Rebuilding Life And Career With Purpose

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How do you rebuild your life and career with purpose?
We might have felt sidelined by burnout, derailed by personal setbacks, or we might just find ourselves searching for a new chapter and wondering: What’s next for my career?
In this episode of the Mr. Career Tick Podcast, Uli Schild (Senior Career Strategist @MrCareerTick) is joined by Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Chantelle Stiles, a woman whose story is equal parts grit and grace. Chantelle shares deep insight into rebuilding a career and a life with intention and fierce clarity.
Here’s your strategic guide to help you pivot:
– Learn how to use personal setbacks and burnout as a catalyst for powerful professional change.
– Practical steps to find work that aligns with who you are now, not who you used to be.
– Steps to start rebuilding your life and career with financial focus and purpose.
If you’re feeling stuck or want to take the first steps towards your personal or professional pivot, this episode is for you.

The Career Funeral Theory: The Unfinished Business of Your Career

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If your funeral were tomorrow, what would people truly say about your work and the legacy you left behind? Here is the sobering reality: On average, only 10 people cry at a funeral. And, the number one factor determining how many people attend your burial is the weather.

Most of us spend our lives striving and holding it all together, only for the weather to be the deciding factor of our final send-off. This realization brings Uli Schild’s Career Funeral Theory into focus: If so few people will care at the end, why do you care so much about what others think while you are living?

This is not a morbid conversation—it’s a high-stakes clarity call for senior professionals.

In this episode, Uli Schild (@MrCareerTick) and change expert Adrienne Tilley-Lefèvre (@thehumansolarpanel) discuss why holding onto a draining job can be self-sabotage, and how to reclaim your purpose.

You will learn how to:

  • Strategically reframe quitting, redundancy, or burnout as the necessary first step toward reinvention.
  • Define the “unfinished business” of your career and create a path that is aligned with who you are, not who others expect you to be.

You are allowed to want more. It’s time to change the story and create a life that fulfills you today.

Why Contracting Beats the Job-Hunting Bias

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After 15 years as a career coach, Uli Schild, aka Mr Career Tick, is pulling back the curtain on the one career move that’s helped hundreds of clients (and himself) stay sane, solvent, and strategic: contracting.

In this episode, Uli shares 10 smart, experience-backed reasons why contracting isn’t just a fallback—it’s a future-proof strategy for professionals who are tired of the corporate circus, stuck in the job hunt, or craving more freedom and impact.

Learn how contractors skip bias filters and land roles faster, why cash flow, negotiation power, and personal branding all thrive in contract roles, and finally, discover what freedom really looks like—and how to design a career that supports your life, not the other way around.

Whether you’re burned out, overqualified, or just ready to move differently, this episode is your permission slip to rethink what stability really means.

The 5 Essentials To Reignite Your Career After A Burnout

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Burnout might feel like a breakdown—but it can be the breakthrough your career needs. In this energizing episode of the Mr. Career Tick Podcast, career coach Uli Schild shares the five essential steps to reignite your career after burnout and return to work with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

Drawing from over decades of career coaching experience, Uli, aka Mr. Career Tick, breaks down the real signs of burnout, why recovery takes time, and how to build a sustainable career path that won’t lead you back to exhaustion. From setting boundaries and practicing self-care to building a meaningful support network and using practical tools to stay on track—this episode is your roadmap to a healthier, more empowered professional life.

What you’ll learn:

  • How to spot your personal burnout warning signs
  • The 3 stages of burnout recovery
  • Why boundaries and saying “no” are career-saving skills
  • How to reconnect with your purpose and people at work
  • The best apps and tools to support your mental wellness

Plus: Uli’s personal burnout story, real client insights, and a reminder that thriving is always possible—if you tick the right boxes.