Happen To Your Career Podcast
A career change podcast for people who don’t want to settle. Stories of how high performers find meaningful work.
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Everything you’ve wished your work could be is real. It just doesn’t happen the way you think. Forget about job search. Learn how top performers find work that fits. The Happen To Your Career Podcast is stories of real people who’ve found their ideal careers.
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View all episodesJanuary 5, 2026
673: Navigating Misalignment, Burnout & a Big Career Pivot: When Your Career Path Stops Making Sense
February 3, 2025
605: The Secret to Effectively Job Searching in 2025
January 26, 2026
677: Career Change After Burnout: Trapped in a Job You’re Great At—but Don’t Want Anymore?
February 9, 2026
680: Career Burnout Happens When You Keep Climbing the Wrong Ladder: How Jackie Chose Fit Over Promotion
January 19, 2026
676: Career Change Triggers: Why Most People Wait Years Too Long to Leave a Job (And How to Break the Pattern)
January 15, 2026
675: Common Career Change Errors That Keep You Stuck (And How to Avoid Them)
December 18, 2025
670: Unlock Your Signature Strengths: The Surprising Path to a Career That Fits
February 16, 2026
681: Career Change When Your Work No Longer Matches Your Values: Glenn’s Career Reinvention
April 13, 2019
279: 6 Keys to Career Happiness
November 27, 2017
261: Designing Career Experiments and Testing New Careers
October 23, 2023
538: How To Define Your Ideal Career When Making A Career Change
April 3, 2023
509: Should I Quit My Job Without Another Lined Up?
June 26, 2023
521: How to Overcome Overthinking and Finally Change Careers
August 26, 2024
582: Finding Your Ideal Career Path: Uncovering Roles You Didn’t Know Existed
January 25, 2021
395: Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change
March 16, 2021
402: How To Stick The Landing In Your Dream Job: Linnea’s Four Title Career Leap
November 5, 2018
255: How Kristy Celebrated Small Victories on the Way to Her Dream Career
June 12, 2023
519: Leading on Empty: Navigating Burnout with Dave Stachowiak
August 26, 2024
582: Finding Your Ideal Career Path: Uncovering Roles You Didn’t Know Existed
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Best career podcast!
“Every time I listen to the podcast I learn something valuable to share with my career coaching clients. Scott and his guests provide cutting edge and real life examples to help listeners in their career development.”
A premiere resource for building career happiness!
“Whether you’re trying to figure out what you want to do, have just realized you can’t keep doing what you’re doing, or are looking for ways to improve in the job you love, you’ve come to the right place!”
Thanks for everything!
“This podcast has been tremendously influential for me this year as I’ve finally transitioned into my new career path. There’s so much insight and advice for every stage of the process- from trying to figure out what is even out there to interviewing, landing the job and negotiating pay.”
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November 13, 2017
204: How to turn a Conversation into a Mutually Beneficial Opportunity
Let me tell you about the best possible problem to have in your job search. You know exactly what you want in your next role. You know the priorities you are looking for in your future employer. You’ve developed some warm introductions and relationships with individuals who work at an organization that intrigues you. In […]
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November 6, 2017
355: Should I Quit My Job? (How to Know if it’s Ok)
Imagine this scene: you’re driving to the office, and you feel your stomach tighten up. It’s not like butterflies, it’s more like anxious nerves starting to kick into high gear. You park, hesitate for a moment in the car before walking up to the building, sigh, and wonder to yourself, “Do I really *have* to […]
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October 30, 2017
202: The 4 Keys to a Meaningful Career
I admit it: I listened to what everyone else that I “should” do for a “good” job, at least at the beginning. Want to know where that got me? Into work I dragged myself through every day for over a year in a job that had no meaning…where I ultimately got fired! It was […]
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October 23, 2017
201: Setting Boundaries in Your Career: When and How to say NO
I HAD OUTSOURCED MY SELF-ESTEEM, VALIDATION, AND SELF-WORTH AS TO WHAT I ACCOMPLISHED, DID PEOPLE APPROVE OF ME, DID I DO A GREAT JOB. MELODY WILDING Do you know anybody who’s running on the vicious hamster wheel of career dissatisfaction? It usually looks something like this: you’ve just accepted an offer for a really cool […]
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October 16, 2017
200: How Scott Barlow Changes Lives
On September 28, 2013, Scott Barlow and Mark Sieverkropp sat down at a computer, uploaded a short audio audio file, clicked Publish, and released a podcast episode online. It was 8 minutes and 28 seconds long (with intro and outro music that might be familiar to long-time listeners). It wasn’t meant to be an “official” […]
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October 9, 2017
199: Career Confidence with Maxie McCoy
Been dreaming and scheming about making that career change…but not feeling confident enough to make it happen? If so, you’re not alone. Everyone tells you that you need to have the confidence to just “go for it” and “be you”! As if it was as easy as miraculously spotting a $100 bill on the sidewalk […]
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