Something I’ve Been Building in the Quiet
There’s a conversation I keep having.
With the friend who got laid off and doesn’t want to admit she’s relieved. With the colleague who’s crushing it on paper but feels hollow inside. With the woman who’s been whispering “there has to be more than this” for years but keeps talking herself out of doing anything about it.
I’ve had that conversation. I am that conversation.
That’s why I built Career Pivots.
Career Pivots launches July 15th. And I want you to be there from the beginning.
Every episode, I sit down with professionals who’ve successfully reinvented their careers — not by luck, but by strategy. They share the real story: the missteps, the breakthroughs, and the decisions that made the difference.
No glossy highlight reels. No “I just believed in myself and it worked out.” The actual playbook.
Here’s a taste of who we’re starting with:
Shabaura Perryman was laid off. Twice. Each time felt like more than a job loss — it was, as she puts it, an identity interruption. She didn’t just survive it. She built Onset DNA, wrote a book called Severed, and came up with a philosophy she calls Thrive Unhired. Her words have been living in my head ever since we recorded: “Don’t let panic design your future — let clarity design it.”
Steve Schultz left a career in healthcare to build Foodzee, a gamified platform helping kids develop healthy eating habits. What I loved about Steve is that he didn’t wait until he had it all figured out. He started small. He talked to people. He let purpose lead the way — and the rest followed.
Coach Vuyanzi Rodman — TEDx Speaker, Life Coach, and the woman who introduced me to the concept of “the alarm clock of destiny.” That feeling when you’re standing at the crossroads and something inside you is saying this ain’t it — even when everything looks fine on the outside. She gave our listeners a framework for what to do when that alarm goes off. I’ve thought about it almost every day since.
These are not famous people.
They’re people who faced real disruption — layoffs, identity crises, that quiet suffocating feeling of a role that no longer fits — and came out the other side with intention.
That’s what this show is about.
Real transitions. Real tactics. Real results.
July 15th. Mark it.
If you’ve been waiting for a sign that it’s time to build your next chapter — consider this it.
And if you know someone who needs to hear this right now — the one who’s been staring at their laptop wondering if this is it — share this with them.
Because your next chapter deserves intention.
— Serena
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