Show Notes
Paige Goldstein is a LinkedIn personal branding coach and digital nomad. In today's episode, we sit down with Paige for a wide-ranging conversation about what it actually means to follow your intuition, why the biggest leaps rarely start as leaps, how to build a personal brand without turning it into a diary, and what it looks like to blend spirituality with genuine ambition. Along the way, she walks us through her story, from a one hour commute in Boston that made her question everything, to booking a one way ticket to Hawaii with no real plan, to years of digital nomad life across Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Europe, and eventually Cape Town, South Africa. She describes the breathwork session that led her to quit her corporate job within a week, the "dark night of the soul" that followed, and how writing through it openly on LinkedIn became the foundation of the business she runs today.
Key Moments and Highlights: The moment she knew corporate wasn't for her The "black sheep vs. unicorn pioneer" reframe Booking a one way ticket to Hawaii with no real plan Why intuition gets louder the more you ignore it The breathwork session that led her to quit within a week Her path through Hawaii, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Europe, and Cape Town Where to draw the line between vulnerability and oversharing on a personal brand "Cringe Mountain" and the limiting beliefs exercise she still does today Blending spirituality and business through "ambitious zen" Getting intentional about your personal brand
This was such a fun one to record. Paige has this rare mix of being fully herself online while also having a genuinely sharp business mind, and that balance came through in almost everything she said. Grateful she took the time to share her story.
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