Real people. Real leaps. What it took.
The Leap Lounge™ is a podcast about the moments when the life, work, or identity someone has built no longer fully fits who they are becoming.Hosted by Joan Russell, the show explores how the defining issues of our time — career change, burnout, layoffs, reinvention, identity shifts, and starting over — shape the leaps people make in their lives and work.These are not polished success stories. They are honest conversations with real people navigating uncertainty, courage, loss, clarity, and change.At its heart, The Leap Lounge is for people who may look successful on the outside, but are quietly asking:What comes next?
The Leap Lounge
The Leap Lounge explores the human side of change.Each episode begins with something happening in the world right now — a shift in work, culture, identity, money, caregiving, purpose, or belonging — and follows one person’s real leap through it.The show looks at what led to the change, what it cost, what became possible, and what wisdom came from living through it.Because sometimes the leap is a choice.
Sometimes the leap chooses you.
And sometimes the most important question is not, “How do I go back?” It is, “Who am I becoming now?”
Hosted by Joan Russell
Joan Russell is an ICF certified life and leadership coach, change facilitator, consultant, and keynote speaker.Through her coaching, consulting, and speaking work, Joan helps individuals and organizations navigate change, transition, and identity shifts — especially the moments when what used to work no longer does.Her keynote, Get Cozy with Change, has been delivered to audiences of more than 1,000 people, and her work through Intuitive North supports people and teams as they move through uncertainty and into what comes next.On The Leap Lounge, Joan brings that same curiosity, warmth, and clarity to conversations with people who have made meaningful leaps in their lives and careers.
The Leap Lounge Podcast
To help support our Leap Lounge members in making big changes and supported leaps, The Leap Lounge podcast can be found on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and wherever you enjoy listening.Click on the image above to be taken to the podcast on Spotify.To become a guest, DM @theleaplounge on Instagram.