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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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: How to Uncover 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: How to Uncover 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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- Career & Life Design
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- Finding Your Ideal Career
- Happiness
- I want to become a Career Coach
- Negotiation & Money
- Promotion & Advancement
- Raise Your Income
- Relationships
- Remote Work
- Resume & CV
- Self Development
- Signature Strengths
- Start a Business
- Success
March 13, 2017
169: Rewiring Your Mindset for Success with Regan Hillyer
GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO DREAM. GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT. Question: What is your definition of success? Is it the size of your paycheck? Enjoying what you do? Is it the impact you make in other people’s lives? Maybe it is having the freedom to start and leave work whenever you […]
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March 6, 2017
168: Careers: How to Do It Differently with Scott Barlow
WHAT’S YOUR IDEAL CAREER PROFILE? So many of us start our careers thinking that these fancy job titles sound amazing. But, more often than not, we don’t stop to think if these jobs actually fit who we are as people or the lifestyle we truly want to live out. Finding that ideal role at the […]
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February 27, 2017
167: From Engineer to Career Coach: Start Collecting Your Data Points
ALL OF THE DATA COLLECTED THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER TRANSFERS. We get sent A LOT of questions about how we get from having a job- that we either hate or one that no longer meets our career ambitions, to landing a job or getting on the “right” career path that will make us happier in our […]
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February 20, 2017
166: Building on Business with Ace Chapman
It’s really easy to get caught up in the corporate trap. Some folks may feel stuck during that process of climbing the corporate ladder, before they realize that they are built to be more of an entrepreneur than someone that is trying to make it in the corporate world. Many entrepreneurs (actually even those that don’t […]
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February 13, 2017
165: Building A Business with Olivia Gamber – Revisited!
Have you ever thought about building a business, but don’t know where to begin because you don’t have the time between your full-time job and your other personal obligations, like spending time with your family? Today, we revisit a past episode that features a former client and now great friend of HTYC, Olivia Gamber. Olivia […]
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February 6, 2017
164: Working Abroad with Scott and Alyssa Barlow
There are so many people that dream of working and living abroad. And if it’s not the dream of living and working abroad, it’s the dream of having the freedom to do such a thing. It’s an unconventional life, but when has HTYC ever been about following the unspoken “norm” of society? Here at HTYC, we […]
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