Taking control and redefining success. Two concepts much easier said than done, but often necessary when we hit a fork in our life journey road. Join us this week in another of our Share the Chair series as CH sits down with friend, former colleague and host of the AP Taylor Swift podcast, Jodi Innerfield, who shares the transformative journey she's been on since being laid off earlier in 2025 and of which has found her embracing not only her own entrepreneurial spirit but redefining what it means to be successful. Jodi opens up about how this career fork is a little bit different than those in her past, and how she has embraced the transition from a structured corporate role to carving her own path as an independent consultant fueled by a newfound sense of control and direction.

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• For those looking for more information on Jodi:
  
  
  
  • Her Web site is JodiBeth.com.
  
  
  • She is co-host of the AP Taylor Swift Podcast that is available on all major podcast platforms.
  
  
  • Her Substack is JodiBeth.Substack.com
    
    
    
    • Her "So you've just been laid off, now what?" on her Substack documents her journey of working through her layoff in 2025.
    
    
    • Influential books Jodi mentions are as follows:
      
      
      
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        • You Are a Badass
        
        
        • The Obstacle is the Way
        
        
        • Designing Your Life
        
        
        • Be Ready When the Luck Happens
        
        
        • Necessary Endings
        
        
        • Year of Yes
        
        
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• James Lipton's Inside the Actor's Studio questionnaire, and the original Bernard Pivot/Marcel Proust versions that inspired it, can be found here. Our C17 version is our own take on these two famous questionnaires.