{"podcast":{"title":"The Career Coach Mandy Podcast","slug":"the-career-coach-mandy-podcast-7022106","podcast_index_feed_id":7022106,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/544517/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/bloodandbones","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/f/1/6/2f16e3d023dcb47316c3140a3186d450/Blood_and_Bones_1.png","author":"Mandy Tang","episode_count":116,"summary":"Hi, I'm Career Coach Mandy. Here is my podcast helping you to navigate what you were meant to do, how to make your creative dreams come true, and how to come back home to yourself. Career advice, self-help, healing, and building your business with a sprinkle of spirituality.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T12:19:41.184228+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-career-coach-mandy-podcast-7022106"},"episode":{"title":"Live Coaching Session: \"I Left My 9-5 To Go Freelance.\"  One-Hour Coaching Session w/ Annie.","slug":"live-coaching-session-i-left-my-9-5-to-go-freelance-one-hour-coaching-session-w-annie","published_at":"2026-03-20T15:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-career-coach-mandy-podcast-7022106/live-coaching-session-i-left-my-9-5-to-go-freelance-one-hour-coaching-session-w-annie","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-career-coach-mandy-podcast-7022106","url":"https://c5e87db0-0e79-4a10-a43d-f91befca8d39.libsyn.com/live-coaching-session-i-left-my-9-5-to-go-freelance-one-hour-coaching-session-w-annie","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/c5e87db0-0e79-4a10-a43d-f91befca8d39/03191.mp3?dest-id=4694342","summary":"Today we have a really special video for you, a live 1-hour coaching session with Angela (who goes by Annie), a writer and podcast producer, and member of the YouTube channel. Annie recently left her 9-5 at a non-profit and has spent the past year building a freelance writing business. In this session, we talk about where to focus her energy, pricing, positioning, and how to build a concrete offering for her clients. Thank you Annie for joining me (follow her and listen to her podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@anniezomaya151/ ) If you're a member and interested in potentially being featured in a coaching session, please email me! Find out details here: https://youtube.com/shorts/wmUTOC7BJi4 Timestamps: 0:00 Welcome and intros 1:33 Introduction to coaching session 3:13 Annie introduction 9:00 Freelance business 15:17 Transformation for the client 23:00 Websites vs. email newsletters 29:15 Branding your offerings 35:06 Lesson planning for the client 44:30 What am I getting for $600? 48:00 Reflections on the email idea 52:20 But wait....podcasting? 54:50 Annie's offering 56:33 My passion vs. my work 59:28 If you had to pick one... 1:06:00 Podcasting is the winner 1:09:40 Parallel lives 1:16:00 Final thoughts + wrap up Welcome to the Farm! 🌲✨ Hi friends! I'm Mandy—a career coach and former Corporate America girlie turned writer. I currently live on a 4-acre farm in the Pacific Northwest with my husband Brendan and our two kids. After a decade-plus climb through editorial (W Magazine) and finance (American Express), I realized I was chasing success at the cost of personal satisfaction. With a BA from Brown, an MBA from Columbia, and training as a shamanic practitioner, I now bridge the gap between high-level strategy and healing. I'm here to help you navigate life purp…","meta_description":"Today we have a really special video for you, a live 1-hour coaching session with Angela (who goes by Annie), a writer and podcast producer, and member of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4904,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-career-coach-mandy-podcast-7022106/episodes/live-coaching-session-i-left-my-9-5-to-go-freelance-one-hour-coaching-session-w-annie/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-career-coach-mandy-podcast-7022106/live-coaching-session-i-left-my-9-5-to-go-freelance-one-hour-coaching-session-w-annie.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}