs is a podcast about how people navigate change when the path forward isn’t obvious. Host Kim Wensel sits down with founders, creatives, leaders, and everyday people who have taken a non-linear path. Each conversation explores the human experience behind the work: how we make decisions when there’s no clear roadmap, outgrow old identities, and learn to trust ourselves more than the public opinion on our life. From career pivots to identity shifts, and all of the quiet decisions in between, we're sitting in the messy middle with a little more honesty and a little less pressure to have it all figured out.

  1. 6d ago

    How Do You Grieve Someone Who's Still Here? with Rachel Cash

    Many of the conversations on this show have circled career change. This one is about change that ripples through every corner of your life. Change that you didn't expect and would never choose. Therapist and Kim's former student, Rachel Cash, joins 10,000 Tabs for a conversation about about mental illness, caregiving, identity, and a type of grief many people experience but few have language for: ambiguous loss. Rachel shares the story of her mother's sudden psychotic break and the years that followed. Together, they explore what it means to lose the version of someone you once knew while they are still physically present, how family roles shift in the wake of illness, and why some forms of grief never receive the acknowledgment they deserve. This episode covers: What ambiguous loss is and why it can be so difficult to navigate Experiencing a parent's psychotic break and the impact on the entire family The unique grief of losing someone who is still alive Holding hope without denying reality Why some forms of grief don't receive the recognition they deserve   About The Show 10,000 Tabs is a podcast about change, reinvention, and what happens when life no longer fits the way it used to. Each episode explores the moments when something shifts—when the version of life or work that once made sense no longer fits, and the next chapter hasn’t fully revealed itself yet. Through candid conversations with founders, creatives, leaders, and everyday people, the show explores how we make meaning, find clarity, and move forward anyway. Mentions & Links Rachel Cash Kim Wensel Website | Instagram | LinkedIn Subscribe to the 10,000 Tabs Newsletter

    40 min

  2. Jun 22

    SOLO: The Summer Ambitious Women Started Opting Out

    For years, the message was clear: work harder, push through, build the thing, chase the goal. And now I have the conditions I want and am realizing I have no idea how to live inside of this reality. In this solo episode, I reflect on a surprisingly difficult season of spaciousness and confronting the discomfort of no longer striving. This is about ambition, identity, motherhood, burnout, and the strange feeling of getting exactly what you wanted only to discover that the adjustment is harder than expected. You'll hear: What happened when I got the summer I always wanted The identity crisis that can emerge after a season of striving Why so many ambitious women seem to be opting out of the push for more The cultural tension between "girlboss" ambition and traditional expectations of motherhood The challenge of building a life that exists between the extremes Letting go of achievement as the primary source of identity Learning how to be present in a season before rushing toward the next one   About The Show 10,000 Tabs is a podcast about change, reinvention, and what happens when life no longer fits the way it used to. Each episode explores the moments when something shifts—when the version of life or work that once made sense no longer fits, and the next chapter hasn’t fully revealed itself yet. Through candid conversations with founders, creatives, leaders, and everyday people, the show explores how we make meaning, find clarity, and move forward anyway. Mentions & Links Yesteryear A Letter From the In-Between by Jeri-Ashley Bremer Subscribe to 10,000 Tabs: The Newsletter Kim Wensel Website | Instagram | LinkedIn

    36 min

  3. Jun 15

    Girlboss Culture, Seven Figures, and The Freedom To Change Your Mind with Rebecca Teaff

    Back in the height of Girlboss culture, success seemed to have a clear formula: grow bigger, earn more, scale faster, and keep moving the goalposts. For many women, those communities opened doors. They created spaces where ambition wasn't something to hide. But what happens when you achieve the thing you once worked so hard for—and realize you don't want it anymore? In this episode of 10,000 Tabs, Kim sits down with entrepreneur and former marketing agency owner, Rebecca Teaff, for a candid conversation about success, identity, and the pressure to keep growing simply because everyone else thinks you should. Together, they explore what it means to outgrow a version of success that once fit, the difference between building a business and building a life, and why more isn't always the answer. Rebecca shares the realities of stepping away from a thriving business, redefining ambition, and learning to make decisions based on what she wants now. This conversation is about responsiveness, reinvention, and giving yourself permission to want something different—even when your life looks great on paper. It's also a reminder that success isn't a destination. It's a moving target, and sometimes the bravest thing you can do is stop chasing someone else's definition of it. In this conversation, Kim and Rebecca discuss: Building a business that's working and realizing it no longer fits Why having what you once dreamed of doesn't always guarantee fulfillment The difference between ambition and alignment What happens when your goals evolve faster than your identity Stepping away from a thriving business and redefining success The tension between external validation and internal truth How to make decisions based on the season of life you're actually in   About The Show 10,000 Tabs is a podcast about change, reinvention, and what happens when life no longer fits the way it used to. Each episode explores the moments when something shifts—when the version of life or work that once made sense no longer fits, and the next chapter hasn’t fully revealed itself yet. Through candid conversations with founders, creatives, leaders, and everyday people, the show explores how we make meaning, find clarity, and move forward anyway. Mentions & Links Rebecca Teaff LinkedIn Kim Wensel Website | Instagram | LinkedIn

    42 min

  4. Jun 8

    Being Disliked, Being Misunderstood, and Boundaries That Protect Your One Precious Life with Catherine Zack

    What happens when the version of you everyone depends on is the very version you’re trying to outgrow? In this episode of 10,000 Tabs, Kim sits down with writer, teacher, and former attorney Catherine Zack to explore the hidden cost of being the dependable one—the woman who anticipates everyone’s needs, keeps things running smoothly, and quietly carries far more than anyone realizes. Together, they unpack the lifelong conditioning many women experience around being “good,” agreeable, emotionally available, and endlessly accommodating and how those patterns can slowly disconnect us from ourselves. Catherine shares her transition from practicing law into yoga, and meditation, but this conversation goes far beyond career pivots. It’s about what happens when your identity has been built around being liked, understood, useful, and needed—and the uncomfortable reality that growth often requires disappointing people. This episode is an invitation to ask: What would change if you stopped managing everyone else’s experience of you? On this episode Catherine and Kim discuss: The hidden emotional labor behind being the “good girl” Why highly capable women often become over-responsible for everyone around them The relationship between caretaking, perfectionism, and burnout How people-pleasing shows up in work, leadership, and relationships The discomfort of setting boundaries that other people may not understand Why being misunderstood is part of growth How women can begin separating their worth from how useful they are to others   About The Show 10,000 Tabs is a podcast about career change, reinvention, and what happens when life no longer fits the way it used to. Each episode explores the moments when something shifts—when the version of life or work that once made sense no longer fits, and the next chapter hasn’t fully revealed itself yet. Through candid conversations with founders, creatives, leaders, and everyday people, the show explores how we make meaning, find clarity, and move forward anyway.   Mentions & Links Catherine Zack's Website | Instagram The 40 Portal Podcast & Website Village Yoga Kim Wensel Website | Instagram | LinkedIn

    52 min

  5. Jun 1

    The Myth of Feeling Ready with Clara Artschwager

    When you come from an academic family, "dating coach" definitely wasn't on the bingo card as a potential career. Even so, she's always been meant for it.  The "she" we're talking about is Clara Artschwager, a coach, writer, mother, former start-up marketer, and much more. And the conversations she's most interested in having today sound like... What does the next half of life look like? What do I want it to look like?  And how can I give myself aaaaaallll the space to not know yet? Kim and Clara cover these points and the pressure many high-achieving women feel to prove themselves—to be smart enough, accomplished enough, and thoughtful enough to deserve the life they actually want. In this episode, they discuss: What's underneath the constant striving and cycle of proving ourselves How often we make decisions because of the disappointment we're anticipating What it takes to fully claim a version of ourselves that no longer fits other people’s expectations How career pivots and life transitions can force deeper self-awareness What happens when you know what you want but haven’t fully claimed it yet   About The Show 10,000 Tabs is a podcast about career change, reinvention, and what happens when life no longer fits the way it used to. Each episode explores the moments when something shifts—when the version of life or work that once made sense no longer fits, and the next chapter hasn’t fully revealed itself yet. Through candid conversations with founders, creatives, leaders, and everyday people, the show explores how we make meaning, find clarity, and move forward anyway. Mentions & Links Clara Artschwager Website | Instagram | Podcast Kim Wensel Website | Instagram | LinkedIn

    38 min

  6. May 25

    I've Lived Six Different Lives with Kloé Mallard

    What happens when the thing you built your identity around suddenly disappears? In this episode of 10,000 Tabs, Kim sits down with performer, creative, event planner, and storyteller Kloé Mallard for a conversation about identity, reinvention, grief, and learning how to rebuild yourself after life changes direction unexpectedly. At just 30 years old, Kloé says she feels like she’s already lived six different lives. From studying music in Chicago to performing on cruise ships around the world, losing her voice and falling into depression, rebuilding her life through school and corporate work, and now stepping into a caregiving role for her mother, this conversation explores what it means to keep evolving when every version of your life asks something different of you. Together, Kim and Khloé talk about the pressure to perform, the emotional complexity of outgrowing old identities, and the reality that many workplaces don’t actually want our “full authentic selves”—despite what modern work culture claims. This episode is about adaptation, self-worth, creativity, survival, and the quiet fear so many people carry: Do other people think I’m doing this right?   Kim and Kloé discuss: Losing the identity you built your life around Grief, depression, and rebuilding after sudden loss What performing on a cruise ship was really like Starting over in corporate America Why adaptability is both a survival skill and a superpower Whether it's really possible to bring your “full authentic self” to work Code-switching, reading the room, and learning how to navigate different environments Finding ways to stay creative inside of conventional structures About The Show 10,000 Tabs is a podcast about career change, reinvention, and what happens when life no longer fits the way it used to. Each episode explores the moments when something shifts—when the version of life or work that once made sense no longer fits, and the next chapter hasn’t fully revealed itself yet. Through candid conversations with founders, creatives, leaders, and everyday people, the show explores how we make meaning, find clarity, and move forward anyway. Mentions & Links Kloé Mallard LinkedIn Kim Wensel Website | Instagram | LinkedIn

    52 min

  7. May 18

    I Shared My Dreams; She Said I Was In The Wrong Room with Tanyika Fraser

    What if the people who seem “good at change” became that way because life kept asking them to begin again? In this episode of 10,000 Tabs, Kim sits down with strategy leader and former fashion designer, Tanyika Fraser, for a conversation about reinvention, resilience, and proving people wrong. Together, they explore the hidden strengths many multi-hyphenate women develop through nonlinear careers: adaptability, self-direction, intuition, and the ability to rebuild after disappointment. On this episode Tanyika and Kim discuss: Being defined by your work and where motherhood fits into your introduction (if at all) Why self-trust will be always be stronger than certainty How to recognize the situations and patterns that lead you to burnout The reason ideas are never coincidental  If the struggle to choose is really a superpower How to recognize when you’ve outgrown a room, role, or version of yourself Why movement—not certainty—is what creates clarity   About The Show 10,000 Tabs is a podcast about career change, reinvention, and what happens when life no longer fits the way it used to. Each episode explores the moments when something shifts—when the version of life or work that once made sense no longer fits, and the next chapter hasn’t fully revealed itself yet. Through candid conversations with founders, creatives, leaders, and everyday people, the show explores how we make meaning, find clarity, and move forward anyway. Mentions & Links Tanyika Fraser Website | LinkedIn Kim Wensel Website | Instagram | LinkedIn

    49 min

  8. May 13

    SOLO: I Was Lying To Myself

    Most public conversations about change are retrospective. This one is coming to you in real time. On the last episode, Kim announced her latest offer, an opportunity to join her for an intimate in-person gathering in the fall. This episode walks back on that offer. Instead of saying "everything happens for a reason" or pushing through because "anything worth having is worth working for," Kim shares her deeply personal decision making process, including: the hesitation conflicting desires how to feel about sunk costs treading through embarrassment relief that comes from making the right, hard decision Why turn around and release this the same week? Why not wait to see how registration goes? Kim shares answers to those questions and more, offering a rare glimpse into the messy middle that we miss when consuming stories from the other side.   About The Show 10,000 Tabs is a podcast about career change, reinvention, and what happens when life no longer fits the way it used to. Each episode explores the moments when something shifts—when the version of life or work that once made sense no longer fits, and the next chapter hasn’t fully revealed itself yet. Through candid conversations with founders, creatives, leaders, and everyday people, the show explores how we make meaning, find clarity, and move forward anyway.   Mentions & Links Dear Writer by Maggie Smith Why Bother? by Sean Thomas Dougherty Kim Wensel Website | Instagram | LinkedIn

    37 min
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10,000 Tabs is a podcast about how people navigate change when the path forward isn’t obvious. Host Kim Wensel sits down with founders, creatives, leaders, and everyday people who have taken a non-linear path. Each conversation explores the human experience behind the work: how we make decisions when there’s no clear roadmap, outgrow old identities, and learn to trust ourselves more than the public opinion on our life. From career pivots to identity shifts, and all of the quiet decisions in between, we're sitting in the messy middle with a little more honesty and a little less pressure to have it all figured out.

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  • Creator
    Kim Wensel
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    51
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Kimberly Wensel LLC 2025 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    10,000 Tabs

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