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The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing

By: Aundrea Cline-Thomas
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This is a podcast about making changes in all areas of your life, even when you don’t know where to start. This is the antidote to your Sunday scaries. It bucks cultural standards that can leave you burned out and broken. It’s not about activating a Plan B or a career pivot; both of those terms indicate abandoning how you started. No, this is about continuing on your path and using all of your experiences to make a shift your future self will thank you for. Each episode includes a different example of what navigating your NEXT could look like. So get comfy…we’re on this journey together!Copyright Aundrea Cline-Thomas Career Success Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Social Sciences
Episodes
  • You Don't Have To Be An Influencer To Build a Personal Brand with Maribel Lara

    You Don't Have To Be An Influencer To Build a Personal Brand with Maribel Lara
    14 Oct 2026
    Building a personal brand doesn’t mean becoming an influencer. Maribel Lara, Founder and Principal at Beget Love Consulting, shows you how social media can grow your career.Maribel went from higher education to becoming Gary Vaynerchuk’s Chief of Staff, then built The Sasha Group to bring Vayner’s playbook to small businesses. She’s living proof that your skills can carry you into a whole new industry. Now she helps professionals and founders turn their experience into visibility that opens doors.

    If you’ve ever wondered how to build a personal brand, what to do when your LinkedIn posts get no engagement, or how to show up online when you hate being on camera, this conversation is for you! She reframes the real value in social media, and spoiler alert, it’s not to collect likes and how you can identify where your next opportunity is hiding.

    Stay for the ACT Up segment, where Maribel answers the most common reasons people give for staying offline.

    🤝 Connect with Maribel Lara
    Beget Love Consulting: https://www.begetlove.com/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/latina_sweetie/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maribellara/
    Substack: https://begetloveconsultancy.substack.com/

    📩 Get the key takeaways in the Saturday Rundown, my weekly newsletter for career transitions: https://aundreact.com/NEWSLETTER/
    Join Aundrea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextbestthingpod/

    Join our upcoming workshops:

    How To Get Clients with Allison Davis
    October 27th at 6:30pm
    Sign Up: https://streamyard.com/watch/sV5wjRyiSHAN

    Closing the Fulfillment Gap with Dr. Helen Krug von Nidda
    November 7th, 7:00pmET
    Sign up: https://streamyard.com/watch/kVhBCxegh7Gg
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    49 min
  • How to Get 10 Hours Back in Your Week with Dr. Tiffany Shelton

    How to Get 10 Hours Back in Your Week with Dr. Tiffany Shelton
    7 Oct 2026
    You’re not failing because you need more discipline. You may simply need better systems.

    In this episode of I sit down with neuropsychologist and productivity expert Dr. Tiffany Shelton to talk about burnout, productivity, time management, and what it really takes to build a life that can hold your ambitions.Tiffany explains why high-achieving people often respond to overwhelm by doing more, when the real problem may be structural.

    She shares practical strategies for creating white space, getting hours back in your week, setting better goals, and deciding what to systemize, automate, delegate, or let go. If you’re ambitious, overwhelmed, burned out, or trying to do too much at once, this conversation will give you a new way to think about productivity and your next move.

    Meet Dr. Tiffany: https://www.tiffanyshelton.com/
    Success Systems GPT: https://www.modambition.com/pages/success-systems-gpt?srsltid=AU7gw4WUnhUarfQm0VDlJI1HMrUbfQS9BT4fhUL9ipUClDP_fxf4wq4n
    Dr. Tiffany on IG: https://www.instagram.com/drtiffanyshelton/

    Sign up for our newsletter: https://aundreact.com/newsletter/
    Join me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextbestthingpod/

    Join our upcoming workshops:

    How To Get Clients with Allison Davis
    October 27th at 6:30pm.
    Sign Up: https://streamyard.com/watch/sV5wjRyiSHAN

    Closing the Fulfillment Gap with Dr. Helen Krug von Nidda
    November 7th, 7:00pmET
    Sign up: https://streamyard.com/watch/kVhBCxegh7Gg
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    41 min
  • When It’s Time to Let Go of What You Built with Dionna Dorsey

    When It’s Time to Let Go of What You Built with Dionna Dorsey
    30 Sep 2026
    What happens when a chapter of your life ends, but you’re not quite ready to decide what comes next?

    I had such a deeply personal conversation with Dionna Dorsey, creative entrepreneur, founder of District of Clothing, just weeks after The Creative Ladder that she co-founded, announced it was closing after four years of helping more than 7,300 rising leaders build skills, community, and opportunity.

    This is a conversation about endings, identity, creativity, and the uncomfortable space between what was and what’s NEXT. Dionna opens up about what it feels like to close something deeply meaningful, recognize when a season has run its course, and resist the pressure to immediately replace it with something new.

    She shares the lessons she has learned from building businesses, taking risks on herself, and navigating seasons when the path forward isn’t clear. We talk about knowing when to let go and make room for creativity.If you’re exhausted, in transition, questioning what comes NEXT, or simply realizing you need more space to hear yourself again, this conversation is for you!

    Meet Dionna: https://www.dionnadorsey.com/
    A Creative Existence: https://dionnadorsey.substack.com/

    Sign up for our newsletter: https://aundreact.com/newsletter/
    Join me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextbestthingpod/

    Join our upcoming workshops:

    How To Get Clients with Allison Davis
    October 27th at 6:30pm.
    Sign Up: https://streamyard.com/watch/sV5wjRyiSHAN

    Closing the Fulfillment Gap with Dr. Helen Krug von Nidda
    November 7th, 7:00pmET
    Sign up: https://streamyard.com/watch/kVhBCxegh7Gg
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    51 min
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