Embrace the Squiggle: Change happens. Growth is a choice.
Embrace the Squiggle is the podcast about navigating change in work, identity, leadership, and life with intention. Because change happens. Growth is a choice.
This show explores the honest, human stories behind reinvention. From career pivots and leadership shifts to identity crises, mindset shifts, and unexpected detours, each episode dives into what it really looks like to move through uncertainty instead of waiting for clarity.
Our guests share candid stories of obstacles, failures, breakthroughs, and hard-earned lessons. Not because they had it all figured out but because they chose growth in the middle of the mess.
Each week, Colleen DelVecchio and Ashleigh Beadle unpack the pivots, pauses, leaps of faith, and “what am I even doing?” moments that shape a non-linear life. This isn’t about chasing a straight line. It’s about building the mindset and courage to evolve on purpose.
Episodes
141 episodes
Turning Networking into a Good Word: How to Actually Like Building a Network and Transform Your Career
Want to get a new job? You need a network.Want to hire someone great? You need a network.Want to make friends in your new city? You need a network.You know this is true… but you are still dragging your feet on actually doin...
The Inside Story on Community Banking: Career Growth, Co-Ops, and What Your Bank Choice Actually Means with Courtney Huxley
Most of us have been to the bank. But how many of us actually know what's happening behind the scenes or what it means to build an entire career there?Courtney Huxley started as a bank teller and squiggled her way through the world of ba...
The Squiggly Business Journey Behind Aesthetic Med Spas with Alyssa D’Arcy
What does a Pediatric ICU nurse and a med spa owner have in common? More than you'd think — and it's all one squiggly career.Alyssa D'Arcy went from caring for critically ill children to building her own aesthetics practice, and the thre...
Laid Off Twice in One Year: What Redundancy Taught Me About Career Transitions with Jane Ferré
Getting laid off once is hard. Getting laid off twice in the same year? That is the type of squiggle none of us expect.Jane Ferré has been there, and she didn't just survive it, she used the first redundancy to get through the second one...
Starting Something New for Yourself and Squiggling into a New Chapter
We’ve all felt it, that moment when the place your living, the team you’re in, the routine you follow starts to feel limiting. OR an amazing opportunity presents itself. And all of the sudden you have to enter a new chapter and squiggle to the ...
Your Skills Are More Transferable Than You Think: How to Pivot with Confidence with Juliana Naranjo Pereira
All it takes to pivot is one person who believes in you and the confidence to know your skills travel with you.If you've had 12 jobs in 8 years, moved cities, crossed industries, or found yourself starting over more than once, you're not...
What Job Seekers Are Getting Wrong These Days with Allison Levin
If you have been on the job market lately, you know that its tough out there. The advice that worked three years ago? It's not cutting it anymore.In this episode, Colleen sits down with Allison Levin, a career coach and former HR profess...
Let People Do Their Jobs: The Curse of the Micromanager
We’ve all either done it or been under it: micromanagement.When your boss just doesn’t trust you to do the work, so micromanages your every last step. I think we can all agree, there is nothing worse!In this episode of Embrace the...
From Layoff to Legacy: How Maryann Pfeiffer Built a Women-Led Agency on Her Own Terms
Nobody plans to launch a business six months pregnant after a layoff. But sometimes the squiggle chooses you.Maryann Pfeiffer didn't set out to build an agency. She started with a "temporary" consulting gig to get through an impossible m...
Realistic Advice to Help You Deal with Imposter Syndrome
Everyone is just waiting for someone to tap them on the shoulder and say… 'You don’t belong here. You’ve been faking it. We all know you’re an Imposter!'Well, at least everyone who is out there trying is.This episode of Embrace th...
Leaving Corporate Success to Find Personal Purpose with Lachandra B. Baker
What if the thing that broke you was also the thing that set you free?Lachandra Baker spent 35 years climbing the corporate ladder, reaching executive roles in communications and culture at multi-billion dollar organizations. Then life h...
Great Leaders Eat Lunch AND Take PTO
We’ve all had that boss that tells us to take lunch and use all our vacation days, but then does the exact opposite.What do you do when you’re hearing one thing and seeing another? You get confused and frustrated.This is exactly w...
The Trust Economy: How Podcasts Build Business Relationships at Scale with Guillaume Jouvencel
What makes you trust someone enough to hand them your business? It's rarely a cold pitch or a clever ad. It's a relationship. The feeling that you already know someone, that you've heard them think out loud, that you understand how they see the...
What Happens After the Pressure Gets to You: Leadership in the Face of Crisis with Savio P. Clemente
What do you learn when you face cancer, not once but twice?Savio P. Clemente has done it and came out the other side to share the squiggly lessons we all need. This episode of Embrace the Squiggle, Colleen and Ashleigh speak wit...
Finding Your Next Squiggle: Career Moves After a Pause with Renee Ketels
Whether you left the workforce by choice or the decision was made for you, knowing what to actually do next is a whole different challenge. In this episode, we're doing something a little different. Instead of hearing about a squiggle ...
Crafting Your Million Dollar Message: How to Launch Yourself as a Thought Leader and Turn Words Into Wealth with Aurora Winter
What if the words you use (and the stories you tell) are the currency of your career and business? Aurora Winter has built multiple 7-figure companies, won awards for her books, and been featured everywhere from ABC-TV to Oprah Radio. And her t...
Career Growth and Visibility When You Work From Home: Is There a Remote Work Trap?
You got the flexibility you asked for. But now you're wondering… is working from home actually holding you back?You're showing up, but you're not in the room where it happens. And when promotion season comes around, out of sight might ju...
What Teens Can Teach Us About Our Own Squiggly Careers with Kristen Peterson
What if the career you never planned for turned out to be exactly the one you were meant to have? And what if the teens in your life — the ones navigating big decisions about their futures — can actually teach you everything you need to know ab...
The Importance of Brand Photography That Actually Reflects Your Squiggly Career with Heike Delmore
Your brand photos might be the most vulnerable thing you'll ever do for your business. And that's exactly the point.Most women entrepreneurs are walking around with headshots that no longer reflect who they are but images that show who t...
Taking the Leap: Making Bold Decisions as an Entrepreneur and Finding Purpose After the Pivot with Kelly Rochelle Thadison
Entrepreneurship is not for everyone. But for some, its exactly the place you need to be.For over 18 years, Kelly Rochelle Thadison ran Simply Divine Beauty Lounge, learning the hard lessons of entrepreneurship firsthand — cash flow, fin...
When It’s Time to Take Your Side Gig Full Time: Speaking Your Truth at Work with Meghan Rothschild
Stuck in an unhappy career? Wondering if your side gig could become something bigger?Many professionals stay in jobs that drain them because the leap into something new feels too risky. But sometimes toxic workplaces, mean bosses, and be...
The High-Achiever’s Guide to Energy, Sleep & Avoiding Burnout with Tanessa Shears
What if the thing holding your career back… isn’t your ambition but your energy?In this episode of Embrace the Squiggle, Colleen and Jen dive into a topic every high-achiever needs but often ignores: sleep, energy, and sustai...
Wired This Way: Intrinsic Motivation is Key to a Squiggly Career with Shawn Thornton
What actually counts as an “untraditional” career?At Embrace the Squiggle, that definition is constantly evolving—and this episode is proof that there’s no one way to build a meaningful career.This week, Colleen and Ashle...
The Career Squiggle Advice Ambitious Women Need: Why Doing Less Might Be the Answer with Nell 3D
What if the key to your next career move… isn’t doing more—but doing less?In this episode, Colleen and Ashleigh sit down with Subtraction Activist Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey (aka Nell 3D) to unpack a powerful (and often overlooked) care...
The Power of Sponsorship: How a Supportive Boss at 19 Transformed Cindy Darnell’s Career Path
What if one person believing in you early could completely change your career path?In this episode of Embrace the Squiggle, Colleen and Ashleigh sit down with Cindy Darnell, Director of Operational Excellence for the Americas at...