Explore every episode of the podcast ReInvention

Fear. Doubt. Anxiety. The mental spiral that makes everything feel heavier than it actually is.

In this episode, Todd and Chris go straight into the "real stuff" that shows up when you're in transition or uncertainty — especially when you're trying to make a big change and your nervous system starts writing worst-case stories.

We break down a simple truth: your emotions can feel urgent… without being supported by objective reality. And we give you practical tools to stop the spiral, separate facts from fear, and turn "negative" emotions into forward motion.

In this conversation, you'll learn:

• Why your nervous system can react like the world is ending - even when the numbers say you're okay
• How to tell the difference between real fear and "rollercoaster fear"
• A simple method to sort what's valid vs. imagined
• The "control the controllables" mindset shift (and why it saves massive energy)
• Why numbing out (Netflix, distractions, checking out) keeps you stuck - and what to do instead
• The Allow & Reflect practice Todd uses to process fear and generate solutions

If you've been feeling stuck, frozen, or caught in old conditioning… this episode will give you a framework to work with fear - without letting it drive the car.

If this conversation resonated with you, visit ReInvention.biz to explore our guided workbook and join a community of people just like you - people designing what's next.

https://toddjason.com

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Roxana Heitz is the kind of person who "has it all" on paper: Stanford Ph.D., 15+ years of product leadership, and a career building health and wellness products across the Google/Alphabet health ecosystem, Peloton, and others…

So why reinvent?

In this episode, Roxana breaks down a tension so many mid-career high performers feel: the work still matters, but the environment doesn't fit anymore. The gap between insight → action gets slow. The process becomes the job. The misalignment grows.

Instead of making one massive leap, Roxana applies product thinking to her own career reinvention: form hypotheses, run experiments, collect data, and iterate. The result is a portfolio approach - building flexibility and momentum while she explores what's next.

What we cover:

• The moment corporate success stops feeling aligned, even when the mission is meaningful
• How Roxana gave herself "permission" to step off the treadmill
• Designing a portfolio career: advisory/consulting, fractional product leadership, and founder exploration
• Why "betting on yourself" is a skill - and how to build it without blowing up your life
• The ReInvention superpower most people skip: feedback, accountability, and community

If you're a high-achiever who's quietly thinking, "I can't keep doing it this way," Roxana's story will help you rethink what's possible - and how to move forward with clarity without needing a perfect 20-year plan. If this conversation resonates with you, visit ReInvention.biz to explore our guided workbook and join a community of people just like you - people designing what's next.

https://toddjason.com

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In the Season 1 finale of ReInvention, Todd and Chris come full circle on the framework they've been pressure-testing with their community: the 6 core tenets of Career ReInvention. This isn't resume-polishing or a quick pivot - it's a practical, human roadmap for mid-career professionals who want more agency, more fulfillment, and a smarter path forward in a rapidly changing world.

They unpack why ReInvention starts with clarity and long-term vision, why game-planning reduces anxiety, how to take imperfect action through experiments, and why humility and a growth mindset are the hidden unlock for learning new skills and building what's next. Plus: a look ahead at Season 2 themes like AI, money, and the future of work. In this episode:

• A practical breakdown of the 6 core practices to reinvent your career FAST
• Why this is a ZEITGEIST moment for Career ReInvention, and how you can take advantage
• Practices to become the most charismatic and magnetic version of yourself
• The real advantage: building a team so you don't reinvent in isolation

If this conversation resonates with you, visit ReInvention.biz to explore our guided workbook and join a community of people just like you - people designing what's next.

https://toddjason.com

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If you're a mid-career professional staring down AI, burnout, layoffs, or the quiet dread of "I cannot do this for another 20 years," this episode is for you.

Todd and Chris break down the 6 Tenets of Reinvention they use with clients and in their own lives – a practical framework to design your next chapter with intention instead of panic. This is the system Chris literally wishes he'd had 10 years ago when he was stuck in a big corporate job, burned out, and feeling trapped.

In this conversation, they unpack:

• Why clarity comes first and how to start designing a future you're actually excited about
• Growth mindset without the buzzword BS – using optimism as a real career strategy, not a meme
• Game planning like the CEO of your own life, not just reacting to the next reorg or layoff
• The moment thinking stops and taking action begins (and what that action can look like)
• Skill-building in the age of AI – how to become a student again without starting from zero
• Why isolation kills reinvention and how accountability + community massively speeds things up

If you're in that "anything but this… but I don't know what's next" phase, this episode will give you a language, a roadmap, and a starting point to move forward.

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This first episode of The ReInvention Podcast dives into the real starting line of every successful career and life transformation: CLARITY.

Todd Jason and Chris Thide break open the truth about why midlife reinvention feels so damn hard, why most professionals hit a wall, and why traditional career paths leave so many people burned out, bored, or quietly miserable. They share personal stories from corporate exits, identity unraveling, and the uncomfortable (but liberating) process of rediscovering who you actually are beneath decades of expectations.

This episode explores how getting CLARITY works, why most people get it wrong, and how to create a powerful "North Star" vision that guides your next chapter. You'll hear the exact practices Todd and Chris use with thousands of Reinventors—including the surprisingly emotional "write your own eulogy" exercise—and why dreaming bigger than seems reasonable is the secret sauce for designing work and a life that lights you up.

If you're in your 30s, 40s, or 50s - feeling stuck, uninspired, or hungry for more purpose, this conversation will feel like someone finally turned the lights on.

Whether you're reinventing your career, considering a leap into entrepreneurship, or simply craving a more meaningful life, this episode shows you where the journey truly begins.

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In this REWIND episode we gently remind you that while almost everyone talks about strategy, AI, and tactics - the thing that really drives Career ReInvention is Relationships.

Todd and Chris turn the lens on themselves - and break down what it really looks like to build something with another person when you have different styles, rhythms, and expectations.

Because collaboration sounds great…until it gets messy.

We talk openly about our own partnership - where it's worked, where it's been hard, and what we've had to learn in real time to keep moving forward.

You'll hear:

• The difference between transactional vs. relational thinking (and why it matters)
• How to actually collaborate when people work differently than you
• The power of slowing down, listening, and having the hard conversations
• How real human connection creates opportunities you can't plan for

This isn't about "networking."

It's about learning how to connect, communicate, and build with other humans - especially in a world that's pulling us further apart. 

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

As ReInvention The Podcast is REINVENTING itself, please enjoy this important rewind episode that focuses on a simple truth inherent in our mission:

No one knows what's coming next with the AI Economy.

I recently got back from a 4,000-person leadership conference where top executives, HR leaders, and operators were all saying the same thing: we're figuring it out in real time.

That's the backdrop for this episode, and it's a 'must listen' for anyone navigating career transitions. Chris and Todd break down why uncertainty isn't something to avoid, it's something to work with.

We talk about what's actually happening inside companies right now, why the idea of "certainty" was always a bit of a myth, and how to start making decisions even when you don't have all the answers. You'll hear:

• Why uncertainty can unlock opportunity (not just fear)
• How to stop spinning and start thinking clearly again
• The shift from transactional networking → real relationships
• Why slowing down might be your biggest advantage right now

This is the skill: learning how to move forward without knowing exactly how it's all going to play out.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

This is what successful Career ReInvention looks like.

At 54 years old - with a pension on the line - John Anthony Savoca walked away from a 25-year teaching career…and never looked back.

No perfect plan. No guarantees. Just a moment where he said: "I'm done."

In this episode, John breaks down how he went from burned out teacher to thriving real estate agent, and why the move wasn't just about money, but freedom, creativity, and control over his life. This one hits on everything people struggle with:

• "Is it too late for me?"
• "What about the money?"
• "What if I fail?"

John lived all of that - and did it anyway. You'll hear:

• The exact moment he decided to leave (and why he couldn't go back)
• How he transitioned into a completely new career from scratch
• Why relationships - not cold outreach - became his biggest driver of success
• Why having fun might be the most underrated career advantage

And maybe the most powerful moment:

His advice to anyone stuck in a career they've outgrown - burn the bridge and go.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

This is what Career ReInvention actually looks like.

Not perfect. Not planned. Not safe.

Katrina Cicero didn't love her corporate job - but like a lot of people, she stayed because it felt like the "right" path. Until she couldn't anymore.

What happened next is the kind of story more people need to hear.

In this episode, Katrina walks us through how she went from stuck and miserable…to building a thriving photography business from the ground up, without having it all figured out first.

This isn't a theory. It's real life. We talk about:

• The moment she knew she couldn't stay in her 9–5 anymore
• How she actually made the leap (during COVID, no less)
• Why fear doesn't go away - you just learn to move anyway
• How she turned a creative passion into a real, growing business

There's no "perfect plan" in this story. Just action, risk, doubt, wins, setbacks—and momentum.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

If you're feeling stuck in your career, this episode might be the wake-up call you've been waiting for.

Sara O'Connor is the definition of a modern Reinventor - former attorney turned full-time artist, poker industry leader, writer, and entrepreneur. In this conversation, she shares how she walked away from a prestigious legal career, navigated burnout and identity shifts, and built multiple creative income streams on her own terms.

This isn't a "burn it all down" story. It's a masterclass in Strategic ReInvention - making a plan, running experiments, and betting on yourself before you feel fully ready.

We dive into:

• Why most people stay stuck (and how to break out)
• The financial reality of reinventing yourself
• How to test a new path without blowing up your life
• Navigating identity, fear, and starting over
• Why ReInvention isn't one move - it's a lifelong mindset

Sara also opens up about neurodivergence, entrepreneurship, and how embracing who you actually are can unlock entirely new paths.

If you've ever thought: "How did I get here… and what do I do next?" - this episode is for you. 

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Everyone's talking about strategy, AI, and tactics. But most people are missing the thing that actually drives Career ReInvention:

Relationships.

In this episode, Todd and Chris turn the lens on themselves - and break down what it really looks like to build something with another person when you have different styles, rhythms, and expectations.

Because collaboration sounds great…until it gets messy.

We talk openly about our own partnership - where it's worked, where it's been hard, and what we've had to learn in real time to keep moving forward.

You'll hear:

• The difference between transactional vs. relational thinking (and why it matters)
• How to actually collaborate when people work differently than you
• The power of slowing down, listening, and having the hard conversations
• How real human connection creates opportunities you can't plan for

This isn't about "networking."

It's about learning how to connect, communicate, and build with other humans - especially in a world that's pulling us further apart. 

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

This is a special Mother's Day show, and it comes along with one of the most important frameworks we'll talk about: Masculine vs. Feminine energy.

Most of us have been conditioned into constant "go mode." Push. Achieve. Figure it out.

But successful ReInvention doesn't come from more force. It comes from learning how to balance action with awareness. We talk about:

• What masculine vs. feminine energy actually means (and why everyone has both)
• Why so many high performers are burned out and misaligned
• The power of "allow and reflect" as a real strategy, not just a nice idea
• How creating space leads to better, more aligned decisions

This one also gets personal - family, loss, parenting, and how these dynamics shape who we become. 

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Before you reinvent your career, there's one thing most people avoid: Looking at their finances honestly.

In this episode, we sit down with David Mandell JD, MBA - a financial and legal expert who's spent 30+ years advising professionals - to break down the real foundation of career ReInvention.

Because no matter how exciting your next move is…if the numbers don't work, the plan won't either.

We talk about what most people get wrong when making a career change, why "hope" isn't a strategy, and how to create the financial runway that actually gives you freedom to move. You'll hear:

• Why most people don't know where their money is going (and why that matters)
• How to build a realistic financial runway before making a change
• Why career transitions take longer—and cost more—than you think
• The importance of getting your spouse or partner aligned early

This is a more sober, practical conversation - but it's one of the most important ones. Because ReInvention isn't just about vision and courage, it's about giving yourself the space to make good decisions. 

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

We sat down with Scott Clary, host of the Success Story podcast (100M+ downloads) to break down what it actually takes to reinvent your career.

Scott didn't follow the traditional path. He questioned it.

In this conversation, we go deep on why curiosity is the starting point for any reinvention - and how most people stay stuck simply because they never stop to ask: is this even what I want?

We also get practical. If you're mid-career, successful on paper, but feeling out of alignment, Scott shares how to navigate that tension without making reckless decisions. You'll hear:

• Why the old career playbook no longer works
• The "die every night" exercise to get clear on what you actually want
• Why confidence (and control) matters more than talent
• How to take action without quitting your job overnight
• The truth about entrepreneurship: hard, but not complicated

This is a grounded, no-BS conversation about what it really looks like to take ownership of your career, and build something that actually fits your life.

If you've been thinking about making a change but haven't started yet, this is your push.

We are BIG fans of Scott's newsletter and we highly encourage you to  click this link and sign up to receive consistent drops of gold from him!

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Season 2 is here, and we're starting with a simple truth:

No one knows what's coming next with the AI Economy.

Todd just got back from a 4,000-person leadership conference where top executives, HR leaders, and operators were all saying the same thing: we're figuring it out in real time.

That's the backdrop for this episode, and it's a 'must listen' for anyone navigating career transitions. Chris and Todd break down why uncertainty isn't something to avoid, it's something to work with.

We talk about what's actually happening inside companies right now, why the idea of "certainty" was always a bit of a myth, and how to start making decisions even when you don't have all the answers. You'll hear:

• Why uncertainty can unlock opportunity (not just fear)
• How to stop spinning and start thinking clearly again
• The shift from transactional networking → real relationships
• Why slowing down might be your biggest advantage right now

This is the skill: learning how to move forward without knowing exactly how it's all going to play out. 

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Season 2 is on its way and while we get ready, we're revisiting this deeply personal episode on the provider trap because feeling stuck as the breadwinner is one of the most common and most solvable challenges in career reinvention.

If you're the primary breadwinner or you carry the "provider" identity, Career ReInvention can feel impossible. The fear is real: If I change jobs, the whole system collapses. Mortgage. Bills. Kids. Expectations. Your nervous system starts treating reinvention like a threat.

In this episode, Chris and Todd unpack the Provider Trap - the hidden identity that keeps high-achievers locked into misaligned work long after it stops working. They talk about why "providing" is more than a paycheck (presence, energy, relationships, legacy), how fear and scarcity get passed down through generations, and why staying in the wrong career can quietly cost you the very family life you're trying to protect.

They also get a bit personal with their own stories. Chris reflects on losing his dad when he was 25 and the conversations they had towards the end. Todd shares some personal challenges he and his wife are currently dealing with when it comes to the question: 'What is a breadwinner - and what are we really providing'.

At the end you'll understand why courage is the most important muscle that makes ReInvention possible - even when you feel like you have no room to fail.

If you've ever thought, "I can't change - everyone depends on me," this episode is for you. 

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

While we prep for an incredible Season 2, we're bringing back one of our most impactful episodes and this one on collaboration and community feels more relevant than ever right now. Reinventing your career is exciting — but trying to do it alone is one of the fastest ways to stall, burn out, or second-guess yourself.

In this episode, Todd Jason and Chris Thide explore one of the most overlooked accelerators of successful career reinvention: collaboration.

This is a grounded, honest conversation about why reinvention isn't a solo journey — and how the right collaborators, mentors, and partners can help you move faster, smarter, and with far more confidence.

Inside this episode, you'll discover:

• Why "lone wolf" reinvention often leads to unnecessary struggle
• How clarity attracts the right collaborators naturally
• The difference between collaborators, mentors, and business partners
• How to assess whether you thrive solo or as part of a team
• Why temporary experiments beat all-or-nothing commitments
• How to actually find collaborators and / or partners
• What healthy partnerships actually require to work long-term

Todd and Chris also share the real story of how their own partnership formed — including the skepticism, experimentation, and alignment that made it work.

If you're a mid-career professional exploring a new path — whether entrepreneurship, consulting, or a redesigned role — this episode will help you stop doing it all yourself and start building the support structure that reinvention demands.

Your next career move can be your best one — when you design it around who you're becoming, and allow the right people to walk with you.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Season 2 is on its way and while we gear up for it, we're revisiting this critical episode on navigating AI and the future of work because getting ahead of what's coming is everything right now.

What careers actually have a future in an AI-driven world?

In this episode Todd and Chris get real about the future of work, what AI is actually going to disrupt, and how to build a career that's hard to replace because it is rooted in your uniquely human skills.

They discuss the emerging statistics (like 39% of core job skills changing by 2030), why endlessly scrolling LinkedIn for the same old roles has diminishing returns, and why the smartest move right now is to think of yourself as the CEO of your own life and career.

You'll hear real client stories: a laid-off designer who turned his expertise plus AI into a new business, a burned-out exec who became a highly paid workshop leader for his former company, and mid-career professionals who are quietly building second careers in coaching, community, and creator work.

If you've ever thought, "Who am I to do that? There are already so many people doing it…" this conversation is your invitation to think bigger, experiment more, and start building a future-proof career that actually fits the life you want.

You'll learn:

• Why AI is absolutely going to replace certain tasks and roles… and which parts of your job are most at risk
• The durable "human skills" that are only becoming more valuable
• How to honestly audit your current role for what's automatable vs. what's uniquely you
• Why experimentation beats perfection, and how to treat your next moves like low-risk "life experiments" instead of irreversible bets
• How to handle the fear of judgment ("who am I to do this?") and start sharing your work or ideas without waiting to be "ready"

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

While we gear up for a powerful Season 2, we're revisiting one of our most impactful episodes and this one's too good not to hear again.

If you're staring down "what's next?" after a solid run in corporate, this episode is your invitation to reinvent from the inside out. Todd and Chris unpack the real engine of lasting career change: identity.

You'll learn how to define the future-self you want to grow into, gently retire the parts of your old identity that don't serve you, and build daily practices that make reinvention tangible. From 'clarity' weekends and morning pages to self-talk walks, and crisp new language for "what you do," this is a practical guide to becoming the person your next career actually needs. No hype—just honest tools, mindset shifts, and stories from the trenches to help you land work that's aligned, abundant, and way more fun.

You'll learn:

• How to map your future-self identity and use it as a north star
• The allow & reflect method for releasing old patterns without bulldozing your feelings
• Two zero-cost practices: morning pages and self-talk walks (and why they work)
• Crafting a new narrative for "what you do" that feels true and opens doors
• Why non-attachment accelerates reinvention more than white-knuckling goals

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

In the Season 1 finale of ReInvention, Todd and Chris come full circle on the framework they've been pressure-testing with their community: the 6 core tenets of Career ReInvention. This isn't resume-polishing or a quick pivot - it's a practical, human roadmap for mid-career professionals who want more agency, more fulfillment, and a smarter path forward in a rapidly changing world.

They unpack why ReInvention starts with clarity and long-term vision, why game-planning reduces anxiety, how to take imperfect action through experiments, and why humility and a growth mindset are the hidden unlock for learning new skills and building what's next. Plus: a look ahead at Season 2 themes like AI, money, and the future of work. In this episode:

• A practical breakdown of the 6 core practices to reinvent your career FAST
• Why this is a ZEITGEIST moment for Career ReInvention, and how you can take advantage
• Practices to become the most charismatic and magnetic version of yourself
• The real advantage: building a team so you don't reinvent in isolation

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Imposter syndrome hits hardest right when you're trying to reinvent. You've been confident in your craft for years, then suddenly you're starting over, pitching a new path, learning new skills, and your brain decides you're "not ready."

In this episode, Todd and Chris break down a practical system for building confidence without waiting for it to magically appear. They unpack why "fake it till you make it" gets misunderstood (and what it should mean), how to turn insecurity into curiosity (the fastest antidote), and why confidence is ultimately not about results, it's about trusting yourself to figure it out.

You'll learn:

• Why waiting for confidence keeps you stuck
• How taking action rewires confidence (and reduces anxiety)
• The "beginner mind" approach that makes imposter syndrome shrink
• How to balance inner work (allow & reflect) with bold external action
• A new definition of confidence you can actually use in real life

If doubt is keeping you from sending the DM, making the pitch, launching the thing, or stepping into the room, bookmark this one.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

In a world obsessed with productivity and profit, creativity can feel "optional." For reinventors, it's the opposite: creativity is a core business skill, and a survival skill for the future of work.

In this episode, Todd and Chris break down why ReInvention is inherently creative (you're literally designing your next chapter), and how to make creativity practical - even if you're coming from a structured corporate life.

We cover:

• Why creativity will matter more as AI transforms jobs and industries
• The biggest trap reinventors fall into: hiding in busywork instead of creating
• How to block "creative time" like it's a real pillar of your work (and why the to-do list never ends)
• The truth about imposter syndrome: why it's normal, and what to do anyway
• A simple rule for creative output: let it be messy first, edit later

If you're building a business, launching a portfolio career, writing, posting, creating offers, or trying to figure out your next move…this is your reminder: your uniqueness is the asset. Time to get weird, and make it real!

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Successfully reinventing your career (or life) isn't challenging because you lack talent. It's challenging because you try and do it alone.

Inspired by the Winter Olympics, Todd and Chris break down the two traits elite performers build their lives around: clarity and accountability. You can have a powerful vision for your next chapter, but without a real accountability system, it stays a dream.

In this episode, we dig into the #1 ReInvention killer: isolation - the echo chamber of your own thinking - and how to replace it with a structure that creates momentum, confidence, and follow-through.

You'll learn:

• Why "being busy" isn't the same as progress (and how corporate structure hides that)
• The two types of accountability every Reinventor needs: self-tracking + external support
• How to build a simple weekly + monthly self-assessment system that changes behavior fast
• How to choose the right accountability partners (and why your spouse can't be your whole team)
• How community, coaching, and peer support turn reinvention from lonely to inevitable

Bookmark this if you're building your next chapter and you can feel yourself drifting into solo mode. This is your reminder to stop white-knuckling it and start building your team.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Roxana Heitz is the kind of person who "has it all" on paper: Stanford Ph.D., 15+ years of product leadership, and a career building health and wellness products across the Google/Alphabet health ecosystem, Peloton, and others….

So why reinvent?

In this episode, Roxana breaks down a tension so many mid-career high performers feel: the work still matters, but the environment doesn't fit anymore. The gap between insight → action gets slow. The process becomes the job. The misalignment grows.

Instead of making one massive leap, Roxana applies product thinking to her own career reinvention: form hypotheses, run experiments, collect data, and iterate. The result is a portfolio approach - building flexibility and momentum while she explores what's next.

What we cover:

• The moment corporate success stops feeling aligned, even when the mission is meaningful
• How Roxana gave herself "permission" to step off the treadmill
• Designing a portfolio career: advisory/consulting, fractional product leadership, and founder exploration
• Why "betting on yourself" is a skill - and how to build it without blowing up your life
• The ReInvention superpower most people skip: feedback, accountability, and community

If you're a high-achiever who's quietly thinking, "I can't keep doing it this way," Roxana's story will help you rethink what's possible - and how to move forward with clarity without needing a perfect 20-year plan.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Are you reinventing your career and not sure how to handle LinkedIn or Social Media in general? In this episode we'll share a proven game plan for your socials, with specific guidelines for people in professional transition.

Todd and Chris break down the biggest mistake midlife professionals make during ReInvention: treating social media like a polished "final reveal" instead of a tool for building momentum, community, and opportunity while you're in the process. They talk about the mindset shift that wins right now - authenticity over perfection - especially in an era of AI-generated content and copy-paste posts.

You'll learn how to update your profiles without panicking, how to share your ReInvention without oversharing, why the algorithms are more "interest-based" than "Aunt Sally is judging you," and how to create a simple 30–60 day social strategy that helps you find your people (not chase influencer status).

Plus: why being a little more real - and even a little more weird - stands out in a world of generic, automated content.

If you're in a career transition, building a business, or exploring what's next - this will help you show up online with confidence, clarity, and momentum.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

What if AI isn't the threat - but the greatest ReInvention Accelerator of your lifetime?

In this episode, we sit down with Bill Gurley (legendary Benchmark partner; early investor in Uber, Zillow, Grubhub) to talk about his new book Runnin' Down a Dream and the principles behind building a career you actually want.

Bill breaks down why so many people feel stuck on the "college-to-safe-job conveyor belt," and why mid-career can be the best time to make a change - if you approach it with the right mindset. We dig into the difference between low agency (AI feels terrifying) and high agency (AI becomes jet fuel), and Bill shares a practical framework for exploring your next chapter without blowing up your life overnight.

In this conversation, we cover:

• Why career regret is so common, and how to reverse it
• Bill's "Never Too Late" philosophy for mid-career reinvention
• How to build a "dream job folder" and test your next path before you leap
• The smartest way to use mentors, peers, and aspirational models
• Bill's blunt advice on AI: you can't stop it, so learn to wield it

If you're navigating burnout, uncertainty, or the feeling that your work isn't you anymore, this episode is a permission slip + a playbook. 

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Leaving corporate can feel like freedom, until you hit the point where building your next chapter can feel incredibly lonely. In this episode, Chris and Todd tackle a ReInvention challenge most people don't see coming: Isolation - and how being isolated quietly drains your energy, creativity, and momentum when you're launching something new.

In this episode you'll get practical, real-world strategies to stay connected while working independently that include a few JEDI techniques to spurn amazing creativity:

• Integrating 2–3 non-work anchors (sports, classes, hobbies) into your weekly rhythm
• Using walks and neighborhood connection as a daily reset
• Changing where you work (cafes, coworking, "micro-commutes")
• Creating intentional "CEO-level" work trips (conferences, meetups, learning rooms) to replace the structure corporate used to provide.

We also talk about how to use technology as a tool for real rapport, not transactional Zoom fatigue - and why being proactive about connection isn't a luxury but part of your ReInvention plan.

If you're reinventing your career, starting a business, consulting, or building a portfolio career, this episode will help you stay human, stay motivated, and build community on purpose.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

If you're the primary breadwinner or you carry the "provider" identity, Career ReInvention can feel impossible. The fear is real: If I change jobs, the whole system collapses. Mortgage. Bills. Kids. Expectations. Your nervous system starts treating reinvention like a threat.

In this episode, Chris and Todd unpack the Provider Trap - the hidden identity that keeps high-achievers locked into misaligned work long after it stops working. They talk about why "providing" is more than a paycheck (presence, energy, relationships, legacy), how fear and scarcity get passed down through generations, and why staying in the wrong career can quietly cost you the very family life you're trying to protect.

They also get a bit personal with their own stories. Chris reflects on losing his dad when he was 25 and the conversations they had towards the end. Todd shares some personal challenges he and his wife are currently dealing with when it comes to the question: 'What is a breadwinner - and what are we really providing'.

At the end you'll understand why courage is the most important muscle that makes ReInvention possible - even when you feel like you have no room to fail.

If you've ever thought, "I can't change - everyone depends on me," this episode is for you.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

ReInvention can be stressful. Uncertainty ramps up anxiety, drains your energy, and can pull you into numbing habits that keep you playing small.

In this episode, Todd and Chris break down a simple way to protect your momentum: build a daily "scaffold" that boosts vitality, focus, and optimism while you're reinventing your career.

You'll learn:

• Why most reinventors struggle when they leave the structure of corporate life
• How to replace that structure with habits that are healthier and 'more human'
• A series of basic, high-impact practices for your morning and evening routines 
• A proven way to wind down at night and improve sleep (reducing mental noise)
• How to stay motivated and positive as you're in transition

Chris also shares some useful strategies like removing your phone from the bedroom and switching from doom-scrolling to reading, so your brain can actually recover.

If you're in a career transition, building something entrepreneurial, or just trying to avoid burnout while you figure out "what's next," this episode gives you a grounded, repeatable system to stay strong - physically, mentally, and emotionally - so you can make better decisions and move forward with confidence!

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

If you're building a consulting practice, doing some fractional work, or starting any kind of entrepreneurial / "hang-my-shingle" venture, here's the truth: your results won't matter if you can't sell.

In this episode, Todd and Chris break down sales in a way that's clean, human, and repeatable - especially if you've spent years in corporate and the word "selling" makes you tense up.

You'll learn why the best sales conversations aren't about pitching harder, they're about listening deeper.

• The 4 key Pillars within any business - and a way to identity your strong suits and weak areas
• The shift that changes everything: you're not selling a product - you're selling a future outcome
• Why "deep curiosity" beats persuasion (and how it makes closing feel natural)
• The moment most people avoid: asking directly for the sale (and how to do it without getting weird)
• The power of silence after the ask - and how to handle objections without spiraling
• A key skill most people skip: expertise in the manner by which you actually sell (online vs. phone vs. face-to-face, for example)

If you've ever thought, "I'm great at what I do… I just don't know how to sell it," this is your episode.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

If you're in the middle of a career transition, you've probably felt this tug-of-war:

Part of you knows you need space… time to decompress, process what happened, and heal from the emotional toll of your old work life.

Another part of you feels intense pressure to move fast… to make money again, prove this wasn't a mistake, and "figure it out" as quickly as possible.

In this episode, Todd and Chris unpack the real (and rarely discussed) dilemma: how to balance healing with forward momentum so you don't get stuck in reflection…and you also don't rush into the same patterns that created the burnout in the first place.

Inside the conversation:

• Why "push through" works, until it doesn't
• The hidden cost of skipping the processing/healing phase
• How financial runway (and real-life situations) change the pace of ReInvention
• Why taking time to reflect often accelerates new successes instead of delaying them
• A practical way to build self-reflection into daily life while still moving forward
• What it looks like when your work finally feels integrated with who you are

This is an honest, human episode for anyone who's trying to build what's next without ignoring what the old chapter did to them.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Fear. Doubt. Anxiety. The mental spiral that makes everything feel heavier than it actually is.

In this episode, Todd and Chris go straight into the "real stuff" that shows up when you're in transition or uncertainty - especially when you're trying to make a big change and your nervous system starts writing worst-case stories.

We break down a simple truth: your emotions can feel urgent… without being supported by objective reality. And we give you practical tools to stop the spiral, separate facts from fear, and turn "negative" emotions into forward motion.

In this conversation, you'll learn:

• Why your nervous system can react like the world is ending - even when the numbers say you're okay
• How to tell the difference between real fear and "rollercoaster fear"
• A simple method to sort what's valid vs. imagined
• The "control the controllables" mindset shift (and why it saves massive energy)
• Why numbing out (Netflix, distractions, checking out) keeps you stuck - and what to do instead
• The Allow & Reflect practice Todd uses to process fear and generate solutions

If you've been feeling stuck, frozen, or caught in old conditioning… this episode will give you a framework to work with fear - without letting it drive the car.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Ever feel that little spike of anxiety when someone asks: "So… what's going on with work?"

If your career is shifting, evolving, or in a "between chapters" season, that question can make even the most capable people freeze - not because they're failing… but because they don't yet have the language for what's emerging.

The FIX here is so simple, and instantly adds so much confidence back into whatever you're doing, but most people simply don't know the power of crafting communication scripts….

In this episode, Todd and Chris break down a simple 5-step communication framework that helps you speak about where you are right now with clarity, confidence, and authenticity - without oversharing, sounding uncertain, or falling into the "woe is me" trap.

You'll learn how to:

• Acknowledge your past without getting stuck in it
• Name the transition (without making it awkward)
• Share what's real in a way that builds connection (not discomfort)
• Shift the conversation toward possibility and momentum
• Make a confident "ask" that can create real opportunities (introductions, ideas, next steps)

This is the kind of small skill that quietly changes everything: your confidence rises, your relationships deepen, and your conversations start opening doors again. Listen to this whole episode as we provide detailed scripts throughout!

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

What happens when you finally start building something new…and your old world suddenly comes knocking?

In this episode, Todd Jason and Chris Thide talk about one of the most confusing - and most common - moments in career change: unexpected opportunities from your old professional life showing up just as you begin to reinvent yourself.

This is almost a predictable phenomenon, and they'll unpack why these moments are so tempting, how identity and nervous system conditioning pull us back toward certainty, and why this phase is actually a test of your long-term vision. You'll learn:

• How to evaluate new job offers without panic or reactivity
• The difference between conscious choice and defaulting to safety
• How to set boundaries around time, energy, and availability
• When it makes sense to go back - and how to do it without killing your vision
• Why clarity around your future self changes every decision

The GOAL: to help you make the best decisions possible for your long-term future. So this episode isn't about burning bridges or forcing bold moves, but about slowing down, staying aligned, and making wise, intentional decisions when things get noisy.

If you're building something new - and feeling pulled back toward the familiar - this episode will help you stay grounded and choose well.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

From the outside, everything looks fine. But on the inside, something feels off.

In this episode, Todd Jason and Chris Thide talk about one of the most difficult - and most avoided - moments in a professional's life: realizing that a career has run its course before the proverbial sh** has hit the fan.

They explore the allure of the 'Golden Handcuffs' and the quiet pain of staying in roles that no longer fit. This episode goes deep into the notion of being attached to an old identity that may no longer serve you and discusses the coping behaviors people use to avoid facing the truth.This conversation will help you:

• Recognize the signs that staying is costing you more than leaving
• Understand why money and status make change feel really hard
• Identify distraction and avoidance patterns that keep you stuck
• Move forward to making better career decisions faster
• Begin imagining what's possible on the other side

This episode isn't about rushing into a change. It's about facing the music, telling yourself the truth, and giving yourself permission to start exploring what comes next-with clarity, support, and intention.

If you've been telling yourself "not yet" for years…this conversation may be the one you've been avoiding-and needing.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

In this important episode, Todd Jason and Chris Thide unpack one of the most overlooked parts of career reinvention: the old mental and behavioral patterns that surface when you step into something new.

Fear. Doubt. Imposter Syndrome. Overthinking. AND all the wonderful 'check out' behaviors that come with these negative thoughts.If you are wanting to turn mindless social media scrolling or your typical 3-hour binge of Netflix every night into fuel for your Successful ReInvention this episode is for you!

Inside the session you'll get specific strategies to:

• Understand the root cause of why 'old thinking' resurfaces when you commit to change
• Use the 'crowding-out' strategy to break patterns sustainably
• Habituate the ability to "walk as if" you're becoming your best self (this is SO good)!
• Harness clarity as a springboard for dissolving unwanted behavior patterns
• Reclaim momentum when you feel stalled

This episode is for people who are motivated to reinvent - but keep hitting invisible walls.

If you know your next chapter matters… and you're ready to stop repeating old patterns that no longer fit who you're becoming, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Reinventing your career is exciting - but trying to do it alone is one of the fastest ways to stall, burn out, or second-guess yourself.

In this episode, Todd Jason and Chris Thide explore one of the most overlooked accelerators of successful career reinvention: collaboration.

This is a grounded, honest conversation about why reinvention isn't a solo journey - and how the right collaborators, mentors, and partners can help you move faster, smarter, and with far more confidence.

Inside this episode, you'll discover:

• Why "lone wolf" reinvention often leads to unnecessary struggle
• How clarity attracts the right collaborators naturally
• The difference between collaborators, mentors, and business partners
• How to assess whether you thrive solo or as part of a team
• Why temporary experiments beat all-or-nothing commitments
• How to actually find collaborators and / or partners
• What healthy partnerships actually require to work long-term

Todd and Chris also share the real story of how their own partnership formed - including the skepticism, experimentation, and alignment that made it work.

If you're a mid-career professional exploring a new path - whether entrepreneurship, consulting, or a redesigned role - this episode will help you stop doing it all yourself and start building the support structure that reinvention demands.

Your next career move can be your best one - when you design it around who you're becoming, and allow the right people to walk with you.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

If you're thinking about reinventing your career - or already in the middle of it - this episode tackles the one topic most people avoid…money.

Todd Jason and Chris Thide dive deep into how to think clearly, calmly, and strategically about your financial runway during career reinvention - without denial, fantasy, or panic-driven decisions.

This conversation is honest, grounded, and incredibly practical. It's about replacing fear with clarity so you can make smarter moves and actually enjoy the reinvention process.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• The two numbers every reinventor must understand first
• How "unhappiness spending" quietly drains your runway
• Why thinking about 'replacement income' keeps people stuck
• How to plan realistic milestones instead of betting everything on one leap
• When side hustles actually become viable - and when they don't
• How to invest your time and money into reinvention without blowing up your life

This episode is for mid-career professionals who feel called toward something new - but want to build their next chapter with intention, stability, and long-term upside.

Your next career move can be your best one - when it's designed around who you're becoming, not who you've been.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

If you're in your 30s, 40s, or 50s and realizing, "I can't just keep doing this for the next 20-25 years"…this episode is for you.

In this conversation, Todd Jason and Chris Thide go deep on one of the most overlooked pieces of any successful reinvention: Building New Skills on purpose. Not random courses. Not panicked certifications. Not shiny-object learning.

They first walk you through how to honestly assess the skills you already have, and then how to identify where the gaps are. This self-assessment is absolutely critical for anyone reinventing their career..

You'll hear Todd and Chris unpack:

• Why clarity about your next chapter has to come before skill-building
• How to spot the skills you already have from your past career that you're totally underrating
• Why almost every reinventor must eventually learn some version of sales, marketing, and money skills
• The Tony Robbins story: the one skill he chose to master that changed everything
• When to outsource (and why doing it too early can quietly kill your reinvention)
• How to drop the ego, embrace being a beginner again, and actually have fun learning
• A simple way to audit your own "skill gaps" so you know exactly what to work on next

This episode is blunt, practical, and surprisingly hopeful. If you've ever thought, "I'd love to reinvent myself…but I don't have the right skills", Todd and Chris will show you that you're closer than you think, and that becoming a student again might be the most energizing move of your midlife.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

What if your next chapter isn't "one job" - but a mix of things you actually care about that together add up to your income and identity?

In this episode of the ReInvention Podcast, Todd Jason and Chris Thide break down the rise of portfolio careers - designing work around multiple income streams instead of a single, traditional role. They talk honestly about why the old "one job, one ladder" model is breaking down, and why now is the perfect moment to start experimenting with new ways to make money.

You'll hear real stories from their clients and community: former executives turning skills into fractional work, consultants, coaches, creators, and people testing small experiments on the side before they leap. This is not just theory. It's a practical roadmap for reinventing your career in a world of AI, burnout, and massive change.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• What a portfolio career actually is (and what it isn't)
• How to start making a little bit of money in new ways without blowing up your life
• Why your existing skills are way more transferable than you think
• Smart ways to use your network without feeling salesy or weird
• How to handle the emotional side of reinvention when people don't "get" what you're doing
• Why creative projects and "non-money" experiments often lead to real opportunities
• The mindset shift from "I need one perfect job" to "I'm the CEO of my own future"

If you're burned out, bored, or just know you're meant for more than another decade of scrolling job boards, this conversation will help you see new options and give you permission to start small but real experiments now.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

"I know I can't stay in this job… but I have no idea what to do next." Or maybe you've swung to the opposite problem: "There are so many things I could do - how do I choose?"

In this episode, Todd and Chris break down one of the biggest challenges in midlife career reinvention: going from stuck and trapped → to overwhelmed by possibilities → to actually choosing and testing your next move.

You'll learn:

• Why most of us were never taught how to make good career decisions
• The two phases of reinvention: "I have no options" and "I have too many"
• How to use the Japanese concept of Ikigai:
• What you love
• What you're good at
• What the world needs
• What you can get paid for
• A simple way to create a list of real options (usually 10-20, not 50+)
• How to run smart experiments instead of chasing the "one right answer"
• Why talking to real humans (not just Googling at 2am) speeds everything up
• How ego, shame, and perfectionism quietly block your reinvention
• The difference between a single-focus path and a portfolio career
• How to calm your nervous system so you can take bold but sane risks

If you're in your 30s, 40s, or 50s thinking:

• "I want to reinvent my career but I don't know where to start."
• "I have all these ideas-how do I know which one to pursue?"
• "What if I choose wrong and regret it?"

…this episode will give you a practical framework and real-talk guidance to move from spinning in your head to taking clear, confident action toward your next chapter.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Have you ever thought, "I can't do this for another 10-20 years," but you have no idea what comes next?Or maybe you've been laid off after a long career and you're quietly wondering, "Am I too old to start over?"

In this episode, Todd and Chris sit down with Brian Trembley, an engineer who spent nearly 30 years designing high-stakes medical devices for brain and spinal surgery. After more than 20 years with the same company, a wave of layoffs forced him out of a role that had once felt like a calling-and dropped him into a full-blown midlife ReInvention.

Brian shares how he moved from:

• Feeling burned out, misaligned, and as if the "dream machine" inside him had died
• Getting laid off and refusing to "play it safe" by taking another misaligned job
• To "betting on Brian" and launching his own consulting business and other creative projects

You'll hear:

• The subtle signs your career is out of alignment (before the burnout and layoffs hit)
• How to tell the difference between 'productive discomfort' and pure fear
• Why community, coaching, and asking for help can fast-track reinvention
• How to use your experience and network to create a portfolio career in midlife
• What it really looks like to surrender control and still move forward

If you're a midlife professional wondering what's next-and whether it's too late to change-Brian's story is proof that you can redesign your life and career around who you are now, not who you used to be.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Thinking about leaving corporate to do your own thing, but also low-key terrified? You're not alone, and you're not crazy. The work world is changing fast, and a huge number of mid-career professionals are quietly wondering:

"Could I actually become the CEO of my own life?"

In this episode, Todd and Chris break down what it really takes to move from a corporate identity to entrepreneurship in midlife - without blowing up your life overnight.

They walk through their 6 Tenets of Reinvention and apply them directly to the "corporate → entrepreneur" leap and you'll also hear Chris' personal story of going from a 20-year corporate career to coaching and building a business, plus the traps he wishes someone had warned him about.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• The first kind of clarity you must get before you even think about quitting
• How to use mindset practically (not as a buzzword) when fear and doubt spike
• What "financial runway" and "emotional runway" really mean in a career reinvention
• How to start making money outside your job before you leave your job
• The 5 most common TRAPS reinventors fall into when starting entrepreneurship
• Several 'entrepreneur-acceleratoring' tips that will get you to success faster

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

What careers actually have a future in an AI-driven world?

In this episode, Todd and Chris get real about the future of work, what AI is actually going to disrupt, and how to build a career that's hard to replace because it is rooted in your uniquely human skills.

They discuss the emerging statistics (like 39% of core job skills changing by 2030), why endlessly scrolling LinkedIn for the same old roles has diminishing returns, and why the smartest move right now is to think of yourself as the CEO of your own life and career.

You'll hear real client stories: a laid-off designer who turned his expertise plus AI into a new business, a burned-out exec who became a highly paid workshop leader for his former company, and mid-career professionals who are quietly building second careers in coaching, community, and creator work.

If you've ever thought, "Who am I to do that? There are already so many people doing it…" this conversation is your invitation to think bigger, experiment more, and start building a future-proof career that actually fits the life you want.You'll learn:

• Why AI is absolutely going to replace certain tasks and roles… and which parts of your job are most at risk
• The durable "human skills" that are only becoming more valuable
• How to honestly audit your current role for what's automatable vs. what's uniquely you
• Why experimentation beats perfection, and how to treat your next moves like low-risk "life experiments" instead of irreversible bets
• How to handle the fear of judgment ("who am I to do this?") and start sharing your work or ideas without waiting to be "ready"

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Feeling stuck, uncertain, or finding yourself refreshing LinkedIn to chase the same uninspiring roles?

In this episode, you will learn the most important trait necessary for any successful reinvention. Todd and Chris will show you how to create clarity as an action, experiment like a founder, and detach from perfect outcomes so you can build momentum fast.

They'll also cover practical ways to test side hustles, open new income streams, and help you develop language so you can talk about 'what you're up to' with confidence. If you want motivation plus concrete next steps, this conversation is your green light.

Great for: career reinvention, mid-career pivots, side hustles, fractional work, entrepreneurship, and anyone who wants security and freedom in their next chapter.

What you'll learn:

• How "getting clarity" counts as action and the simple prompt to spark it
• The fail-fast mindset for reinventors (the stakes are lower than you think)
• Ways to open new income channels with small, fast tests
• How to talk about your new identity so opportunities find you
• The role of detachment and why "share the build" beats "wait until perfect"
• 3 "unreasonable" actions you can take this week to create momentum

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

If you're staring down "what's next?" after a solid run in corporate, this episode is your invitation to reinvent from the inside out. Todd and Chris unpack the real engine of lasting career change: identity.

You'll learn how to define the future-self you want to grow into, gently retire the parts of your old identity that don't serve you, and build daily practices that make reinvention tangible.

From 'clarity' weekends and morning pages to self-talk walks, and crisp new language for "what you do," this is a practical guide to becoming the person your next career actually needs. No hype-just honest tools, mindset shifts, and stories from the trenches to help you land work that's aligned, abundant, and way more fun. You'll learn:

• How to map your future-self identity and use it as a north star
• The allow & reflect method for releasing old patterns without bulldozing your feelings
• Two zero-cost practices: morning pages and self-talk walks (and why they work)
• Crafting a new narrative for "what you do" that feels true and opens doors
• Why non-attachment accelerates reinvention more than white-knuckling goals

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Reinvention isn't just a resume update. It's a nervous-system upgrade. In this powerful conversation, coach and former Estée Lauder innovation leader Kelle Jacob shares her Embodiment Method-a three-part framework to reinvent your career from the inside out.

Self regulation must be a major part of any ReInventors repertoire because when we are in fight-or-flight we don't make smart decisions.

In this episode you'll gain access to a method for nervous system regulation so you can 'tone it down' and move forward with confidence.Kelle unpacks how a public failure on America's Next Top Model became a catalyst, how to handle the "upper limit" when good things start happening, and why corporate success and personal purpose can absolutely coexist.

In this episode you'll learn:

• How to rewire beliefs in a theta state so new possibilities actually stick
• Practical breathwork to expand capacity and reduce fear in uncertain times
• A simple test for when to push vs. pause during reinvention
• Why "it all works out in the end" is a strategy, not a cliché

Perfect for anyone leaving corporate, launching a side hustle, or seeking clarity, resilience, and real momentum.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

If you're a mid-career professional who's exhausted by your job and overwhelmed by the state of the world, this episode is for you.

Todd and Chris get real about what "growth mindset" actually means when you're in your 30s, 40s or 50s, and when reinventing your career - and life - is on the table. The purpose of this episode is to give you a tangible framework for controlling - even bending - your mindset and perceptions towards seeing the future with a more opportunistic lens.

You'll hear:

• Why obsessively following the news quietly destroys your energy and focus
• How to care about what's happening in the world without drowning in it
• Chris's honest story of midlife burnout, mental health leave, and rebuilding from the ground up
• The difference between your persona (who you thought you had to be) and your real self (who you actually are)
• Our favorite mantra for Reinventors: "Follow your plan, not your mood."

This episode will help you:

• Break the spell of worst-case-scenario thinking
• Put healthier boundaries around work, news, and other people's emergencies
• Start designing a next chapter that fits who you really are, not the role you fell into in your 20's

Your next career move can be your best one yet…especially when you design it around who you want to become, not who you were.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Most people "reinvent" their career by… updating their LinkedIn and taking the same job somewhere else.

That's not reinvention. That's relocation.

In this episode, Todd Jason and Chris Thide break down how to actually game plan your reinvention so your next career move can be your best - because you designed it around who you want to become, not who you were.

You'll learn the 3 stages of reinvention and what your game plan should focus on in each:

1. Stage 1 - The Writing's On The Wall
   You're burned out, being quietly pushed out, or can feel the industry shifting under your feet. Todd and Chris show you why your first move is not "apply for the same role somewhere else," and what to do instead.
2. Stage 2 - The Portal Opens
   You've started consulting, launched a side thing, or discovered new ways to make money. This is where game planning gets real: KPIs, which skills to build, what to double down on, and how to stop slipping back into your old identity.
3. Stage 3 - The Holy Grail
   When your new path is real and the income can match or beat your old job. Now you're designing a 3-5 year career roadmap that aligns with your freedom, purpose, and lifestyle… not just a paycheck.

If you're a mid-career professional in that "something has to change" moment, this episode will help you stop drifting and start building a concrete plan for what's next.You'll Hear Us Talk About:

• Why "I'll just find the same job elsewhere" keeps you stuck
• How to think about AI, disruption, and job security without panicking
• The shift from "I need a job" to "I'm designing my next chapter"
• The simple question to ask daily: "What do I need to do today?"
• Why reinvention requires new skills, new experiments, and new KPIs
• What "success" in reinvention really looks like (hint: it's not just money)

Perfect for: Midlife professionals, ex-corporate high performers, burned-out leaders, and anyone who feels the old path is collapsing and wants a smarter way to design what comes next.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.

Feeling stuck between "I know I need to change" and "I just don't feel like it today"? This episode is all about the real inner game of reinvention: your mindset.

In this conversation, Todd Jason and Chris Thide unpack what it actually means to build a growth mindset when you're a mid-career professional facing big questions about work, money, and identity. Instead of vague "think positive" advice, they give you a practical mental framework you can use on real Tuesday mornings when your mood is in the gutter and your to-do list is screaming.

You'll learn:

• Why most midlife professionals are wired toward negativity, fear, and worst-case thinking
• The core principle: "Follow your plan, not your mood"
• The two paths in any bad day: - Push through with willpower (Tony Robbins mode) - Allow & reflect so you can reset, not just grind
• How to use "allow & reflect" without getting stuck in a spiral
• Todd's personal practices: solo walks, self-talk, using music to access and release emotion
• Chris's tools: morning pages, gratitude, and how to turn a rough day into an 8/10 instead of a zero
• Why honoring your emotions actually makes you more productive, creative, and resilient in your reinvention

If you're reinventing your career, being shown the door, burned out from corporate, or already on the path and riding the emotional rollercoaster, this episode gives you a way to work with your mood instead of constantly fighting it.

Your next career move can be your best one yet. This is how you build the mindset to make that possible.

**Subscribe to the ReInvention Podcast to stay plugged into fresh ideas, frameworks, and real-world tools for navigating the future of your work and life.

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Todd Jason is an executive coach and career transition specialist. For more resources and to book some 1:1 time with him visit www.ToddJason.com.

Chris Thide is a career strategy coach focused on helping people find and do work they love. After 2 decades in corporate, Chris is a powerful guide and you can visit www.christhidecoaching.com to learn more.