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Hosted by Eric Mackay · education · EN · 12 episodes
What happens when the old definitions of success stop working? 12 Steps to Success is a long-form podcast about identity, purpose, burnout, and the messy, uncertain middle of building a life and career. It explores moments of transition, pressure, reinvention, and recovery, especially when clarity disappears and familiar paths no longer fit. Hosted by Eric Mackay, a senior music industry executive, founder, author, and recovering perfectionist, the show sits between success stories and self-help. These are not highlight reels or tidy frameworks. They are honest conversations with artists, founders, executives, creatives, and operators who have built things, lost things, walked away from roles that looked perfect on paper, and had to rethink who they were along the way. Each episode examines themes including identity, leadership, burnout, sobriety, creativity, pressure, and the quiet recalibrations that happen when life does
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Signup to Generate a PitchWhat happens when the old definitions of success stop working? 12 Steps to Success is a long-form podcast about identity, purpose, burnout, and the messy, uncertain middle of building a life and career. It explores moments of transition, pressure, reinvention, and recovery, especially when clarity disappears and familiar paths no longer fit.
12 Steps to Success: Navigating change, uncertainty, and what comes next is hosted by Eric Mackay. The show has published 12 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Identity, Pressure, and Reinvention: Season 1 Highlights (with Eric Mackay)" (24 March 2026, 17 minutes), "Resilience, Reinvention, and the Refusal to Stay Down (ft. Moira Carmenate)" (17 March 2026, 52 minutes), and "Legacy, Joy, and the Work of Not Fighting Alone (ft. Dr. Chelsey Green)" (10 March 2026, 51 minutes).
12 Steps to Success: Navigating change, uncertainty, and what comes next publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 44 minutes across 12 episodes.
Booking probability for 12 Steps to Success: Navigating change, uncertainty, and what comes next is 26%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. 12 Steps to Success: Navigating change, uncertainty, and what comes next requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. 12 Steps to Success: Navigating change, uncertainty, and what comes next's contact route on record: verified email.
Eric Mackay hosts 12 Steps to Success: Navigating change, uncertainty, and what comes next, an education show with 12 episodes published.
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Episode #11
<p>This final episode of Season 1 steps back from the individual conversations and looks at what emerged across the season as a whole. </p><p>What became clear is that despite very different backgrounds, guests kept...
Episode #10
<p>This conversation with Moira Carmenate is slightly unusual for the podcast, because Moira isn’t just the guest. She’s also my mum. </p><p>Recording this episode felt a little like opening a family archive that...
Episode #9
<p>This conversation with Dr. Chelsey Green is about legacy, but not in the polished, career-summary sense of the word. It’s about what we build day to day, what we protect, who we make space for, and what happens when...
Episode #9
<p>This conversation with Dr. Chelsey Green is about legacy, but not in the polished, career-summary sense of the word. It’s about what we build day to day, what we protect, who we make space for, and what happens when...
Episode #8
<p>This conversation with Spenser Liszt is about money. But not in the “optimize your portfolio” sense. </p><p>It’s about identity. Shame. Performance. And what happens when your external success doesn’t match how you...
Episode #7
<p>This conversation with Jean Gomes is about what it means to stay human when leadership, work, and technology keep pushing us toward speed, cynicism, and performance.</p><p>We start with agency, not “positive...
Episode #6
<p>This conversation with Lauren Blitzer-Wright centres on what happens when the community you relied on suddenly disappears - and what it takes to rebuild connection without losing yourself in the process.</p><p>We...
Episode #5
<p>This conversation with Brian Recker centres on what happens when the belief system you built your life around no longer feels honest or humane. </p><p>We talk about growing up inside fear based religion, the cost of...
Episode #4
<p>This conversation with Nyeesha D. Williams explores what happens when the structures you’ve relied on begin to fall apart, and the work required to rebuild without rushing to make sense of it too quickly. </p><p>We...
Episode #3
<p>This conversation with Christopher Brereton centres on what happens when the identity you built your life around no longer fits as cleanly as it once did. </p><p>We talk about momentum and how easily it can turn into...
Episode #2
<p>This conversation with Mo Hiromoto sits inside a familiar but often unspoken place. Knowing that something needs to change, without yet having language for what that change looks like.</p><p>We talk about what...
Episode #1
<p>This conversation with Marni Wandner explores what happens when burnout does not arrive as a breaking point, but as a slow erosion.</p><p>We talk about creative ambition, responsibility, and the quiet ways people...
12 Steps to Success: Navigating change, uncertainty, and what comes next
<p>What happens after the big win - or before anything makes sense?</p><p>12 Steps to Success isn’t a podcast about polished success stories or highlight reels. It’s a series of honest conversations about the messy...
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