Are you a high-achieving woman who’s recently been promoted or made a career change… but instead of feeling excited, you’re feeling anxious or overwhelmed.

In this episode, I explore why this emotional hangover happens after a promotion or big career move. I share personal stories from my journey qualifying as a lawyer and transitioning into my business, plus practical steps to help you navigate this season with confidence and self-compassion.

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• Why you may feel anxious, overwhelmed, or deflated after a promotion or career change
• The hidden micro-grief that comes with leaving a familiar role or environment behind
• How to adjust to your new leadership level with more ease and confidence
• Three practical steps to manage the emotional hangover and build momentum in your new role

✅ Action Steps:

1. Name it to normalise it: acknowledge the emotional hangover rather than internalising it as failure
2. Anchor yourself in small wins: rebuild your confidence brick by brick
3. Schedule intentional recharge time: protect your energy as you adjust to this new season

💡 Resources:

🔗 Exclusive Summer Intensive VIP Coaching – Ready to elevate your visibility and position yourself as a leader? This half-day private coaching intensive will help you clarify your unique leadership brand, identify visibility opportunities and build your influence - to learn more email janine@careerchangemakers.com

🔗 1:1 Coaching with Janine – Ready for ongoing personalised support to navigate your career and leadership journey with confidence and clarity? Learn more about working together: janineesbrand.com/coaching

📰 Subscribe to Career Navigator – Get weekly career and leadership development insights direct to your inbox: janinesbrand.substack.com

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Are you a high-achieving woman who’s stepped into a new leadership role and feeling the pressure to perform, impress, and keep it all together?

In this episode, I open the new season by exploring the hidden cost of high performance and how it can prevent you from building confidence as a leader. I share practical steps for how to succeed in a new leadership role without losing yourself in the process.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• Why high performance often becomes a mask that limits authentic leadership
• The internal tension that arises when you rely on external leadership blueprints
• How self-awareness and personal alignment help you lead with more ease and impact
• Three ways to start removing the mask of high performance and show up more powerfully

Action Steps:

1. Reflect on where you're performing vs. where you're truly aligned.
2. Ask yourself what it’s costing you to keep wearing the high-performance mask.
3. Explore small, intentional ways to start showing up more authentically this week.

💡 Resources:

• 🔗 Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Janine – Ready to build your confidence and lead with impact? Apply here: janinesbrand.com/coaching
• 📰 Subscribe to Career Navigator – Get weekly leadership and career development insights direct to your inbox: janinesbrand.substack.com
• 📚 Explore the DISC Personality Assessment – Understand your leadership style and how to lead with ease and alignment

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🎙️ Episode Overview:

Welcome to a brand new season of the Career Change Maker Podcast!

In this season we will be be diving into The Inner Work of Leadership.

If you are a high-achieving professionals who has recently stepped into new levels of responsibility, whether through a career change, a promotion, or a major life transition this season is for you.

If you find yourself navigating the internal shifts that come with growth, you are not alone and I want to talk about it.

What You’ll Learn in This Season:

• Why the toughest part of career progression isn’t the title or tasks—it’s the internal transformation
• How leadership begins with learning to lead yourself first
• Powerful lessons that other leaders have learned as they navigated taking their careers to new heights.

✨ Take Action:

1. Subscribe to the show on your favourite platform so you don’t miss upcoming episodes.
2. Share the show with a friend or colleague who’s stepping into a new role or phase of life.
3. Join our new Substack community where we be having discussions about the topics explored during each episode.
4. Book a call to explore working together

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🎙️ Episode Overview

In this final episode of the Career Change Makers Podcast, I reflect on the core theme of unapologetic leadership that’s been woven throughout the season.

From redefining success to prioritising wellness and building confidence, this episode is all about pausing to acknowledge how far you’ve come—and encouraging you to keep growing with intention and clarity.

Whether you’ve been with me since the first episode or just joined, I hope these reflections leave you feeling seen, inspired, and ready for your next bold move.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ Confidence is a Skill: It’s not something you're born with—it’s built through consistent action and self-trust.

✅ Wellness is Essential for Success: True success includes taking care of your mind, body, and emotional well-being.

✅ Your Journey is Valid: Leadership doesn’t look the same for everyone—own your path unapologetically.

Action Steps:

💡 Reflect on how your definition of success has evolved—and write it down.

💡 Take one small, bold action that pushes you outside your comfort zone.

💡 Choose one wellness habit to prioritise this week—your health supports your leadership.

Resources:

• Work with Janine
• Career Change Maker Website
• Join the Career Navigator weekly email series
• Follow Janine Esbrand on Instagram
• Connect with Janine Esbrand on LinkedIn
• Subscribe to Janine Esbrand's YouTube Channel

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🎙️ Episode Overview

In this episode of the Career Change Makers Podcast, I sit down with Lauren Currie—founder of Upfront, a groundbreaking movement dedicated to empowering women through leadership and confidence building.

Lauren shares her inspiring journey from art school to service design, and ultimately to entrepreneurship.

We dive into the systemic challenges women face in leadership, the misconceptions around confidence, and how the Upfront Bond program is helping women step into their full potential by building skills, community, and courage.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ Confidence is a Skill: Why confidence isn’t innate—and how consistent action can help you build it.

✅ Community Fuels Growth: How belonging to a strong, supportive network can transform your leadership journey.

✅ Changing the System: Why solving leadership gaps requires systemic change, not just individual effort.

Action Steps:

💡 Practice "action breeds confidence"—take one small action today that challenges you.

💡 Identify one limiting belief you can start to unlearn—and replace it with an empowering truth.

💡 Join or build a community that supports your personal and professional growth.

Resources:

• Work with Janine
• Career Change Maker Website
• Join the Career Navigator weekly email series
• Follow Janine Esbrand on Instagram
• Connect with Janine Esbrand on LinkedIn
• Subscribe to Janine Esbrand's YouTube Channel

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🎙️ Episode Overview

HR is evolving — and with it, the roles of managers, employees, and People leaders.

In this episode, I sit down with Olya Yakzhina, People Director at Switchee, who shares her unique journey from psychology to leadership in HR.

Olya dives deep into how internal mobility, feedback, and community-building are shaping the future of work. We explore how personal growth, even through discomfort, can lead to transformation — and why supporting managers is a non-negotiable for a thriving workplace culture.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ Resilience in the HR Journey: How Olya’s career path and love for startups shaped her people-first leadership style.

✅ Internal Mobility & Value Exchange: Why empowering employees to grow from within starts with trust, clarity, and mutual value.

✅ Supporting Managers to Strengthen Culture: How mentorship, feedback, and community-building help create more engaged, empowered teams.

Action Steps:

💡 Reflect on how internal mobility and feedback show up in your current role or team.

💡 Explore ways to support managers in your organisation — mentorship, training, or community can go a long way.

💡 Consider how value exchange applies to your career growth and workplace relationships.

Resources:

• Work with Janine
• Career Change Maker Website
• Join the Career Navigator weekly email series
• Follow Janine Esbrand on Instagram
• Connect with Janine Esbrand on LinkedIn
• Subscribe to Janine Esbrand's YouTube Channel
• Olya Yakzhina’s LinkedIn
• Learn more about the Supercharge Your Career Course (Olya’s LinkedIn Post)
• Supercharge Your Career (free course)
• The Modern Employer Podcast

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🎙️ Episode Overview

Recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon is reshaping my focus — both personally and professionally.

This healing journey has deepened my commitment to serving others in achieving more clarity, growth, and impact in their careers.

In this episode, I share the ways in which I partner with individuals and organisations to achieve their next level career goals.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ Resilience in Recovery: How this experience has influenced my coaching and leadership approach.

✅ Clarity for Career Growth: Why seeking clarity and focusing on what you can control is crucial in this period of economic and political instability.

✅ Support That Moves You Forward: How my signature self study program, executive coaching, and leadership development programs have been supporting others in this season.

Action Steps:

💡 Reflect on what clarity looks like for you right now.

💡 Explore coaching or support that aligns with your next career move.

💡 Lean into your community—support matters in both healing and growth.

Resources:

• Career Clarity Accelerator
  Book a fitting call with with Janine
• Career Change Maker Website
• Join the Career Navigator weekly email series
• Follow Janine Esbrand on Instagram
• Connect with Janine Esbrand on LinkedIn
• Subscribe to Janine Esbrand's YouTube Channel

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🎙️ Episode Overview

In this episode of the Career Change Makers Podcast, I sit down with Kofi Owusu-Bempa—entrepreneur, impact investor, and founder in the renewable energy space.

Kofi shares his transformative journey from corporate law to building businesses that create social and environmental impact. We explore the power of transferable skills, the nuances of leadership in emerging markets, and how betting on yourself can lead to incredible opportunities.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ Career Reinvention: How Kofi leveraged his legal background to lead in the renewable energy sector.

✅ Relationships as Currency: Why building and nurturing strong business relationships is key to long-term success.

✅ Impact with Intention: How aligning your work with purpose can drive both personal fulfillment and global change.

Action Steps:

💡 Identify one transferable skill from your current role that could serve you in a different industry.

💡 Reach out to someone in your network to deepen a professional relationship—intentionally.

💡 Reflect on how you define "impact" in your career—and what opportunities excite you beyond your current path.

Resources:

• Work with Janine
• Career Change Maker Website
• Join the Career Navigator weekly email series
• Follow Janine Esbrand on Instagram
• Connect with Janine Esbrand on LinkedIn
• Subscribe to Janine Esbrand's YouTube Channel

• Connect with Kofi:
  PASH Global website
  Follow Kofi on LinkedIn

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