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Hosted by Maricella Herrera · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 81 episodes
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Sh*I Just Quit My Job is a podcast about the questions that surface when life stops making sense: Is this it? What do I really want? Who am I if I’m not defined by my work, my old story, or other people’s expectations of me? Through candid conversations and personal reflections, host Maricella Herrera sits with the uncertainty and explores what it takes to build a life that feels more honest, joyful, and real.
Maricella Herrera hosts Sh*t I Just Quit My Job, a society show with 81 episodes published.

What if the part of you that doesn't take everything so seriously is actually your biggest professional strength? This week I sit down with Mary Hendra, a chief of staff, coach, and consultant who once froze when a brand

What does it take to start choosing your life instead of just pushing through it? In this episode I talk with Ariela Picciotto — one of my closest friends — about a path that never really went to plan. She left New York

Michelle Stanek has been dancing since she was four years old. She drew a ballerina in a second-grade coloring assignment when they asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. Decades later, she is a professional pole

Alana Winter spent 25 years building a national video distribution business before realizing she'd built something successful without ever asking herself what she actually valued. In this episode, Alana and Maricella tal

What if figuring out who you want to be doesn't start with imagining your future self — it starts with looking at your past one? In this minisode, Maricella walks through a deceptively simple exercise: scrolling through

Host Maricella Herrera introduces a nurturing, candid conversation with Kvon Tucker, CEO and founder of Consciously, a purpose-driven coaching and consulting firm. They discuss fear, courage, and “spiritual abolitionism,

Dr. Sofia Pertuz spent 25 years in higher education before realizing the skills she'd been using her entire career — coaching, training, building systems, facilitating hard conversations — were exactly what she should be

Alysa Liu's gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics has everyone talking about joy — about following your bliss, about how the universe rewards you when you stop chasing the outcome. Maricella watched it and felt somethin

In this episode of 'Sh*t I Just Quit My Job,' host Maricella Herrera dives into a candid conversation with Megan Senese, a legal marketing and business development expert who co-founded the company Stage. Maricella and M

In this conversation, Denis Keane shares his journey from a corporate career to entrepreneurship, highlighting the challenges and lessons learned along the way. He discusses his experiences in the nightlife and restauran

Two weeks before the Chicago Marathon, Maricella was terrified. Not just about the race—about what it would mean if she finished and felt destroyed, ashamed of her pace, not wanting to run again. In this deeply personal

In this special episode, host Maricella Herrera introduces listener calls to the podcast for the first time. She sits down with Jaqueline Oliveira-Cella to test SAFE—an AI-powered emotional awareness tool—on two real wor

After 20 years in public child welfare, Angel Rodriguez thought she’d retire there. She was trying to revolutionize the system from the inside—building new programs, fighting bureaucracy, making change however she could.

In this minisode, host Maricella Herrera explores the emotional aftermath of completing the Chicago Marathon and discusses the 'post-marathon blues'—a period of feeling lost and empty after achieving a big goal. She refl

This week I’m back with my first repeat guest, author, speaker, and DEI advocate Hady Mendez. We’re talking about her new book Calladita No More . The title flips the saying “calladita te ves más bonita” (you’re prettier

Is your self-worth tied to the job you hold, the craft you practice, or the results you deliver? In this episode, Maricella Herrera sits down with Kira Shishkin, serial entrepreneur and founder of informed, to explore ho

What if stability isn’t the goal? What if instability is actually where growth happens? This week on Sh*t I Just Quit My Job, host Maricella Herrera talks with Dr. Tarul Kode — a pharmacist turned health tech co-founder,

In this minisode of Sh*t I Just Quit My Job, host Maricella Herrera shares how reading Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky sparked a question she can’t shake: Make time… for

In this episode of Sh*t I Just Quit My Job, host Maricella Herrera sits down with serial entrepreneur, community builder, and podcast host Raven O’Neal for a conversation about fear, consistency, and what it really takes

Summary In this engaging conversation, Heidi Monika Romer shares her transformative journey from aspiring actress to a dedicated community advocate and entrepreneur. She reflects on her childhood dreams, the impact of CO
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