The Career Change Maker Podcast | Career Clarity & Career Pivots for Mid-Career Women
For high-achieving women rethinking their careers and navigating career change.
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If you’ve worked hard to build a successful career but find yourself questioning whether it still fits, you’re not alone (and you’re not wrong for wanting more).
I’m Janine Esbrand, a former corporate lawyer turned Career Pivot Coach, and I created The Career Change Maker Podcast for high-achieving women who feel stuck, bored, or quietly misaligned in careers that no longer fit.
Through my own career pivots and my work coaching hundreds of women through intentional career change and career transitions, I’ve seen what it really takes to step off the default path and make thoughtful, strategic moves without starting over.
Each episode offers honest insights, practical guidance, and grounded encouragement to help you gain career clarity, trust yourself, and move forward with confidence into your next chapter.
This podcast is for you if you want permission to change, clarity on what’s next, and a clear way forward that honours your experience.
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The Career Change Maker Podcast | Career Clarity & Career Pivots for Mid-Career Women
306 I Closing the Gap Between Goal Setting and Actually Achieving
🎙️ Episode Overview
If you’re great at setting career goals but struggle to actually achieve them, this episode is for you. As we reach the end of January and motivation starts to dip, I wanted to have a real conversation about why so many people get stuck between intention and execution, and how you can close that gap.
In this episode, I break down the real reasons goals stall. I talk about the danger of taking action without structure, how too much external noise leads to confusion, and why misdiagnosing the problem can keep you spinning your wheels.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- Why setting the goal is often the easy part and what usually gets in the way after that
- How lack of structure and too many opinions can lead to confusion, inaction, and burnout
- Why doing more isn’t always the answer and how to approach things instead
Action Steps
- Pause and audit what you’re doing: Look at your actions and ask yourself what the data is telling you about what’s working and what isn’t.
- Identify the real bottleneck: If you’re not getting results, figure out where things are breaking down instead of trying to do everything at once.
- Create intentional structure: Start with the end in mind and work backwards to define the right steps, in the right order for you.
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