Jolt Your Career with Teegan Bartos – Details, episodes & analysis

Empty grocery shelves. Blue lips in the dead of winter. Three flights to a country she had never seen.

That’s where Katie’s "American Dream Story" began.

She landed in the U.S. the night before college started, and just days after graduation, a double-decker bus rolled past Wall Street. Katie whispered, “One day I want to work here.” 27 days later, she was working at Citibank on 111 Wall Street.

But Katie didn’t stop at the safe choice. From Yale to S&P Global and beyond, she’s built her career by doing what most leaders won’t: reinventing herself again and again.

In this episode, Katie shares why reinvention isn’t risky; it’s the safest path in today’s market, and how leaders can turn fear, failure, and uncertainty into their greatest edge.

You’ll discover:
1/ Why reinvention is the safer path in today’s market2/ How to anchor yourself in purpose so it outweighs fear3/ Why failure is inevitable and invaluable4/ How community accelerates possibility5/ The Pivot Formula: balancing intuition with strategy6/ Why broad expertise is the ultimate superpower

🎧 Listen now and rethink what’s really keeping you safe.

Follow & Connect with Katie:🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekaterinacurry/

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• • LinkedIn: ⁠linkedin.com/in/teeganbartos⁠
  • Instagram: ⁠@joltyourcareerwithteeganbartos ⁠

  
  

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Looking for executive job search strategies that actually work? You’ve just found the unfiltered career podcast for senior leaders, executives, and high performers in transition.

I’m Teegan Bartos, Founder of JYC, and I’ve been on every side of the table: recruiter, hiring manager, and executive career coach. I’ve helped thousands of leaders land executive roles, reinvent their careers, and master LinkedIn for job search success.

This isn’t a corporate pep talk. It’s LinkedIn After Dark, the side of executive careers nobody posts about:

• Proven strategies for executive job searches and career transitions
• Raw, unfiltered stories from leaders at the top
• Real talk about reinvention, leadership, and finding your next role

If you’re tired of fluffy advice and want practical executive career coaching you can actually use, subscribe now.

👉 Follow & Connect with Me

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/teeganbartos

• Career Coaching + Executive Resume Services: joltyourcareer.today

  Programs & Workshops: joltyourcareer.today

  
  

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“Just network more.”

That’s the worst advice flying around right now. And if you’re an executive job seeker, you’ve probably heard it on repeat. Coffee chats, Zooms, awkward LinkedIn comments, you’ve done it all. Still waiting. Still stuck.

Because networking isn’t the problem. The lack of strategy is.

And with Q4 already here, the clock is ticking. Budgets are closing, boards want their leadership teams locked before January, and you’ve got two options: move now or sit out until 2026.

In this solo episode, I’m breaking down the 3 non-negotiables before year-end:
1/ Get brutally clear on what’s next because vague leaders don’t get hired.
2/ Audit your digital footprint. Outdated = irrelevant (or worse, retired).
3/ Position yourself as the obvious choice. Companies hire the future, not the past.

If you’ve been in career autopilot, this is your jolt. The execs who move now will be the ones signing offers in January, not sending résumés into the void.

🎧 Hit play and get moving.

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High performers don’t burn out because they’re weak. They burn out because success becomes their cage.

You deliver. You perform. You hold it all together until the role that once defined you starts to suffocate you. That’s the part no one talks about: performance without alignment isn’t leadership. It’s a slow form of burnout.

My guest, Melissa Hartmann, former Global Head of Strategy and now Founder of the Transformation Leadership Academy, knows this firsthand. After two decades leading high-stakes global change, she walked away from a role that looked perfect on paper because it wasn’t aligned anymore.

In this episode, you’ll discover:
1/ The hidden pressure every high achiever feels but never admits
2/ Why grit becomes a trap that keeps leaders stuck
3/ The terrifying relief of whispering, “I thought it was just me”
4/ How to recognize when success has turned into survival
5/ Why walking away isn’t failure, it’s the boldest form of leadership

🎧 Listen now and be reminded: the moment you stop performing is the moment you start leading.

Follow & Connect with Melissa:

Website: transformationleadershipacademy.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/melissahartmann

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• Resume Writing & Job Search Services: ⁠⁠⁠joltyourcareer.today⁠⁠⁠

  
  

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What happens when the identity you’ve spent a lifetime building suddenly ends?

For Olympian Rebekah Bradford, it came in the form of a blood clot and a canceled dream. A two-time U.S. Long Track Speed Skating Champion representing Team USA, she had lived her entire life in pursuit of the podium. And then, almost overnight, the chapter closed.

Rebekah’s story is extraordinary, but the challenge she faced is universal. Leaders encounter it after a job loss, a company sale, a divorce, or even the empty nest. A role, a title, a season of life defines you…until it doesn’t. The real question is: who are you without it?

In this conversation, Rebekah shares how she translated the discipline of elite athletics into a career in tech, where she now thrives as a Product Marketing Manager, mother, and leader. Her story is proof that your next season isn’t the end, it might just be your best one yet.

You’ll discover:1/ Why identity shifts are inevitable for every high performer2/ How to approach disruption as an opportunity to lead differently3/ Why resilience, not titles, defines your legacy4/ The mindset shift that turns endings into leverage5/ How to design your “next season” with confidence and clarity

🎧 Listen now and be reminded: the chapter that ends doesn’t define you. The one you choose next does.

Follow & Connect with Rebekah:

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebekahbradford/

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• LinkedIn: ⁠⁠linkedin.com/in/teeganbartos⁠⁠

  Instagram: ⁠⁠@joltyourcareerwithteeganbartos ⁠⁠

  
  

  
  

• Resume Writing & Job Search Services: ⁠⁠joltyourcareer.today⁠⁠

  
  

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It’s one of the most universal biological transitions on earth, and one of the least discussed in leadership.

In this episode, Rachel Ann, founder of the Menopause Education Center, joins me to pull back the curtain on how menopause impacts performance, leadership, and the modern workplace, and why awareness is the missing link in conversations about retention, empathy, and equity.

As a career coach, I’ve seen too many brilliant women start to question their value or step back from the spotlight during this season of life. Rachel brings the science, strategy, and language leaders need to finally talk about it, and lead through it.

We chat about:

- The biological and emotional realities of menopause most leaders don’t understand.

- What workplaces can do to better support women at every stage of their career.

- The cost of silence, and how empathy drives retention and performance.

- Why leading through the change is the next frontier of inclusive leadership.

This isn’t a women’s issue. It’s a leadership issue. Because biology doesn’t discriminate, and neither should opportunity.

🎧 Listen now

Follow & Connect with Rachel Ann

🔗 Website: menopauseeducationcenter.com

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-anne-menopause-champion/

Follow & Connect with Teegan Bartos

🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/teeganbartos

🔗 Instagram: @joltyourcareerwithteeganbartos

👉 Work with Me

Resume Writing & Job Search Services: joltyourcareer.today

In this episode, I sit down with Cathryn Baker, a 2x Exit Staffing Agency Founder & CEO turned Executive Coach, who sold everything at 67 to start over on a Texas ranch and launch her third company, Avanzará.

We unpack what it really takes to reinvent yourself after success, and why your third act might be the most meaningful chapter of your life.

• Why confidence erodes for even the most accomplished leaders (and how to rebuild it)

• How to separate achievement from identity so you can grow again

• The truth about legacy, and what most leaders get wrong about it

• A bold first step you can take this week to start shaping your own 3rd Act

  
  

If you’ve ever caught yourself wondering, “What’s next for me?” this episode will remind you: your unlived life is still waiting.

🎧 Hit play to hear how Cathryn turned “What now?” into her boldest chapter yet, and how you can too.

Connect with Cathryn Baker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathryn-baker-coach/ |⁠ www.thinkavanzara.com⁠

Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teeganbartos/ |⁠ www.joltyourcareer.today

How much of your life have you traded for work?

The late nights. The missed weekends. The “dream job” that looks perfect on paper but leaves you drained, disconnected, and quietly breaking down.

That was Johanna Dahlman at Apple — 60- to 80-hour weeks, global travel, prestige, and paychecks that came at the cost of her health and her future. She realized: If I stay here, I’ll be single and motherless. So she walked away. No plan. No safety net. Just the conviction that life had to be more than titles and promotions.

And then her body gave out. Alopecia. Hair gone. Doctors with no answers. Most people would’ve stayed stuck. Johanna rebuilt not just her health, but her entire definition of success.

This episode isn’t about leaving Apple. It’s about what happens when you finally stop betraying yourself for a career that looks good on paper but costs too much in reality.

You’ll discover:

• The hidden costs of ignoring what your body and intuition already know

• Why relationships matter more than résumés

• What it really takes to walk away from “success” that’s no longer success

• How to define a next season that doesn’t destroy you

If your résumé screams success but your soul whispers “not quite,” this conversation is for you.

🎧 Listen now and ask yourself: what’s success costing you?

Connect with Johanna Dahlman

Instagram: @alopecia_angel
Website: alopeciaangel.com

Follow & Connect with Teegan

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/teeganbartosInstagram: @joltyourcareerwithteeganbartos

👉 Work with MeResume Writing & Job Search Services: joltyourcareer.today

👉 Stay in the LoopSubscribe to my newsletter: NewsletterDownload Free Job Search Resources: JYC-Executive-Job-Search

What’s holding you back? Your circumstances, your upbringing, the story you were handed?

In this episode, you’ll hear how Yitzchak Pierson rewrote his entire life. He left a cult at 18 with no education, no safety net, and no clear future. Most people would have stayed stuck. He didn’t. Today he’s a top-producing real estate agent, bestselling author, and high-performance coach.

But this isn’t just his story. It’s a roadmap for anyone who feels boxed in by the script they were given.

We cover:

• The dangerous beliefs that keep people trapped in survival mode

• How to turn “starting from zero” into an advantage

• The mindset shifts that create momentum when the odds are stacked against you

• Why credentials don’t matter as much as conviction

• How to design a career — and a life — on your own terms

If you’ve been waiting for permission to walk away from what isn’t working, this episode is proof that you can stop surviving and start designing something bigger.

Follow & Connect with Yitzchak Pierson

🔗 Contact: yitzyourtxrealtor.expportal.com/contact🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yitzchak-pierson-029306227

Follow & Connect with Teegan

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/teeganbartosInstagram: @joltyourcareerwithteeganbartos

👉 Work with MeResume Writing & Job Search Services: joltyourcareer.today

👉 Stay in the LoopSubscribe to my newsletter: NewsletterDownload Free Job Search Resources: JYC-Executive-Job-Search

If you’ve ever been told you’re “not ready” for the next level, or watched a promotion slip through your hands, nine times out of ten, it’s not because of skill, it’s because of presence.

In this episode, Dr. Madhuri Kumar and I unpack what executive presence really is (hint: it’s more than confidence and polish) and how to build it so decision-makers see you as leadership material. She shares:

• The 3 signals leaders unconsciously look for before promoting you

• Why some brilliant professionals stay stuck while others rise

• How to project confidence even when you’re not 100% sure

• Practical steps to shift from being overlooked to being undeniable
  

If you’re climbing the corporate ladder or tired of being told you “don’t have executive presence," this episode is your playbook.

🎧 Hit play and start showing up like the leader they can’t ignore.

Connect with Dr. Madhuri Kumar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmadhurikumar/

Follow & Connect with Teegan

• LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠linkedin.com/in/teeganbartos⁠⁠⁠⁠

  Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@joltyourcareerwithteeganbartos ⁠⁠⁠⁠

  
  

  
  

• Resume Writing & Job Search Services: ⁠⁠⁠⁠joltyourcareer.today⁠⁠⁠⁠

  
  

👉 Stay in the Loop

• Subscribe to my newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠

  Download Free Job Search Resources: ⁠⁠⁠⁠JYC-Executive-Job-Search⁠⁠