{"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":"What I’m Learning About Midlife Career Changes 6 mo. In (15min.)|Molly Wipperfurth + (replay) Using Your Existing Skills for your Second Act | Joanna Ehresman, Fika Design","slug":"what-i-m-learning-about-midlife-career-changes-6-mo-in-15min-molly-wipperfurth-replay-using-your-existing-skills-for-your-second-act-joanna-ehresman-fika-design","published_at":"2026-06-30T08:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-intentional-reset-7728413/what-i-m-learning-about-midlife-career-changes-6-mo-in-15min-molly-wipperfurth-replay-using-your-existing-skills-for-your-second-act-joanna-ehresman-fika-design","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-intentional-reset-7728413","url":"https://herintentionalreset.com/all-podcasts/career-reset-updates-using-your-existing-skills-for-your-second-act-molly-wipperfurth-replay-joanna-ehresman-fika-design-group","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/44628ae8-1695-4cfd-b928-0352878b385c.mp3","summary":"Six months into this midlife career change experiment, Molly’s pulling back the curtain — not on a guest, but on herself. Two lessons the guests keep teaching her, two mind shifts that have quietly changed how she thinks about money and risk, two things that have flat-out not gone to plan, and two she’s reworking heading into the back half of the year. It’s an honest midyear check-in for any woman in her 40s or 50s rethinking her own second act. Then, rolling into the holiday weekend, she replays the episode that started it all: Joanna Ehresman, and the one piece of coaching advice — treat your next thing as an experiment — that took the pressure off everything. What You Will Learn — Molly’s Midyear Recap [00:48] Lesson one: almost no one pivots alone [01:37] Lesson two: real career change takes three to five years, usually built alongside the day job [02:53] Mind shift one: treating your next thing as an experiment — and the weight it lifts [04:32] Mind shift two: rethinking income and benefits — non-traditional money, and Melanie’s hospital-board health coverage workaround [06:11] What hasn’t gone well [09:03] What she’s working on: flipping the schedule [10:07] The inner work — doing the work [11:06] Feedback is a gift: the stories and voices Molly most wants to hear next Replay — Episode 1: Joanna Ehresman “Using Your Existing Skills for Your Second Act” After years in wealth-management marketing, Joanna’s role was eliminated in 2023. She rested, launched a fractional-CMO consultancy, then experimented her way into a created role at Fika Design Group — getting her foot in the door with a simple, honest ask: can I shadow you for a week? It’s a masterclass in career reinvention — bringing the skills you already have into the field you’ve always wanted. [13:46] Molly’…","meta_description":"Six months into this midlife career change experiment, Molly’s pulling back the curtain — not on a guest, but on herself. 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