The Flourish Careers Podcast

// Staying Relevant in the Age of AI with Natalie Benamou

What does it really mean to stay relevant in a world reshaped by AI and constant change?
In this episode, Natalie Benamou, Founder + CEO, shares the personal moments, from an unusual accident to a pivotal phone call, that redirected her career. 
We talk about relevance, why curiosity matters more than speed, and how lived wisdom remains irreplaceable in the age of AI. Natalie brings a generous mix of insights and resources you can start using today ✨
If you’ve ever wondered, “Am I falling behind?” this conversation offers an impactful reframe: you’re not behind. Relevance is about presence and curiosity.
🔗 Connect with Natalie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliebenamou/
🌟 HerCsuite® https://hercsuite.com/
🔗 NEXT2LEAD AI https://hercsuite.com/next-2-lead-ai-powered-by-hercsuite/
📗 Natalie’s latest book: Power of What’s NEXT: Bold Moves By Design: https://amzn.to/4qLk21k
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// Career Courage: Why It’s Finally Time To Do What’s Right For You—And How To Begin

What if the bravest career move you could make was simply permission to try?
In this episode, I share the sentence that changed my career path and the stories that taught me about self-trust.
We’ll explore what courage really looks like in our everyday work lives—setting boundaries, saying yes (and no), and choosing what’s right for you, even when it doesn’t match expectations.
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🎧 Tune in to the Career Reinvention Roadmap: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
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// Career Reinvention Roadmap (Part 3): Practical Steps to What’s Next

You’ve noticed the signs and redefined success, the next question is simple (and loaded!): now what? In this conversation, Jen Pestikas and I share the small, intentional steps that helped us reinvent our careers without pressure or a dramatic leap. We talk about self-discovery practices, micro-experiments, grounding rituals, and learning to follow energy instead of titles.
Reinvention isn’t a straight line or a polished plan. It’s a series of aligned steps, taken with curiosity, courage, and the right support. This final episode of the Career Reinvention series is about making that next chapter feel possible—and sustainable.
Part 1: Career Reinvention Roadmap: Signs, Steps, Shifts to Your Next Season Part 2: Career Reinvention Roadmap: Redefining Success
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💛 Brave Women at Work Community: https://bravewomenatwork.com/
✨ Human Design chart: https://www.myhumandesign.com/
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// Career Reinvention Roadmap (Part 2): Redefining Success

We spend almost 90,000 hours of our lives working. Why wouldn’t we want those hours to feel meaningful? Spacious? Even joyful?! If your definition of success is shifting, you’re not losing ambition; you’re refining it.
That’s the conversation we’re having in The Reinvention Roadmap Part 2 — what success looks like when it’s built from the inside out. 🤍
Once you start questioning corporate life (or step away from it entirely), the definition of success you inherited often stops working. Titles, metrics, and external validation no longer tell the story. When success is defined from the inside out, it stops demanding more and starts supporting you... and that shift can change everything.
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💛 Brave Women at Work Community: https://bravewomenatwork.com/
🌟 Alt Summit conference: https://altitudesummit.com/
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// Career Reinvention Roadmap (Part 1): Signs, Shifts + Steps to Your Next Season

What if the discomfort you’re feeling in your career isn’t a problem to fix…but a signal to listen? There comes a moment (sometimes quietly, sometimes all at once) when the career you built no longer fits who you’re becoming. And nothing is technically “wrong”… but something feels off. That season? I call it the quiet in-between.
In this three-part series, Jen Pestikas from Brave Women at Work and I are exploring the emotional, intuitive, and practical sides of career transformation, especially for heart-based professionals who feel called toward something more aligned.
Welcome to Season 11 and The Career Reinvention (three-part) Series: Signs, Shifts & Steps to Your Next Season. Today, we will start with the signs and the messy middle.  
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💛 Brave Women at Work Community: https://bravewomenatwork.com/
📚 Book: Die Empty by Todd Henry: https://amzn.to/3Ys0Xou
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// How To Use Rituals To Prioritize Yourself And Your Career

What if the tiniest ritual could be the thing that finally helps you breathe again?
In this Season 10 finale, we’re wrapping up a meaningful season of heart-centered conversations and digging into how to use rituals to prioritize yourself and your career. We’ll talk about why rituals matter, how they can ground you during transitions, and simple ways to weave them into your days without adding more to your to-do list.
It's the perfect episode to help you close out the year and welcome the new year with a steadier, more grounded rhythm 💖
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// Crafting a Modern Career Rooted in Creativity with Briana Ottoboni

What if the quickest path to career clarity is hidden in your inbox? 💌
In this episode, I’m joined by Briana Ottoboni, founder of Fractal Studio and host of The Trades Show, to explore the quiet comeback of the trades, the rise of modern craftsmanship, and what artisans can teach us about creating with intention. We also dig into the “inbox test,” a simple way to notice what genuinely pulls your attention and sparks a more grounded, creative direction in your career.
Briana’s nonlinear path through sustainable fashion, tech, and consulting shows why careers work best as experiments, not linear ladders.
If you’re craving more creativity or a fresh way to think about where you’re headed, this conversation will inspire you!  
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🔗 Connect with Briana
The Trades Show on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0g5nz0QQY4lNTi7qhfjBoj?si=c1564de49b6f4b89
The Trades Show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tradesshow
Substack:https://brianaaugustina.substack.com/
Personal Website: https://www.brianaaugustina.com/
For consulting work: https://www.fractalstudio.work/
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// How to Trust Your Intuition and Follow Your Heart with Corbin Chase

What happens when you lose touch with who you really are, and how do you find your way back?
This week, I’m joined by Corbin Chase, an intuitive counselor and holistic health practitioner who helps others reconnect with themselves—emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
Corbin shares her journey from corporate tech to intuitive healing and the ah-ha moment that changed everything: standing in a jewelry shop, unable to choose a single piece because she no longer knew who she was. That realization became the spark that led her back to authenticity.
Together, we explore how intuition speaks through feeling, the dance between head + heart, why authenticity can look messy, and how light and dark energies shape our everyday lives.
Corbin’s story is a gentle reminder that when you reconnect with your authentic self, life begins to rise in support.
🔗 Connect with Corbin on her website https://corbinchase.health/  and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wholewithcorbin/
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// How to Have Positive Career Conversations with Jacqueline Stavros and Cheri Torres

Conversations are at the heart of how we connect. But here’s the real question: are your conversations worth having? This discussion really opened my mind (and was so much fun!) as we explored what it means to have conversations that move us forward.
Jackie Stavros and Cheri Torres joined me to explore Appreciative Inquiry, a strengths-based approach that shifts the way you connect with others and with yourself. From networking and job interviews to even those tricky salary negotiations, you’ll discover how the right mindset can completely change the outcome.
If you’ve ever wished you could hit “reset” on a conversation or you want to make your career chats more meaningful, this episode will give you practical tools to start using right away.
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🔗  Connect with Jackie and Cheri 
Website: www.cwh.today
LinkedIn: Cheri Torres | Jackie Stavros
Get 30% off the CWH Foundations Course using the coupon code FLOURISHINGCAREERS at checkout. It’s a 30-minute self-directed course: five short 5-7-minute videos plus a guidebook to help people put the practices into action!  
They also offer the Conversation Bootcamp, which is an intensive dive into putting the practices to work on real-life challenges and tough conversations.
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// Why Waiting to Feel Ready Holds You Back with Dr. Kasi Lacey

How often do we tell ourselves, “I’ll take the leap when the timing feels right”—only to keep waiting?
In this conversation, Dr. Kasi Lacey discusses why that mindset keeps us stuck. She shares stories from breaking barriers in a toxic, male-dominated workplace to creating her own practice, inspired by her daughters. We talk about trading hustle for wholeness, turning comparison into curiosity, and treating confidence not as a trait you’re born with but as a skill you strengthen through small, steady steps.
Kasi’s perspective is a reminder that confidence doesn’t come from waiting—it comes from taking one tiny step, even when the path feels uncertain.
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🔗  Connect with Kasi
Website: www.kasilacey.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-kasi-lacey-207815110/
Instagram & Facebook: @drkasilacey
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