Catch Your Wave with Nicole Est
Woohoo! Changing careers or creating your business is often incredibly scary and exciting at the same time. Taking a completely new direction in your career, daring to start fresh, or becoming self-employed is a beautiful journey but can feel like a rollercoaster. The gigantic question mark often revolves around the one, next right step. The good news: it is entirely possible, and you can learn how to handle the ups and downs!
Every Sunday (biweekly), Nicole Est from Catch Your Wave® unveils the secrets on how to finally find a job that makes you happy and truly aligns with you. You'll learn how to implement your change in small, clever steps and mini-projects, making Monday morning a highlight once again. You're in the right place if you're looking to try something new or even start your own business – without risking everything you've already achieved.
Since 2017, Nicole - with extensive corporate business experience and an MBA - has been advising people in these transitional phases, helping you catch your very own wave while she explores the world with her surfboard, Lizzy, and her own business.
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Episodes
69 episodes
About Dragons and carving out time! 🐉
#063 There is a very simple exercise that you can do whenever you feel overwhelmed by a sheer endless list of too many tasks on your plate... 5 minutes, pen and paper are all you need to feel relieved and to regain the overview and contr...
The 3 typical phases before a career change...
#062 There are 3 typical pre-phases before any career change. In which one are you? This episode explains what you will typically say in each phase, what is holding you back and how to get to the next phase. So, where are you: at the bea...
Welcome 2026! The new yearly theme and how to find yours! 🌀
#061 Hello 2026 👋 No worries, for me January is for me is just a slow down month, a reset. This episode shows you how to find your yearly theme, in simple steps (and no, it's not about new years resolutions). And I'll give 5 book recomme...
Closing 2025 to prepare the theme for 2026 (part 1 of 2)
#060 For the transition from 2025 to 2026, there is a double episode: this one to celebrate the current year and to close it and another one on January 11th to create the theme and intention for 2026! Enjoy 🧚🏻♀️
We are celebrating 8 years of Catch Your Wave. 8 Moments.
#059 Catch Your Wave turned 8! We are celebrating 8 special moments of the 8 years of self-employement that motivate, inspire to find your own way (and wave). Enjoy! 🥳
How to find your natural talents! (without running a marathon)
#058 You natural talents are in most cases not hidden in your school grades. The simple exercise I show you in this episode brings you one step nearer to unpack your natural talents! Enjoy 🌊
The original version of Catch Your Wave (not what you might think)!
#057 Today it's about those early, often pathetic, ideas that we need to finally get to the brilliant idea afterwards. Also Catch Your Wave was something very different at the start. Enjoy!
The Summer Session Special! 🌊
The Summer Session Special is here! 🌊👉 Book your spot here!Catch Your Wave,x Nicole
Just One Wave. And a special announcement: The Summer Sessions Special! 🌊
#056 It starts with an announcement: The Summer Sessions Special will launch next Sunday and begins on August 18th. Join in and secure your Summer Session(s) to gain clarity on your next professional steps, generate momentum, and ...
The Tiny Magic Project Plan.
#055 The tiny magic Project Plan: My secret tool for those truly special projects. I'll explain my plan for implementing challenging projects that require courage, perseverance, and a certain magic. Enjoy!
Your Ideal Day.
#054 This episode is about a simple exercise with a big impact: your ideal day. I've prepared it to be fun, push aside major objections, and open tiny or large doors to your career change. Enjoy!
🌊 I'll be back on June 22nd with a new episode! 🌊
🌊 Back on June 22nd! 🌊 Hi - I'm deeply immersed in a project (a pretty good one! ☺️) and decided to allow myself to only focus on this one for the next 2 weeks. I also wouldn't like to just quickly create an episode but ...
Contagious Enthusiasm & Copacabana 🍹
#053 We are heading to Brazil this time and it's about this contagious enthusiasm when you are overdoing something, in its best way, and therefore inspire everyone, carry them away and fascinate them! Enjoy.
Freestyle your job - Part 3!
#052 This episode continues the freestyle-your-job series with 3 simple and impactful approaches:- create your own academy- an exercise around sabbaticals- using your regular 1:1 with your manager in a smart way<...
Paddle with commitment! 🌊
#051 Today I'll take you to the ocean, where you'll learn how important determination is for your career change, what stupid questions I asked when I first started surfing, and why there are some steps you simply can't avoid. Enjoy!
The right moment to hand in your notice.
#050 In case you are wondering if it is the right moment to hand in your notice ... I'll reveal a much better question to ask ;)PS Also listen to episode #020 with the same topic.
What the Costa Rican jungle taught me about job applications!
#049 Today, we’re heading into the Costa Rican jungle, followed by two frequently asked questions about job applications. Enjoy!
How to Find Your Next Direction or Career Change!
#048 Today, I’m sharing a simple exercise from my 3-month program for a major career change. You can use it to optimize your current job (or business) or take on a big career shift. Enjoy!
Career change? Start by unpacking your idea 👩🍳
#047 A career change can be daunting, and you want to be confident about your next step and direction. In this episode, I'll dive into one essential step: unpacking your idea first to avoid heading in the wrong direction and missing out ...
Why a career change is not an all-or-nothing-decision 🤩
#046 In this episode I'll take you to Playa Guiones Costa Rica and I'll de-mystify why a career change is easier than you think. It is luckily not an all-or-nothing-decision. It's feasable, learnable and gives you lots of momentum. Enjoy...
Welcome 2025! The yearly theme. 🪴
#045 Welcome back! We are allowed to be curious about this new, fresh 2025! This episode makes you excited about finding your theme for the year, is very personal, and full of ideas. Enjoy!
Welcome to the Inbetween-Phase + celebrating 1 year of podcasting!
🥳 Next episode: 12 January 2025 🥳#044 We are celebrating the 1st anniversary of the podcast and closing the year 2024, or rather, entering this beautiful "inbetween the years" phase with:3 questions abo...
How to start exploring new ideas for a career change...
#043 This one is for you when you are not even at the start of a career change but only playing vaguely with the idea, not wanting to risk anything, not even admitting that there might be a better career direction. Enjoy!