The Pivot Podcast

In this week's episode, Amanda discusses the dangers of Motivation 2.0 (a popular educational pedagogy) and why having a goal that is forever just out of reach is detrimental to one's mental, emotional, and even physical health. She also discusses why it's so incredibly important to trust the plans and goals that you have for yourself, even when they do go right. Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your affordable and personalized career services center that provides, resume, federal resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and curriculum vitae support as well as career coaching and templates. To connect with DeviCore and their services, click here Thank you to Anchor for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Anchor is our preferred podcasting platform and they make it so easy and accessible for any to create and distribute a podcast without costly equipment or a lot of convoluted language and steps. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here and here If you've listened to the podcast and have enjoyed it, please consider leaving a rating or review on your preferred podcast application; it helps us market the podcast greatly! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's episode, Amanda discusses why it's so important to have a plan when you're trying to start working for yourself, leave one job in favor of another, start a business, or make any change in one's professional or personal life. However, she also discusses why it's equally as important to make sure that your plan has an ending, and that you don't keep adding conditions to it. There's no such thing as the “perfect” time to do something, but there's way to make it almost perfect. She also discusses why it is important to be prepared to start what you want to do (that new job, working for yourself, starting a business), but it's also important to start faster than you might think and then adjust as you go, and adjust as you grow. Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your affordable and personalized career services center that provides, resume, federal resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and curriculum vitae support as well as career coaching and templates. To connect with DeviCore and their services, click here Thank you to Anchor for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Anchor is our preferred podcasting platform and they make it so easy and accessible for any to create and distribute a podcast without costly equipment or a lot of convoluted language and steps. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here and here If you've listened to the podcast and have enjoyed it, please consider leaving a rating or review on your preferred podcast application; it helps us market the podcast greatly! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In light of the leaked documents that the United States Supreme Court is potentially overturning Roe v. Wade, Amanda is discussing why access to safe, legal abortions is incredibly important. In the episode she goes in quite a few directions, but this just shows how the decision to legalize or criminalize abortion is not black and white (even though many people want it to be and make it out to be). This is a medical decision (and sometimes lifesaving decision) that should be between a physician and the birthing person. This episode is still monetized so that all funds generated from this episode can be donated to Planned Parenthood. For a list of Abortion Funds by state that are accepting donations and links to donate, click here To donate to Planned Parenthood, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's episode, Amanda provides her listeners with three pieces of advice to integrate into their lives before and as they are making changes and choosing to go all-in on specific goals. These are three things that Amanda wishes that she did when she was transitioning from teaching high school to being a full time resume writer and working for herself, and she believes that these things can exponentially improve your longevity and staying power in what you do and aspire to do. Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your affordable and personalized career services center that provides, resume, federal resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and curriculum vitae support as well as career coaching and templates. To connect with DeviCore and their services, click here Thank you to Anchor for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Anchor is our preferred podcasting platform and they make it so easy and accessible for any to create and distribute a podcast without costly equipment or a lot of convoluted language and steps. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here and here If you've listened to the podcast and have enjoyed it, please consider leaving a rating or review on your preferred podcast application; it helps us market the podcast greatly! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's episode, Amanda discusses how this phrase changed her perspective regarding the decisions we make and how we process what goes on in our daily lives, big and small. She also gives you feedback on why this phrase is such an important way to live your life and how it can provide you with power and agency during times where it can be lacking (and isn't that all of the time anymore?) Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your affordable and personalized career services center that provides, resume, federal resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and curriculum vitae support as well as career coaching and templates. To connect with DeviCore and their services, click here Thank you to Anchor for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Anchor is our preferred podcasting platform and they make it so easy and accessible for any to create and distribute a podcast without costly equipment or a lot of convoluted language and steps. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here and here If you've listened to the podcast and have enjoyed it, please consider leaving a rating or review on your preferred podcast application; it helps us market the podcast greatly! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This is the time of year where teachers are being asked whether or not they plan to renew their contracts for the next school year, and this always comes at a tumultuous time with spring fever, proms, graduations, and standardized tests bombarding both teachers and students. This year, it's even more tumultuous as more and more teachers are leaving the profession, and leaving at record rates. This week, I am re-publishing my very first episode that talks about why and how I left teaching. Even if you are not a teacher, this episode has tangible takeaways and step-by-step information that you can follow if you are looking to make a change professionally and even personally. Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your affordable and personalized career services center that provides, resume, federal resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and curriculum vitae support as well as career coaching and templates. To connect with DeviCore and their services, click here Thank you to Anchor for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Anchor is our preferred podcasting platform and they make it so easy and accessible for any to create and distribute a podcast without costly equipment or a lot of convoluted language and steps. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here and here If you've listened to the podcast and have enjoyed it, please consider leaving a rating or review on your preferred podcast application; it helps us market the podcast greatly! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's episode, Amanda discusses why we've been conditioned to ignore the fact that as humans, we have a lot of different, diverse interests and these interests will grow, change, and transform, and they will sometimes do this at the same time. She talks about how prior generations were forced to not lean into their multi-faceted desires and interests or any changes that took place within them, and how that's conditioned us to believe that as well. She works to break this cycle of monotony and includes how this can be pivotal in obtaining your BHAG (big, hairy, audacious goal). Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your affordable and personalized career services center that provides, resume, federal resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and curriculum vitae support as well as career coaching and templates. To connect with DeviCore and their services, click here Thank you to Anchor for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Anchor is our preferred podcasting platform and they make it so easy and accessible for any to create and distribute a podcast without costly equipment or a lot of convoluted language and steps. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here and here If you've listened to the podcast and have enjoyed it, please consider leaving a rating or review on your preferred podcast application; it helps us market the podcast greatly! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's episode, Amanda discusses how society has evolved to a point where picking a "box" (a job, an interest, etc.) and having that forever works; we're not always meant to be doing what at 50 what we chose at 18, and this is a pattern that millennials (including elder millennials) and Gen Z will be breaking (and it won't always be easy). Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your affordable and personalized career services center that provides, resume, federal resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and curriculum vitae support as well as career coaching and templates. To connect with DeviCore and their services, click here Thank you to Anchor for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Anchor is our preferred podcasting platform and they make it so easy and accessible for any to create and distribute a podcast without costly equipment or a lot of convoluted language and steps. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here and here If you've listened to the podcast and have enjoyed it, please consider leaving a rating or review on your preferred podcast application; it helps us market the podcast greatly! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's episode, Amanda discusses how detrimental it can be to constantly be in positions where we receive so much feedback (whether correct or incorrect) instantaneously and how the cliche boundaries of "just delete this app off of your phone!" or "just don't let it get to you and don't check your email!" are BS. They might've worked in 2010, but they are NOT feasible in 2022. Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your affordable and personalized career services center that provides, resume, federal resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and curriculum vitae support as well as career coaching and templates. To connect with DeviCore and their services, click here Thank you to Anchor for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Anchor is our preferred podcasting platform and they make it so easy and accessible for any to create and distribute a podcast without costly equipment or a lot of convoluted language and steps. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here and here If you've listened to the podcast and have enjoyed it, please consider leaving a rating or review on your preferred podcast application; it helps us market the podcast greatly! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

AKA a universe-shaped hole, AKA a void that is present in the human heart. In this week's episode, Amanda discusses the meaning of a "God-Shaped" hole, how hearing this phrase for the first time on a run listening to Mayiam Bialik's podcast Mayiam Bialik's Breakdown provided her with clarity and perspective that she hadn't had in years, and what the implications are if we let this void present in our hearts become all-consuming (especially if we're using work to attempt to fill it). It's incredibly important to acknowledge and use coping skills as coping skills rather than thinking that they are the end-all, be-all that will solve out issues, and Amanda hopes that this episode can help others do just that.  Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your affordable and personalized career services center that provides, resume, federal resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and curriculum vitae support as well as career coaching and templates. To connect with DeviCore, click here Thank you to Anchor for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Anchor is our preferred podcasting platform and they make it so easy and accessible for any to create and distribute a podcast without costly equipment or a lot of convoluted language and steps. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here and here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's episode, Amanda discusses burnout, everyone's favorite feeling and how the way we think about and experience burnout now has significantly changed over the past two years (and even two weeks). She discusses how to combat burnout no matter your personality through the 3/7 rule (her take on the 4/7 rule) and how it's applicable to you no matter your personality or life experiences. Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your affordable and personalized career services center that provides, resume, federal resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and curriculum vitae support as well as career coaching and templates. To connect with DeviCore, click here Thank you to Anchor for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Anchor is our preferred podcasting platform and they make it so easy and accessible for any to create and distribute a podcast without costly equipment or a lot of convoluted language and steps. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here and here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It's so cliche but it's so true; in this week's episode, Amanda talks about how it's so important (and honestly now more than ever) to remember why your goals are your goals, especially after you've achieved them. It's so easy to sink back into our old habits of going through the motions when we made significant changes because we didn't want to do that. Today, you'll hear about how and why Amanda is going through the motions rather than living in balance (to help you reflect if you are too) and how to help get out of this headspace if you're in it. Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your affordable and personalized career services center that provides, resume, federal resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and curriculum vitae support as well as career coaching and templates. To connect with DeviCore, click here Thank you to Anchor for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Anchor is our preferred podcasting platform and they make it so easy and accessible for any to create and distribute a podcast without costly equipment or a lot of convoluted language and steps. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's episode, Amanda discusses how so often we're the one holding ourselves back from where we want to be because of the preconceived notions we have about ourselves or what we thought things would be like, whether that's a job, a relationship, a routine that we have, or how we think of and speak to ourselves. Amanda is in the throws of trying to figure out how to balance holding and letting go herself, and hopes that by talking about it everyone realizes that they're not alone in feeling this way. Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your affordable and personalized career services center that provides, resume, federal resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and curriculum vitae support as well as career coaching and templates. To connect with DeviCore, click here Thank you to Anchor for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Anchor is our preferred podcasting platform and they make it so easy and accessible for any to create and distribute a podcast without costly equipment or a lot of convoluted language and steps. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, Amanda discusses how only have one form of income is no longer realistic or sustainable in contemporary society and what you can today to start building other revenue streams (active and passive). She gives you tangible, realistic tips and tricks as well as ways to ensure that you are closer to sustainable, financial comfort than you previously were. Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your affordable and personalized career services center that provides, resume, federal resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and curriculum vitae support as well as career coaching and templates. To connect with DeviCore, click here Thank you to Anchor for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Anchor is our preferred podcasting platform and they make it so easy and accessible for any to create and distribute a podcast without costly equipment or a lot of convoluted language and steps. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's episode, Amanda gives you some tools and perspective regarding these high and low emotional moments when we're in a place of change in our lives (no matter what that change is). Knowing that this is normal is key to making sure that you make the right decision for you and also that the decision you make isn't rooted just in one emotional moment. You'll have these high high's and low low's no matter what your life path is, so why not make the pivot/that transition you've been thinking about making? It might seem like you'll have less control if you choose to create your own path or do things different than what most people are doing, but you'll actually have more control than you did before. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here Thank you so much for Anchor for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast and for being our podcasting platform. Anchor truly makes it so easy to create and distribute your podcast across all platforms without having to pay a lot of money for software or equipment. Thank you so much to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your one-stop shop for all things career services. From cover letters, to LinkedIn makeovers, to resume makeovers (including federal resumes!) DeviCore provides you with all of that and so much more. To connect with DeviCore, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this episode of The Pivot Podcast, Amanda is joined by Gabby Ianniello who is the host of The Corporate Quitter podcast, the leader of the Corporate Quitter community, a business that allows like minded individuals to connect where Gabby also offers services to those looking to start a podcast, a business, an online brand, and ultimately leave their 9-5. Gabby and Amanda discuss her journey from graduating college with a teaching degree to job hopping throughout her twenties. They talk about the nuances of societal norms, education, and why having a brand, business, side hustle, and ultimately multiple forms of income in the 21st century is necessary. They also talk about how WebX and social media make this much more accessible than it used to be, and the importance of going after what you want. To connect with Gabby on Instagram, click here To connect with Gabby on TikTok, click here To work with Gabby and check out her business, click here To listen to Gabby's podcast on Spotify, click here & on Apple, click here o connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here Thank you so much for Anchor for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast and for being our podcasting platform. Anchor truly makes it so easy to create and distribute your podcast across all platforms without having to pay a lot of money for software or equipment. Thank you so much to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your one-stop shop for all things career services. From cover letters, to LinkedIn makeovers, to resume makeovers (including federal resumes!) DeviCore provides you with all of that and so much more. To connect with DeviCore, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, Amanda discusses passive multi-tasking and how you can incorporate it into your day-to-day life. Whether you are trying to make your side hustle your main hustle, work multiple jobs while keeping your sanity, or like where you're at and you're trying to find a little more time for you each day, Amanda shares her experience utilizing passive multi-tasking when she was a high school teacher and how you can too no matter what your goals are or what you do day to day because time really is the most valuable resource that we have, and having a little more of it isn't a bad thing. To connect with the podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode and for being the premier career services center for anyone at any age. DeviCore provides interviewing and career coaching services as well as resume cover letter, curriculum vitae, and LinkedIn creation and re-writes at an affordable price, done by certified professionals with almost 10 years of experience in the industry. They also offer low-cost, ATS friendly templates for you as well if you know what you want to convey but just don't know how to format it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, Amanda discusses how generational expectations and trauma can affect our abilities to determine what we truly want, so often we do things because it appears the way that it "should" on the outside even if there is inner turmoil. She discusses how prior generations perpetuated this narrative of appearances being more important than realty, how technology is actually helping this, and what you can do to ensure that you're not doing certain things and living life in a certain way because it's what others want or expect of you. Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your affordable and personalized career services center that provides, resume, federal resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and curriculum vitae support as well as career coaching and templates. To connect with DeviCore, click here Thank you so much for Anchor for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast and for being our podcasting platform. Anchor truly makes it so easy to create and distribute your podcast across all platforms without having to pay a lot of money for software or equipment. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's episode, Amanda defines what “owning the gaps” means when it comes to your ability to make your goals a reality, whether you're looking to start your own business or make any sort of professional or personal transformation. She talks about why your goals and having a plan is important as well as how to make executing that plan realistic and fit into your life and weeks (even when it doesn't seem possible).  To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here Thank you so much for Anchor for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast and for being our podcasting platform. Anchor truly makes it so easy to create and distribute your podcast across all platforms without having to pay a lot of money for software or equipment. Thank you so much to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your one-stop shop for all things career services. From cover letters, to LinkedIn makeovers, to resume makeovers (including federal resumes!) DeviCore provides you with all of that and so much more. To connect with DeviCore, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

...Plus the effect that this will have on the education professional for years to come. In this episode, Amanda discusses what teaching during a global pandemic is like, money and teaching, and how external individuals' perspectives regarding teaching as a profession is going to permeate professionals' experiences and future generations entering the profession, and why America was already losing so many amazing teachers and why the pandemic is going to exacerbate this. She shares her experience and reflections plus how these experiences and feelings are not just specific to teaching; so many other professions are seeing these trends and its employees are feeling these feelings as well, and here's what to do if you're one of those people. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here Thank you so much for Anchor for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast and for being our podcasting platform. Anchor truly makes it so easy to create and distribute your podcast across all platforms without having to pay a lot of money for software or equipment. Thank you so much to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your one-stop shop for all things career services. From cover letters, to LinkedIn makeovers, to resume makeovers (including federal resumes!) DeviCore provides you with all of that and so much more. To connect with DeviCore, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Knowing when to walk away (regardless of if it's professional, personal, emotional, a relationship, a friendship) is incredibly important. There are always going to be reasons why you should stay and why you should wait a little bit longer before making that leap or making that decision, so are you going to let that stop you? In this episode, Amanda provides her listeners with advice regarding walking away and making that change as well as little bit of advice concerning how to know that you're in a good position to do (Episodes 10, 12, and 18 provide more micro, tangible takeaways) by opening up concerning her journey through this process when she was figuring out whether or not to leave teaching and work for herself as a Certified Professional Resume Writer. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here Thank you so much for Anchor for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast and for being our podcasting platform. Anchor truly makes it so easy to create and distribute your podcast across all platforms without having to pay a lot of money for software or equipment. Thank you so much to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your one-stop shop for all things career services. From cover letters, to LinkedIn makeovers, to resume makeovers (including federal resumes!) DeviCore provides you with all of that and so much more. To connect with DeviCore, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, Amanda discusses why it's so important to have one thing that helps you feel like you and allows you to take at least 30 minutes to decompress (ideally an hour) each day. Regardless of whether or not you're pivoting or going through a transformational time in your life, this is so important to have if we're going to practice living the life that we want to have. Amanda gives examples as to what this could be (but you're probably already thinking about what that is, as well as 3 specific tips and suggestions concerning how to implement this one thing into your life daily (yes, you do have time) regardless of what your situation and schedule looks like. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here Thank you so much for Anchor for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast and for being our podcasting platform. Anchor truly makes it so easy to create and distribute your podcast across all platforms without having to pay a lot of money for software or equipment. Thank you so much to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your one-stop shop for all things career services. From cover letters, to LinkedIn makeovers, to resume makeovers (including federal resumes!) DeviCore provides you with all of that and so much more. To connect with DeviCore, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Kathleen Pellegrino is a Senior Account Manager at ROCS Staffing Firm and provides individuals (especially recent graduates and young adults) with assistance and support throughout their employment search. Her podcast, Leaving the Nest, provides an incredible amount of information and value about “adulting” as well as tips and feedback concerning one's employment search and life outside of school. On today's episode, we discussed how she decided to become a recruiter, her advice for individuals who are in or going to be in the job hunt and also talks about her advice to individuals no matter where they are in their personal or professional journey. Kathleen is such an amazing person and I hope that you find value in this episode! To connect with Kathleen, click here and here To listen to leaving the nest on Spotify, click here To listen to Leaving the Nest on Apple Podcasts, click here Thank you so much for Anchor for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast and for being our podcasting platform. Anchor truly makes it so easy to create and distribute your podcast across all platforms without having to pay a lot of money for software or equipment. Thank you so much to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your one-stop shop for all things career services. From cover letters, to LinkedIn makeovers, to resume makeovers (including federal resumes!) DeviCore provides you with all of that and so much more. To connect with DeviCore, click here To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On today's episode, Amanda discusses gratitude and the importance of including a gratitude practice into your daily life. If you are incredibly busy and not the type of person to have a gratitude practice, this episode is for you. If you are they type to have a gratitude practice or already have a gratitude practice, this episode is also for you. Amanda provides you with tips and ways you can implement a gratitude practice in your life no matter what amount of time that you have (even if it's none) and also that it's okay not to be grateful, especially during the holiday season when so many will try to force us to be grateful because there's a certain date on the calendar. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here Thank you so much for Anchor for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast and for being our podcasting platform. Anchor truly makes it so easy to create and distribute your podcast across all platforms without having to pay a lot of money for software or equipment. Thank you so much to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your one-stop shop for all things career services. From cover letters, to LinkedIn makeovers, to resume makeovers (including federal resumes!) DeviCore provides you with all of that and so much more. To connect with DeviCore, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Morgan Pambianco is an educator and a Registered Health and Life Coach. On today's episode, she discusses why she became a life and health coach, how a health and life coach is an incredibly influential and supplemental tool in your life to discover and find true, full body, mind, and soul health, and about social media as a tool for entrepreneurs and perfectionism. I've had the pleasure of knowing Morgan since 2012 when we met at Ursinus College and she's been a huge positive light in mine and so many others' lives. We spoke for almost 3 hours and we could've spoken for so much longer, so Morgan will definitely be back on the podcast for future episodes! To connect with Morgan, click here To work with Morgan and inquire about her 1:1 and group programs, click here To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here Thank you so much for Anchor for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast and for being our podcasting platform. Anchor truly makes it so easy to create and distribute your podcast across all platforms without having to pay a lot of money for software or equipment. Thank you so much to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your one-stop shop for all things career services. From cover letters, to LinkedIn makeovers, to resume makeovers (including federal resumes!) DeviCore provides you with all of that and so much more. To connect with DeviCore, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week I had the absolute honor of sitting down (via Zoom) with my friend Beau Bradley. He is a truly amazing and warm human being who is so wise, intelligent, and insightful, and he is a non-binary transmasculine individual whose pronouns are he/them. We have been friends for almost our entire lives and he shares his experiences living on west coast, his identity, mental health, sexuality, and so much more. Beau also has his own podcast (Beau My God) as well as his new podcast project that is in the works (more on that in the episode). I hope that you enjoyed this episode and will connect with Beau! To connect with Beau My God, click here To connect with Beau, click here To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here Thank you so much for Anchor for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast and for being our podcasting platform. Anchor truly makes it so easy to create and distribute your podcast across all platforms without having to pay a lot of money for software or equipment. Thank you so much to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your one-stop shop for all things career services. From cover letters, to LinkedIn makeovers, to resume makeovers (including federal resumes!) DeviCore provides you with all of that and so much more. To connect with DeviCore, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down and talking with Kim Castro, the founder of Girls Got Goals PH, a social media management company that provides digital marketing and social media marketing for health and wellness coaches and yoga instructors. Kim left corporate after 10 years after starting and scaling her side hustle, turning it into her full-time job. Kim talks to us about the importance of mental health and self care, what do each day if you're looking to work for yourself and be an entrepreneur, and her journey as a business owner. She also discusses the importance of niching down and outsourcing as you're able. Kim is such a joy to speak to and she provides so much value; I hope that no matter what your professional or personal journey is, you enjoy listening to Kim and getting to know her better! To connect with Kim and her business on Instagram, click here To connect with Kim and her business on Tik Tok, click here To connect with Kim and her business on Facebook, click here To check out Kim's website and the services that she offers, click here Thank you so much for Anchor for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast and for being our podcasting platform. Anchor truly makes it so easy to create and distribute your podcast across all platforms without having to pay a lot of money for software or equipment. Thank you so much to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. DeviCore is your one-stop shop for all things career services. From cover letters, to LinkedIn makeovers, to resume makeovers (including federal resumes!) DeviCore provides you with all of that and so much more. To connect with DeviCore, click here To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Whether you are a student trying to decide if a certain job or next path is right for or if you are a person who is deciding whether or not to change jobs or industries, or if you are a professional who is trying to figure out when to start working for themselves or freelance full time, this episode is for you. In episode 12, Amanda gives you 6 key things to figure out (and how to do that) to determine whether or not it's time to make your side hustle your main hustle and whether or not it is the right time to leave what you're doing for what you want to do. These things are practical and realistic and will ensure that you are in the best position for success. Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode. To connect with DeviCore and learn more about the resume and other career services that they offer, click here To connect with Amanda, click here To connect with the Podcast, click here If you like what you are hearing, please let us know! Share the podcast and tag us in it and leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and iTunes! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, Amanda talks all about Manifestation, why it is woo-wooy but also incredibly practical, how you can use manifestation to reach your goals, as well as the steps needed to make sure that your manifestations are effective and real options for manifestation that you can do today (it's not just thinking about something). This episode is packed with information, resources, and physical things that you can do immediately as well as in the short- and long-term to help you actually reach your goals (and sometimes in half of the time that you thought it would take). We talk about bound and free nature, how to practice manifestation and build that muscle, and the science behind manifestation as well. If this episode resonated with you or if you found any value, please rate and review the podcast! To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here To connect with Amanda, click here Thank you to DeviCore for sponsoring this episode of The Pivot Podcast. For affordable, real career services support from certified professionals who want YOU to succeed, click here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

And I can guarantee it, no matter what that decision is.  Happy episode 10! On this episode, Amanda gives listeners some of the best advice that she received when she was deciding whether or not to leave teaching work for herself in a full-time capacity. She gives you this advice as well as context for this advice in addition to its realistic application in the world that we live in currently, as well as how one's past experiences and financial trauma (micro or macro...we all have it some capacity) can be contextualized within the advice she received and now gives you! If you liked the podcast, please follow along on Instagram here To connect with Amanda, click here Please subscribe wherever you get your downloads and leave a rating and review! Thank you to Anchor for being our podcasting distribution platform! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

... And we would argue that you are the sum of the 4 people that you spend the most time with because #1 on that list is you (whether you like it or not). In this week's episode, Amanda discusses why the cliche phrase that is seen a lot on social media and in social content is so true and so important (with her own twist): you are the sum of the four people besides yourself that you spend the most time with. So what do you do when you want to spend your time more deliberately but feel compelled to have to spend it a certain way? In this episode, you'll receive tangible advice and information about why this is so hard to deal with, how to transform how you spend your time (especially since work/life balances don't exist anymore) and why you're really the sum of the 4 people you spend the most time with, not 5. If this episode left you any sort of value, please share it and write a review for the podcast! New episodes are every Friday and can be found virtually wherever you get your podcasts. To connect with the podcast, click here: https://www.instagram.com/thepivotpodcast/?hl=en To connect with Amanda, click here: https://www.instagram.com/amanda_sierz/?hl=en Thank you to Anchor for being our podcast distribution platform and for making it so seamless and easy to create and distribute podcasts! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I know you're doing the best that you can be, and I'm so proud of you. On this little bit of a rambly episode, Amanda talks about why it's okay to be uncertain and why it shouldn't stop you from pivoting or making a change. It's also normal to feel this way even if you're not in the process of making change! She also talks about how finances and money can contribute to this, and what you can do for 3 minutes each day to help when you're feeling uncertain/overwhelmed. To connect with the podcast, click here: To connect with Amanda, click here: Thank you to Anchor for being our podcast creation and distribution platform, and for making it so easy and accessible to create and distribute podcasts! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On today's episode, John and Amanda announce their business, DeviCore! DeviCore LLC is a hub for all things Career Services, from resumes edits and rewrites, to LinkedIn edits and creation, to cover letter edits and rewrites, to resume and cover letter creation, we do it all at a price that anyone can afford. Regardless of if you are a high school student, seasoned professional, or someone trying to change career paths, level up, or get back into the workforce, we are real people helping real people. We relevant certifications and almost 10 years of industry experience, DeviCore will place you in the best position for success whether you're applying to jobs or satisfied with the job you have but want your content updated (and in this episode we tell you why you should do that). To connect with DeviCore, click here To email John regarding DeviCore's services, use johnwilliams@devicore.com To email Amanda regarding DeviCore's services, use amandasierzega@devicore.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I had the privilege of speaking with Ryan Currie on the podcast today. I've been following Ryane since I listened to her story on Maddy Ciccone's podcast and on the Get a Helmet podcast (both linked below). Those podcasts dive deep into her journey with moving to LA to dance professionally, sobriety, addiction, and her identity. Here, we talk about her current mindset and how it's been shaped by her past and also the last few years especially, and life as an Orange Theory Head Coach, 305 Fitness Professional, how everything is figure-out-able, the launching of her life coaching program (coming soon!!). Ryane is an incredible human being and is a huge inspiration and light in this world, and I'm so thankful we had the chance to talk about career and life shifts, and why sometimes it's not about having plans A-D; it's about going all in with plan A. To connect with Ryane, click here: https://www.instagram.com/ryane.currie/?hl=en To listen to her podcast, The Shift Show, click here: https://open.spotify.com/show/7LaMiWNoF0cNQj5m0jhPeG?si=HnqcntSkRwGydfxmphoLDA&dl_branch=1 To listen to Ryane's stories, check out MaddzTaddz: Beyond the Bike (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0qAiRE8GavPSnyROXTCuvW?si=1jHt4uZiSyajiQyYmgnYUQ&dl_branch=1) and Get A Helmet (https://open.spotify.com/episode/16aYUWpajZx4HqcZApmlLT?si=iMR_PsZZQdidVhAbw4lQxA&dl_branch=1) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The life that you are living was never a part of the life that you are coming into. It never existed in that space. It was never meant to be. On this week's episode of The Pivot Podcast, Amanda discusses how important it is to let go of the life that you assumed you would be living to make room for the life that you want to live, even if you're not completely sure of how exactly you'll be accomplishing that. She shares the moment she realized her last year teaching was her last year teaching (only 2 months into the school year) and how after only 3 months she had everything in a row to make that realization a reality (plus what else she did along the way that you can too). If you know that you want to make a change but don't know how or where to start, or you only have a rough idea of either the finish line or a couple of steps that could be placing you at a finish line that you would like, and you're trying to place that finish line in front of you, this episode is exactly what you need. To connect with the podcast, click here: https://www.instagram.com/thepivotpodcast/?hl=en To connect with Amanda, click here: https://www.instagram.com/amanda_sierz/?hl=en Thank you to Anchor for being our podcast creation and distribution platform! To rate and review The Pivot Podcast, click here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pivot-podcast/id1581283825 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In episode 4, Amanda breaks down the idea that we *have* to do things because of what others say, believe about us, or want from us. There are no rules, regardless of what you have stipulated or what others have put on you. Understanding that your life is yours to live (within reason) and that you really can do whatever you want in this life (with some realism and some tangible takeaways/actionable steps), this episode will give you a toolbox concerning how to take the "There are no rules" mentality into your everyday life to pivot in micro or macro ways in your person and professional lives with your finances, your work, those around you, and yourself. To connect with The Pivot Podcast, click here: https://www.instagram.com/thepivotpodcast/?hl=en To connect with Amanda, click here: https://www.instagram.com/amanda_sierz/?hl=en Please rate and review the podcast if you get a moment; it helps greatly with visibility and distribution to positive impact others! Thank you to Anchor for being our podcast hosting and distribution platform and for making it so seamless and affordable to create and distribute our podcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Amanda is solo in this week's episode to discuss the impact that the loss of an individual has on how we live our lives and how it provides us with perspective and an astute ability to shift what we do and how we will (both by choice and by force). She also pays tribute to Abigail Anderson and Gabe Grunewald, sisters who passed away within 2 years of each other, and discusses their impact on those that knew them and knew of them (you don't have to be into running for this one). You only have this one and precious life. To donate to the Abigail Anderson Memorial, click here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/abigail-anderson-memorial To donate to the Brave Like Gabe Foundation, learn about their mission, and sign up for their local and worldwide, virtual 5k, click here: https://www.instagram.com/bravelikegabe/?hl=en To learn more about Gabe Grunewald, click here: https://www.instagram.com/gigrunewald/?hl=en To learn more about Abigail Anderson, click here: https://www.instagram.com/abigailande/?hl=en To connect with the podcast, click here: https://www.instagram.com/thepivotpodcast/?hl=en To connect with Amanda, click here: https://www.instagram.com/amanda_sierz/?hl=en Thank you to Anchor for being our podcast creation and distribution platform and making creating and distributing content straight forward and affordable. New episodes drop every Friday on all podcast platforms! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In episode 2, Amanda and Ashley discuss why we so often define ourselves by our formal and informal training/experience, why we shouldn't let the "what are you using your degree/certifications/education for?" question define what we do daily, how the opinions of others and outside noise are a part of that, and why it is, however, important to be realistic when determining what we do in our day-to-day life. But there are more appropriate, introspective questions that should be taken into consideration. To connect with the podcast, follow: @thepivotpodcast on Instagram and leave a rating and review where you listen to podcasts! New episodes drop every Friday Thank you to Anchor for being our hosting and distribution platform! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week is solo!! Welcome to The Pivot Podcast; my story is one of many regarding what to do when you realize that you have everything you dreamed of but the reality is SO different from the build-up and expectation. This podcast is about YOU and to hopefully help you develop a work/life balance and find fulfillment in your life (regardless of whether or not you're looking to make a change), but I wanted to give you a little context and share the backbone of my professional pivot from teaching high school to working for myself so you know that I've been there (and still am there) when it comes to figuring life out and trying to find balance while paying your bills. To connect with the podcast, search: @thepivotpodcast on Instagram Thank you to Anchor for being the best and most affordable podcasting app there is! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to the Pivot Podcast! Each week you'll hear episodes concerning a variety of different topics from professional career moves, personal relationship transitions, and personal moments of self discovery, and everything in between to help you know what to do when you realize that the things you dreamed about in the past and now have aren't necessarily what you want anymore or are who you are anymore. You'll hear from a variety of guests, as well as from Amanda herself. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app