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Career Reshaped Episode 10: 2024 Recap: Lessons, Wins, and the Journey
What if 2025 wasn’t just another year—but the perfect time to reset, reframe, and reshape your career?
In this reflective and energising wrap-up episode of Career Reshaped, Pauline and Natasha look back on the standout lessons, wins, and turning points of 2024. From navigating burnout and self-doubt to building personal brands and making bold career changes, this season has been packed with real talk, powerful guest stories, and practical strategies to help you grow.
Instead of pushing hustle culture, Pauline and Natasha focus on what really matters: clarity, connection, and courage. They open up about their own journeys—what they’ve learned, what surprised them, and how conversations (even casual ones) can lead to unexpected opportunities.
Whether you’re still job hunting, thinking about going solo, or just feeling stuck, this episode offers encouragement and perspective. You’ll hear why strong relationships matter more than ever, how to set goals that actually move the needle, and why understanding your value is non-negotiable.
And here’s the exciting part: 2025 is already shaping up to be bigger. More guests. More tools. More ways to reshape your path, your way.
🎧 Tune in now for a heartfelt recap—and get ready for a new season that’s all about helping you thrive on your terms.
| Time | Transcript |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | hi and Welcome to our final episode of career reshaped for the year my |
| 00:07 | name is Pauline, I'm Natasha and we are your co-host for career re shap now I know |
| 00:10 | that we have not been doing this podcast for very long but it doesn't mean that |
| 00:15 | we're not proud and it doesn't mean that we don't want to share with you our 2024 |
| 00:21 | highlights we've had some amazing guests and we're really proud of each one of |
| 00:26 | them and we believe that they've given some great tips and advice for for you |
| 00:30 | and for us there's been things we've learned along the way so we wanted to |
| 00:33 | highlight them and share them with you and recap everything in a nice little |
| 00:38 | Christmas gift for the end of the year pretty pretty B so I just started |
| 00:41 | talking to people talking to a friend of a friend who ended up becoming a friend |
| 00:45 | that was interesting to me I thought it was quite exciting it's something |
| 00:49 | different all the time right you're going around to different places |
| 00:52 | something new and so I like the idea of it so I just thought you know let me try |
| 00:55 | to pursue that you know as long as you're having conversations and you're |
| 00:58 | open to what people are you know advising or you know just talking to you |
| 01:01 | about or who you can meet then quite often that will lead to Opportunities |
| 01:05 | and it's up to you whether you take those opportunities or not the biggest |
| 01:08 | thing I would say is that if you're looking to go on your own be realistic |
| 01:11 | about your expectations understand your strengths and weaknesses understand what |
| 01:15 | value you bring to the market and What Makes You differ and understand |
| 01:18 | your why have very very clear goals for what you want to do and Achieve believe |
| 01:23 | in yourself and there'll be hard times and there'll be there'll be good times |
| 01:26 | and you know you ride them both it was when I was like 23 I just decided |
| 01:29 | decided to go backpacking I bought one my ticket to Grace and just left I |
| 01:34 | didn't see daylight for months and I got very depressed I also did get diagnosed |
| 01:39 | with like ADHD halfway through which was the best thing that ever happened to me |
| 01:44 | I don't know if I'd still be alive if I didn't because I'd never been good with |
| 01:48 | school because IID always struggled with everything and no one had ever kind of |
| 01:52 | taught me how to do a lot of these things I kind of had to relearn how to |
| 01:55 | do a lot of these things I've never met a teacher who's not just going above and |
| 01:58 | beyond I'm not saying that they're then burn out and then get a little bit |
| 02:01 | resentful over things but I've never ever met someone who isn't there for the |
| 02:05 | right reasons and I've never ever met a school leader who's not trying to look |
| 02:08 | after their staff but at the end of the day strong relationships is key A lot of |
| 02:13 | people right now can feel incredibly demotivated they spent a good part of |
| 02:18 | 2024 looking for work and they haven't been successful if you need to take the |
| 02:23 | time out take the time out work will always be there it is always and forever |
| 02:30 | flowing instead of saying I want to improve my leadership skills you have to |
| 02:35 | change that into a smart goal specific measurable achievable relevant and time |
| 02:42 | bound I know if I'm going to stay in that job I'm going to be more and more |
| 02:46 | miserable in my head it was now or never sort of a situation and I just asked |
| 02:52 | myself if I want to feel this way I quit that job these are the skills that I can |
| 02:58 | monetize basically you are your brand like we're reaching 2025 if you have to |
| 03:03 | stand out build your personal brand it has been inspiring for us we've learned |
| 03:09 | a lot which has given us more ideas of the type of information that we can |
| 03:15 | share with you in 2025 that's right we we've got a whole |
| 03:19 | plan we've got guests already lined up and a whole lot in the making that we |
| 03:23 | really want to do and really make our podcast punch for you the whole concept |
| 03:28 | of career reshape is to not just motivate you and inspire you but to give |
| 03:34 | you the information and the tools that you need to get the career you want |
| 03:39 | whether it is simply taking it to the next level or completely changing it |
| 03:45 | from start to end so we hope that you enjoy our end of year celebration of all |
| 03:52 | our guests and that you start the year strong we hope that you have an amazing |
| 03:56 | holiday and we'll be back sometime in January probably not the first week |
| 04:02 | right maybe maybe keep you on your toes all right have a wonderful year and see |
| 04:09 | you in 2025 bye bye |
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