Do you want to make a career change, but you feel stuck? Do you keep procrastinating, thinking you’ll get started next week, month, or year?
Here to get you going is executive coach and leadership consultant Ellen Whitlock Baker. As the founder and CEO of EWB Coaching, Ellen helps midlife professionals reclaim who they are and what they want to do next in their careers.
In this episode, Ellen shares why it’s so hard to get started even when you know it’s time for a change. She reveals how you can identify those conscious and unconscious blockers that are keeping you from switching to a new career and the tiny, low-risk steps you can take to start anyway—even if you’re scared, unsure, or don’t have a plan yet.
Episode Highlights:
• Why it's hard to get started with a career change
• Your biological wiring that resists change
• Perfectionism and other common blockers that keep you stuck
• How your upbringing and past work experiences influence your thinking
• Taking action even when you don't feel ready
• Small "experiments" to investigate new career paths
• Reframing failure as learning
• Using AI to generate insights for possible next steps
Find Ellen Whitlock Baker at:
Website: https://ewbcoaching.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellenwhitlockbaker/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellenwbcoaching
Podcast: The Hard at Work Podcast
Start Anyway Workshop on 9/18/25: https://ewbcoaching.com/startanyway
Discount code for 15% off: SWITCH25
Resources Mentioned:
Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey
Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career by Herminia Ibarra
Want more advice? Check out these additional episodes:
Ep 34: 3 signs it’s time for a career change
Ep 19: Here’s why you’re procrastinating about your career change
Ep 7: Lost with what career change to make?
Music credit: TimMoor from Pixabay
Podcast info:
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