🎙️ Wondering whose life you're really living? It's time to choose your own.
Today I'm joined by Kate Capelli, a business growth coach and adventure seeker based in Thailand. Kate’s journey proves that life isn't about following the expected path—it's about taking chances, trusting yourself, and playing to your strengths.
In our spirited conversation, we unpack the realities of reinvention, from the courage needed to make big changes to the small, practical steps that lead to lasting transformation. Kate shares openly about navigating the messy middle of life transitions, building supportive communities, and how visualising your ideal future can give you the clarity to move forward.
💡 Here's what we cover in this episode:
🎤 How taking risks builds genuine confidence and resilience.
🎤 Why community can transform your reinvention journey.
🎤 Practical steps to start choosing the life you actually want.
🎤 Leveraging your unique strengths and experiences for growth.
🎤 The power of manifestation and visualizing your future.
🎤 Why small actions today create the ripple effect you need tomorrow.
🎤 How to handle uncertainty and embrace the "messy middle."
🎧 In Kate’s own words:
"I would rather try than not try."
📌 Connect with Kate:
https://www.instagram.com/katecapellicoach/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-capelli/
💡 If someone you know is at a crossroads, share this episode. It could be exactly the encouragement they need to hear.
Thanks again, Kate, for sharing your inspiring journey—and thank you all for listening.
Let's get reinventing.
🔗 Connect with Gwendy:gwendy@owningyourspace.iowww.owningyourspace.iohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/gwendykrijger-rabbitte/💡 Topics covered: career reinvention, mid-life reinvention, CliftonStrengths, personal growth, identity shifts, mindset change, and how to start fresh at any age.✨ Subscribe for weekly insights, inspiration, and strategies to help you confidently reinvent your work and life.💬 Note: The App has been removed from the App Store and Google Play. I discontinued the work due to a shift in priorities, as my coaching practice and podcast developed. #CareerChange #Reinvention #CliftonStrengths #TheReinventionRoom
🎙️ Trying to reinvent yourself alone? Here’s why that never works—and what to do instead.
Today in The Reinvention Room, I'm joined by Truett (True) Black, a lifelong learner and executive coach based in Taipei. True has spent years supporting individuals and teams through moments of real change, helping them find clarity, purpose, and practical ways forward.
Our conversation explores how our own experiences shape our paths, why community and mentorship matter more than ever, and the real value of lifelong learning, especially when you're feeling stuck.
💡 Here's what we cover in this episode:
🎤 Why lifelong learning matters—but only if you apply it.
🎤 The power of experiential learning—reflecting intentionally to move forward.
🎤 Why community and mentorship aren’t just nice to have—they’re essential.
🎤 The role AI can play—leveraging your real-life experience to stay relevant.
🎤 The necessity of letting go—True gets real about the discomfort in change, and why embracing it matters.
🎤 Practical tips for finding mentors who genuinely understand your journey.
🎤 How self-accountability and support from others combine to create lasting change.
🎧 In True’s own words:"We need other people. You simply can't do it alone. Get support."
📌 Connect with True:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/truettblack/
Upcoming Book: Training Zen (coming soon!)
💡 If someone you know is stuck or trying to go it alone, share this episode. It could be the conversation they need to hear.
Thanks again, True, for a great conversation—and thank you for listening in.
Let's get reinventing.🔗 Connect with Gwendy:gwendy@owningyourspace.iowww.owningyourspace.iohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/gwendykrijger-rabbitte/💡 Topics covered: career reinvention, mid-life reinvention, CliftonStrengths, personal growth, identity shifts, mindset change, and how to start fresh at any age.✨ Subscribe for weekly insights, inspiration, and strategies to help you confidently reinvent your work and life.💬 Note: The App has been removed from the App Store and Google Play. I discontinued the work due to a shift in priorities, as my coaching practice and podcast developed. #CareerChange #Reinvention #CliftonStrengths #TheReinventionRoom
🎙️ Have you ever felt stuck chasing approval that never truly arrives?
In this heartfelt conversation, I'm joined by my former colleague Fernanda Brasileiro. Fernanda shares her journey through a midlife career crisis, emotional challenges, and the powerful realization that internal validation matters more than external recognition. Fernanda didn’t just acknowledge the need for change; she actively took ownership of her reinvention journey.
Shifting from seeking external approval to deeply trusting herself, Fernanda embraced her strengths, prioritized emotional well-being, and invested in meaningful relationships and creative outlets.This episode feels like catching up with an old friend, openly reflecting on our journeys of growth, community engagement, and work-life balance.
If you’re feeling stuck or uncertain about your next career move, Fernanda’s insights provide clarity and practical steps to help you navigate your reinvention.
💡 Practical insights from this episode:
🎤 How emotional breakdowns can lead to significant breakthroughs
🎤 Steps to shift from external to internal validation
🎤 The importance of building authentic relationships at work 🎤 How creative outlets and community involvement fuel personal growth
🎤 Why redefining your identity beyond your job title is essential
🎤 The value of prioritizing emotional health and work-life balance
🎧 In Fernanda’s words:
"Your identity is bigger than your job. When I realized I was enough, everything changed."
📌 Mentioned in this episode:
Trust Yourself by Melody WildingThe Good Enough Job by Simone StolzoffThe Dash (poem by Linda Ellis)
💡 Know someone who would benefit from this?
Please share this episode. Or reach out directly if you have your own reinvention story or guest suggestion.
Connect with Fernanda on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandabrasileiro/
🔗 Connect with Gwendy:
gwendy@owningyourspace.io
www.owningyourspace.io
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwendykrijger-rabbitte/
💡 Topics covered: career reinvention, mid-life reinvention, CliftonStrengths, personal growth, identity shifts, mindset change, and how to start fresh at any age.
✨ Subscribe for weekly insights, inspiration, and strategies to help you confidently reinvent your work and life.
💬 Note: The App has been removed from the App Store and Google Play. I discontinued the work due to a shift in priorities, as my coaching practice and podcast developed.
#CareerChange #Reinvention #CliftonStrengths #TheReinventionRoom
What happens when you're a man and midlife success still leaves you feeling stuck?
If you’ve ever found yourself asking “Is this it?”—even with a good job, solid income, and the outward signs of success—this episode is for you.
In this conversation, I’m joined by Anthony Astbury, founder of Whole Man Academy and a former City broker who walked away from a 20-year career to build something that truly matters.
This is an honest and grounded conversation about the invisible pressure that many men feel in midlife, and what it takes to reinvent themselves from the inside out.
Whether you’re quietly drifting or already planning your next move, Anthony’s story offers practical insight, clarity, and a serious challenge to do more than survive midlife.
💡 Key insights in this episode:
🎤 Why “having it all” still wasn’t enough
🎤 What it means to be a whole man in today’s world
🎤 The power of one intentional night a week
🎤 Identity, purpose, and letting go of the job title
🎤 How to stop drifting, even if you stay where you are
🎧 In Anthony’s words:
"If you’re not where you want to be, it starts with one night a week. One night to learn, to train, to plan. That’s the gateway to change."
📌 Connect with Anthony:
Website: www.wholemanacademy.com
Podcast: The Whole Man Academy
Take the Midlife Alignment Check: https://midlife-alignment.scoreapp.com/
💡 Know a man who needs this? Forward it on. Or reach out to me directly if you have a guest suggestion or your own reinvention story to share.
🔗 Connect with Gwendy:gwendy@owningyourspace.iowww.owningyourspace.iohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/gwendykrijger-rabbitte/💡 Topics covered: career reinvention, mid-life reinvention, CliftonStrengths, personal growth, identity shifts, mindset change, and how to start fresh at any age.✨ Subscribe for weekly insights, inspiration, and strategies to help you confidently reinvent your work and life.💬 Note: The App has been removed from the App Store and Google Play. I discontinued the work due to a shift in priorities, as my coaching practice and podcast developed. #CareerChange #Reinvention #CliftonStrengths #TheReinventionRoom
What happens when success no longer feels right?
If you’ve ever wondered whether it's worth letting go of something good to build something truly meaningful, this conversation is for you.In this episode of The Reinvention Room, Jack Gaisford, founder of The Content Club, shares the powerful story behind his decision to shut down his successful agency after significant growth, an ambitious rebrand, and major investment.
This is a grounded, honest conversation about what it takes to listen to yourself, make brave decisions, and consciously build a legacy. These are core aspects of any meaningful reinvention.
Whether you’re an individual navigating your own career shift or a small business owner questioning your next move, Jack’s journey offers valuable insights and practical wisdom on identity, decision-making, and creating lasting impact.
Jack is my first guest here in The Reinvention Room, marking a shift from our usual solo episodes as I start bringing in real, relatable stories of personal and professional change.
💡 Key insights in this episode:
🎤 Starting a business young, losing it overnight, and rebuilding stronger
🎤 Recognising when success no longer aligns with your values
🎤 Making bold decisions, even when they are costly or uncomfortable
🎤 Why legacy is more important than short term success
🎤 How community, clarity, and authenticity drive lasting impact
🎧 In Jack’s words:
“Legacy is how people talk about you when you’re not in the room. It’s built by doing the right things, not just the easy things.”
📌 Connect with Jack:
Email: jack@thecontentclub.co.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackgaisford/
Website: https://the-content-club.co.uk/
💡 Do you have your own reinvention story or a guest recommendation? Please reach out directly to me. 🔗 Connect with Gwendy:
gwendy@owningyourspace.io
www.owningyourspace.io
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwendykrijger-rabbitte/
💡 Topics covered: career reinvention, mid-life reinvention, CliftonStrengths, personal growth, identity shifts, mindset change, and how to start fresh at any age.
✨ Subscribe to the podcast for weekly insights, inspiration, and strategies to help you confidently reinvent your work and life.
💬 Note: The App has been removed from the App Store and Google Play. I discontinued the work due to a shift in priorities, as my coaching practice and podcast develops.
#CareerChange #Reinvention #CliftonStrengths #TheReinventionRoom
In this episode, Coach Gwendy pulls back the curtain on how we talk about ourselves and why it matters. Too many of us default to job titles when asked who we are. But in moments of change, that’s not enough.
Your story isn’t your CV. It’s how you think, how you got here, and where you’re going next. Gwendy challenges you to look beyond the label and start crafting a narrative that truly reflects who you are — your strengths, scars, detours, and all.
What You’ll Learn:
Take Action:
To get in touch, contact me at gwendy@owningyourspace.io or visit my website at www.owningyourspace.io
Let's Get Reinventing!
In this episode, Coach Gwendy gets real about the quiet toll of always being useful to bosses, to brands, to systems, while sidelining your own needs. It’s a pattern that shows up for a lot of midlifers: working hard, staying responsible, chasing relevance based on old definitions... and then waking up one day wondering, useful to whom?
This isn’t about blowing it all up. It’s about checking the scorecard — and asking if you’re still living by someone else’s.
What You’ll Learn:
Why many of us end up chasing relevance for the wrong reasons
How usefulness can keep you stuck if it's not serving you
What a realignment looks like in midlife reinvention
Why reminding yourself of you matters more than rebranding
Take Action:
Get in touch via the form on my website on www.owningyourspace.io
In this episode, Coach Gwendy dives straight into the phase few talk about: The Messy Middle. That uncomfortable stretch when you’ve outgrown the old but haven’t yet landed in the next.
If you wake up feeling stuck, paralysed, or chasing perfection, you’re not behind. You’re exactly where reinvention lives.
Here’s what you'll learn:
Take Action:
Your reinvention doesn’t start with clarity — it begins with action. Embrace the middle, and watch it unfold.
Contact me via the form on my website at www.owningyourspace.io
In this honest episode, Coach Gwendy explores the constant noise of our digital lives — newsletters, feeds, AI, webinars — all vying for attention. But here’s the core insight: reinvention doesn’t happen by absorbing more information. It happens when you start showing up.
Gwendy challenges passive consumption and makes a case for creation as a strategic tool to reinvent yourself. Whether you're in a secure job or considering what comes next, developing your voice online is no longer optional. It’s how you future‑proof your relevance. You don’t need a personal brand. You need a point of view.
What You’ll Learn:
Take Action:
Contact me via the form at www.owningyourspace.io
In this episode, Coach Gwendy shares a midlife perspective on how AI is reshaping careers, learning, and the workplace. Forget the old formula of education → job → retirement. That roadmap’s outdated. Gwendy calls on listeners to stop burying their heads in the sand and take proactive steps toward their reinvention, especially when it comes to understanding and embracing AI.
What You’ll Learn:
Take Action:
✔️ Pick one AI tool and start experimenting.
✔️ Reflect: What do people naturally come to you for?
✔️ Stay human. Let AI do the grunt work — but make sure your voice shines through.
🔗 Connect with Coach Gwendy:
Website: https://www.owningyourspace.io/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwendykrijger-rabbitte/
We don’t just lose a job — we lose the shorthand.
The business card. The way we explain who we are in a room.
In this episode, I unpack why it feels so hard to let go of a title — even when the role no longer fits.
Because we’ve all had that moment of asking: “Who am I now?”
We’ll talk about:
Why titles can feel like identity — and why they’re not your worth
The quiet emotional weight of losing a title
The mindset shift needed to rebuild from strengths, not status
How self-reflection helps you find what actually fits now
And as always, I’ll leave you with one clear challenge to move forward.
This is your reinvention. It’s not about the title. It’s about the impact you want to have next.
🎧 Listen in and share it with someone still holding onto a title that no longer fits.
💬 Note: The Reinvention Room app is currently on pause for new members as I refine my support for this next phase of growth. If you'd like to be notified when it reopens, please leave your details on the contact form on my website.
#reinvention #careerchange #identity #leadership #youarenotyourtitle
What if you’re not late — just in a different season?
In this episode, I talk about a thought so many of us carry: “I am behind.”
Three words that sound simple, but sit heavy.
Whether it’s about your career, relationships, money, or just life in general — that thought can make you feel stuck, disconnected, and like you’ve missed the mark.
Now read this slowly:
You’re not behind.
You’re in the middle of becoming someone new.
And that takes time.
We’ll unpack:
This is your reinvention. And you’re not late to it.
💬 Connect anytime at: https://www.owningyourspace.io
Ever feel like everyone else is making moves. And you’re just... stuck?
In this short episode, Coach Gwendy calls out the quiet damage comparison does to our joy, curiosity, and career clarity. Especially when we’re in the middle of change.
You’ll hear:
No fluff. No lectures. Just a reminder that reinvention isn’t a race.
Note: The App is on hold at the moment as I figure out the best way to support the community I am building. Feel free to leave a note on my website if you want me to let you know when it opens again and in what form. Thank you!
Connect anytime at: https://www.owningyourspace.io
🎧 Got a challenge or question you'd like me to cover?
Submit it here: https://www.owningyourspace.io/podcast
After nine episodes of The Reinvention Room, it’s time for a slight shift. I am learning a great deal as I go on this journey of Podcasting. I want to evolve and better support you, with more situational, practical conversations about real reinvention moments: redundancy, promotion, career pivots, bad bosses, big dreams, and big changes.
Note: I have paused the App for now for new members as I figure out how to support its growth.
If you’re reinventing — your CV should be too.
In this episode, Coach Gwendy talks about something deceptively simple but quietly powerful: how we present ourselves on paper. Because when you’re shifting careers, returning to the market, or simply rethinking your next step, the last thing you want to do is copy and paste the past.
“You’re not who you were five years ago — so why are you still leading with that version of you?”
In this episode, you’ll hear:
✅ Does your CV reflect who you’re becoming?
✅ The subtle danger of the ‘file-open-save as’ approach
✅ Being intentional without starting from zero
✅ Does your CV feel more like you. Not like AI wrote it for you?
✅ A three-part challenge to reconnect with your real value
This is more than a job-hunting task — it’s a reinvention move.
And even if AI can help with formatting or spelling, the story still has to be yours.
This is definitely a task where you need to start Owning Your Space.
You don’t have to follow a path just because it’s familiar.
In this episode, Coach Gwendy unpacks what it really means to want something different — not out of rebellion, but because life changes, and so do you. If you're quietly wondering whether the traditional job model still works for who you're becoming, you're not alone.
This isn’t about anti-job. It’s about pro-alignment.
And it starts by asking: “Is this still working for me?”
In this episode, you’ll hear:
✅ What a “traditional job” means — and who defines it
✅ Why challenging your path can cause friction
✅ How your strengths are clues to what motivates you
✅ Why portfolio paths are worth considering
You have more options than you think.
And reinvention doesn't always mean leaving — sometimes, it means reshaping.
Reinvention isn’t about launching a new version of yourself. It’s about becoming more of who you really are.
In this episode, Coach Gwendy explores why so much of what we call “reinvention” is actually just rebranding — a new role, a fresh pitch, a different platform — but the same patterns underneath.
If you’ve ever changed jobs, started something new, or stepped away from a career path but still felt stuck… this one’s for you.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
✅ Why reinvention isn’t about how you show up — it’s about what’s shifting inside
✅ The key difference between repackaging and real change
✅ What to ask yourself if you’re making a move but nothing feels different
You don’t need a new label. You need alignment. And reinvention always starts with the truth — not the packaging.
In this episode, Coach Gwendy unpacks something many of us avoid looking at—the hidden cost of staying comfortable in your career. It might feel responsible or sensible to stay where you are, but is that comfort quietly limiting your growth? Gwendy shares her own story of career comfort, coasting, and the moment she realised it was holding her back. This episode is a wake-up call to check where you might be playing it too safe—and what it could be costing you.
What You'll Hear in This Episode:
Your Reflection Challenge:
Where are you coasting in your career or life?
Where have you chosen comfort over growth?
What is it really costing you—mentally, financially, emotionally?
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Redundancy and job loss can feel deeply personal, but it’s not a verdict on your worth—it’s a transition. In this episode, Gwendy shares her own redundancy story and offers a grounded, real-world take on how to navigate the emotional and practical sides of recovery.
From processing your emotions to finding financial clarity and opening up space to explore what’s next, this conversation is here to remind you that you are not your job title. You own your story, your mindset, and your next move.
This episode is for anyone navigating redundancy and looking for a way to move forward with clarity, resilience, and purpose.
You’ll Learn How To:
✅ Process the emotional weight of redundancy
✅ Get honest about your financial reality—without shame
✅ Focus on exploration, not pressure, about what’s next
Small Steps, Big Progress: Making Reinvention Less Overwhelming
Reinvention can feel like a mountain in front of you—too big, too uncertain, too much all at once. But the truth is, you don’t have to tackle everything at once. The key is breaking it down, making progress over perfection, and focusing on small, concrete steps that move you forward.
In this episode, we talk about:
✅ How to shift your mindset from big, overwhelming change to manageable steps
✅ Why progress over perfection keeps you moving forward
✅ A simple ‘one week, one month, one next step’ framework to help you take action
Reinvention isn’t about waiting for the perfect moment—it’s about making small, meaningful progress in a way that works for you. Hit play and start making reinvention feel lighter.