{"podcast":{"title":"Her Intentional Reset: Career changes and second acts for women in midlife","slug":"her-intentional-reset-7728413","podcast_index_feed_id":7728413,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/her-intentional-reset/","website_url":"https://www.herintentionalreset.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/c9c80ed7-edb9-4873-87fc-41db04f803d6/Podcast-Cover-Art-Copy-of-Intentional-Reset-1.jpg","author":"Molly Wipperfurth","episode_count":20,"summary":"Her Intentional Reset is the podcast for women in their mid 30’s, 40s and 50s navigating midlife career change — whether you're eyeing a full career pivot, building a second act, or just wondering if the career you chose 20 years ago still fits. Host Molly Wipperfurth talks with real women who've made the leap: from corporate to creative, from climbing the ladder to building something new. Every conversation covers the practical realities of career reinvention — the finances, the trade-offs, the timeline, and what life actually looks like on the other side. If you're a woman in midlife rethinking your career, this is where your next chapter starts. If HIR has been valuable to you, you can support the show here: https://ko-fi.com/herintentionalreset No pressure — just making it easy for listeners who want to say so. CONNECT WITH HIR Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/herintentionalreset.co/ Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587329908947 Website: https://herintentionalreset.com/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGntCEey4YretrZ39A7mINUiy-Dmz7iRv0BDLhY2OcDQkfqMmMGK8--zTX20RE_aem_d_Ys…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T18:17:57.280427+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-intentional-reset-7728413"},"episode":{"title":"Midlife Career Change: Use Existing Skills to Land Your Dream Role – Joanna Ehresman, Ep. 1","slug":"midlife-career-change-use-existing-skills-to-land-your-dream-role-joanna-ehresman","published_at":"2026-04-07T08:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-intentional-reset-7728413/midlife-career-change-use-existing-skills-to-land-your-dream-role-joanna-ehresman","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-intentional-reset-7728413","url":"https://herintentionalreset.com/all-podcasts/xx","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/92ec3598-db81-4db0-a948-557b78ee7d92.mp3","summary":"A midlife career change can feel like trading everything you've built for a leap into the unknown — especially when you're starting over in a field that doesn't know your name yet. If you're a woman over 40 staring down a layoff, a restless feeling, or a career that no longer fits, the question isn't whether to pivot — it's how to do it without throwing away 20 years of hard-won expertise. Joanna Ehresman spent 13 years as a senior marketing executive in wealth management before a layoff forced the question she'd been avoiding: what do I actually want? Her answer was interior design — a passion she'd dismissed for decades as impractical. Using a job shadow strategy and the transferable skills she already had, she created a brand-new role at Fika Design Group without a design degree, a portfolio, or a clear plan. Six months in, she's not looking back. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: ▸ [00:03:34] Career pivot decision-making: why defaulting back to the same industry after a layoff can stall your second act — and what to do instead ▸ [00:09:42] Job shadow career exploration: how to get inside a new industry with no experience, no portfolio, and no perfect pitch ▸ [00:12:39] How to change careers using transferable skills: from a one-week shadow to a paid pilot to a primary role — the step-by-step ▸ [00:25:33] Financial planning for a midlife career change: the real income trade-offs, dual-income considerations, and how to decide if the numbers work ▸ [00:29:28] Identifying transferable skills women over 40 underestimate: and what Joanna's employers say her true superpower is If HIR has been valuable to you, you can support the show here: https://ko-fi.com/herintentionalreset No pressure — just making it easy for listeners who want to say so.","meta_description":"A midlife career change can feel like trading everything you've built for a leap into the unknown — especially when you're starting over in a field that d…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2539,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/her-intentional-reset-7728413/episodes/midlife-career-change-use-existing-skills-to-land-your-dream-role-joanna-ehresman/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-intentional-reset-7728413/midlife-career-change-use-existing-skills-to-land-your-dream-role-joanna-ehresman.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}