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

From Career Rut to Business Ready: How the Second Act Accelerator Helps You Quit Your Job and Launch a Business in 90 Days | #203 Tired of the Sunday Scaries and dreaming of quitting your 9-5 to start a business that lights you up? You’re not alone, and you don’t have to do it alone […]

Starting a Business as Healing: Medical Professional Suzy Wraines Turned Trauma into Purpose | #202 Is starting a business part of your healing journey? For Suzy Wraines, it absolutely was. In this powerful episode of the Second Act Success Career Podcast, Suzy shares her inspiring story of how she went from a military medic and veterinary technician […]

10 Profitable Businesses You Can Start From Home (Even While Working a 9-5) Have you ever scrolled on Instagram or TikTok watching women who claim to be making six figures in their pajamas at home? Yep, have all shaken our head at these ladies shouting “Yeah, right” into the phone. Wondering if there are profitable […]

Reinventing Life After 50! In this empowering episode of the Second Act Success Career Podcast, host Shannon Russell speaks with holistic living expert, life coach, and wellness advocate Lynnis Woods-Mullins who is thriving. After a successful career in corporate HR, Lynnis took a life-changing leap at age 51, leaving her job due to anxiety and burnout to reclaim […]

New to the United States and Creating a Life Based on Your Dreams. In this inspiring episode of the Second Act Success Career Podcast, host Shannon Russell sits down with Sunny Sun, a first-generation immigrant from China turned entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. Sunny shares her remarkable journey from moving to the United States for college to leaving a […]

Feeling stuck in your creative career? Whether you’re a producer, designer, editor, writer, artist, or performer—this episode is all about pivoting your career and creating a roadmap to turn your creative skills into a successful business. Host Shannon Russell, a former TV producer turned business coach, shares how she transitioned out of the entertainment industry […]

How to Use AI to Plan Your Business Are you thinking about starting a business and want to work smarter not harder? That’s the key to true success, right? Well, in today’s world, using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help you plan your business can give you a serious competitive edge. Whether you’re launching your first […]

What does it take to turn a passion for fitness into a thriving business—and then franchise it successfully across the country? In this episode of the Second Act Success Career Podcast, host Shannon Russell sits down with Devan Gonzalez, fitness entrepreneur and co-founder of Strive 11 Fitness, to explore how he turned his love of coaching […]

Have you ever wondered if your professional experience could be turned into a thriving business? In this episode of the Second Act Success Career Podcast, host Shannon Russell sits down with curriculum and course creation expert Shannon Boyer to explore how she transitioned from a career in college education to launching a business that empowers […]