The Career Change Studio

Episode 24:  If you are exhausted, overextended and running on empty, you'll already know all about it. What you might not know is why. In this episode, Career Change Coach Dana Stevens explores the relationship between overwork, boundaries and the beliefs that quietly drive them. This episode helps you understand why boundaries  matter, and why addressing this might be one of the most important parts of your career change journey.
In this episode you will learn:
Why exhaustion can make career change feel impossible, and why just accepting that is not the answer
How to tell the difference between a genuinely demanding job and a pattern of behaviour you have been carrying across roles
What is often underneath the inability to hold boundaries at work, and why it is rarely just about time management
The real cost of overworking beyond tiredness, including what it does to your confidence and sense of self-worth
How beginning to hold boundaries is not just a practical strategy but the beginning of a new identity
Connect with Dana:
Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/
Free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat
If this episode resonated, follow The Career Change Studio and share it with someone who’s feeling stuck in their career.
And if you’re ready to design a working life that truly fits your needs and lifestyle, book a free clarity call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat
Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

Episode 23: Part two of a two part series. 
In Part One we looked at indecision as an active choice with hidden costs. In Part Two, Career Change Coach Dana Stevens goes deeper into the most common reason women stay stuck: the very convincing, very rational-sounding belief that now is not quite the right time. Work needs to be less busy. Life needs to calm down. Each reason sounds entirely sensible. But underneath almost all of them is something else. In this episode Dana unpacks what the waiting is really about, why the conditions you are waiting for rarely arrive on their own, and what a different kind of readiness actually looks like.
In this episode you will learn:
The most common waiting patterns Dana hears from her clients and what they are really about
Why "I'll do it when I feel more ready" is one of the most common and least useful stories we tell ourselves
What you are actually waiting for when you say the time isn't right yet
Why the clarity and confidence you are waiting to feel is something the work produces, not a prerequisite for starting it
Click here to listen to Part One: Indecision Is a Choice
Connect with Dana:
Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/
Free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat
If this episode resonated, follow The Career Change Studio and share it with someone who’s feeling stuck in their career.
And if you’re ready to design a working life that truly fits your needs and lifestyle, book a free clarity call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat
Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

Episode 22: We tend to think about indecision as something neutral. A pause before the real thing begins. But what if it isn't neutral at all? In this episode, Career Change Coach Dana Stevens makes the case that indecision is an active choice, with real and ongoing costs. If you have been sitting on a career decision for months or years, wondering why you can't seem to move forward, this episode will change how you see where you are. Part Two next week explores the specific patterns we use to justify waiting, and what is really driving them.
In this episode you will learn:
Why indecision is not neutral, and what it is actually doing in your life
The hidden emotional, confidence and time costs of staying in the middle
Why we are much better at calculating the risk of acting than the risk of not acting
Why certainty comes after the decision, not before it
A practical reframe to help you see your own indecision more clearly
What a powerful first decision actually looks like, even when you don't have everything figured out
Listen next week for part 2.
Connect with Dana:
Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/
Free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat
If this episode resonated, follow The Career Change Studio and share it with someone who’s feeling stuck in their career.
And if you’re ready to design a working life that truly fits your needs and lifestyle, book a free clarity call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat
Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

Episode 21: When did you last think of yourself as someone full of potential? If it's been a while, this episode is for you.
We live in a culture that associates potential with youth. But what if that story isn't just unhelpful, what if it's factually wrong? In this episode, Career Change coach Dana Stevens makes the case that women in midlife actually have more potential now than at any other point in their lives, and backs it up with the science to prove it.
Whether you are considering a career change in your 40s, thinking about changing careers in midlife, or simply feeling like your best years are behind you, this episode will change how you see yourself and what you believe is possible.
In this episode you will learn:
Why midlife career changers have a compounding advantage that younger people simply don't have
What neuroscience and neuroplasticity research tells us about the adult brain's ongoing capacity for growth and learning
Why the cultural story that potential belongs to the young is not only unhelpful but factually incorrect
How your mindset about your own potential directly shapes the actions you take and the results you create
A practical taking stock exercise to help you see your own potential clearly, many for the first time in years
How one simple shift in how you think about yourself can be the beginning of real, lasting career change
Resources mentioned: Carol Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Connect with Dana:
Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/
Free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat
If this episode resonated, follow The Career Change Studio and share it with someone who’s feeling stuck in their career.
And if you’re ready to design a working life that truly fits your needs and lifestyle, book a free clarity call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat
Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.

Episode 20: What if the career change you've been putting off isn't a leap into the unknown, it's simply catching up with a season that has already started? 
In this episode, Dana explores one of the most powerful mindset shifts for women thinking about changing careers: seeing your life as a series of seasons rather than one long continuous story. 
You'll learn:
> How to recognise the signs that your season has already changed
> Why we resist entering new chapters even when the old one is clearly over
> How thinking about your next career move as "right for this season" rather than "right forever" can take the pressure off and make everything feel more possible. 
And you'll have some powerful questions you can use to try your own Season Audit.
Dana also mentioned an upcoming Masterclass Mindset Shifts for Successful Career Change so if you are listening on the day the episode is released Tuesday 3rd March, you still have time to sign up for the session at 7pm. Just click here to join.
If you are listening after the Masterclass week in March you can either message Dana for a link to replay video or keep an eye on her website for upcoming masterclasses.
Connect with Dana:
Website: https://www.danastevens.com/workwithme
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_stevens_coach/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danastevens1/
Free Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat
If this episode resonated, follow The Career Change Studio and share it with someone who’s feeling stuck in their career.
And if you’re ready to design a working life that truly fits your needs and lifestyle, book a free clarity call at https://calendly.com/danastevens/initial-coaching-chat
Special thanks to @Lou_Greenaway_Music for the piano composition and performance.