The Savvy Session

Do you ever find yourself questioning your career choices? Wondering if there is more to work than just a paycheck? You're not alone. Many people are seeking to find their true purpose to have a fulfilling life, both personally and professionally.

In our latest episode, we sit down with Christy Rosen, a career coach and founder of Ikigai Career Coaching, to discuss the power of incorporating the Japanese concept of Ikigai into your career development journey and how it can guide us towards a meaningful and purpose-driven career.
At the core of ikigai is the idea of finding purpose and fulfillment by aligning four key elements: what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. These elements create an intersection where your passions, skills, and potential for contribution come together.
The pursuit of Ikigai brings peace, direction, joy, and a purpose-filled life, Christy explained. By understanding and incorporating these aspects of oneself, individuals can find their place in the world and discover their ideal job.
Here are the key takeaways from this episode:

• Understand the Ikigai philosophy: Discover how Ikigai combines passion, mission, vocation, and profession to help you define and achieve your career objectives.
• Embrace a purpose-filled lifestyle: Explore how the Japanese philosophy encourages slowing down and intentional development to prioritize your main interests and overall happiness.
• Find your reason for being: Learn how Ikigai helps you uncover what you love, what the world needs, what you can be paid for, and what you're good at, ultimately leading to a fulfilling career.
• Transform your networking approach: Gain insights into integrating Ikigai into your networking goals to create genuine relationships, offer support, and foster professional connections that can lead to career opportunities.

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to transform your career and unlock your full potential!
Christy Rosen is an Ikigai Coach & Consultant, who uses her combination of entrepreneurial spirit and a deep desire to guide individuals, including adults and young professionals, in exploring, nurturing, and harnessing their distinct talents to pave the way for a gratifying and successful career. Her ultimate objective is to support others in their journey of self-discovery, skill development, and focused dedication, empowering them to achieve professional fulfillment.

In addition to career coaching, leading professional development classes and holding intensive career launch workshops, she also regularly attends professional and education based conferences, speaks on panels, podcasts, and write articles for HIRED.
You can connect with Christy here:
Website: https://ikigaicareercoaching.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christy-rosen

In our latest podcast episode, we talk with Marelda Rodriguez, a multi-talented professional who specializes in grief massage and wellness coaching. Marelda shares her unexpected journey with grief and how it led her to specialize in treating it.
The hosts discuss their own experiences with grief, particularly in light of aging loved ones and the recent loss of Paula's mother to cancer. This timely discussion sheds light on the importance of addressing grief and seeking support during difficult times. Marelda discusses that grief is not only losing a loved one, but can also include losing a job, a pet, a relationship, or even a sense of identity.
Marelda's passion for helping people through grief has led her to develop a unique approach with grief wellness, which helps clients process their emotions and physical symptoms through massage therapy, which provides comfort and relief during difficult times. Grief is something that affects everyone at some point in their lives, and Marelda's approach to helping clients through this process is both compassionate and effective.
Grief Wellness is an approach to resolving the suffering that accompanies grief through mind-body solutions. When you understand your mind, body and spirit, you learn how to ease your suffering safely and move to a place of acceptance and ease that feels right for you. True healing moves from the inside out.
Marelda Rodrigues is a:

• Grief Massage Therapist
• Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach
• Massage Therapy Educator
• Sleep Science Coach
• Culinary Wellness Educator
• Author
• Speaker

She is a thought leader in Grief Wellness, and believes deeply that suffering in grief is optional. She has helped numerous clients feel comforted and empowered while moving through grief. From this, her clients emerge feeling revitalized, confident, and powerful.
You can connect with Marelda here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/decidetohealwithmareldarodrigues
Website: https://mareldarodrigues.com/

Are you ready to tap into your inner strength and unleash your full potential?
Join us for a thoughtful conversation with Tara McCallam, an Art of Being facilitator, as she talks about the importance of self-awareness, effective communication, and building stronger relationships in achieving personal growth.
Tara shares her unique perspective on personal growth & development by focusing on embracing one's past experiences and individuality.
Key takeaways from our discussion:

• Prioritize time for yourself: Be mindful of spending too much time pleasing others and not connecting with yourself. This can lead to burnout.
• The power within: Access the wisdom that lies within you by connecting with yourself to unlock new possibilities and opportunities in your personal and professional life.
• Boost your energy and vitality: By taking up more space in your life and being true to yourself, you'll experience increased energy and enthusiasm.
• Don't be afraid to face your fears: Hold space for yourself and be prepared to confront your past, desires, and fears. This will open you up to greater self-awareness and growth.

By prioritizing our well-being and practicing self-care regularly, we not only become better professionals but also better friends, parents, and partners.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about navigating life and relationships, and fostering deep connections with yourself and others.
Tara McCallam is a passionate mom of two teenage boys, dog lover, and dedicated partner. Through her private virtual sessions, Tara specializing in empowering teens, young adults, and parents to bridge the gap between therapy and coaching. Her mission is to help clients honor their past, harness its power, and create a future that truly reflects their authentic selves. As of January 2023, Tara's impact extends beyond her own practice as she certifies facilitators, to take these tools to as many people as possible.
Done are the days of being fixed, you are not a problem, you are to be awed in The Art of Your Being. Real results come from knowing how to function from the space of you and truly connect to who you are here to be! Let's make the difference that is needed in this world. Together we are the radical, radiant, very real change.
You can connect with Tara here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-mccallam
Website: https://www.taramccallam.com/

We are buzzing with excitement for the upcoming The Savvy Summit on May 23rd in Chicago. We're all about empowering women to lead fulfilling careers AND lives!
On today's episode, we are sharing the scoop on one of our amazing keynote speakers - Beryl Greenberg, an accomplished executive and career coach. She’s turning the tides and helping women get "unstuck" in their careers and lives to pursue more fulfilling paths.
Do you feel stuck in your career or life? Unable to make a change or move forward, even though you want to? You're not alone. Many accomplished professionals get stuck in limiting perspectives that hold them back from achieving their goals.
Beryl understands feeling stuck all too well from her own career pivots. Now, with 15+ years of coaching experience, she helps women get unstuck so they can create the life and career they want.
Here are some key highlights from our conversation:
Embrace Your Pivot Points:
- Whether it's moving from one industry to another or stepping into a new role, recognize these moves as opportunities for expansion and self-discovery.
Analyzing Common Pain Points:
- "I only know how to do one thing."
- "I'm skilled in many areas—what should I focus on?"
Shift Your Perspective:
- Sounding stuck often means you need a new viewpoint.
- Take the time to understand this feeling of stagnancy.
Strategies to Get Unstuck:
- Introspect to realize what 'stuck' truly is for you.
- Use these realizations to see your situation with new eyes.
Beryl is a certified coach, leadership facilitator and group coaching leader in private practice. She works with individuals and groups privately and within companies, as well as leads groups through CHIEF, the women’s executive community.
Her career story involves two major career transitions for both career progression and lifestyle reasons: from advertising agency director to an executive recruiter and from executive recruiter to executive coach/solopreneur.
Her coaching philosophy is driven by the bedrock of self-awareness, clarity of vision, and uncovering internal obstacles. While she meets each client where they are at, she brings an order and framework to her coaching engagements that supports transformational progress and outcomes.
Beryl's next GET UNSTUCK cohort is forming now for the week of May 6 start!

GET UNSTUCK is a group coaching experience designed to support advertising and marketing professionals who are looking to make a career transition but feel stuck on how to make it happen.

• Perhaps you are in a job search and are not getting the results you want
• Maybe you desperately want to make a change and don't know where or how to start
• Possibly you are unclear on the direction you want to take your career
• Consider you know what you want but just haven't been able to make time for it

The key to addressing these situations really starts in a surprising way, and it's not with re-writing your resume or applying to jobs online. It's about shifting your mindset! In turn, you learn how to achieve your career goals with ease instead of stress.
Check out this link for more information. https://forms.gle/9oU779aGLRZ1RZwr5
You can connect with Beryl here:
Website: https://coachberyl.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/berylgreenberg/

Have you ever thought about making a pivot in your business?
Running a business as a solopreneur comes with many rewards - the ability to be your own boss, work on projects you feel passionate about, and set your own schedule.
However, it also comes with challenges. As the sole person steering the ship, pivoting your business can feel risky and stressful.

Join us for an insightful conversation with Kerstin Martin, an expert solopreneur herself, as she discusses her lessons learned from her 3 successful business pivots made over her entrepreneurship journey.
Here are some key highlights from our conversation for anyone considering a business transition:
1. Trust Your Intuition
When facing big changes, self-doubt and fear creep in. However, beneath those surface emotions, your intuition knows the right path. Kerstin advises tuning into that inner wisdom during pivots, rather than ignoring it.
2. Create a Financial Safety Net
One strategy that enabled Kerstin to pivot with more peace of mind was building a safety net - both financial and emotional. Before transitioning her business, she made sure she had at least 6 months of living expenses saved up. Knowing the basics are covered allows you to focus fully on your new endeavor, versus worrying about paying the bills at the same time.
3. Connect to Your 'Why'
When things feel challenging, it's easy to lose sight of why you started down this path. Kerstin recommends journaling or writing a short mission statement to crystallize your motivations and vision. Revisiting this reminds you what called you to this work, and what awaits on the other side of the discomfort that naturally arises during change. It reconnects you to the joy and purpose that initially launched your solopreneur journey.
Navigating business pivots poses unique challenges for solopreneurs. However, by tapping into personal strengths like intuition, patience, and clarity of purpose, you can shepherd your company through seasons of change. What matters most is learning, listening, and taking the next right step from a place of courage and care - for both your business and yourself.
Kerstin Martin is an experienced Calm Business educator and late-bloomer solopreneur who built a successful internet business with only a small audience and no ads. As a neurodivergent HSP, she is passionate about teaching overwhelmed solopreneurs how to build, grow, and scale calm and profitable businesses without the hustle.
Her online courses and educational products focus on leveraging simplified systems, gentle marketing, and organic growth. Kerstin believes in acting from a place of integrity and kindness to build a business that fuels a joyful, rich, and grounded life.
You can connect with Kerstin here:
Website: https://mycalmbusiness.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerstinmartin/