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The Career Breakers Show

Welcome to The Career Breakers Show—a podcast for bold professionals reimagining work. Hosted by career coach Adriane Jones, we explore stories of pivots, pauses, and transitions that challenge the traditional career path. Each episode features candid conversations with professionals who have redefined career success on their own terms. From career breaks to major pivots, these conversations offer inspiration, practical insights, and the confidence to create a career that truly fits your life. If

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00:26:55

36. SJ Tudor: Leaving the Freelance Hustle and...

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2025/12/03

SJ Tudor is a Career Breaker.After nearly a decade freelancing and enjoying the freedom and flexibility of running her own creative business, SJ started to feel the limits of hustling alone. SJ had big ambitions, including becoming a creative director for a global brand, and she realized she needed new experiences, bigger teams, and a different kind of environment to get there.In this episode, SJ shares how she made the intentional shift from freelancing to corporate life, letting go of a long-held

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00:29:59

35. Atalay Ozsoy: From Corporate Sales to Coaching...

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2025/11/19

Atalay Ozsoy is a Career Breaker.After a decade in corporate sales at companies like Coca-Cola and Amazon, Atalay found himself craving work that felt more meaningful than closing deals. Football had always been an important part of his life but it wasn’t until corporate asked him to choose between returning to the office or continuing to coach on the side that he realized what mattered most.In this episode, Atalay shares how a return to office mandate pushed him to walk away from corporate life,

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00:36:28

34. Rebecca Goldcrump: From Numbers to Humans

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2025/11/12

Rebecca Goldcrump is a Career Breaker.She began her career as a CPA, following a predictable and stable path. Over time, she realized she wanted work that felt more connected to people and purpose, which led her to pursue an MBA and co-found The Impact Collective, a company helping individuals and organizations actualize their vision of a better world, one where the strength of the collective drives shared success.In this episode, Rebecca shares how she used small experiments to explore new

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00:42:25

33. Emily Lily: Becoming What Comes Next

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2025/11/05

Emily Lily is a Career Breaker.After more than a decade leading culture, people, and organizational development, including serving as Director of Culture at a Portland startup, Emily felt a pull to step away. What began as a quiet whisper to leave became a full-body call for expansion.They left, but their break took an unexpected turn through two ovarian tumor surgeries, surgical menopause, and a deep process of self-reconnection. Along the way, Emily discovered that when one chapter ends, nothing

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00:52:53

32. Travis Wilson: Being a Lead Dad and the For Now...

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2025/10/29

Travis Wilson is a Career Breaker.After years building a career in leadership and learning development, helping teams grow across industries like higher education, healthcare, aerospace, and tech manufacturing, Travis made a pivot. In 2023, he stepped away from corporate life to become the Lead Dad in his household while his wife, an academic physician, pursued her work in oncology.In this episode, Travis shares how this pause from corporate work reshaped his perspective on work, leadership, and

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00:38:24

31. Krista Vaught: The Career Constellation After Law...

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2025/10/22

Krista Vaught is a Career Breaker. After graduating from law school, Krista made the bold decision to not practice law, setting her on a completely different path. Guided by curiosity and a desire to connect people with the resources they need to thrive, she built a career spanning higher education, leadership development, and employee experience.Today, she’s a Principal Advisor at Frontier Design, helping organizations reimagine how people learn, lead, and experience work. In this episode, Krista

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30. Wendy Kleinfeldt: From Corporate Climb to...

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2025/10/15

Wendy Kleinfeldt is a Career Breaker.After rising through leadership and Learning & Development roles in tech, Wendy reached a breaking point. She realized the the “golden handcuffs” weren’t worth the cost to her self-respect or well-being. Drawing on a lifelong third-culture perspective and a strong mind–body intuition, she chose to walk away from corporate life and redesign work on her own terms.In this episode, Wendy shares how she left a high-paying role, moved states, and pivoted from

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00:38:26

29. Todd Sattersten: Following Your Interests to Open...

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2025/10/08

Todd Sattersten is a Career Breaker.Todd started his career in engineering and fabrication, but his interest in business books led him down a new path. What began as blogging and interviewing authors led him into publishing, first supporting authors with book launches, speaking, and events, and eventually taking over Bard Press, a Portland, Oregon-based book publisher.In this episode, Todd shares how persistence, pivots, and following what sparked his interest opened new doors along the way. He

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00:22:58

28. Adriane Jones: [SEASON FINALE] Following the...

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2025/06/11

In this special season finale of The Career Breakers Show, host and creator Adriane Jones returns to the mic, solo, to reflect on Season 2, share behind-the-scenes updates, and offer a glimpse into what’s next — for the show and her!Over the past six months, Adriane has interviewed bold professionals navigating pivots, pauses, and transitions — not always with a plan, but often by following a spark. These stories reshaped her own thinking and helped her reimagine what’s possible in work and life.In

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00:38:14

27. Sarah K Peck: The Accidental Path to Doing Things...

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2025/05/06

Sarah K Peck is a Career Breaker.After five years in the corporate world at the start of her career, Sarah knew it wasn’t the right fit, so she made her leap into entrepreneurship. A few career pivots later, and inspired by her own experience of pregnancy and startup life, she set out to write a book about what it’s really like to build a business while becoming a parent. But along the way, the interviews she recorded for research took on a life of their own, and everything changed.What began as a

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00:39:40

26. Lea Pandozzi: Knowing When to Pivot and When to...

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2025/04/22

Lea Pandozzi is a Career Breaker.She’s also my oldest friend—we go way back to 3rd grade!Lea began her career in higher education before making a bold pivot into big tech. At Amazon, she didn’t just follow a set path—she carved out her own, moving from recruiting into an executive business partner role where she could put her strengths to work.When the work no longer felt fulfilling, she chose to step away without a job lined up.That pause created space for new opportunities, including a career

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00:38:27

25. Murillo Soranso: From Higher Ed to Two Tech...

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2025/04/15

Murillo Sorensen is a Career Breaker.After working for over a decade in higher education and making a bold leap into the tech world, Murillo was hit with not one, but two unexpected layoffs. What could have been a moment of defeat turned into an opportunity for clarity, creativity, and growth.In this episode, Murillo shares how his career breaks gave him space to reconnect with his identity beyond work—embracing his lifelong love of storytelling and writing. During his time away from full-time

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00:34:26

24. Rebecca Magee: Asking for a Layoff and Trusting...

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2025/04/08

Rebecca Magee is a Career Breaker.After years working in social impact and corporate social responsibility, Rebecca took not one but two intentional career breaks, each one reshaping how she thought about success, safety, and sustainability in her work.In this episode, she shares the story of her first break in her twenties, which helped her move from nonprofit work into a dream role in sustainable fashion. Years later, burned out and feeling ready for something new, she made the bold move to ask

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00:27:48

23. Jared Perry: Turning a Layoff into a Launchpad...

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2025/04/01

Jared Perry is a Career Breaker.Jared had been thinking about launching his own business for a while. When he was laid off from his role at a tech startup, it became the catalyst to move forward with a plan he’d already been quietly building - the launch of his fractional Chief of Staff business.In this episode, Jared shares how he navigated that in-between time by validating his business idea through unpaid work, rebuilding confidence, and creating structure - all with a baby on the way. He talks

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00:30:41

22. Lakshmi Narayanee: Leaving Amazon for Creativity,...

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2025/03/25

Lakshmi Narayanee is a Career Breaker.After a successful career in big tech, including nearly a decade at Amazon, Lakshmi found herself feeling disconnected and uninspired. Despite being on a promising career trajectory, she knew something needed to change. So, she made the bold decision to take what she calls a "slowbatical," an intentional break to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with herselfHer journey began with a one-way flight to Bali, where she embarked on an "Eat, Play,

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00:39:24

21. Tiffany LeNoir: Embracing Failure to Flourish

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2025/03/18

Tiffany LeNoir is a Career Breaker.After building a successful career in software sales, Tiffany hit a wall of burnout at 30 and realized that even high-paying jobs could feel like dead ends. She took a bold step back, quitting her job and spending the summer scooping ice cream and making greeting cards—giving herself space to reset and explore what truly mattered to her.In this episode, Tiffany shares how her five-month career break helped her redefine success, embrace failure as a stepping stone,

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00:37:34

20. Yue Zhao: Using Product Leadership at Meta &...

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2025/03/10

Yue Zhao is a Career Breaker.Yue began her career in management consulting before transitioning into product leadership, first at startups and later at tech giants like Meta and Instagram. From the start, she approached her career as a series of stepping stones, intentionally seeking out experiences that would expand her skills and leadership abilities.But when her life and priorities shifted, Yue realized it was time to design a career that aligned with what she valued most, time with her family

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00:50:47

19. Barrett Brooks: From Underutilized to Embracing...

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2025/03/04

Barrett Brooks is a Career Breaker.After years of helping scale ConvertKit from $3M to $30M in revenue as COO, Barrett found himself at a crossroads where he felt underutilized, overworked, and disconnected from his family. Instead of pushing through, he made a bold decision: to step away without a clear next move, but with the conviction that there had to be something better.In this episode, Barrett shares how he approached his transition with intention, from open conversations with his wife about

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00:38:30

18. Janis Vogel: Pivoting, Healing, and Rewriting the...

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2025/02/25

Janis Vogel is a Career Breaker. After navigating the high-stress demands of New York City’s film industry, the challenges of motherhood, and the profound impact of the pandemic, Janis transformed her journey - not by leaving her passion behind, but by reimagining her approach. Now, she artfully integrates coaching with film editing, choosing projects that inspire her, like her recent work on AppleTV’s "Severance."In this episode, Janis shares how she balanced her evolving career, embraced gradual

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00:39:52

17. Brittney Van Matre: Rewilding Work After Nike

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2025/02/18

Brittney Van Matre is a Career Breaker.After spending nearly 12 years at Nike leading consumer and employee experience initiatives, Brittney reached a turning point—climbing the corporate ladder no longer felt fulfilling. The pandemic, along with personal losses, gave her the push she needed to walk away, even without a clear next step.In this episode, Brittney shares how she embraced uncertainty, giving herself permission to pause, reflect, and even experience boredom as a gift in her transition

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