Change Unfiltered: The Freedom to Work Differently
Change Unfiltered is a podcast for mid-career professionals who are rethinking success and quietly asking, is this it? It explores the subtle discomforts that come after achieving milestones, such as quiet disconnection and the urge to do work that feels more authentic. Each episode shares real stories from people who have stepped off the traditional path, including fractional leaders, consultants, and founders. The show offers insight, reflection, and real talk for anyone at a crossroads and feeling out of sync with old ambitions.
Episodes
Ep 49 When You Stop Climbing the Mountain
For much of our careers, success is about moving upwards. The next role, the bigger challenge, more responsibility, more recognition. But what happens when you realise you’re no longer interested in reaching the next peak?
Roberto Funari spent almost four decades building an international executive career, including serving as Global CEO of Alpargatas. Two weeks after leaving that role, a cyclin
Ep 48 When the Scaffolding Comes Down
The career you’ve spent years building gives you more than a job. It gives you a title, a structure, a sense of where you fit and the confidence that comes from knowing you’re good at what you do.
Annie Miyazaki-Grant spent more than a decade as Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer for one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the US. Then a breast cancer diagnosis forced her to start askin
Ep47 Designing a Life You Don't Need to Escape From
Most conversations about financial independence start with one question.
"How much money do I need?"
This one doesn't.
When Angela first discovered Rebel Finance School, she thought she needed to replace her corporate salary before she could leave her old career behind. Instead, she discovered something far more powerful. Financial independence wasn't about accumulating more money. It was about un
Ep46 Who Are You When the Logo Disappears?
For most of his career, Emilio Umeoka was rarely still. His leadership roles at companies including Microsoft and Apple took him across Brazil, Asia and Silicon Valley, managing global teams and navigating constant change. But long before he stepped away from corporate life, he had already started asking himself a different question: what comes next?
Unlike many career transitions, Emilio's wasn
Ep45 Choosing Early, Living Freely
In her early twenties, Lizzie Davey made a decision that many people only start to question much later. She realised that the traditional path wasn’t for her, and instead of trying to make it fit, she chose something different.
Lizzie began her career in a conventional way, moving from university into a full-time role, but within two years she had stepped away. What followed was not a linear pla
Ep44 I’ll Try It for a Year
In this episode, Angela speaks with Mairead McCarthy, about stepping away from a corporate career without knowing exactly what would come next. What began as a decision to “try something for a year” gradually evolved into an award winning wellbeing business working with organisations across Ireland.
Together they explore what happens when a role no longer fits, how small decisions can lead to bigg
Ep43 All or Nothing versus Enough
This is a short solo episode recorded after two very different events this week, one in person and one online, where the same underlying pattern kept showing up in different ways. I wanted to capture it while it was still fresh. I explore the tension between “all or nothing” and “enough” and how the standards we hold can shape whether we move forward or get stuck.
I talk about why this happens,
Ep 42 When Leadership Looks Right But Isn’t
Leadership often looks clear and confident from the outside. But inside complex organisations, the reality can feel very different.
In this episode, Angela speaks with organisational psychologist and leadership practitioner Leah Stockley about the gap between what leadership looks like on paper and how it actually feels in practice. Drawing on more than three decades inside large organisations, Le
Ep 41 Open to Work But Not Open to That
A couple of years ago, Thomas Voigt found himself in a place many high-performing professionals quietly fear. Redundant, again. But this time, instead of rushing back into the safety of corporate life, he asked a harder question.
If you only had ten working years left, would you keep doing this?
Thomas began his career in media research in Germany, moved into global customer success roles in L
Ep40 When There’s Something Worth Saying
This is a short solo episode to mark the start of 2026 and to reset how Change Unfiltered will work going forward.
There are no new seasons and no fixed cadence, just conversations with people I meet along the way, and occasional solo reflections, recorded when there’s something worth saying.
I’ve chosen not to run ads or sponsors on this podcast. If you’d like to support Change Unfiltered, th
2026 Change Unfiltered Trailer
40 second trailer for what's in store for Change Unfiltered in 2026.
Ep38 You’re Allowed to Change the Script
Jennifer Bryan has spent much of her career helping organisations navigate transformation but her own story of change began long before boardrooms and leadership roles. Growing up in an environment where her voice was often dismissed, she learned early what it meant to push back, trust herself and carve out space in a world that wanted her to play smaller. Dance became her first liberation and yea
Ep37 When Heartbreak Says Go
Ann-Marie Plumb was living the life she thought she was supposed to want. A solid career, a relationship that looked promising, a rhythm that felt familiar and safe. But after losing her mum and facing an unexpected breakup, she reached a point many mid-career women quietly recognise. The point where “fine” is no longer enough.
In this conversation, she speaks with Angela about the moment she re
Ep36 The Masks We Wear
In this solo episode, Angela reflects on the themes running through her recent conversations with guests Lisa and Heloise, two women who changed direction in very different ways but uncovered the same deeper truths. She explores the psychology behind performance, the masks we wear, and the quiet signals our bodies send long before we’re ready to admit something isn’t working. Angela breaks down co
Ep35 When You Finally Step Off the Merry-Go-Round
After decades in the high-pressure world of global tech, Lisa Renals reached the moment so many mid-career professionals secretly long for. She stepped off the merry-go-round.
In this conversation, she speaks with Angela about the golden handcuffs that keep people circling limiting beliefs, the physical and emotional toll of constant “plate-spinning" and the relief of finally saying enough is en
Ep34 Faking It Until You Make It
What happens when a woman who’s spent her whole life trying to “do it right” realises she’s been performing her way through her own pleasure?
In this episode of Change Unfiltered, Angela Scott explores what it really takes to move from performance to presence through the story of a woman who rebuilt her life from the inside out.
After years of chasing perfection, pleasing others, and staying busy
Ep33 Between Leading and Living Change
In this solo episode, Angela reflects on the two very different opening conversations of the season with Lata Hamilton on leading change and Karen Skidmore on living it. What begins as a comparison becomes a deeper exploration of how real transformation always has two layers: the outer work of what we do, and the inner work of who we’re becoming.
Angela unpacks why we often feel “stuck” when our i
Ep32 Unlearning the Trappings of Success
Karen Skidmore has worn many professional identities but the one she’s most proud of might just be the one she never planned for.
In this episode, Karen joins Angela to explore what happens when success stops fitting the way it used to. From corporate boardrooms to coaching programmes to Reiki and somatic healing, her story is one of continuous reinvention and learning to listen, not just to log
Ep31 Leading Change from Down Under
It’s about time we had a change leader on the podcast! So, to kick off as season 4’s first guest, Angela met with Lata Hamilton.
After starting her career in advertising and marketing, Lata made the leap into change management and has since worked with some of Australia’s biggest companies, leading transformations that have impacted tens of thousands of people.
But this episode isn’t just abou
Season 4 Trailer
Season 4 is here and we’re going deeper.
In this short trailer, host Angela Scott shares what to expect on Change Unfiltered this season. You’ll hear more real, unfiltered conversations with people navigating change - some right in the messy middle of it, others reflecting from the other side.
Connect and show support:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/angelajscottuk/
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S3 Ep29 Less Roles, More You: When Doing It All Stops Working
What happens when the roles you’ve worked so hard to earn (lawyer, founder, parent, carer) start to collide?
In this deeply honest conversation, lawyer and startup founder Sarah Wilder shares what it means to hold complexity with grace, even when everything feels like too much. From the invisible weight of caregiving and perimenopause to the moment she realised something had to give, Sarah shar
S3 Ep28 Why Don’t Men Talk About It?
In this powerful Mental Health Awareness Week conversation, Angela is joined by returning guest Daryn Mason, a former tech exec turned psychotherapist, to explore why so many men struggle to talk about their mental health.
Together they unpack the emotional cost of staying silent, the societal pressures that shape male identity, and the real impact of high-performance environments on wellbeing. Fr
S3 Ep27 Not That Bad Isn’t the Same as Alright
This special solo episode marks Mental Health Awareness Week with a deeply personal story from Angela Scott. It’s not a story of crisis or collapse, but of quiet misalignment and the slow, steady realisation that “not that bad” isn’t the same as alright. If you’ve ever felt like you’re performing a life that no longer fits, this one’s for you.
Key Themes:
The invisible cost of overadaptation i
S3 Ep26 It’s Not Just About the Money: Redefining Financial Freedom
What is it isn't really about the money but more about creating a life you don’t need to escape from?
In this episode, Angela talks with Linda Ta Yonemoto, founder of Good For You Money, about what it really means to build wealth on your own terms. Linda shares her story of growing up as a child of refugees, navigating a high-pressure career in tech and digital strategy, and ultimately choosing
S3 Ep25 When the Body Says No
High performance looks great on paper. Until your body starts keeping the score.
In this episode, Aoife Reilly shares how she went from thriving at IBM and Meta to facing a quiet health crisis that changed everything. What began as burnout symptoms turned into a complete rethinking of success, work, and well-being.
We talk about:
The physical cost of pushing through and why most people miss
S3 Ep24 When You Start Seeing Work as a System
What do archaeology, the Peace Corps, and SaaS revenue architecture have in common? More than you think, especially when Beth Yehaskel is the one connecting the dots.
Beth didn’t set out to build a career in tech. She started in the dirt (literally) as an archaeologist. But her love of writing and curiosity about people took her from field reports to technical writing, and eventually to customer s
S3 Ep23 When Ambition Isn’t The Answer
What happens when the identity you’ve built no longer fits?
For years, Meghan Opitz was unstoppable—competitive swimmer, tech startup leader, high-achiever through and through. She was always chasing the next goal. But when life threw unexpected challenges her way, she was forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about success.
In this episode of Change Unfiltered, Meghan shares:
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S3 Ep22 The Career Reboot No One Plans For
So many experienced professionals hit a point where corporate life stops making sense. But knowing it and doing something about it? That’s a different challenge.
After a long career in financial services and tech, Carmen Orr found herself at a crossroads. She’d built high-performing teams, navigated executive leadership, and thrived in complex business environments. But then layoffs, ageism, and t
S3 Ep21 After the Big Exit: Redefining Worth Without the Job Title
So many experienced professionals know deep down that they’re done with corporate. But actually making the leap? That’s the terrifying part.
After 20+ years in senior HR roles, Clare Wearn reached that moment. Burnout was creeping in. The job no longer felt like the right fit. But walking away from a stable pay cheque? That was another story.
In this episode, Clare shares:
✅ The moment she kn
S3 Ep20 Season 3 Trailer
In this trailer for Season 3 of Change Unfiltered, host Angela Scott reflects on the podcast’s evolution and the exciting journey ahead.
This season, she's diving even deeper into the real, unfiltered stories of people who’ve made bold career moves, whether they left corporate to start a business, shifted industries or completely redefined what success means to them.
What’s new in Season 3?
S2 Ep19: Redefining Career Ownership – Michelle Garnham on Leading Authentically Through Transitions
What does it really mean to own your career path, even when that path evolves?
In this episode of Change Unfiltered, Angela Scott speaks with Michelle Garnham — friend, former colleague, and experienced commercial leader whose career spans startups, scaleups, and global tech companies.
Michelle reflects on the choices she’s made to align her work with her values including stepping into fractiona
S2 Ep18: Belonging, Identity & Leadership in Motion – Michelle Bisset on Building Real Connection
How do you lead with authenticity when everything around you is shifting — including your own identity?
In this episode of Change Unfiltered, I speak with Michelle Bisset — founder of We Factor, former corporate leader, and transformative coach — about what it really means to create belonging and navigate change in modern leadership.
Michelle shares how her upbringing in South Africa shaped her
S2 Ep17: Stop Powering Through – Angela Scott on Stress, Self-Compassion & Career Clarity
What if powering through is the very thing holding you back?
In this solo episode of Change Unfiltered, Angela Scott reflects on powerful lessons from recent conversations with Sylvia Keijzer and Ann Humes and her own journey through career transitions, stress, and personal reinvention.
In this short but grounded episode, Angela shares:
Why “just pushing through” isn’t sustainable — and what
S2 Ep16 Resilience & rethinking success with Ann Humes
In this episode of Change Unfiltered, host Angela Scott chats with Ann Humes, a former Microsoft leader turned entrepreneur and executive coach, about her remarkable journey from corporate life to owning a restaurant, and eventually developing a unique model for fractional leadership.
Ann shares:
How a Foo Fighters’ song has become an anthem for her resilience
Why leaving Microsoft to open a r
S2 Ep15 Stress, breathwork & authentic leadership with Sylvia Keijzer
In this episode of Change Unfiltered, host Angela Scott chats with Sylvia Keijzer, a former corporate leader in the pharmaceutical industry turned high-performance coach, about her transformative journey from stress-filled corporate life to empowering others through breathwork and leadership.
Sylvia shares:
How breathwork helped her manage stress after years of normalising it in the corporate worl
S2 Ep14: Disrupt Yourself – A Solo Reflection with Angela Scott
What if disruption isn’t something to fear — but something to initiate?
In this solo episode of Change Unfiltered, Angela Scott reflects on recent conversations and answers listener questions on what it really means to create intentional change, especially when you're at a career crossroads.
Angela shares her personal insights on:
Why shaking up the status quo is often the first step to real
S2 Ep13 Scaling from solopreneur to CEO & the embracing chaos with Susan Goebel
In this episode of Change Unfiltered, host Angela Scott speaks with Susan Goebel, founder and CEO of Scaling Management Consulting Group Inc., about navigating change, scaling businesses, and defining success on your own terms.
Susan shares:
Her love for chaos and how she thrives in environments of constant change, bringing order to the messy middle and moving on to new challenges.
The pivotal
S2 Ep12 Positive disruption & the power of unconventional leadership with Kanika Selvan
In this episode of Change Unfiltered host Angela Scott sits down with Kanika Selvan, an innovative leader and change consultant in the Tech for Good space, to talk about her approach to leadership, inclusion, and self-employment.
Kanika shares:
Her refreshing take on servant leadership and why she calls herself a "positive disruptor"—challenging norms with joy and purpose.
The quirky habits that
S2 Ep11: What Your Biggest Mistakes Reveal – A Solo Reflection with Angela Scot
What do your biggest mistakes say about what you actually value? And how can they shape your next move?
In this bite-size solo episode, I reflect on themes from my recent conversation with Sara Eklund — and offer personal insights on:
Reframing mistakes as career signals, not failures
Letting go of the myth of work-life balance and exploring integration instead
Why portfolio careers are
S2 Ep10 Energy, impact and doing it all with Sara Eklund
In this episode of Change Unfiltered, host Angela Scott talks to Sara Eklund, an experienced go-to-market and operations leader, about her transition to a portfolio career and her role as a fractional COO.
Sara shares:
Her insights on leadership, learning to delegate, and maintaining self-care for long-term success.
Her passion for empowering others. She offers practical advice for anyone at
S2 Ep9 (Season 2 trailer)
In this trailer for Season 2 of Change Unfiltered, host Angela Scott reflects on the podcast’s evolution and the exciting journey ahead. Angela introduces the new season, which focuses on stories of personal and professional reinvention from fractional executives, consultants, and business leaders who are redefining success.
Tune in to Change Unfiltered for real, unfiltered conversations that st
S1 Ep8: From Farmer to Founder – Chris Baker on Cold Water, Startups & Taking the Road Less Travelled
This final episode of Season One is a little different. My guest is earlier in his journey than most of my guests. But I wanted to end the season with a story that reflects something we all wrestle with, no matter our age: what it means to take responsibility for our own path, and to build something aligned with our values.
"Recognising the responsibility that you have over your life is a consta
S1 Ep7: The 3 Cs of Leadership – Adrian Goddard on Coaching, Culture & Creating Positive Change
"I've learnt that change is inevitable. You have to change because everything in life changes, nothing stays the same."
In this episode of Change Unfiltered, I speak with Adrian Goddard — an experienced global leader and business coach with a deep focus on strategic growth, people development, and creating inclusive cultures.
Adrian has worked across the UK, US, and Asia Pacific, and brings a br
S1 Ep6: Life After Layoffs: How 2 Leaders Rebuilt Work, Identity and Self-Worth - with Jamie McDonnell & Sacha Dekker
“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.”
In this episode of Change Unfiltered, I’m joined by two senior leaders, Jamie McDonnell and Sacha Dekker, for a frank conversation about a career moment many avoid talking about: being laid off from high-pressure, high-performance roles.
With leadership experience across companies like LinkedIn, Microsoft, Oracle, Citrix, Okta, and HubSpot, Jamie and Sac
S1 Ep5: Bias, Balance & Brave Moves – Rosi Petrova Charalambous on Growth, Leadership & Identity
“Change is when you're constantly stimulated to think. No two days are the same."
In this episode of Change Unfiltered, I speak with Rosi Petrova Charalambous — a tech leader whose journey spans countries, cultures, and bold career shifts.
Originally from Bulgaria and now based in the UK, Rosi shares how she has navigated accent bias, stepped into leadership, and learned to balance personal gr
S1 Ep4: Ethical Innovation & Evolving Careers – Magalie Heraud on Leading with Optimism in Tech and Beyond
"Life is like a bicycle, to keep your balance you need to keep moving forward."
In this episode of Change Unfiltered, I sit down with Magalie Heraud — a global leader in tech, sustainability, and innovation — to talk about the power of optimism, ethical leadership, and evolving with purpose.
With a career that spans the UK, France, Germany, and Switzerland, Magalie brings a fresh perspective o
S1 Ep3: Health as a Leadership Strategy – Rachel Davies on Nutrition, Stress and Sustainable Success
“Change is evolution... a deeper understanding and connection to who I am."
– Rachel Davies
In this episode of Change Unfiltered, I speak with Rachel Davies, a health coach and wellbeing strategist who works with high-performing professionals to manage stress, improve energy, and integrate wellness into busy lives.
After navigating her own health challenges, Rachel discovered a deep connection
S1 Ep2: Power, Empathy & the Politics of Leadership – Claire Scull on Showing Up with Heart
“It’s okay to be vulnerable… actually, that’s where greater relationships and trust can be garnered.”
– Claire Scull
In this episode of Change Unfiltered, host Angela Scott speaks with Claire Scull, a seasoned leader whose 25-year career spans software, telecommunications and life sciences. From start-up teams to senior roles in global organisations, Claire’s leadership journey is shaped by em
S1 Ep1: You’re Only as Good as Your Last Deal – Daryn Mason on Success, Burnout & Starting Over
“You’re only as good as your last deal”
That’s how my very first podcast guest Daryn Mason describes the fast-paced, high-pressure world of software sales, which he’s now left behind in favour of counselling and psychotherapy.
After he left school with no meaningful qualifications, Daryn taught himself to programme and worked his way up to executive level in one of the world’s largest software
Who’s ready for Season 1 of the Change Unfiltered podcast?
Join me, Angela Scott, for this introduction to Change Unfiltered, a podcast uncovering the nuanced impact of change. Inspired by my own life transitions, this show explores the psychological and emotional layers often missed in discussions about change. With guests from diverse fields, expect stories of leaders' challenges and insights.
Tune in every 2nd Friday for fresh perspectives.
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