Leap Like Me
Sometimes life asks us to make a bigger change than we expected. Welcome to Leap Like Me, where we offer real stories, inspiration and practical advice on how to make purposeful, brave leaps in life – and sustain them even through challenging times.
Life Coach Lisa Hoashi explores the strategies and mindset you need to make brave changes in your life and work. Featuring guest appearances from people who have stretched their sense of what's possible in their own lives, the show will help you to reimagine what's possible for you too.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 46
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2023
Facing Your Fears & Going For Your Dream Job with Jack Mengel
Have you ever had an idea that you just couldn’t get out of your head? A dream that, no matter how hard you tried to ignore it, just kept popping up. If so, honor that inclination. As today’s guest s…
Why You Should Define Your Vision Before Your Career Leap
Do you know what you want out of your next career move? It might seem like an impossibly big question, but defining your vision for the future is the best thing you can do for your life and career. N…
Forging Your Own Path with Sika Stanton
Sika Stanton describes herself as a photographer turned filmmaker. That’s the super simple version of this reinvention story. On the podcast this week, we dig into complexity behind that her …
The Biggest Mistake You Can Make in Your Career Leap
How to Make an Intentional Career Leap with Carolina Cobo
Your career takes up a pretty big chunk of your life. Do you enjoy what you do? Would you go so far as to say you are happy? If you know for sure that your job isn’t a good fit, where do you start? A…
Feeling Stuck? How to Regain Confidence to Make a Career Change
If you’ve ever reached your breaking point with a job, you know the feeling: You’re totally drained, lacking confidence, but desperate to escape. Unfortunately, this negative energy doesn’t make the …
A Total Career Change at 50 with Jennifer Dillan
The Career Leap: What It Is, How It Happens, & What Keeps Us Stuck
Season 2 of Leap Like Me!
A South African Economist Takes the Leap: Busi Radebe
Bonus episode: A Leap Like Me listener who was inspired to take her own sabbatical leap. Busi Radebe is a South African economist who had been working for the same bank in Johannesburg for a number o…
From Corporate Burnout to World-Traveling Nomad: Sherry Ott
Sherry Ott planned to take a 12-18 month career break from her corporate IT job in New York City. She was 36 years old and felt like she needed a break. Then, once on the road, she realized she didn'…
To Travel the World and Publish a Memoir: Kim Dinan
At age 30, Kim Dinan gave up everything she’d worked for to chase a dream. She convinced her husband to uproot their comfortable life in Portland, Oregon, to go after something she really wanted deep…
Larger-Than-Life Overland Adventures on Very Little Money: Dan Grec
Dan Grec's first big adventure was to quit his engineering job in Calgary, Canada, to drive his Jeep from Alaska to Argentina on a budget of just $10,000. In this interview, host Lisa Hoashi catches …
A Parallel Universe After a Leap: Laura Tobaruela
While many people would dream of taking their sabbatical in Barcelona, Laura Tobaruela left that city because she felt that if she stayed put, living this typical urban life, with a comfortable offic…
A Wake-Up Call to Change Careers: Sumitha Bhandarkar
Originally from India, Sumitha Bhandarkar was a software engineer in her mid-30s. She was living the American Dream in Austin, Texas, with her husband and young daughter, when a family health crisis …
A Love Story from Barcelona to Patagonia (and Back): Lisa Hoashi, Part 2
When you finally open yourself up to life’s possibility, amazing things can happen. This week, host Lisa Hoashi shares the full story of what happened on her own sabbatical -- what unfolded after her…
Facing Your Biggest Fears to Take a Sabbatical Leap: Lisa Hoashi (Part 1 of 2)
“Every good sabbatical story can be divided into two parts: Everything that happens before your last day of work, and everything that happens after.” In this episode, Leap Like Me host Lisa Hoashi sh…
A Career Break to Take A Sailing Adventure: Judy Lin
By all appearances, Judy Lin’s life and career were going just fine. A business-school graduate, she was quickly building a successful career in strategic planning at Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta. …
A New Place to Live: One Family, Three U.S. Cities
Sitinee Sheffert and her husband are on a very unique family sabbatical, with a very clear goal. They recently sold their house in a Chicago suburb to spend 15 months testing out three cities: Park C…
When a Sabbatical Reveals Your Mission in Life: Sarah Williams
In Sarah William's case, a sabbatical led to the discovery of her true calling -- and a new mission-driven business venture. After eight years working in banking in London, Sarah realized that she di…