Sometimes the journey from one career to another is a quick exit from one road to another, but most times there are detours along the way that need to be managed and navigated with little direction or advance notice.Kim Knipe graduated with vi

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School Teacher turned Nurse

Jul 17th, 2018 46m 33s

A number of the people that I've interviewed have had a helpful advantage that has made their career transition a bit easier - a spouse or partner who they can rely on for financial support or health insurance; that's not the case with Megan Bo

Restaurant Owner turned Pilot

Jul 10th, 2018 41m 56s

Susan Laskos had two careers that she loved; first, as a restaurant owner, a career that involved her love of food and entertaining and introduced her to friends that she has to this day. She studied in France, came back to the United States, s

How to get health insurance if you're self-employed

Jun 20th, 2018 39m 33s

If you live in the United States and you're self-employed (an entrepreneur, freelancer, or business owner) then health insurance is a major consideration when thinking about working for yourself. Fact is most people get covered through their jo

International Marketing Executive turned Jeweler

Jun 12th, 2018 40m 37s

Nicolas Estrada escaped the violence of Medellin, Colombia to earn a business degree in the United States. When he returned to Colombia, he used that degree to great success but not great satisfaction as an international marketing executive. Wh

Web Developer turned Filmmaker

Jun 5th, 2018 38m 51s

Andrew Gormley started his professional career developing websites as an 8th grader. Eventually he took those talents to software companies as a frontend developer and made a good living. Upon seeing instability with his then current employer,

Technical Writer turned Podcaster

May 30th, 2018 34m 58s

Jason Cabassi started the Walking Dead 'Cast as a hobby 8 years ago and at the time, that's all it was a hobby. He had a great job as a technical writer; it paid well and offered the prestige of writing for great companies such as Apple, but it

Graphic Designer turned Sommelier

May 23rd, 2018 31m 27s

His upbringing said work the 9-5, even if you hated it, but somehow Marc Supsic got past that, went to school to become a sommelier (wine steward for regular folk), and then started Wine Living - a business aimed at bringing wine living to peop

Administrative Assistant turned Police Officer

May 15th, 2018 29m 12s

Alana was an administrative assistant in a team building exercise one day at work and realized she had the wrong job. That day she decided to go through the steps (and challenges like the bundle of joy that joined along the way) to become a pol

Librarian turned Bar Owner

May 2nd, 2018 31m 49s

Andrea McCauley was working as a librarian for a large non-profit organization based out of Philadelphia. She was committed enough to that career that she got her Masters in Library Sciences. Around the time that her job moved to Washington, D.

Researcher turned Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructor

Apr 18th, 2018 38m 29s

Spencer talks to Valerie Worthington was a researcher and is now a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor and author of "Training Wheels: How a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Road Trip Jump-Started My Search for a Fulfilling Life". She made a drastic choice to ch

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