Second Act Success Blog:
Business Tips, Career Advice, and Inspiration on Starting Over

Thinking about leaving your corporate job to start a consulting business?  Your years of professional experience may be the foundation for your next chapter. If you’ve spent years building a successful corporate career but find yourself dreaming about becoming your own boss, you’re not alone. Many women reach a point in their careers when they […]

How do you actually get clients? You started the business. You created your offer. Maybe you built the website, opened the Instagram account, created a logo, and officially announced to the world that you’re an entrepreneur. And then comes the question almost every new business owner eventually asks: How do I actually get clients? As […]

Is Your Career Still Working For You? What if you know your career isn’t working anymore, but you don’t want to start a business, completely change industries, or throw away decades of experience? That’s something we don’t talk about enough when discussing career reinvention. A second act doesn’t always mean quitting corporate America and becoming […]

Leaving Corporate to Reinvent Your Life What happens when the career and life you carefully planned no longer feel like the life you want? For many women considering a career change, the hardest part isn’t knowing they’re unhappy. It’s figuring out what comes next. Do you find another job? Leave corporate altogether? Start a business? […]

Fear Almost Stopped Me I wanted to give a TEDx Talk for a long time. I wanted to stand on that famous red circle and share a message I believed could make a difference. But wanting to do something and actually doing it are two very different things. The TEDx stage intimidated me. What if […]

Stop Downplaying Your Potential Have you ever encouraged a friend to go after a promotion, start a business, write a book, or make a big career change? You can immediately see all of the reasons she would be amazing at it. But when someone suggests that you start a business or make a career change, […]

Do you have to quit your job before you can start your second act? Absolutely not! One of the biggest misconceptions about making a career change is that you need to make one dramatic leap. Quit the job. Change careers. Start the business. Become a completely different person. Real-life career transition rarely works that way. […]

Career Change Without Starting Over: How to Turn Your Corporate Experience Into Your Second Act If you’re thinking about a career change after spending 10, 20, or even 30 years building your career, one thought may keep creeping in…Do I really want to start all over again? Here’s the good news. You don’t have to. […]

Have you ever looked at your career and thought, “I know I don’t want to do this forever, but I have no idea what I would do instead?” That question can feel especially overwhelming when you’ve spent 10, 15, or 20+ years building a successful career. You have experience. You have skills. You may have […]