Lessons from a Quitter

By Goli Kalkhoran

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It is never too late to start over. No matter how much time or money you’ve spent chasing degrees and jobs to get to your current position, if ultimately you’re unhappy, then it is time to quit. Each week, Goli Kalkhoran, a fellow quitter, will interview inspiring guests who have quit lucrative careers to forge their own path and create a life they love. Get insight, inspiration, tools, and resources to help you quit what you hate and figure out what it is that you love.

Episode Date
Layoffs, AI, and Your Career
Apr 30, 2024
Quitter Club Interview
Apr 23, 2024
Discovering What You Want
Apr 16, 2024
Replay: Thinking on Purpose
Apr 10, 2024
How to deal with Burnout
Apr 02, 2024
End of History Illusion
Mar 26, 2024
It's not too late to start an online business
Mar 19, 2024
How Adriana Paris launched her coaching business in one month while working full-time
Mar 12, 2024
How to stop numbing your feelings
Mar 05, 2024
Replay: Nobody wants perfect
Feb 27, 2024
Stop Letting Your To-Do List Run your Life
Feb 19, 2024
Rewriting Your Past
Feb 13, 2024
Understanding Your Own Responses
Feb 06, 2024
Going Back to Work as a SAHM
Jan 30, 2024
Lean into Resourcefulness
Jan 23, 2024
Attaching a Story
Jan 16, 2024
2023 Year in Review
Jan 09, 2024
Replay: The Art of Dreaming Bigger
Jan 02, 2024
Replay: Short Term v. Long Term Goals (128)
Dec 26, 2023
What Problem Are You Giving Your Brain to Solve?
Dec 19, 2023
Wasting Time and Money
Dec 12, 2023
Setting Yourself Up for Career Success
Dec 05, 2023
Lessons from my 90K Month
Nov 28, 2023
Living in the 'And'
Nov 21, 2023
Replay: How to React to the World Around You
Nov 14, 2023
Lessons from romance novels
Nov 07, 2023
The importance of learning to delegate
Oct 31, 2023
Replay: Side Effects of Going After Your Goal
Oct 24, 2023
Managing Fear
Oct 17, 2023
Arguing with Reality
Oct 10, 2023
Sensitive Strivers in the Workplace with Melody Wilding
Oct 03, 2023
Admitting what you want
Sep 26, 2023
A panel discussion with Quitter Club members
Sep 19, 2023
Deciding its worth it, beforehand
Sep 12, 2023
1 Year building blocks
Sep 05, 2023
Your quit plan
Aug 29, 2023
The Power of 90 Day Goals
Aug 22, 2023
The Messy Middle
Aug 15, 2023
3 First steps when you're unhappy
Aug 08, 2023
Exploring entrepreneurship
Aug 01, 2023
You are not behind
Jul 25, 2023
The thing causing most of your stress
Jul 18, 2023
Stripping your identity
Jul 11, 2023
What to do after you quit
Jul 04, 2023
Handling Difficult Conversations Around Quitting
Jun 27, 2023
Handling Guilt Around Quitting
Jun 20, 2023
How to start a consulting business with Amy Rasdal
Jun 13, 2023
There is Nothing Wrong With You
Jun 06, 2023
BONUS: Day 3. Love it or Leave it Challenge- Deciding to Leave it
Jun 01, 2023
BONUS: Day 2. Love it or Leave it Challenge- Deciding to Love It
May 31, 2023
BONUS: Day 1. Love it or Leave it Challenge- How to make a decision
May 30, 2023
The Secret to Getting Clarity
May 23, 2023
Bonus Ep: Decision Debt
May 18, 2023
Indulging in Confusion
May 16, 2023
Let Your Job be an Investor in Your Life
May 09, 2023
The Secret to Getting the Life You Want
May 02, 2023
How to Deal with Layoffs
Apr 25, 2023
Picking Your One Goal
Apr 18, 2023
Accepting What Is
Apr 11, 2023
Vacation time is non-negotiable
Apr 04, 2023
Your Employer's Problems Are Not Your Problems
Mar 28, 2023
Replay: A tribute to Dave Hollis
Mar 21, 2023
My Story on The Get Paid Podcast
Mar 14, 2023
It's Not Easier Here
Mar 07, 2023
The Power of Communities
Feb 28, 2023
How Focusing on 1 Thing Changed Everything for Betty Dao
Feb 21, 2023
Self-love
Feb 14, 2023
It's Not About the Money
Feb 07, 2023
Following Through with Your Goals
Jan 31, 2023
Pick One Goal
Jan 24, 2023
Changing your Self-Concept
Jan 17, 2023
2022 Year in Review
Jan 10, 2023
How Dielle Charon went from social worker to million-dollar coach
Jan 03, 2023
Be Open to Possibilities
Dec 27, 2022
Thoughts on the Recession and Layoffs
Dec 20, 2022
Feel Your Feelings
Dec 13, 2022
Replay: How Kristina Barile Went From MIT Rocket Scientist to Living Off The Land In Panama
Dec 06, 2022
The Quitter Club
Nov 29, 2022
The Power of Knowing What You Want
Nov 22, 2022
Believe It Will Happen
Nov 15, 2022
How to Do Less
Nov 08, 2022
Parenting & Careers
Nov 01, 2022
Imposter Syndrome
Oct 25, 2022
Replay: From Lawyer to Chocolate Maker: How Shawn Askinosie Found His Calling
Oct 18, 2022
Getting Rid Of That Inner Critic - Part 2
Oct 11, 2022
Getting Rid of the Inner Critic - Part 1
Oct 04, 2022
How To Make Better Decisions
Sep 27, 2022
Leaning Into Uncertainty And Doubt
Sep 20, 2022
Quiet Quitting
Sep 13, 2022
Toxic Jobs
Sep 06, 2022
Toxic Bosses
Aug 30, 2022
Toxic Coworkers
Aug 23, 2022
Past v. Future You
Aug 16, 2022
Learning to Have
Aug 09, 2022
5 Year Plan
Aug 02, 2022
Throw Your Own Damn Party
Jul 26, 2022
Be Selfish
Jul 19, 2022
Lessons From My Dream Life
Jul 12, 2022
How Kathryn Finney Went From Being A Yale-Trained Epidemiologist To A Venture Capitalist Helping BIPOC Entrepreneurs Do Business Their Own Way
Jul 05, 2022
The Process of Going After Your Dream Life
Jun 28, 2022
How Zubin Pratap Went From Lawyer To A Software Engineer
Jun 21, 2022
Emotional Maturity
Jun 14, 2022
Student Panel - What It's Really Like In Pave Your Path
Jun 07, 2022
Normalize Changing Your Mind
May 31, 2022
The Real Reason You Should Go After Those BIG, SCARY Goals
May 24, 2022
Thinking On Purpose
May 17, 2022
Boundaries
May 10, 2022
Thoughts About Yourself
May 03, 2022
Wanting To Make Lots Of Money
Apr 26, 2022
The Law of Polarity And How It'll Help You Deal With Negative Emotions
Apr 19, 2022
Replay: A Look Back At How Blogging Helped Leslie Samuel Get And Then Quit His Dream Career
Apr 12, 2022
How To Use Comparison And Jealousy To Your Benefit
Apr 05, 2022
How Deepa Purushothaman Quit Corporate America In Order To Help Change It
Mar 29, 2022
Listener Q&A
Mar 22, 2022
Pave Your Path Q & A
Mar 15, 2022
Student Spotlight: How Cynthia Went From Overworked And Burned Out To Creating Her Dream Life
Mar 08, 2022
Student Spotlight: How Lisa McFadden Quit The Job She Hated To Create A Business She Loves
Mar 01, 2022
Building Confidence Through Self-Validation Cycles
Feb 22, 2022
Procrastination
Feb 15, 2022
Reducing Anxiety
Feb 08, 2022
The Problem With Finding Your Purpose
Feb 01, 2022
Self-Trust
Jan 25, 2022
You Don't Have To Hate It To Leave
Jan 18, 2022
100% Responsibility
Jan 11, 2022
How You View Your Work Matters
Jan 04, 2022
Replay: A Look Back At How Peter Glatz Went From Retired Dentist To Working With The Best Chefs In The Country
Dec 28, 2021
Replay: A Look Back At How Shinah Chang Went From High-Powered Attorney To A Million Dollar Calligraphy Business
Dec 21, 2021
2021 Year in Review
Dec 14, 2021
How To Deal With Overwhelm
Dec 07, 2021
Guilt
Nov 30, 2021
Replay: Life Is Both Good And Bad
Nov 23, 2021
How to Use Mini Experiments to Figure Out What You Want to Do
Nov 16, 2021
Lessons From My Photo Booth Business
Nov 09, 2021
How to Never Regret a Decision Again
Nov 02, 2021
How Christina Went From Anxiety Medication and a Fear of Public Speaking to Improv Classes and Showing Up Fully in Her Life
Oct 26, 2021
Be Delusional
Oct 19, 2021
You're Not Confused. You're Scared.
Oct 12, 2021
How Tragedy Fueled Bevin Farrand's Determination to Take the DAMN Trip
Oct 05, 2021
Shifting Your Paradigm
Sep 28, 2021
Getting Good At Feeling Discomfort
Sep 21, 2021
How Vishesh Chachra Left His Successful Career in Business to Pursue His Love of Acting
Sep 14, 2021
Stop Trying to Be Better
Sep 07, 2021
Don't Quit Your Job... Yet
Aug 31, 2021
Finding Your Community
Aug 24, 2021
The Myth of Work/Life Balance
Aug 17, 2021
Mom Guilt
Aug 10, 2021
Living Your Dream Life Now With Jordan Ramsey
Aug 03, 2021
3 lessons from 3 years of podcasting
Jul 27, 2021
Catastrophizing
Jul 20, 2021
Handling Criticism
Jul 13, 2021
Getting over the need for other people's approval
Jul 06, 2021
A conversation with my husband about my quitting journey
Jun 29, 2021
How to make a decision
Jun 22, 2021
Taking Responsibility
Jun 15, 2021
Destination Addiction
Jun 10, 2021
Living a fulfilling life right now
Jun 08, 2021
Destination Addiction
Jun 01, 2021
How the Compound Effect Will Change Your Life
May 25, 2021
How Trial And Error Can Lead To Your Dream Life With Janelle Christian
May 18, 2021
Clean Pain v Dirty Pain
May 11, 2021
The Fear of What Other People Think
May 04, 2021
Nobody Wants Perfect
Apr 27, 2021
Let It Be Hard
Apr 20, 2021
Finding Clarity in Your Next Career Move
Apr 13, 2021
Coaching Call Replay
Apr 06, 2021
My mom's quitter story: How Ziba Farzaneh used a layoff to build her dream life
Mar 30, 2021
Getting Finances In Order To Quit
Mar 23, 2021
Thoughts About Money
Mar 16, 2021
Seasons of Rest
Mar 09, 2021
How Tricia Cusden Started Her Beauty Line At Age 65 And Proved That You're Never Too Old To Start Over
Mar 02, 2021
How All Or Nothing Thinking Is Keeping You Stuck
Feb 23, 2021
The Most Important Work You Can Do
Feb 16, 2021
Investing In Yourself
Feb 09, 2021
From Morgan Stanley to Sustainable Fashion: How Vanessa Barboni Hallik is Saving The World Through Fashion
Feb 02, 2021
Stop Searching For Your Passion
Jan 26, 2021
Setting Better Goals
Jan 19, 2021
The Art of Dreaming Bigger
Jan 12, 2021
How Damona Hoffman Went From TV Executive To Building Her Own Brand
Jan 05, 2021
My Year In Review
Dec 29, 2020
A Holiday Message for You: 2020
Dec 22, 2020
The Story of Your Past
Dec 15, 2020
Short Term v. Long Term Goals
Dec 08, 2020
How Jamie Kutchman Wynne Left A Big Paycheck To Follow A Dream
Dec 01, 2020
Overcoming People Pleasing
Nov 24, 2020
Creating a Vision For Your Life
Nov 17, 2020
The Opportunity Costs of Staying Stuck
Nov 10, 2020
How to React to The World Around You
Nov 03, 2020
How The Sunk Cost Fallacy Is Keeping You Stuck
Oct 27, 2020
Lawyer to Baker: How Sarah Truesdell's Business Began to Boom During COVID
Oct 20, 2020
How Perfectionism is Ruining Your Life
Oct 13, 2020
Side Effects of Going After Your Goals
Oct 06, 2020
The Fear of Failure
Sep 29, 2020
How Kristina Barile Went From MIT Rocket Scientist to Living Off The Land In Panama
Sep 22, 2020
None Of This Is Natural
Sep 15, 2020
Life Will Always Be Both Good and Bad
Sep 08, 2020
Part 3: Emotions
Sep 01, 2020
Part 2: Learning How To Manage Your Mind For Success
Aug 25, 2020
Part 1: The Most Important Tool In Your Career Change
Aug 18, 2020
How Dawn Kelly Reinvented Herself After Being Blind-Sighted By a Layoff From Corporate America
Aug 11, 2020
Figuring Out Numerous Pivots With Raman Sehgal
Aug 04, 2020
Book Review: Deep Work by Cal Newport
Jul 28, 2020
How Emily Giffin Went From Lawyer to 10x New York Times Best Selling Author
Jul 21, 2020
How Cher Hale is Using Entrepreneurship to Fight Racial Inequality
Jul 14, 2020
How Deborah Chambers is Showing That You're Never Too Old
Jul 07, 2020
How Naja Hall Went From The Entertainment Industry to a Coach For Stepmoms And Blended Families 
Jun 30, 2020
How Being Laid Off During The 2008 Recession Changed Alexis Michaud's Future
Jun 23, 2020
Push Through Fear and Do it Anyway
Jun 16, 2020
Atomic Habits Book Review
Jun 09, 2020
How to Quit Being a Racist
Jun 02, 2020
Lessons from 100 episodes!
May 26, 2020
How Erin Wade used her layoff in 2009 to go after her dreams
May 19, 2020
How the 2008 recession propelled Lindsey Schwartz into entrepreneurship
May 12, 2020
How Paula Pant quit in the beginning of a recession and went on to create an empire
May 05, 2020
Book Review: Brene Brown's Rising Strong
Apr 28, 2020
Air BnB Super Hosts: How Sarah & Annette created a business out of a completely new industry
Apr 21, 2020
From Wall Street to Entrepreneur: How Emily Sexton Has Mastered The Art of Pivoting
Apr 14, 2020
Why Erika Gerdes quit a dream career at Google to undo everything society had taught her
Apr 07, 2020
Big Magic Book Review
Mar 31, 2020
From Bankruptcy to Baker: How Janelle Copeland Built an Incredible Brand and Business in The Face of Adversity.
Mar 24, 2020
Thoughts on How to Deal With the Coronavirus Crisis
Mar 20, 2020
How Mary Eberle Quit Two Careers Before Finding Her Passion For Solving DNA Mysteries
Mar 17, 2020
What Author Sara Bliss Learned From Highlighting The Stories of People Who Have Taken The Leap to New Careers
Mar 10, 2020
Why You Should Quit and Start an Online Business with Gemma Bonham-Carter
Mar 03, 2020
Book Review: Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck
Feb 25, 2020
How to Use Personality Tests to Find Your New Career With Christine McAlister
Feb 18, 2020
How Traci Connell Used Divorce and Death to Fuel Her Drive to Build a Multi-Million Dollar Business
Feb 11, 2020
How Tasha Cochran Built a Multiple Six Figure Side Hustle While Working as an Attorney
Feb 04, 2020
Book Review: The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris
Jan 28, 2020
Tackling Your Financial Plan So You Can Quit With Rob Bertman
Jan 21, 2020
From Lawyer to Master Coach: How Kara Loewentheil is Helping Women Unf*ck Their Brains
Jan 14, 2020
How to Reinvent Yourself with Marc Allen
Jan 07, 2020
How to Properly Set Goals to Actually Achieve your Dreams
Dec 31, 2019
Dr. Maria Phalime: The Doctor Who Walked Away
Dec 17, 2019
From Lawyer to Chocolate Maker: How Shawn Askinosie found his calling
Dec 10, 2019
Modeling Greatness In Everything You Do with Shunta Grant
Dec 03, 2019
How being a people-pleaser keeps you stuck
Nov 26, 2019
Finding Creativity in the Chaos: How Will Day went from Wall Street to becoming a painter
Nov 19, 2019
From Accountant to Wedding Photographer to Brick-and-Mortar business owner- How Kim Le Pham constantly pushes the boundaries of success
Nov 12, 2019
From Pastor to Athiest: Changing your identity with Geoff Kullman
Nov 05, 2019
How Jenna Irvin became a successful entrepreneur at 21 with zero experience
Oct 29, 2019
How Julian Mather Perfected The Art of Reinvention
Oct 22, 2019
How Luke Tonge went from employee to funlancer
Oct 15, 2019
How Kayse Morris, a former school teacher, has a multiple six-figure business empowering other teachers
Oct 08, 2019
EP. 66 Live Podcast Recording With Laurie Rowen, Pye Jirsa, Shinah Chang, and Sara Rezvanpour Rose
Oct 01, 2019
How Tara Laferrara followed her passion and is creating a fitness empire
Sep 24, 2019
You're never too old to start over with Paul Tasner
Sep 17, 2019
How Kelsey Murphy walked away from a great career to build an even better life
Sep 10, 2019
How AI is changing work and how to own the AI revolution with Neil Sahota
Sep 03, 2019
How Lindsey Schwartz quit the corporate world to become a Powerhouse Woman
Aug 27, 2019
How Peter Glatz quit his dental practice at 65 to start a second career in one of America's Best Restaurants
Aug 20, 2019
How Kelsey Chapman Built a Brand and Found Her Passion While Serving Coffee
Aug 13, 2019
How Michelle Schroeder-Gardner makes millions blogging while traveling the world
Aug 06, 2019
How Steve Trang Quit Engineering to Build a Real Estate Empire
Jul 30, 2019
Why you don’t need passion to scale a successful creative business with Pye Jirsa
Jul 23, 2019
10 lessons I've learned from podcasting for 1 year
Jul 16, 2019
How Josh Zloof quit the corporate world to disrupt the coffee industry with Sudden Coffee
Jul 09, 2019
How Elle Drouin quit the financial industry and took entrepreneurship head on
Jul 02, 2019
All your financial questions about quitting answered by Erin Lowry from Broke Millennial
Jun 25, 2019
How Chef Jenny Dorsey quit her MBA program to create social change through food
Jun 18, 2019
How blogging helped Leslie Samuel get and then quit his dream career
Jun 11, 2019
How Kevin Ha from the Financial Panther paid off $87k in student loans and quit law with the help of the gig economy.
Jun 04, 2019
How Dona Bumgarner designed a business based on what she needed most
May 28, 2019
You should never stop reevaluating your career choices: How Phil Black went from Navy Seal to Harvard Business School to Firefighter and more
May 21, 2019
How Steve Chou of My Wife Quit Her Job blog created multiple 7-figure businesses while keeping his day job
May 14, 2019
How Dave Hollis quit a dream job at Disney to create a dream life with the Hollis Company
May 07, 2019
How Annie Jensen Chapur quit law to create her own home accessories company
Apr 30, 2019
How Dawn Lewis followed her passion for crafting and became a professional
Apr 23, 2019
How to go from employee to successful business owner by focusing on the niches with Nicole Osmer
Apr 16, 2019
How Dr. John Pham focuses on his 'why' to navigate his career from Engineer to Orthodontist to Startup Founder
Apr 09, 2019
Why we should stop focusing on happiness and build resilience instead with Dr. Zelana Montminy
Apr 02, 2019
How Allison Lancaster went from executive assistant to 6-figure business owner in under 2 years
Mar 26, 2019
How a life coach can help you with Montine Blank
Mar 19, 2019
How Erin Hatzikostas walked away from her CEO position to help shape the next generation of leaders
Mar 12, 2019
How Jennifer Berson quit law and became a Public Relations powerhouse
Mar 05, 2019
From Teacher to Pinterest Strategist: How Jena Liat developed a new skill, started a business and replaced her income all within 2 years
Feb 26, 2019
How Ali Boone quit the corporate 9-5 as an aerospace engineer to start her real estate investment company
Feb 19, 2019
How to stop being nice and start being your authentic self with Dr. Aziz Gazipura
Feb 12, 2019
How Elie Mystal quit practicing law and wrote about it instead
Feb 05, 2019
How Shinah Chang quit the straight path of law for Crooked Calligraphy
Jan 29, 2019
Dentist & Marketer: How Joanne Bourgault is building her business on the side while still working as a dentist
Jan 22, 2019
How Joe Hansen walked away from Big Law to travel the world with his family
Jan 15, 2019
How to Gain Financial Independence with Paula Pant
Jan 07, 2019
How Anna Lundberg reimagined success by taking one step outside of her comfort zone
Jan 01, 2019
How to set goals you'll actually achieve
Dec 25, 2018
How Daniel Prince quit his career in finance in order to travel the world with his wife and 4 children
Dec 18, 2018
Ep. 24: Lawyer to Actor/Comedian- How Kelly Nugent turned her creativity into a career
Dec 11, 2018
Ep. 23: Corporate World to Author: How Mamta Jain Valderrama quit the business world to become an Amazon Best-Selling Author
Dec 04, 2018
Ep. 22: Lawyer and Interior Stylist- How Sara Rezvanpour Rose created her dream job as Creative Counsel at the Jungalow
Nov 27, 2018
Ep.21: How gratitude can fundamentally change your life
Nov 20, 2018
Ep.20: How Drew Morgan went from lawyer to stand-up comic
Nov 13, 2018
Ep. 19: Actor, Lawyer, CEO and more: How Isaac Lidsky created his reality by living Eyes Wide Open
Nov 06, 2018
Ep. 18: How Alli & Matt Owen gained financial independence, quit their 6-figure engineering jobs, and now travel the country working remotely
Oct 30, 2018
Ep. 17: How a tragedy helped Christine McAlister live her Life With Passion
Oct 23, 2018
Ep.16: How Ann Masciarotte turned her passion for art into a business
Oct 16, 2018
Ep.15: How Lauretta Ihonor quit numerous careers, including as a doctor and journalist, to finally find her true passion
Oct 09, 2018
Ep. 14: How David Lat went from lawyer to editor and founder of Above the Law
Oct 02, 2018
Ep. 13: How to grow any business through Instagram with Tyler J. McCall
Sep 25, 2018
Ep. 12: How Nick J. Murphy never lets fear or failure get in his way
Sep 18, 2018
Ep. 11: How Pleasance Silicki navigated multiple career changes by staying true to herself.
Sep 11, 2018
Ep.10: How Steve McCready made the jump from IT to therapist by pushing past his own false narratives
Sep 04, 2018
Ep. 9: How Laurie Rowen disrupted the legal profession to create the career she wanted
Aug 28, 2018
Ep. 08: How Maria Granovsky made the jump from Ph.D. to J.D. to Entrepreneur
Aug 21, 2018
Ep. 07: How to create a business on your own terms with Jenny Eden Berk
Aug 14, 2018
Ep. 06: Why you don't need passion to scale a successful creative business with Pye Jirsa
Aug 07, 2018
Ep. 05: How Melissa Wolak made the transition from employee to business owner through baby steps
Jul 31, 2018
Ep. 04: How Sarah Williams went from climbing the corporate ladder to climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro
Jul 24, 2018
Ep: 03: How being fired as a lawyer led Erin Wade to become a widely successful restauranteur
Jul 17, 2018
Ep. 02: How Steve Trang quit engineering to create a real estate empire
Jul 17, 2018
Ep. 01: How Kaveh Mostafavi went from bankruptcy lawyer to starting a million dollar supply company
Jul 17, 2018
Welcome! Get to know Goli a bit better
Jul 14, 2018