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An Executive Coach on Facing Fear, Pivoting Careers, and Protecting Your Energy | Carrie Fabris, Career Frame

At home with her young kids, Carrie found herself with the space to ask a question a lot of women in midlife quietly carry: if I could do anything I wanted, what would it be? The honest answer didn’t fit the career she’d already built — and figuring out what to do about that took more than one try.

ABOUT THE GUEST:

Carrie Fabris spent 20+ years in corporate leadership at companies like Google, Travelocity, and Sabre before leaving to start her coaching firm, Career Frame. When it didn’t take, she went back to corporate for two years — then relaunched, this time to make it stick. Now an executive coach and author of All In: A Working Mom’s Unapologetic Quest for a Juicy Life, she works with senior leaders and teams, but the same lessons apply just as much to a working mom wondering what’s next or trying to avoid burnout — including her “Return on Energy” idea: like ROI, but for your energy — are you getting a worthwhile return on what you pour into something, even if the payoff is down the road?

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

  • [04:02] Why her first attempt at leaving corporate failed — and why she had to go back before she could move forward
  • [11:07] What “all in” really means — the idea behind her book All In: A Working Mom’s Unapologetic Quest for a Juicy Life
  • [17:46] How to use her FRAME It executive-coaching framework at home — whether you’re leading a team at work or managing your own energy as a busy mom
  • [22:57] The Return on Energy framework — a simple gut-check for where your time and energy actually go
  • [26:11] The “busy” red flag, and the questions to ask yourself when you can’t slow down
  • [32:53] How to use your Clifton Strengths to find work that actually energizes you
  • [42:05] Setting Your Rate — Why Carrie Doesn’t Charge Hourly

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About the Show:

Her Intentional Reset is a midlife podcast for women navigating career change — honest, deep-dive conversations about career pivots, second acts, and reinvention with women who’ve actually lived it. This women’s empowerment podcast speaks to women in 30’s, 40, women over 50, Gen X women, working moms, empty nesters, and corporate women dealing with burnout — women redefining success and finding their why after a layoff, a career wall, or the moment work just stopped feeling right. Each episode traces a real transition story: the catalyst for change behind it, whether that’s a layoff story, career burnout, or hitting a wall; the steps and timeline behind how she actually made the change — quitting a corporate job, leaving corporate America, starting over professionally, and/or going from employee to entrepreneur; and an inside look at her industry along the way.

The conversations also get into the practical side most career-change content skips: transferable skills, upskilling and reskilling in midlife, starting a business with no experience, and career change without a degree. And because money is always part of the story, guests talk financial planning for a career change — paying yourself first, building a financial runway and safety net, income gaps, self-employed health insurance, saving for retirement while self-employed, and the money mindset it takes to trade a paycheck for financial freedom in midlife.

Guests share the career pivot lessons learned, the advice for career changers, and what they wish they’d known before quitting — then close out with a Rapid Round covering the real-life stuff: family recipes, book and show recommendations, a life motto, and a wellness or self-care tip for midlife women, because women are often each other’s best guides and teachers. It’s never too late to make a change, follow your intuition, and listen to that quiet voice — every episode leaves listeners feeling inspired and empowered to explore their own career pivot, second act, or next chapter, on their own terms. New episodes of this career change podcast and midlife podcast for women release biweekly on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

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