🎙️ How To Pivot Out Of Journalism Before You Burn Out with Aundrea Cline-Thomas 🛑🔥

Are you a journalist wondering what’s next?
Feeling stuck? Exhausted? Invisible?

🎯 This episode is your step-by-step playbook for making a bold career move without losing your identity—or your paycheck.

🚨 Aundrea Cline-Thomas did it. So can you.

She left WCBS. She launched her own agency.
She replaced her income.
And now she’s helping YOU do the same.

🎧 In This Episode:

🧠 Clarity Before the Resume - Don’t start with job boards. Start with you. Aundrea reveals the single exercise that changed her life.

💰 How to Buy Yourself Time - “Money buys time.” Aundrea shares how she planned her exit like a contract, not a fantasy.

📢 Rebrand or Be Forgotten - Why journalists fail in other industries—and how to fix it quickly.

💼 Turn Your Skills Into a Business - Aundrea said yes to everything at first. But then she got focused. Find out what made her first dollar—and her first client.

🧰 Toolkit for the Pivot:

• Transferable Skills Guide (FREE!)
• Personal brand audit
• Real-life job language decoded (no more “MMJ” and “OTS” nonsense)
• The one mindset shift that opened every door

💥 You Need This Episode If:

✅ You say “I could do anything” but don’t know what that is
✅ You’ve been laid off—or see it coming
✅ You’re afraid to leave, but more afraid to stay
✅ You miss your family, your freedom, and yourself

“You’re not starting over. You’re starting from experience.” – Aundrea Cline-Thomas

🎯 Next step:
🎧 LISTEN NOW. Then go to StartYourRewrite.com and download the guide that’s helped hundreds of journalists take control of their next chapter.

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