The Career Butterfly

Allowing Karma into your Job Search: How Beth's Job Found Her

August 05, 2019 07:30 - 49 minutes - 22.4 MB

What if you never had to look for a job? What if they just came to you? Is that even possible? That is exactly how it worked out for this week's guest Beth Bazley who is a Director for Save the Children. But that didn't happen by accident. While raising her children, she was also busy cultivating a community, volunteering for organizations that mattered to her, and doing the work that no one else wanted. Her family life evolved in a way she never expected when tragedy struck and her hu...

When your Child’s Needs Don’t Fit Your Career: Julia’s Journey from Engineer to Writer

July 29, 2019 07:30 - 52 minutes - 23.8 MB

Julia Goldstein invested many years in her education to earn a BS, MS and PhD in Engineering and Material Science. When she had her first child, she assumed she’d go back to work full-time. She never thought she’d panic as her maternity leave was coming to an end. Fortunately, she successfully negotiated a part-time return and even found a way to stay in her local mom’s group. When it was time to go back after her second child, she thought she would follow the same path. That’s when she re...

How One Mom Found her True Calling as a Teacher

July 21, 2019 21:25 - 30 minutes - 21.6 MB

Terri never knew she was supposed to be teacher. She majored in Political Science and always thought she'd grow up to be a lawyer. She didn't take that path, but along the way, she did develop her truest priority, which was to be there for her kids. She achieved that - and found her true calling along the way. Today, Terri gets to impact 180 impressionable minds each day. She'll never tell you that teaching middle school is easy, but she found it compatible with family life and personally ...

Why America Still Undervalues Motherhood – Moving Past Our Patriarchal History

July 15, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MB

Recent studies show the economic value of a stay-at-home-mom in America is in the $$ six-figure range, but the way we treat mothers doesn’t always take that into account. Have you ever wondered why? This week’s interview looks at it through the lens of American history. Guest Erin Papworth traces the history all the way back to our revolutionary days. Although we may have been rebelling against the British, we definitely brought their deep-rooted patriarchy into our new country. Coming clo...

Why Now is the Best Time to Return

July 08, 2019 07:30 - 27 minutes - 26.8 MB

Whether you are ready to return to work right now or are unsure of what you would even do, here are 5 reasons to convince you to take action now! 1) Economy 2) Diversity 3) Acceptance 4) Skill Development and 5) Business Development Tune in to hear what each of them means for you, your career pause, and your future! Mentioned in this episode: List of Companies with Returnships

Let's Talk $$! 4 Tools Every Family Needs in Their Safety Net

July 01, 2019 07:30 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MB

No one likes to talk about the protection side of money, but what if taking care of those issues upfront left you free to ENJOY your money? Today's guest Jenifer Sapel believes in protecting your money first to allow you to enjoy it. She even named her company, Utor Wealth, after the Latin word for enjoy! It wasn't always this way for Jenifer. Her earliest memories of money were based in fear, anxiety, and scarcity. The phrase she heard most often as a child related to money was "We can't ...

Understanding Risk, Failure, and Why Women Aren't Reaching their Full Potential

June 24, 2019 07:00 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MB

Lindsey T. H. Jackson is on a mission to empower 1 million female leaders by 2025. She owns several businesses, but at the root of it all she focuses on authenticity and holding space for each other. In this episode, she shares the story of how a difficult pregnancy enabled her to finally walk away from a failing business. This personal experience eventually led to her research and deep work on women and why many fail to reach their full potential. After selling her business, she spent a f...

Men Take Career Pauses Too

June 17, 2019 07:00 - 35 minutes - 16 MB

I'm changing things up this week in honor of Father's Day in the United States! I interviewed my first guy for the show! Steve Layman is the perfect first guest because he not only took 5 years off to stay home with his two boys, but he also has a history of hiring people out of their own career pauses - including me! In this episode, you'll hear: Why Steve and his wife decided he would be the one to stay home from the beginning His 3 rules for being a stay-at-home-parent How Steve...

Starting a Business During Your Career Pause

June 10, 2019 07:00 - 45 minutes - 20.9 MB

Meg Applegate is a natural opportunity visionary and encourager. As the founder and resume writer of Hinge Resume Collaborative, she is a matchmaker for people and their next opportunity through resume writing and design. She holds the certified professional resume writer (CPRW) credential and a master’s degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs. She is an ‘Ask the Experts’ contributor for the National Resume Writers’ Association and her work is featured in the most recent edition of R...

Imposter Syndrome. Who Am I?

June 03, 2019 07:00 - 26 minutes - 26 MB

We all have those "Who Am I?" moments... Who am I to be interviewing for this job? Who am I to be to be starting this business? Who am I to be sitting at this table? In today's episodes, I share some of my long ago and more recent imposter moments. Most importantly, we'll talk strategy to move past it!

A Brene Brown Certified Dare To Lead Facilitator Delves Deep on Identity, Courage, and Authenticity

May 27, 2019 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB

Helen Brody is a therapist, a coach and a Brene Brown Certified Dare to Lead Facilitator. She's also a mother of two children who has faced her own issues related to career and motherhood. In this episode, you'll hear: The difference between therapy and coaching and leadership training. How vulnerability is the way to courageousness. How issues of shame, worthiness, and vulnerability are currently impacting our nation and our world. How your negative thoughts may be contributing to ...

15 Years Later... Is My Resume Still Relevant?

May 20, 2019 08:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MB

If there was ever a formula to follow in returning to work after a long career gap, I think Fiona Haynes has it mastered. Past Work Experience + Side Hustle + Connection = Job She had impressive work experience with The Economist. She took a job writing for About.com in the early Internet days. And she had a connection that introduced her to the company where she works today as a Financial Editor. The resume by itself might not work, but it's powerful when you combine it with the other el...

If You Want to Get Something Done, Hire a Mom!

May 13, 2019 07:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MB

The Mom Project is a digital talent marketplace building bridges to help women ramp on and off the workforce as they choose. They work with companies of all sizes to create opportunities that range from freelance to permanent, entry-level to executive-level, on-site to remote. The Mom Project is elevating the voices of moms and showing companies the benefits of embracing this amazing talent pool. They believe women shouldn't have to hide the fact that their moms - just look at their compan...

Walking Away at the Height of Your Career

May 06, 2019 07:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MB

Jennifer Loomis was an incredibly successful maternity photographer when she walked away from it all. She spent many years building the career she loved, but in her 40s, she found herself sitting in her OB/GYN’s office and being told she’d never be able to have a child. Devastated, Jennifer could no longer do her work taking pictures of women about to become mothers. First, she and her dog Salvador walked across Seattle, but she needed to go even further so she flew to Spain to walk the El C...

In Search of Flexibility. From Startup Executive to Entrepreneur.

April 29, 2019 07:30 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MB

Donna Mezey built her career at a small stock photo agency that grew up to eventually become Getty Images. After a successful 10 years career, she left her executive role for the startup world. After a journey through a few different companies, she concluded that the startup work style wasn’t compatible with her life, which now included a family. She set off on a quest to find a job that took advantage of her skills and experience in Customer Happiness, but would offer her the flexibility ...

Life Doesn't Come with a Magic 8 Ball

April 22, 2019 07:30 - 25 minutes - 33.4 MB

I had a Magic 8 Ball when I was a kid. Over and over, I'd ask it questions only to get answers like, "Reply Hazy. Try Again Later." I often wonder what life would be like if we each got our own Magic 8 Ball - and the answers were real. As it turns out, that "Reply Hazy" answer may have been accurate. I shared some of my story when I launched this podcast, but sometimes life is too complicated to fit neatly into an introductory episode of a podcast. Yes, I spent about a dozen years in h...

Don't Dress for the Rear View Mirror

April 17, 2019 22:23 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MB

Erin Keam, wardrobe consultant and founder of The Happy Wardrobe, works with women in transition and helps their wardrobes reflect their personal style. She also encourages women to dress not only for the woman they are today, but also the woman they are becoming. In this episode, you’ll hear: The process that Erin goes through to come up with Unique Style Statements that range from “Intimate Artisan Mermaid” to “The Lady, The Lion, and the Wardrobe” Why you should toss your jeans if th...

The 45-Year-Old Intern

April 15, 2019 07:30 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MB

Today, Anne Pillsbury works as a coach helping women in transition, but she too is a career pauser. She was a mom of 4 kids with a 16 year gap on her resume when her family needed her to return to work. It took a lot of effort, but she landed at a tech startup that she loved in a reasonably short time. How did she do it? First, she set her intention. You'll want to hear her powerful story about an index card and manifesting your destiny. Second, she networked like crazy. Third, she asked...

Facing the Unexpected

April 01, 2019 06:30 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MB

Caitlein Ryan has one of the best educational backgrounds possible to be a mother of four kids. She has a PhD in Theater with an emphasis on Education and Social Justice - and isn't drama, education, and fairness basically a summary of parenting?? Through some intentional choices, Caitlein was able to pursue a meaningful career even as she and her spouse started a family. As the family grew, Caitlein also discovered that her two oldest children had medical conditions that required signific...

Stop Apologizing for your Pause!

March 25, 2019 06:30 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MB

Lora Poepping worked in corporate HR departments for years, but considered the help she gave friends and family in finding jobs to be more a favor than a career until a friend suggested she turn it into a business. Fortunately, Lora gave it some thought and realized that starting her own business could really fill her soul. Today, she runs Plum Seattle as a successful and thriving career coaching and HR consulting business. Lora can easily relate with her clients as she’s been in their sh...

Taking the Leap from Backyard Gardener to Florist

March 18, 2019 06:30 - 48 minutes - 39.2 MB

Lori Poliski has always grown flowers in her backyard garden. Although she never charged for her services, over the years, she created beautiful wedding flower arrangements for friends and family. In this episode, she shares how she jumped at the opportunity for her first paying gig when her life was finally in the right place to pursue this dream. Although she briefly worked as a florist when she was young, Lori spent most of her early career working in journalism and high-tech marketing...

Passion + Purpose

March 11, 2019 06:30 - 50 minutes - 45.4 MB

A decade after Yasmin Ali left her high-tech career, she built a new business that brought together her work experience, her extensive education, the resiliency she learned from parenting, and a passion for a specific community. She created Skillspire, a coding academy, to provide technical training for underrepresented populations. She's passionate about getting all career pausers including stay-at-home parents, veterans, and refugees back to their full potential and showing them a clear pa...

I Am the 43%

March 04, 2019 07:30 - 23 minutes - 23.2 MB

Ever feel like you're all alone on this journey? You're not! 43% of women take a career pause. Ever wonder why returning from a career pause is so hard? This week we take a deep dive into the numbers to find out how many take a pause, how long a pause lasts, and how it impacts us, our families, and society as a whole.

Lessons from a Quitter

February 25, 2019 07:30 - 57 minutes - 44.1 MB

Goli Kalkhoran was a successful lawyer, but after several years finally admitted that the profession wasn't right for her. Although she intended to return to her career after her first maternity leave, she followed her intuition down a different path. Along the way, she started Usie Booth, a company that offers a portable photobooth for parties and events. Today, she is the mom of two young children, runs her business, and supports other professionals on the same journey. Leaving a big caree...

Fitting Kids Into Your Career: 3 Conversations You Need to Have

February 18, 2019 08:00 - 50 minutes - 44.5 MB

Dr. Angela Chien visits today to share her thoughts on the medical issues surrounding a woman's career pause. She dishes on everything from birth control to infertility to maternity leave. She also shares the 3 conversations she thinks everyone should be having before, during, and after a career pause.

I Lost My Identity

February 10, 2019 23:53 - 39 minutes - 38.8 MB

A career pause for any reason can create an identity crisis. This was especially true for Dr. Julieta Crosby, who gave up her country, her language, her family, and her culture at the same time she gave up her career working with the indigenous artisans of Mexico. When she moved to America, she lost her voice and, despite having several degrees, was forced back to community college to learn English so she could find her way in her new country. Since then, she's found a passion for education ...

How The Swing Shift Helps Women Return to Work

February 04, 2019 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MB

Co-Founder Sarah Duenwald is on a mission to help women in transition through her company The Swing Shift based in Seattle, Washington. The Swing Shift offers Career Catalyst classes, workshops, job placement, and individual consultations. In this podcast, she shares her own career pause story and dishes out her best advice for staying relevant, getting connected, and modernizing your profile.

When Your First Career No Longer Fits

January 28, 2019 08:30 - 57 minutes - 51.4 MB

Polly Ann Najarian spent 20 years as a high school math teacher and successfully managed her career even with 3 young children. She paused after a family move, but never intended for it to be permanent. Unfortunately, when she was ready to return, there weren’t any jobs. She thought she’d substitute her way back to a full-time job, but eventually found the job no longer fit her life. Listen to Polly Ann’s journey of discovering her interest in software testing, getting the necessary educatio...

Re-Ignite Your Career with Johnson & Johnson

January 21, 2019 08:00 - 42 minutes - 34.4 MB

Corporations are looking for new ways to attract talent and returnships is one of those ways. Listen to find out about Johnson & Johnson's 4 month returnship programs for qualified people who have been out of the workforce for 2+ years for a variety of reasons from family commitments to military service. For details, visit the Re-Ignite website.

It's Just Like Riding a Bicycle

January 14, 2019 09:00 - 50 minutes - 53.4 MB

Anneke Hagen returned to her exact job as an architect at Gensler, the world's largest architecture firm, 11 years after she left to raise her family. A project manager at heart, she shares how she continued to develop these skills through part-time jobs at her church and Weight Watchers, as well as how she used her network to get hired back at Gensler.