Stay ConnectedChart your Career is a podcast from Heidi Rose Robbins and Ellen Fondiler.
Each podcast episode explores a question from two listeners as they try to navigate their dilemmas about career choices and life purpose. Heidi works deeply with the language and guidance of astrology while Ellen offers inspiring, actionable, practical next career steps. They help listeners reimagine how to best design your life and call in renewal, reinvention and a new chapter.
Heidi and Ellen begin by talking about how this is a season of endings for so many shows, including This is Us; Julia; Grace and Frankie; and of course the NBA Playoffs (3:20). They then take questions from Emily and Phillip. Emily's career has been in a big state of transition. She has been wandering the United States since 2018 looking for her next big thing. She thinks she has found it but wonders if she is on the right track ( 9:35 ). Phillip is feeling stuck and is struggling. He has a good life yet can't seem to lift himself out of the depressing sludge he feels around his work. He questions if he should dig in or just leave his job and begin again (18:51).
Heidi and Ellen begin by talking about the season finale to Better Things (4:48); the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once (6:26); the HB0 show Minx ( 8:41); Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis; and In A New York Minute by Kate Spencer (10;06).Then they take questions from Laura and Caitlin. Laura has been in the corporate world for many years. Two years ago she found herself drawn to Tarot and giving Tarot readings. She wonders if she should follow her gut and change her career (35:45). Caitlin's question was a general astrological query. She wonders how to find the balance between manifesting during Taurus season with the fact that we are in eclipse season and are about to enter mercury retrograde (21:59).
Heidi and Ellen are thrilled to be in conversation with the wonderful Jessica St. Clair, talking about the astrology of three of her most impactful career moments and the courageous ways she navigated difficult personal obstacles. Jessica is an actress, comedian writer, and producer. She and her best friend and frequent collaborator Lennon Parham created the shows Best Friends Forever and Playing House. Jessica has played recurring roles on television shows such as Veep, Weeds, The McCarthys, Marry Me, American Housewife, Worst Week, and United States Of Tara. Her work in film includes roles in Bridesmaids, She's Out of My League, Afternoon Delight, and Enough Said. Jessica has a recurring role on the Netflix comedy series Space Force as the structural engineer and civil contractor Kelly King. Jessica and June Diane Raphael have a wildly popular podcast called The Deep Dive, soon to be celebrating their one-year anniversary!
Heidi and Ellen welcome Taurus. With the planet Venus front and center, it is a month of manifestation, beauty, appreciation, and sensory aliveness. It is also a month when we can call upon the will to move mountains. Financial abundance is also deeply connected to Taurus. This is a time to attract resources and build things of beauty. Later in the podcast, Ellen and Heidi talk about the birthdays of the many comedians born under the sign of Taurus including Jerry Seinfeld; Stephen Colbert; George Carlin; John Oliver; George Lopez; Tina Fey; and Carol Burnett.
Heidi and Ellen talk about movies and shows they are watching, specifically Pamela Aldon's Better Things and their mutual love for that series (5:52). Then they take questions from Scott and Ericka. After a 20 year break, Scott is returning to graduate school to get his degree in clinical psychology to be a therapist. He wants to be sure to focus on learning the content and also the nuts and bolts of building a successful practice. (9:03). Ericka is an actress and is feeling frustrated by the struggle of that pursuit. She wonders if she will eventually feel alignment and breathing room (19:35). Other resources include the financial consultant, Megan deBoer at Tended Wealth (14:29), and the book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb (15:06).
Heidi and Ellen open the episode by talking about Heidi's latest retreat, the Academy Awards, the movie Belfast, the series Winning Time: The Rise of the Laker's Dynasty; and the return of Bridgerton. They then take questions from Louise and Karen. Louise loves to collaborate and come up with great ideas to help the greater good. She has recently discovered a passion for working in the documentary world, but can't figure out where to go with it. Karen is at a crossroads career-wise. Having spent her life chasing and achieving big goals, she is in a season where she is examining herself on a much deeper level. She has been studying astrology, doing Kundalini yoga, meditating, and journaling very consistently for the past twelve months, and for the first time in her life, pursuing a path while having no idea of the destination.
Heidi and Ellen welcome Aries, the start of the astrological year. It's time for the season of fresh starts and bold initiatives. Spring is in the air and we all get a new lease on life. This is the season of plunging in, leading the way, and launching the new. It is also Heidi's birthday month and Ellen interviews her about the sign and all the ways that being an Aries have shaped her life. Heidi reads the beautiful poem A Morning Offering by John O'Donohue.
Heidi and Ellen are in conversation with Vera Santamaria. They look at three big moments in Vera's life and the career serendipity and astrology that supported her. Vera is an extraordinarily talented feature and television writer whose career spans multiple genres and two countries. Most recently, she was an Executive Producer / Writer on Hulu's second season of PEN15, sharing in the series' 2021 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy and WGA Award nomination for Best Comedy. In addition to writing for Marvel Studios and Apple TV+'s upcoming star-studded anthology series, ROAR, last year she also penned her first feature, a sought-after original comedy sold to 20th Century Fox. Her other television work includes the critically acclaimed Orange Is The New Black, BoJack Horseman, Playing House, and Community. In Canada, she wrote for Degrassi: The Next Generation and Little Mosque on the Prairie ultimately landing her own series loosely based on her life, How To Be Indie.
Heidi and Ellen talk to Francesca and Sharon. Francesca is an Executive Assistant. It is work that she loves. She also loves creative projects, such as knitting, needlepoint, and interior design. She feels pulled between those two worlds and wonders how to find a better harmony (8:35). Sharon and her husband are contemplating a move from Florida to South Carolina. While the move is coherent personally, it would mean being further from her family. She wonders if this is the right time for a big change (18:54). The movies and series talked about this week include The Gilded Age (1:21); Drive My Car (2:50); The Dropout (5:23); and Better Things (5:34). They also talk about Chef Jose Andres nonprofit World Central Kitchen which is serving hundreds of thousands of meals to the Ukrainian refugees. Donate if you can (6:15).
Heidi and Ellen open this week's show sharing the movies and television series they are watching. These include the Danish Animated documentary Flee (9:36); the documentary Julia (10:39);and the coming of age Norwegian comedy/drama, The Worst Person in the World (10:54). They then take questions fromKirsten and Angie. Kirsten has been a litigation attorney for the past 8 years and finds herself drawn to something softer and more metaphysical. She wants a career that is more aligned to her soul (14:19). Angie has been a registered nurse for the past 13 years and she is in the process of becoming a Nurse Practitioner. She feels at a crossroads. She is drawn to melanoma research and also hospice work, yet she also wants to work from home so she can be closer to her family (24:01).
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