Shaping Success International

Resilience Coach and Empowerment Facilitator

Ministry of Education Sports and Creative Industries

Head of Department of Modern Langauges. Leading a team of 6 persons with curriculum design and training.

High School Teacher

5 Step Side Hustle Blueprint

Want to turn your interests and skills into a profitable side venture?

It's time to identify your passions, strengths, and market opportunities.

I've helped professionals like you discover and develop a clear and actionable 5-week roadmap tailored to each individual to clarify, identify, and launch their side gigs.

Side Hustle Bestie

TGB Digital

Email Consultant

A lot of emails suck,

Hard truth - but it had to be said.

Don't let yours fall into that bucket.

You see, email is a great way to turn a prospect into a lifelong customer and even a friend.

Do it right, and the world is your oyster,

Do it wrong, well the unsubscribe button could become your nemesis.

But,

You don't have to worry about that if you're writing to your ideal prospect and client.

Someone who wants to hear from you and looks forward to that weekly email in his inbox. 

Here;s how I can help:

1. I work with business coaches and entrepreneurs to implement an effective email strategy that combines content, email, and outreach strategies to increase sales.

2. I get you five sales call booked guaranteed and I don't get paid til you do.

3. I audit your email strategy to find the holes and plug them so that your emails perform the way you want.

You choose.

Let's talk.  Schedule a FREE consult right here: https://calendly.com/tasia_barriero/call-w-tasia-gonsalves-barriero

Email Marketing Consultant

Content Writer

TGB Copywriting and Content

There are 1.9 billion websites
And 600 million blogs

In existence online today.

The chances of your prospects just "happening" upon your content is as easy as finding a bag with $100k on a rainy Wednesday evening😁.

Helping your content reach your target audience is my specialty.

Stop spending money on paid ads that don't work.

Or outdated SEO practices that the 90's want back.

Small changes to your content and how it is presented will produce better results over time.

What are some of these changes?

✅ building your authority on social media platforms
✅ answering questions that your prospects have with the right content

Just the tip of the iceberg.

I create content for entrepreneurs which includes email marketing, content audits, and blog post writing.

Let me show you how I can help.

Schedule a FREE call today right here: https://calendly.com/tasia_barriero/call-w-tasia-gonsalves-barriero

I help you identify and launch profitable side hustles in 5 weeks using my S.H.I.N.E. Method.

From a young age, I knew what it felt like to be unseen. 

Circumstances in my early life left me feeling invisible and unworthy, as though I was navigating the world on my own.

While the pain of those experiences could have defined my life, they instead became the catalyst for my transformation.

For years, I carried the weight of my past, allowing it to shape my self-worth and dictate my choices. But there came a moment when I realized that living in the shadows of my past was holding me back from the life I truly deserved. 

I was done being invisible. It was time to step into the light and reclaim my power.

Through resilience, I learned to let go of the hurt that tethered me to my past. I discovered the strength within me to rise above the pain and to wear my crown proudly as the queen of my own story. 

Visibility became my mantra—no longer would I hide behind the scars of my past. 
Instead, I chose to stand tall, to be seen, and to shine a light for others who are on the same journey.

Today, I help women who have faced their own battles reclaim their power and build the resilience needed to thrive. I teach them how to let go of their past, step into their visibility, and wear their crowns with pride. Because every woman deserves to live a life without regrets, a life where she shows up as her true, powerful self.

The women I work with through my coaching programs and events, have been able to
1. Gain a deeper understanding of their inner strengths and the power they hold
2. Learn practical coping strategies and techniques to stay calm and focused under pressure. 
3.  Feel more fulfilled and motivated, with a clear sense of direction and purpose guiding their daily actions and long-term goals.

If you're ready to stop hiding and start thriving, book a call with me here. Together, we'll turn your pain into power and your setbacks into success.

Tasia Gonsalves-Barriero

Janine Esbrand

Program Coach 

I’m a Commercial Lawyer, Career & Leadership Coach and TEDx Speaker with over 20 years’ experience spanning law, coaching, and leadership development across professional services, technology, and energy sectors.

My work bridges two worlds; commercial law and people development underpinned by a consistent focus on helping organisations and individuals achieve clarity, alignment, and sustainable success.

💼 Legal Focus

As a corporate/commercial lawyer, I advise startups and multinational organisations on contracts, governance, and risk management, ensuring legal frameworks enable rather than hinder growth. I bring strong analytical skills, commercial awareness, and a collaborative approach to problem-solving, supporting business leaders to make sound, strategic decisions.

🎤Coaching & Speaking Focus

I coach and train leaders to navigate transitions, communicate effectively, and lead with confidence. My work has been featured in Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, Thrive Global, and HuffPost, and I regularly deliver keynotes and workshops for global companies and conferences.

🎧 I also host the top 1.5% globally ranked Career Change Maker Podcast, with over 280,000 downloads and listeners in 110 countries, where I share weekly insights on career growth, development and advancement.

✅ How I Add Value

• Commercially minded legal partner: I provide pragmatic, solutions-focused advice that aligns legal strategy with business goals.

• People-focused approach: As a certified executive coach, I understand the human dynamics that drive performance and collaboration in high-growth environments.

• Strategic communicator: Skilled at simplifying complexity, influencing stakeholders, and ensuring alignment across legal, operational, and leadership teams.

📩 janine@careerchangemakers.com

Founder & Head Coach

Helping emerging leaders amplify their voices, increase visibility and attract career advancing opportunities II Helping organisations retain their top talent and prepare them for future leadership roles.

We’ve celebrated 44 birthdays together.

Today, we celebrated my incredible husband, Colin Esbrand Ph.D’s birthday! 

Meeting ‘my person’ early in life is something I never take for granted. 

We’ve been growing, evolving, and navigating different seasons side by side since 2004.

As leaders, we often talk about resilience, vision, and growth but who we’re growing with matters just as much.

I’m excited (and grateful) for what this next season holds for us. 

13/100

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Legal Consultant

Career Change Makers

TEDx Speaker

Sole Legal Counsel

Consulting Legal Counsel 

In-House Legal Counsel | Career & Executive Coach For Mid-Senior Women Ready For Change | Keynote Speaker | Top 1.5% Podcast Host

Spanish - Basic conversational  

Global Head of Programme Management | Head of Operations | Problem solving | Goal Setting | Financial Forecasting | Driving Cross-Functional Collaboration | COO | Execution-Focused Leader | Life Sciences | MedTech

I spent the afternoon with friends who have a 6 month old baby.

Watching their baby interact with my 10 year old son really got me thinking about how seasonal life is.

When you’re in a tough season, it can be hard to imagine yourself on the other side of it.

And then one day, you look back and realise… it actually went by so quickly. And it shaped you more than you knew at the time.

Ten years ago, I was the one carrying a 6-month-old.
Stressing about nap times and meal times. Overthinking all of it.

The me of today?
I’d happily go back to a time when I had more control over sleep and meals.

It’s a reminder I’m trying to hold onto:
Make the most of the season you’re in, even when it feels hard.

Because one day, you’ll look back and realise those tough days quietly became the good old days.

20/100

#reflections #growth

Here’s why I don’t overly prepare before facilitating training sessions.

Being present is far more effective than being perfectly rehearsed.

When I’m focused on what participants are saying (and not saying) rather than remembering what I planned to say, it becomes much easier to make the learning relevant to their reality.

A few reasons this matters:

👉🏽 It creates space for real discussion
Hearing insights from each other (not just from me) is often what lands most powerfully in a room.

👉🏽 It allows me to adjust in real time
Some groups want to go deeper in certain areas and skim others. I stay tuned into where the energy and need is, and follow that.

👉🏽 It leads to a more memorable experience
No two groups are the same. And the session shouldn’t be either.

The key is trusting your knowledge, adaptability and insight, so you can meet people where they actually are. 

Really enjoyed running this workshop on Confidence & Assertivess this afternoon. 

And I already know that when I run this session again with a different group, it will feel completely different.

And that’s exactly how it should be 🤗

17/100

#facilitation #leadershipdevelopment 
#growth

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Sometimes working motherhood looks like planning to wake at 5:30am to prep for a day of presentation practice and back-to-back calls.

Only to be jolted awake at 1am by your child struggling to breathe through an asthma attack.

A 2am hospital visit means no sleep 🥱 . 

Thanks to our incredible local medical team, she's doing much better. 

But my to-do list? Still completely intact.

If this resonates, I see you 🙏 . 

#workingmotherhood 

22/100

I had two coaching sessions today and in both of them I had the biggest laugh-out-loud moments.

Both clients were sharing funny, very real interactions with colleagues and family
connected to what we’ve been coaching around over the last few months.

Moments of humour sitting alongside big, sometimes uncomfortable emotions, and a lot of growth.

If you know me, you know I love to laugh. 
And I also care deeply about people feeling safe enough to show up as they are.

When clients bring realness, vulnerability and light-heartedness into the space, especially towards the end of their coaching journey, it’s a really beautiful thing to witness.

📌  Coaching is that place to unravel.
📌 To say the things you don’t say anywhere else.
📌 To bring the real thoughts and real feels.

No judgement.
Just support, perspective and space to breathe.

And for many of the high-achieving women I work with, this is one of the few spaces where they get to be held.
Where they don’t have to be the strong one, the leader or the fixer. 

When you create space like that, where people can show up as they are you don’t have to force connection. You naturally attract your people.

If you’re a high achiever looking for a coach who will hold space for you and make the experience fun and energising in equal measure, hi 👋🏽

When was the last time you had an unexpected LOL moment on a work call?

15/100

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I'm Janine Esbrand, Career Strategist, Executive Coach & Speaker 
👉🏽 I help professionals & leaders make bold career moves with clarity and intention. 
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Janine Esbrand laughing during a presentation. 

Who’s cutting onions? 😭

I wrapped up 3 months of coaching with one of my incredible clients,Claire Bartkus today. 

At the end of our session, we recorded a case study interview for the podcast, so I can spotlight her journey and transformation. 

And just as I was about to wrap up… she jumped in and shared her reflections on my coaching approach.

When it comes to my coaching clients, my motto has always been “When you win, I win.”

So to hear her say that she felt my genuine care and that she could feel how proud I am of the progress she has made, was so awesome. 

This is why I do this work. I get to witness brilliant women embrace their superpowers and then go on to create major impact through the work that they do. 

The full case study interview will be up on the podcast next month. 

If you’re looking for coaching where you’re fully supported, challenged, and genuinely championed, I’ve opened up a few spots for 1:1 coaching in February. 

Send me a message to learn more. 🤗

24/100 

#podcasting #casestudies #femaleprofessionals

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I'm Janine Esbrand, Career Strategist, Executive Coach & Speaker 
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Who even am I? 

Riding to the gym in the rain, early on a Sunday morning. 

A year ago this would have been unheard of. 

But…a year of Achilles tendon rehab built my discipline muscle. 

Strength workouts 4 times a week regardless of my feelings. 

Now, I get up and go without a second thought. 

It could be early morning or late at night. If I need to get the workout in, I get it in. 

When you decide on your non-negotiables and commit to them, your momentary feelings take a back seat. 

Decisions + Committment = Massive Progress! 

Here’s to a great week ✌️

What habit have you cultivated recently? 

#rehab #gymlife #professionaldevelopment 

26/100

Why I’m leaving room for experimentation in my career in 2026 (and why you should too).

We often overthink the very things we say we want.
And overthinking quietly turns into procrastination.

If you’re stuck on a project, idea, or next career move, don’t aim for perfect.

Start with experimentation.

Ask yourself:
 👉 What’s the minimum viable version of this? Then start there.

That’s exactly what I did last year.

I began running monthly lunchtime sessions for professionals and leaders to pause, step out of the noise, and plan the month ahead with intention.

What started as a simple planning co-working session for a few  people is now becoming a community. One that shows up every month to reflect, reset, and support one another.

And this is how momentum is built. Not through certainty. Through trying, learning, and iterating.

✨ Our first session of the year is this Thursday at 1:30pm.
 Comment 'Plan' below if you’d like the link to join us.

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Hi 👋, I'm Janine Esbrand, Career Strategist, Executive Coach & Speaker 
 👉🏽 I support professionals navigating career transitions, whether that’s stepping into leadership, changing direction, or redefining success.
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I stepped off the default corporate lawyer track and built a portfolio career that fit my life. 

The hardest part wasn’t leaving private practice.
It was letting go of the identity that came with it.

✔️ The prestige.
✔️ The predictability.
✔️ The “this makes sense on paper” career path.

What nobody tells you is that when you step off the default track, you don’t just change roles…you change how you define success.

I stopped asking, *“What’s the logical next step?”
And started asking, *“What works for my life right now?”

That shift is what allowed me to build a career that blends:

👉 values-led depth
👉 family-first ambition
👉 scalable impact

The portfolio career I have now didn't exist as an option in my mind when I started. I had to build the vision as I went.

This is your career. You get to rewrite the script. 

If you’re at a point where the path you’re on no longer fits, this is exactly the kind of work I do with clients in 1:1 coaching. DM me for more info. 

Listen to the full story of my big career pivot on this week's episode of the podcast 🎧 

5/100

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Hi 👋, I'm Janine Esbrand, Career Strategist, Executive Coach & Speaker 
👉🏽 I help professionals & leaders navigate career transitions with clarity, confidence and intention. 
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It takes a lot to be visible.

And it’s not enough to be told to “just speak up in meetings” or “get on more stages.”

There’s so much more going on beneath the surface. 

Especially for people who’ve resisted visibility for a long time.

👉Maybe it’s unlearning beliefs about what it means to be loud, vocal, or seen.

👉 Maybe it’s pushing back against cultural norms that taught you to wait your turn…or wait for permission.

👉 Maybe it’s still carrying feedback from past leaders or peers that made you second-guess yourself.

When someone chooses to fly under the radar, it’s rarely a lack of ambition or capability.

Often, it’s self-protection or something else! 

♻️ Save this for the days visibility feels heavy. 

19/100

#visibility #growth #professionaldevelopment

This is why I love this work.

I get to work with incredible people like Claire Bartkus. 

Thoughtful, accomplished leaders who recognise something needs to change and are brave enough to do something about it.

After more than thirteen years at Success Academy, Claire didn't rush into the next role. Instead, she chose to pause, reflect, and be intentional about what came next.

The clarity she's sharing here is the result of that decision.

Here's what we did together:

✅ Created space to step back and really look at what mattered most 
✅ Got clear on the work that energised her, the impact she wants to make, and the environments where she thrives 
✅ Translated years of brilliant experience into a focused, strategic direction that actually fits who she is now. 

That's the work - intentional career strategy that turns uncertainty into confident next steps. 

If this resonates and you’re in a season of questioning what’s next, I’d love to support you. I have two 1:1 client spots available this month. 

3/100

De-Facto Chief of Staff | Strong Leadership in Service of Staff | Strategic Operator Turning Chaos into Clarity I Non-Profit I EdTech I Education

A few months ago, I shared that I was leaving Success Academy after more than thirteen years. What I did not share was what would come next because, at the time, I genuinely did not know. 💭

Since then, I have taken time to reflect on what I loved most in my work. With the support of an amazing career change coach, Janine Esbrand, I gained real clarity. I loved turning ambitious vision into reality. I loved bringing order to complexity so teams could thrive. I loved the mix of problem solving, planning, creativity, and operational discipline. 🔍✨

That reflection brought me to a clear direction. I am now focused on pursuing Chief of Staff type roles and strategy & planning opportunities. I am especially interested in ed tech, ed adjacent organizations, and mission driven nonprofits. I have also found myself drawn to the health tech space, which ties back to my early roots in biology and the paths my parents built as a nurse and a medical technologist. 🧬💡

If you are a founder or leader who needs someone who can turn vision into action, create clarity out of chaos, and build systems that move work forward, I would love to connect. And to my network, if you come across roles or organizations where you think I could be a strong fit, I would be grateful for any connections or recommendations. 🤝

I am energized for whatever comes next and ready for a new chapter where I can help build, solve, and shape meaningful work for the future. 🚀

#ChiefOfStaff #StrategyAndPlanning #VisionToAction #EdTech #MissionDrivenWork #Leadership #Ed #Education #ChiefProgramOfficer

📩 Email me at: clairebartkus@gmail.com

Here is how my client landed her first director level role, after years of being overlooked.

She wasn’t overlooked because she lacked capability.
She was overlooked because she was relying on the wrong strategy.

For a long time, she did what many high performers do:

❌  waited to be recognised
❌  assumed impact would speak for itself
❌  stayed loyal to a system that had already decided how it saw her

The shift came when we stopped focusing on being noticed

and started focusing on positioning.

That meant:

✔️ building visible authority beyond her organisation
✔️ speaking from insight, not effort
✔️ forming strategic relationships with people who could see her at the level she was already operating

The result wasn’t just a new title.

She stepped into a new opportunity with more money, more responsibility and, most importantly, recognition for the incredible impact she was already making.

Most people don’t need to work harder.
They need to stop waiting.

Take this as nudge to take charge of your career direction.

♻️ If this made you pause, it might help someone you know too.

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Hi 👋, I'm Janine Esbrand, Career Strategist, Executive Coach & Speaker 
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How My Client Landed Her First Director-Level Position 

One thing that can shift your perspective in an instant?

Gratitude.

When you stop fixating on what you don’t have and start counting what you do, that feeling of being “behind” begins to fade.

📌I’m being overlooked for promotions → I get to deepen my skills where I am while preparing for what’s next.

📌I need more clients → I’m grateful for the clients I already get to serve.

📌My children keep me so busy → I get to parent two incredible humans.

📌I feel like I’m always cleaning → I’m grateful for a safe, warm home.

Same circumstances.
Different lens.

Sitting in gratitude today 🙏
 
6/100

You're allowed to choose differently.

That's the message in our latest podcast episode 
and it's one that needs to be said more often.

So many of us stay on the default path, not because it's working, 
but because we've already invested so much time there. 

We worry that changing course means admitting failure or wasting everything we've built.

But here's the truth: nothing you've done is wasted!

Every experience, every skill, every lesson learned comes with you when you decide to pivot. 

The only difference is applying them to something that actually fits this season of your life.

Choosing differently isn't about starting over. It's about finally paying attention to what works for you, and having the courage to build from there.

If you've been feeling like it's time for a change but keep talking yourself out of it, check out the full episode. 

8/100

#careerdevelopment #mondaymotivation #femaleprofessionals 
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Fear of success is often the real reason people stay stuck. 

Not fear of failure.

Fear of what changes if it actually works.

👉 More visibility.
👉 More responsibility.
👉 More expectation.

I see this all the time with high-performing professionals who say they want more, but hesitate at the moment it becomes possible.

Success forces you to be seen differently.
To lead differently.
To let go of old safety nets.

And if you’re honest, that can feel far more uncomfortable than staying frustrated where you are.

Until you name fear of success, you’ll keep calling it being realistic. 

The ceiling isn't your skills. It's your capacity to hold success. 

If you've been stuck in the same place for months (or years), ask yourself: What am I actually afraid of if this works?

The answer might surprise you.

If you recognise yourself in this, you don’t have to work it out alone.
This is the work I do in 1:1 coaching - quietly expanding your capacity for the success you’re ready for. DM me “coaching” if you’d like to learn more.

A lot can change in just over a year when you stop sitting in career confusion and start taking intentional action. 

October 2024 - Maren Sorber van Halteren was listening to the podcast while feeling unsure about her career and what she wanted to do next. 

She reached out because she knew something needed to change, but she didn’t yet have clarity on what that change should look like.

January 2026 - She’s now a guest on the podcast, sharing her coaching journey and how she moved from career confusion to launching a business that genuinely aligns with her skill set.

In this episode, she talks honestly about the highs, the lows, and the messy middle that so often gets skipped over. 

Maren has been an absolute pleasure to work with, and I’m really excited for you to hear her story. It’s a powerful reminder of what’s possible when you give yourself permission to explore, commit, and take the next step.

If you’re in a season of rethinking your career or questioning what’s next, this one’s for you 🎧

18/100

#careerchangemakers #podcasting #careergrowth

Maren Sorber van Halteren guest pic for career change makers podcast cover. 

Challenge accepted.

I’ve been going back and forth on whether to join Hannah Awonuga’s 100 posts in 100 days challenge.

Not because I don’t see the value in showing up daily - I definitely do.
But because I’m approaching 2026 differently.

Less hustle.
More intention.
More focus on what actually matters.

That means you’ll see me showing up here daily, but not always in a perfectly curated way.

Some days you’ll get my raw, unfiltered thoughts and perspectives.
Other days you’ll get content I’ve intentionally created during my content blocks.

Either way, you can expect more from me on:
 • career transitions
 • leadership development
 • working motherhood
 • AI and legal trends

If rehabbing my Achilles over the past year has taught me anything, it’s this:

I can be consistent when I commit, even when the pace is slower and the process isn’t pretty.

So… here goes 

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Founder | Cultural Transformation | We help scale up Founders build cultures where everybody thrives and not just survives | LinkedIn Top Voice | Award-Winning Public Speaker | NED

I've been thinking a lot about community and connection.

Last year, I started a monthly Pause & Plan session for leaders and professionals. 

The goal was to create space for intentional planning and growth. 

What strikes me every time is how powerful it is to bring a group of brilliant women together.

📌 Different perspectives spark huge mindset shifts.
📌 Sharing real experiences leads to more honesty and more vulnerability.
📌 Encouragement and inspiration from others can become major fuel.

It's easy to get caught up in ambition, forgetting that leaning on others can make challenges lighter and journeys smoother.

Which communities are you excited to be part of?

9/100

#pauseandplan #community #careerdevelopment 

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Hi 👋, I'm Janine Esbrand, Career Strategist, Executive Coach & Speaker 
👉🏽 I help professionals & leaders navigate career transitions with clarity, confidence and intention. 
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If anyone has cracked the code on navigating pre-teen hormones…

Please do share. Because this season is 😮‍💨🥴

That’s it. That’s today’s post! 

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The setback you’re experiencing might be the catalyst you need.
Most people don’t change their careers because they want to.

They change when staying the same becomes uncomfortable.
👉 Redundancy / layoff.
👉 Restructure.
👉 Marriage.
👉 Divorce.
👉 Becoming a parent.
👉 Health scare.

Moments that force you to pause and rethink how you’re doing things.

It may feel disruptive right now.
But sometimes, that disruption is the invitation.

And what feels like a setback
might be exactly what you needed.

If you're ready to position yourself to make your next best move with clarity and intention, my 1:1 coaching program can help with that - let's chat. 

23/100

#careerdevelopment #careergrowth 

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