Welcome to The Reframing Room

Positive Podcasting with Vicky Russ
Purpose Recovery Coach

The Reframing Room Podcasts with Purpose
The Reframing Room is a podcast for anyone who’s ever been told their role is at risk, handed a retirement date, or woken up one morning and thought: I don’t know which direction to take. 

Each episode features a real conversation with someone who’s been through a major career transition — redundancy, retirement, burnout, career change, starting over — and come out the other side with a new sense of direction, purpose, and possibility. 

These aren’t polished success stories with the difficult bits edited out. They’re honest, human conversations about what it’s really like when your professional life takes a turn you didn’t plan for. The fear. The doubt. The unexpected moments of clarity. And the new chapter that followed. 

Hosted by Vicky Russ MBA — purpose recovery and leadership coach, former CEO, and someone who’s navigated redundancy, reinvention, and rebuilding more than once.

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Podcast Episodes - Listen here

Access all podcast episodes directly here, or listen on your preferred podcast app for added convenience-available on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music (including Audible), Podbean, and Spotify. Choose the platform that best fits your routine so you can stream or download episodes anytime, whether you’re commuting, working out, or catching up between meetings.

Who should listen?
The Reframing Room is for you if: 
  • You’re facing redundancy and feeling like the ground has shifted beneath you
  • You’re approaching retirement and wondering what gives your life meaning without the job title
  • You’re recovering from burnout and trying to figure out what a sustainable working life looks like
  • You’ve already made a change and want to hear from others who’ve done the same
  • You work with people in transition — as an HR professional, a coach, a manager, or a friend — and want to understand what they’re going through

Or simply: you believe that the hardest chapters in life can become the most meaningful ones, and you want to hear from people who’ve proved it.

What you’ll hear 

Every episode is a conversation, not a lecture. Guests share: 
  • Their story — what happened, how it felt, and what they did next
  • Their challenges and how they overcame them
  • The turning point — the moment something shifted, and how they found a way forward
  • What they’d tell someone going through it now — practical, honest advice from someone who’s been in those shoes
  • What they wish they’d known — the things nobody told them at the time

Guests come from across the public, private, and charity sectors. Senior leaders, frontline professionals, psychologists, experts, people who’ve built second careers, started businesses, changed direction completely, or simply found a way to live and work with more purpose than before.

Where to listen
Episodes are available to download free from Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music/Audible. Search - The Reframing Room
Be a guest on The Reframing Room
Share your story.  Help someone else find theirs.

The Reframing Room exists because of people like you — people who've been through something difficult and come out the other side with a new sense of direction, purpose, and possibility.If you've navigated a major career or life transition and would be willing to share your experience honestly, I'd love to hear from you. Your story doesn't need to be dramatic or neatly resolved. It just needs to be real. Because sometimes the most powerful thing a person going through redundancy, retirement, burnout, or career upheaval can hear is someone saying: "I've been where you are. Here's what happened next.

I'm looking for two kinds of guest:

People with a story to tell

You've been through a significant transition — redundancy, retirement, burnout, career change, health crisis, organisational upheaval, starting over — and you've found your way to something new. Maybe a new career, a business, a different way of living, or simply a renewed sense of who you are and what matters.

You might be a senior leader, a frontline professional, someone who left the public sector after decades, someone who was made redundant and built something they never expected, or someone who retired and discovered a whole new sense of purpose. You don't need to be famous. You don't need a perfect ending. You just need to be willing to have an honest, open conversation about what you went through and what you learned.

I'm especially interested in stories from people who've worked in the public sector, the NHS, education, charities, and other service-driven environments — but all sectors and backgrounds are welcome.

Experts with insight to share

You're a psychologist, therapist, researcher, coach, author, or specialist who understands the psychology of major life transitions. You can speak with authority and warmth about topics like identity after job loss, the emotional stages of career change, resilience, burnout recovery, the psychology of retirement, finding purpose, navigating uncertainty, or rebuilding confidence after setback.

I'm looking for guests who can translate evidence and expertise into practical, accessible tools and perspectives that listeners can actually use — not abstract theory, but real insight that helps someone who's stuck at a crossroads take their next step.

If you've published research, written a book, developed a framework, or simply have deep professional experience in helping people through transitions, I'd love to talk.

What to expect

Every episode is a relaxed, guided conversation. I'll send you some questions in advance so you know what to expect, and we'll have a brief chat before we record to make sure you feel comfortable. Episodes are typically 30–60 minutes, are audio only and recorded at my online studio. You'll receive a copy of the episode before it goes live, and I'll never publish anything you're not happy with.

If you'd like to be a guest — or you know someone whose story deserves to be heard — please get in touch using the form provided. We would love to start a conversation.
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