Lessons from a Quitter

Goli Kalkhoran

goli@lessonsfromaquitter.com

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Booking Overview

This is an interview-led career-change and burnout podcast featuring people who have left lucrative or conventional careers to build more fulfilling paths, alongside occasional solo expert episodes. Strong guest candidates include career-transition coaches, burnout and workplace-wellness experts, grief coaches, and accomplished professionals with compelling career pivots; booking difficulty is low because the show centers accessible specialists and relatable personal transformation rather than celebrity prominence.

Metrics

Episodes: 396

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Instagram: 19.0k followers

Contact Information

goli@lessonsfromaquitter.com

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Host

Goli Kalkhoran - Former attorney and career coach who helps people leave unfulfilling careers and create more meaningful professional lives.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Career-transition coaches, burnout and workplace-wellness experts, grief coaches, and professionals with firsthand experience leaving established or lucrative careers.
Required Achievements:  
Successful career transition, Professional coaching or subject-matter expertise, Creation of a fulfilling business or career after leaving a conventional path

Recent Guest Discussions

Laverne McKinnon - Grief And Identity Loss During Career Change, Rebuilding Self-trust, And Navigating Professional Transitions.

Recent Topics

Career Change, Burnout, Career Coaching, Work-life Balance, Entrepreneurship

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Lessons from a Quitter
:

An Update On My Sabbatical

August 04, 2026

I recently took a 6-month Sabbatical from my business. In this episode, I give an update of what the sabbatical was really like (the good and the bad) as well as what my next steps will be. 

Burnout Breakthrough week 6

July 28, 2026

In this final episode of the Burnout Breakthrough series, we wrap up six weeks of transformation by shifting from hard work to joyful living. After tackling boundaries, delegation, and saying no, this week focuses on the fun part—learning to live your dream life now. Goli challenges listeners to stop postponing happiness and start creating daily joy through simple exercises like crafting a "dream day" and building a "bliss list." You'll learn how to bring intention, fun, and presence back int...

Burnout Breakthrough week 5

July 21, 2026

In this episode of Lessons from a Quitter, we dive into one of the most powerful mindset shifts for breaking free from burnout in week 5 of the Burnout Breakthrough series: letting go of "manuals" for how others should act. We explore how much energy we waste trying to control people's behaviors—believing our happiness depends on them changing—and how freeing it can be to drop those expectations. You'll learn how to stop people-pleasing, set healthy boundaries, and reclaim your emotional peac...

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