The Transit Lounge
147 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -The Transit Lounge hosted by Shandra shares ideas and inspiration for women wanting to make a career change to start their own business after the age of 40. Shandra will share stories, interviews and practical tips to show that it's truly possible to create a successful and profitable business earning you great money, doing what you love, without burning out...
This podcast is for women who want to go from employee to being their own boss...
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Career Change After 40 - From Fashion to Plant based business owner with Fiona Anchal
December 27, 2020 20:31 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBStarting a solo business after a career can be both exciting and daunting... After 17 years in retail, corporate roles and a marketing degree, Fiona Anchal is now following her passion for plant based eating and turning it into a growing solo business. In this interview podcast episode Fiona shares with Shandra: How she's transitioning from a 'job' to her business Her earlier attempts to follow her passion that didn't last How her husband - and business partner reacted to her new idea ...
Career Change after 40 - From Govt Job to Absorbable Underwear
December 20, 2020 20:20 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBFeeling like a cog in a wheel was a catalyst for career change... After 20 years in local government policy and strategy, Tamsin Somerville felt like a cog in a wheel, and an overnight camping trip sparked the beginning of a whole new career chapter... She is now the CEO and Founder of Vivo Bodywear - a soon to be released range of absorbable underwear. In this podcast interview episode Tamsin shares with Shandra How she went from 'relatively happy' to inspired with a new business idea ...
Career Change After 40 - From Redundancy to Founder with Frances Pratt
December 13, 2020 20:28 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBCan you imagine having a successful role, with equity in a business and then making yourself redundant, after the age of 40? Frances Pratt has spent 24 years 'selling' - mostly for others, now she does it for herself. The business she has created - Metisan - leverages all her experience and helps businesses set up their Sales systems and teams to be curious and customer centric. In this podcast interview episode Fran shares with Shandra: Why she got sick of setting up successful sales sys...
Grow Your Solo Business - 2021 Vision and Planning
December 06, 2020 20:22 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBCreate your Vision and plan for 2021 Having a business idea - even a really good one, doesn't make it happen - you need a vision and a plan... The end of the year is a great time to start to refine or create a compelling vision of what you want your business to become and how you're going to make it happen. In this podcast episode Shandra shares: When is the best time to do planning The impact of a plan The 5 parts to a good plan The first step you can take today to make a start - eve...
Career Change After 40 - From Photographer to Women's Leadership with Emma Rhoades
November 29, 2020 20:49 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBA career - with all it's changes can be a bit of a cocktail... It certainly has been for Emma Rhoades... With the average time in a role reducing and an increase in the number of women starting businesses the traditional' road is no longer as common, and Emma's road has been anything but 'traditional'. Her career path has been a mix of business ownership, corporate roles, into project consulting, side gigging and online business creation. In this podcast interview episode Emma shares wit...
Career Change After 40 - From Project Manager to Podcast Producer
November 22, 2020 20:30 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBSometimes the path to a career change to start your own business after 40 is not a straight line... After a decade as an IT Project Manager and a few meandering streams Mel de Gioia has landed on a business that she thinks was destined to happen and Covid just accelerated the timeline... In her 30's she loved her career and would never have even considered starting her own business, but with hindsight can see how many of her eclectic experiences now contribute to how she has set up and run...
Career Change After 40 - From Office Chick to Laughter Clubs
November 15, 2020 20:10 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBSaying yes to a friend could be the catalyst for a whole new career direction... After more than a decade as a self described 'office chick' Bron Roberts started Australia's first Laughter Yoga class... and hasn't looked back since! In this interview episode Bron shares with Shandra: What she used to do too often at the end of her work day The bizarre phone call that set her up for business The challenges she has faced moving in to working for herself Pricing mistakes she made and how...
Career Change After 40 - From School Teacher to Multi-million dollar business Owner
November 08, 2020 20:09 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBNot many people make a career change from a 'cushy' govt job to a million dollar business... Karen Geloven made that leap by redirecting her passion for teaching and has turned it into a multimillion dollar tutoring business focused on providing support for kids needing more help with maths and english. A driven and genuine life long learner, Karen is a fantastic example of what's possible... her story shows what can happen when you combine passion with a solid work ethic to create a busin...
Business Foundations - Starting a Solo Business for success
November 01, 2020 20:34 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBStarting a business takes good foundation steps. In the excitement of having a new business idea and wanting to start something of your own, it's easy to get swept up and want to jump to the 'fun bits'... But... before you get to the fun bits, it's really important to cover off the basics and set up a solid foundation - especially after having had a successful career... In this podcast episode Shandra shares: Something she's excited about this weekend Why starting with the business basi...
Starting a Solo Business for success
November 01, 2020 20:34 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBStarting a business takes good foundation steps. In the excitement of having a new business idea and wanting to start something of your own, it's easy to get swept up and want to jump to the 'fun bits'... But... before you get to the fun bits, it's really important to cover off the basics and set up a solid foundation - especially after having had a successful career... In this podcast episode Shandra shares: Something she's excited about this weekend Why starting with the business basi...
Career Change After 40 - Gaia Founder to Mumpreneur Coach with Michelle Vogrinec
October 25, 2020 20:18 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBWhat do you do for a career change in your 40's after creating a well loved Australian baby brand? Michelle Vogrinec spent 17 years building up Gaia natural baby skin products and sold the business a year ago. After bringing that business and brand to life she is now sharing her years of experience with other mums in business. In this podcast interview episode, Michelle shares with Shandra: How the first ideas and Gaia products came about The insights that only came after she had sold t...
Career Change After 40 - From Financial Planner to Personal Financial Coach with Jane Walters
October 18, 2020 20:55 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBIs making a career change within the same industry still considered a career change? When you've been employed in an industry for your whole career and then make the move to work for yourself the answer is yes...! For Jane Walters, after a 'lifetime' in one industry she made the change to start her own business channeling her years of experience in various finance roles along with her passion for personal development. In this podcast interview Jane shares with Shandra: A quote she loves ...
Career Change After 40 - From Early Childhood Teacher to Beauty Therapist with Deb Peters
October 11, 2020 20:27 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBHow do you make a career change after 28 years in an industry with 5 kids?!? After almost 3 decades in early childhood teaching Deb Peters decided it was time to make a change.... She kept it a secret until she'd really made up her mind to revisit a 'side gig' in the Beauty industry that she'd had many years earlier and make it her full time focus. In this podcast interview she shares: The 'plan' she had but didn't follow The plan she didn't have and how that impacted her How others re...
How to get clients for your new business
October 04, 2020 20:16 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBAnyone starting a new business needs to think about how to get clients... And the answer to that question is Marketing. You don't want to be the best kept secret in your industry - not if you want to create a growing sustainable and profitable business that creates and supports the sort of lifestyle you want to enjoy. All this month and in this podcast episode Shandra is sharing insights into how to use Marketing to grow your new business. In this episode she shares: A random current ob...
Career Change After 40 - From side gig to Art therapist with Bel Ryan
September 27, 2020 21:35 - 42 minutes - 39 MBBel Ryan had a side gig she describes as beautifully agonising... and it led to a significant career change later in life. She had loved her work as a Therapist, but after a significant event triggered spin off repercussions, she made the decision to leave and work for herself. In this podcast interview Bel shares with Shandra: How saving a person's life impacted her personally and professionally What drove her desire to start her own business the challenges she faced in the early days ...
Career Change After 40 - From Radio to Brand Partnerships with Tanya Simpson
September 20, 2020 20:23 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBImagine having spent about 50% of your life working in one industry before a restructure prompted a career change .. Tanya Simpson had worked in various promotions and marketing roles in radio for over 20 years... The restructure of her department opened the space for her to consider starting her own business about 15 months ago... In this podcast interview Tanya shares invaluable tips including: The fears and benefits of starting a business in the same industry she'd worked in How peop...
Career Change After 40 - From Stationary Queen to Home Renovations
September 13, 2020 21:53 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBIt takes a special kind of person to make a complete career change after more than 25 years in one industry... Adding to that being over 40, without another job to go to and that takes things to a whole other level! Siobhan Tagell fell into a job in the office products industry and quickly rose the ranks to become a General Manager and was highly respected in her role. Long hours and health challenges led her to pull the pin on that career path and opened up to a new opportunity to start ...
Career Change After 40 - From Stationery Queen to Home Renovations
September 13, 2020 21:53 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBIt takes a special kind of person to make a complete career change after more than 25 years in one industry... Adding to that being over 40, without another job to go to and that takes things to a whole other level! Siobhan Tagell fell into a job in the office products industry and quickly rose the ranks to become a General Manager and was highly respected in her role. Long hours and health challenges led her to pull the pin on that career path and opened up to a new opportunity to start ...
Start and grow your business with Project Planning
September 06, 2020 21:39 - 22 minutes - 21 MBGrowing a business takes planning... You can't just have an idea for a business and jump into it without a plan, or without know what to work on when... That's where bringing a project planning approach comes into play... and the good thing is that project management is a really common transferable skill - so if you've had a successful career you more than likely have some great project experience you can leverage in your business... In this episode Shandra shares: Why bringing a project...
Career Change After 40 - From Project Manager to Resume Writer...
August 30, 2020 21:47 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBMaking a career change from a high powered job to working for yourself takes a decent dose of self belief. Wendy Alexander took that leap after more than 20 years working as a Project Manger and consultant for some of Australia's biggest companies. For her, the idea had been bubbling away for some time and it took a few personal events to give her the final push she needed to make her move to work for herself instead of for others. in this podcast interview episode, Wendy shares: The rea...
Career Change After 40 - A Real Estate Reinvention with Natalie Grant
August 23, 2020 21:40 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBNatalie Grant had worked in Real Estate for over 20 years. She'd been through all aspects of real estate - the good, the bad and unfortunately the ugly too... After one too many moments of disillusionment with an industry that was less than positive, Natalie made the decision to walk away... She told herself she'd never work in the industry again.... until she realised it wasn't the industry she didn't like, it was the environment and way of working... so she reinvented her approach to re...
Career Change after 40 - from reporter to online course creator
August 16, 2020 21:35 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBMaking a career change to create your own business is becoming increasingly common. But how do you make the leap from being a 'Lois Lane' reporter to having a successful editing business and creating an online course to make your business scaleable, whilst having several books published along the way??? That's exactly what Stacy Juba from Shortcuts for Writers has done. In this interview episode, Stacy shares with Shandra: The various 'writing' jobs she has done How she came up with the...
Career Change After 40 - from engineering to Conversion Copywriter with Patti Haus
August 09, 2020 21:45 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBMaking a career change after 40 to do something you love is tempting, and risky... and it can be incredibly rewarding! Patti Haus went from working with an Engineering regulator to becoming a conversion copywriter - with a few other creative stops along the way... In this interview podcast episode Patti shares with Shandra: What golf had to do with starting her business What her dream was and wasn't Advantages and disadvantages of starting a business after 40 The reality of money mind...
Two Money Making Activities for women in business
August 01, 2020 02:27 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBDo you ever get to the end of a day and think that you didn't really do the things you meant to do for the day? Or that you were 'busy' but the stuff you were doing wasn't really going to make a big impact on growing your business? After a few conversations with women in new businesses spending too much time on the wrong things at the wrong time this episode gives you some practical ways to snap out of that. In this episode Shandra shares: The tasks that can swallow your time 2 practica...
Career Change After 40 - From Digital Marketing to Sustainable Business Supporter
July 26, 2020 21:56 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBMany people dream of making a career change to do something they are truly passionate about... but not many actually do it... Yvonne Pfliger has spent most of her career in various Digital marketing roles working within agencies, and despite being great at what she does, she has also had a life long passion for sustainability. This passion didn't always align with the type of projects and products the agencies worked with so she fulfilled her interest in sustainability outside of her work ...
Career Change After 40 - From TV Producer to Baby Maker with Hayley Hendrix
July 19, 2020 21:36 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBWhen living the LA lifestyle didn't quite live up to the dream Hayley Hendrix had to make a big career change... She had found herself at a major crossroad that made her realise she had been living what she calls 'a big fat lie'... So she packed up, went back to Perth and reassessed what was really important to her...and discovered that the work she really wanted to do more than anything else, was to be a mother. In this interview episode Hayley shares: The impact of realising she had to...
Career Change After 40 - From Beauty Salons to Multi Passionate Entrepreneur
July 12, 2020 21:33 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBCan you imagine creating a super successful international career and then walking away from it to start over again? And doing that after the age of 40? Jai Harvey Yin is one of those people who has an infectious positive energy about them who built up a really successful career and business and then through a range of challenges and life changes closed the business to reinvent herself. Now she describes herself as a 'multi passionate entrepreneur' doing work as a reiki healer, consulting, ...
The Top 4 Challenges faced by women starting a business after 40
July 05, 2020 21:31 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBAfter more than 20 interviews with women who left successful careers to start their own business some common themes have emerged.... This podcast episode shares 4 of them as well as some tips and insights on how to avoid or manage these challenges if they come up for you... The 4 common challenges are: Mindset - how you think about yourself and your business Isolation working for yourself and from home Finding support form other women in business and.... Money issues - the financial si...
Career Change after 40 - from 35 years in Admin to End of Life Organiser
June 28, 2020 21:37 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBHave you ever thought about making a career change, and not quite known what to do, or when to do it and so just let the idea slip by? For Cheryl Tomlinson she was getting towards the second half of life and had thought about what she might like to do for the next phase of her work life, but didn't have a clear answer of what she'd like to do or when to do it... and then, the choice was taken out of her hands with an unexpected and unpleasant retrenchment. She now regards that as a blessin...
Career Change After 40 - From Accidental Accountant to Stylist
June 21, 2020 21:15 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBA career change from being an Accountant for 19 years to now being a personal stylist doesn't exactly seem like a natural progression... But for Carol Hanson her love for fashion had always been there it just took a while and a few other experiments and experiences to get to it. In this podcast interview Carol shares: How she accidentally fell into accounting Buying her first business and the lessons she learnt Insights from her first business that helped her identify what she really wa...
Career Change After 40 - From International EA to Public Speaking Coach
June 14, 2020 21:22 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBWhat if.... having a lot of great experience, sparkling personality and an easygoing nature actually worked AGAINST you when you were trying to make a career change after the age of 40? For Samantha Richards that was exactly what she found... she had over a decade of experience in high level EA roles with experience in everything from running office administration and events, to supporting in Nigerian fraud claims and yet, when she wanted to get a new role she repeatedly got shortlisted onl...
Career Change After 40 - From the US Army to Mental Health Advocate...
June 07, 2020 22:28 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBWhat does making a career change after 17 years in the US Army look like? Well Annette Whittenberger did exactly that... after getting into the army and following a career growth path for 17 years, she missed out on a promotion and made the decision to leave the Army. That decision opened up a range of challenges as she worked on reintegrating into civilian life, including depression and needing to rediscover who she was as a person - seperate to her previous role in the military. She had...
Money Tips for Women in Business
May 31, 2020 21:36 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBMoney is a critical piece of the puzzle to starting and growing a successful business. There's no escaping it. And it's something we're not often taught about in a meaningful and constructive way as a kid - so, as an adult, we have to go out explore and learn about it ourselves, especially if you want to have a profitable business of your own. After many conversations about money with clients recently this episode is designed to add to your education and exploration of you and money... In...
Career Change After 40 - From Government to Survivorship Coach with Michelle Irving
May 24, 2020 20:55 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBSometimes you might want to make a career change because you get to a stage where you want a different lifestyle, or you want to bring an idea for your own business to life, but unfortunately sometimes it happens because of significant health concerns... That was the case for Michelle Irving... after 20 years in various senior roles in Government departments, a serious health issue led to a major redirection in her work life. Now, Michelle is a Survivorship Coach - one of the first in Aust...
Career Change After 40 - from Radio to selling on Amazon with Nat Dwyer
May 17, 2020 21:08 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBHave you ever dreamt of creating a business that let you have the lifestyle you want, where you could travel whenever you wanted to and work from anywhere??? Yes - we want that too! Making a career change to set up a 'geo-flexible' business is something a lot of people have dreamt about, but not as many actually do something about it.. Nat Dwyer was a self confessed serial Radio employee, working in various roles at various stations over many years, but something inside her called for her...
Career Change After 40 - from Financial Planner to Social Media with Savvy Sally
May 10, 2020 21:31 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBSavvy Sally has had an interesting professional life made up of unusual 'accidental' job opportunities. Not shy of hard work, studying - after finishing her law degree, Sally did an additional 8 years of training to qualify and operate as a financial planner, then did another 'about face' to work for herself as a social media manager and marketer for small businesses. In this podcast interview Sally shares: the clues that were always there about what she was 'meant' to be doing for work ...
How to overcome fears in starting your own business...
May 03, 2020 21:02 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBWhen you're going to leave a successful career to start your own business there's a lot of unknowns... There's fears around financials, technology, marketing, sales - you name it - if you haven't done it before [and sometimes even if you have!] it's natural to have fear and uncertainty. But - it doesn't have to stop you from getting started, or from having a go. In this episode, Shandra shares: A client story that prompted this topic Examples of how fears have played out in her transiti...
Career Change After 40 - From FMCG to Body Love with Emma Polette
April 26, 2020 20:50 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBThe career change after 40 interview series keeps uncovering great, 'ordinary' women who left successful careers to work for themselves... After 'falling' into a career in FMCG Emma Polette found herself managing multi-million dollar budgets, with a National role she was good at, but didn't love, in a boys club industry... Then some health issues kicked in [as seem to often be the case with high achieving women], leading her to consider doing something else and now she is ... How she fou...
Career Change After 40 Interview - from 24 years with Suncorp to Transformational Coach with Nichol Stark
April 19, 2020 21:16 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBImagine making a career change in your 40's after 24 years with the same company... Making a career change after years in an industry is hard, making the change after 40 is even harder and leaving a company you have literally 'grown up with' is in a league of its own. Nichol Stark had a very successful career with Suncorp, going through a range of roles as she gained experience and went through different stages of life. She was earning big bucks and had a lot of great friends at work, but ...
Career Change after 40 - From Finance to Soul Connector with Bianca de Reus
April 12, 2020 21:39 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBIn this interview series with women who've made a career change to work for themselves after the age of 40, there have been a range of reasons why they decided to make the change... The series of events that led Bianca de Reus to make the change is possibly the most unique one that has been shared in the series so far. It includes a story about an unusual interaction with a snake that some might find difficult to believe... Bianca had worked in various roles in Finance before exploring a r...
Managing your Mindset during times of change...
April 05, 2020 22:58 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBWhen the world suddenly becomes a very different place and so many things seem out of your control the one thing you can do is try to manage your mindset... How you respond in times of what feels like almost constant change is largely influenced by your mindset which is the combination of your thoughts, assumptions and beliefs about a thing or a situation. Mindset is a big part of what influences some people to fight over paper products in supermarkets, and others to donate their time and ...
Career Change after 40 Interview - from HR Exec to Social Media with Donna Marks
March 29, 2020 20:05 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBNot every career change to start your own business stays in the same 'lane way' of work or industry that you've done before... sometimes it's down a very different road! Donna Marks was a successful HR Exec, she loved her job and was used to working long hours and managing all the stress that comes with a senior role... but after having kids she felt she changed as a person and wanted to still love her career, but also be more present for her kids. In this podcast episode Donna shares: th...
Career Change After 40 interview - from FMCG to Photography
March 22, 2020 20:06 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBCan you imagine a holiday turning into your next career change? A lot of people love the idea of making a career change turning something they really enjoy into what they do for work. Susan Brunialti had a busy role as a Business Account manager in FMCG, but got to a point - like many others do - where she knew she needed to make a change. Making a decision to make a career change after 40, to leave a successful role, is a big decision at anytime, but for Susan, just two weeks after makin...
Career Change after 40 interview - from Sales Rep to Scientific Hand Analyst
March 15, 2020 19:55 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBWhen you have a 'successful' career, making a significant career change after 40 takes courage - and - often it needs a trigger of some sort. Why else would you leave the comfort and certainty of what you already know? For Rachael Huntly the trigger was having her 4th child and feeling like she just couldn't go back and keep doing what she had been doing... her role wasn't bad, and she loved her clients, BUT it wasn't satisfying her on a deeper level... So she didn't go back to her job an...
5 Money lessons after 5 years working for myself
March 08, 2020 19:45 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBWhen you want to leave a successful career to start your own business one of the first hurdles you will face is the question of money... How will you earn enough? How long will it take to earn what you're used to earning? What happens if you don't? What will that mean? How will you pay your bills??? Then pretty quickly, with all that inner negative nancy chatter going on in your head, you just drop into the 'that's all too hard and scary/risky basket' so you park the idea and just go b...
Career Change After 40 - on the way from a corporate job to a crochet business...
March 01, 2020 20:16 - 55 minutes - 51 MBIt sounds a bit unusual, I know.... But, Seona Roberts has a busy full time job with a medical company - and - has started a business based on sharing her passion for crochet... In this podcast interview Seona shares insights into how she 'stumbled' into this new business and: How she finds the time between a senior and demanding full time job to build a business on the side How an MBA prompted her to consider a business of her own The approach she has taken to simplify the business whi...
Career Change after 40 Interview - From Accountant to Bookkeeping Coach, with Shauna Thomson
February 16, 2020 20:28 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBMaking a career change to work for yourself after 20 years in an industry is a big leap to make... That's exactly what Shauna Thomson did... She was a single parent [by choice], in her early 40's, in an organisation that valued youth and encouraged a negative competitive culture... The impact of being in that environment took it's toll and along with significant events in her personal life, Shauna made the decision to leave and to work for herself. In this honest and open conversation ...
Career Change After 40 - from Software GM to Health Industry with Peta Gillian
February 09, 2020 20:37 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBAfter a successful career getting to a General Manager role in a Software company lost it's appeal, and health issues started appearing, Peta Gillian - then in her early 40's - resigned to start a work life in the health industry as the owner of 'Strong Healthy Women'.... In this podcast interview Peta shares: the exact moment she knew she needed to resign and why she did it how she melded personal experience and passions into her business direction the plans she didn't have that she wis...
Managing the Inner and Outer Game of Working for Yourself...
February 02, 2020 19:55 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBIf you are going to make the change to working for yourself, you can't just focus on the outer game... It can be tempting to just get caught up with the "busy busy" to do list of actions and ticking things off your list, but the reality is that this is a trap! The bigger and more influential game is managing your inner game... This episode was inspired buy conversations with a few clients this week and the Australian Open being on…. Tennis is such a great analogy for business and life be...
Career Change after 40 - From EA to Advocate with Michelle Bowditch
January 26, 2020 20:21 - 46 minutes - 43 MBWhen you've been doing your job for a long time and you're good at it and then... 'something happens' that means you can't keep doing that job anymore, it can be very, very unsettling... and making a significant career change after 40 can be even more scary. You've been in a comfort zone of familiar territory and feeling confident in your ability to just know what needs to be done and feeling able to get those things done... and when that is no longer there many people struggle to get clari...