One year of flipping: Cocoon reflections, career chaos & an original song

Episode notes

Welcome to a special solo episode of The Career Flipper Podcast! It’s the podcastaversary! One year ago, I hit publish on the very first episode of this show, having no idea what I was doing and definitely not realizing how much it would change my life. What started in the messy aftermath of a 2022 layoff (and 400+ job rejections) became a permission slip to rebuild, to reimagine success, and to start over without a map. In this episode, I share the behind-the-scenes of how this podcast came to be, how flipping furniture helped me flip my identity, and how conversations with guests like: Nick Musica , a former SEO guy turned animal psychic Trish Jasinski , who bought a chateau in the south of France and left corporate to open a retreat space Cat Cheng , a former music teacher turned Netflix-featured baker (hi, tres leches dreams) And Case Sandberg , who I met at a farmer’s market and learned had just left his software engineering job to become a chocolate maker …helped me feel less alone and more alive. Oh and I’m sharing a piece of my music. I wrote a song called Just Wait , about getting laid off, getting lost, and learning how to come back to yourself.