Ladies Get Paid – Details, episodes & analysis

Coaching session with Rae, a product manager laid off 6+ months ago who can't get excited about applying to jobs. We cover how to figure out what you want when nothing sounds appealing, career paths you might not have considered, using AI to explore your options, and how to stop feeling like a cog in the wheel.

Full recap and action steps on my Substack:

You've done the informational interviews. You've had the coffee chats. You've made the lists. And somehow, you're more confused than when you started.

This episode is for anyone drowning in career options and unable to choose.

I'm coaching Amelia, a legal ops professional who'd been exploring a pivot for years—and kept getting more stuck with every conversation. The problem wasn't that she needed more information. She needed a filter.

We cover:

• The 3-question filter to evaluate any opportunity
• An exercise to get out of your head and feel your way forward
• Why the opportunity you need might already be in front of you
• What progress actually looks like (spoiler: not certainty)

📝 READ THE FULL WRITE-UP Includes the Pain/Budget/Proximity filter breakdown and key frameworks from this session. Find it here: https://clairewasserman.substack.com/p/overwhelmed-by-information-which💬 BOOK A COACHING SESSION: Get personalized support for your career transition. Start with a 30-minute session: https://calendly.com/claire-wasserman/breakthrough-sessions

Meg thought she had a purpose problem. Turns out, she had a permission problem.

After losing a campaign and launching her own consulting firm, she spent a year doing work she was proud of—but couldn't make a website, update LinkedIn, or tell anyone what she'd built.

This session reveals the moment everything shifted, plus the 5 tools we used to move from "lemonade stand" to legitimate business.

Listen, then get the full breakdown with templates and a 7-day implementation plan at clairewasserman.substack.com

Stuck in your career? Feeling behind? Wondering if the thing you love could actually be your next step?

Today’s session is with Ali, a 28-year-old content writer who’s spent six years in the same lane and feels ready for a new adventure—but unsure how to find it. What we uncover together is powerful: her competitive edge has been hiding in her side hustle this whole time.

Ali runs a food Substack, wrote a cookbook with her dad, and is completely lit up by culinary storytelling—but she never saw it as part of her “real career.” Until now.

In this episode, we explore:
• How to pivot careers in 2025 without traditional experience
• Why applying to random jobs isn’t working—and what to do instead
• How to pitch yourself to the brands and industries you genuinely care about
• How to identify (and monetize) your competitive edge
• Why nervousness is often a sign you're on the right path
• How to combine content, storytelling, and community into a meaningful career

If you’re in your late 20s or early 30s wondering what’s “next,” this episode will help you see your path differently.

Want the full written breakdown + a 7-day Progress Plan?
I created an in-depth analysis of Ali’s session with daily exercises (5–20 minutes each) to help you apply these insights in your own life.
→ clairewasserman.substack.com

Getting interviews but not offers? This real coaching session reveals the strategic mindset shifts that separate candidates who get hired from those who get forgotten.

Career coach Claire Wasserman coaches someone who was laid off 4 months ago and is now navigating interviews in a tough job market. You'll learn:

✅ How to analyze the job description

✅ How to position transferable skills

✅ What to do when you're missing required experience

✅ How to leave a lasting impression.

Key takeaway 👉 "I'd rather you be memorable and not get the job because you weren't the right fit, than be forgettable and not get the job because they can't remember why they should hire you."

Stuck between a soul-sucking 9-to-5 and creative dreams you keep dropping? This coaching session reveals how to:

✅ Monetize what you're already doing✅ Build sustainable creative consistency✅ Manage your energy at draining jobs✅ Overcome impostor syndrome through self-pride✅ Separate success from external validation

Perfect for creatives in corporate jobs struggling with consistency and wondering how to bridge the gap between paying bills and feeding your soul.

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How do you walk into an interview and explain a 3-year employment gap without it becoming a therapy session?In this real coaching session, I work with someone navigating exactly that challenge—and we transform her story from something she's apologizing for into her greatest competitive advantage.

YOU'LL LEARN:

✅ The exact 30-second framework for explaining any career gap

✅ Why "I gained resilience" isn't enough—and what to say instead

✅ How to translate personal challenges into professional skills

✅ The confidence work you need to do BEFORE landing the job

✅ How to make a career transition when you don't check all the boxes

✅ Strategies for managing overthinking and self-judgment

Even if your gap is shorter or your circumstances are different, the strategies we cover apply to anyone who's ever felt like they're starting over, worried about resume complications, or wondered "who's going to want to hire me after all this?"

Content note: This episode includes discussion of health issues and loss.

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Should you make a major career pivot after a life-changing experience? In this episode, I sit down with a marketing professional and new mother who nearly lost her life during childbirth. The experience left her questioning everything about her career path—should she stay in marketing, transition into nursing, or find something in between?We explore:✨ How trauma can be a catalyst for career reevaluation✨ The difference between what looks good on paper vs. day-to-day reality✨ Why "connection with others" became her non-negotiable value✨ Strategic ways to explore a new industry without starting over✨ How to bring more meaning into your current role while figuring out your next move✨ Why marketing in healthcare might be the perfect middle groundThis conversation is for anyone feeling stuck between staying safe and taking a leap—and how to start exploring new paths without blowing up your life.

For insights and action steps related to this session, check out https://clairewasserman.substack.com/#CareerChange #CareerTransition #Marketing #Healthcare #WorkingMom #Motherhood #CareerAdvice #ProfessionalDevelopment #CareerPivot #FindingPurpose

What if the diagnoses you've been hiding in job interviews are actually your greatest professional assets?

This coaching session features a 52-year-old woman diagnosed at 48 with autism, ADHD, dyscalculia, anxiety, depression, and PTSD—currently living in a women's shelter and navigating final-round job interviews. Instead of teaching her to mask better, we identify the concrete superpowers embedded in each diagnosis: pattern recognition, emotional intelligence, advanced systems thinking, and the ability to manage up because she's had to manage herself her entire life.

We discuss using AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT to translate neurodivergent traits into employer benefits without forced disclosure, why a "pride check-in" matters more than interview prep, how to mine current hardships (homelessness, job loss, health struggles) for creative purpose, and why detaching from desperate outcomes is the only way to show up powerfully in interviews.

Publishing professional "Amy" has spent 17 years being everyone's cheerleader while her own creative dreams died. Sound familiar?

In this raw coaching session, we tackle:

• Why success can still feel like failure
• The real reason you're exhausted (hint: it's not time)
• How to reclaim creative dreams you thought were "too late"
• Energy protection for professional empaths
• Breaking free from the "too valuable to promote" trap

Whether you're in publishing, tech, teaching, or any field where you pour yourself out—this conversation will shift everything.

Key moment: "I thought I'd be a writer." After 17 years in publishing, she forgot she could still become one.

📝 Full transcript & 7-Day Progress Plan available on Substack: https://clairewasserman.substack.com/

Perfect for: Career changers, creative professionals, anyone who feels behind, women over 40 questioning everything

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