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Chapter 1: Navigating the Job Market in 2025: Overcoming Uncertainty and Taking Control

Navigating the Job Market in 2025: Overcoming Uncertainty and Taking Control

It’s tough out there. Job security feels more uncertain, opportunities seem harder to find, and the stress of it all can be overwhelming. Job searching isn’t just about resumes and interviews—it’s about managing the self-doubt, frustration, and emotional toll of not knowing what comes next.

In this conversation, we’ll talk about the reality of today’s job market and how to navigate it with confidence, resilience, and clarity. You’ll gain practical, research-backed strategies to focus on what’s within your control, adapt to hiring trends, and protect your well-being in the process. Whether you’re actively searching, considering a career move, or simply trying to stay steady in uncertain times, this session will help you regain a sense of direction—and remind you that you’re not in this alone.

About Raina

Raina Gandhi is the Founder and CEO of Rising Tide Consulting, dedicated to empowering professional women to overcome limiting beliefs and thrive in leadership. With an MBA from The Wharton School and over two decades of experience in investment banking, consulting, nonprofits, and higher education, she relaunched her career after an 11-year hiatus to raise her daughters, stepping into leadership roles in higher education.

Through coaching, workshops, and keynotes, Raina helps women stay in the workforce, navigate career transitions, and take on leadership roles with confidence. She specializes in job searches, team leadership, imposter syndrome, and returning to work after a career break. A frequent podcast guest and international speaker, she equips leaders at all levels with the tools to create inclusive, high-impact careers.

Chapter 2: Finding Calm in the Chaos: Building Inner Safety During Times of Change

In this conversation with Mel from A Brighter Wild coaching, you'll discover practical tools to help you navigate life's challenges with greater ease and resilience. You'll gain a deeper understanding of how your nervous system responds to stress - and how to support it in moments of overwhelm. Whether you're feeling burnt out, anxious, or simply seeking ways to reconnect with your inner stability, this session will offer supportive, science-backed strategies for creating a genuine sense of safety within yourself.

Melani “Mel” is a certified mind-body coach, meditation teacher, and Reiki Master with nearly a decade of experience helping women with chronic illness and pain syndromes. Using holistic tools like mindfulness, somatic work, and neuroplasticity practices, Mel supports clients in reclaiming their inherent calm and confidence.

Mel combines her background in physiology and clinical research with her personal, intuitive style, weaving together the most effective modalities to activate the nervous system’s healing states. Whether you are struggling with chronic pain, fatigue, or anxiety, she is here to walk with you toward a brighter future.

About Mel

Chapter 3: A Conversation with Author Kate Washington on Caregiving and Resilience

A Q&A with Kate Washington, author of Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America. Drawing from her deeply personal caregiving journey, Kate will discuss the complexities of caring for a loved one—the emotional toll, the moments of overwhelming difficulty, and the unexpected grace that can emerge amidst the hardship. She’ll share her own experience of rediscovering joy after caregiving, offering valuable insights and hope. This conversation will provide a compassionate and candid look at the realities of caregiving, offering encouragement for anyone who has walked, or is walking, this path.

About Kate

Kate Washington is the author of Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout In America (Beacon Press, 2021) and a frequent speaker on the systemic challenges facing family caregivers. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, TIME, HuffPost, Eater, and many other publications. Her second book, Watersheds: How I Changed My Life in 50 Swimming Holes, is forthcoming in 2026. She holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and lives in Sacramento with her two daughters.

Chapter 4: Pivots, Downshifts & Possibilities: Why It's Time to Let Go to Get Ahead

Jessica Galica is an Executive Coach and the best-selling author of Leap: Why It's Time to Let Go to Get Ahead In Your Career. Before publishing Leap, Jess built a successful 15-year corporate career in tech and management consulting at some of the world's most prestigious companies like Apple, Bain, and Siemens. She holds an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and her BA from Georgetown University. In 2020 Jess pivoted to the “second chapter” of her career and began to write about women’s experiences in the workplace and train as a coach to support other leaders. Today Jess coaches leaders–with a strong focus on women and other underestimated leaders–to help them successfully navigate careers in business and tech and reach their fullest potential. She is also a sought after corporate speaker and host of the “Reclaim Your Career” podcast. Jess lives in Boston with her husband and two young kids.