Adulting101 Masterclass: Career, Money and Life Skills School Failed To Teach https://heatherua.podbean.com Adulting101 Masterclass is the life skills podcast for young adults navigating the real world — and for the parents who want to see them succeed in life and managers who want to help them thrive in business.

Because the real world doesn’t come with a manual.


But this show does.


Hosted by Heather Redisch, talent development expert and founder of Adulting101 Masterclass, This podcast delivers practical, no-nonsense tools for the life skills school failed  to teach—but the real world expects you to know.


From navigating the job search and building your career to managing money, understanding the unwritten rules of the workplace, building self confidence, communicating clearly, and handling the everyday logistics of real life, Adulting101 is a no-judgement resource to learn the basics from your peers, experts and mentors.


Whether you are a recent graduate, a parent trying to support your young adult, or a leader managing younger generations for the first time, Adulting101 helps bridge the gap between what school taught and what real life demands.


Each episode delivers real, actionable strategies you can use right away.

No theory.
No fluff.

Just the stuff that actually matters when you’re figuring out how to become a functioning adult.

Adulting101 covers:

  • Communication and confidence—setting boundaries, speaking up for yourself, and navigating hard conversations
  • Career and workplace skills—professionalism, networking, asking for a raise, reading the room
  • Financial basics—budgeting, credit, taxes, student loans, and saving for real life
  • Life logistics—insurance, renting an apartment, healthcare, and all the things nobody taught you
  • What parents can do (and stop doing) to raise capable, confident adults
  • What managers need to understand about the newest generation entering the workforce


You belong here!

]]> Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0500 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Education:Self-Improvement 1440 episodic Adulting101 Masterclass is the life skills podcast for young adults navigating the real world — and for the parents who want to see them succeed in life and managers who want to help them thrive in business. Because the real world doesn’t come with a manual. But this show does. Hosted by Heather Redisch, talent development expert and founder of Adulting101 Masterclass, This podcast delivers practical, no-nonsense tools for the life skills school failed to teach—but the real world expects you to know. From navigating the job search and building your career to managing money, understanding the unwritten rules of the workplace, building self confidence, communicating clearly, and handling the everyday logistics of real life, Adulting101 is a no-judgement resource to learn the basics from your peers, experts and mentors. Whether you are a recent graduate, a parent trying to support your young adult, or a leader managing younger generations for the first time, Adulting101 helps bridge the gap between what school taught and what real life demands. Each episode delivers real, actionable strategies you can use right away. No theory. No fluff. Just the stuff that actually matters when you’re figuring out how to become a functioning adult. Adulting101 covers: Communication and confidence—setting boundaries, speaking up for yourself, and navigating hard conversations Career and workplace skills—professionalism, networking, asking for a raise, reading the room Financial basics—budgeting, credit, taxes, student loans, and saving for real life Life logistics—insurance, renting an apartment, healthcare, and all the things nobody taught you What parents can do (and stop doing) to raise capable, confident adults What managers need to understand about the newest generation entering the workforce You belong here! Heather Redisch Heather Redisch No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22460518/resized-cover775b7.jpg Adulting101 Masterclass: Career, Money and Life Skills School Failed To Teach https://heatherua.podbean.com 144 144 How to Become Financially Independent in Your 20s, an Adulting101 Student's Story | EP03 How to Become Financially Independent in Your 20s, an Adulting101 Student's Story | EP03 https://heatherua.podbean.com/e/how-to-become-financially-independent-in-your-20s-an-adulting101-students-story-ep03/ https://heatherua.podbean.com/e/how-to-become-financially-independent-in-your-20s-an-adulting101-students-story-ep03/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0500 heatherua.podbean.com/8ce3487e-bb06-317e-b757-f5b874f4efae You can't budget your way to financial independence if you're too scared to ask for a raise or send a DM.

 

Host Heather Redisch sits down with Ella Katz, content creator and founder of Taller Toddlers, to talk about how to become financially independent in your 20s after leaving a stable job at ABC News.

 

Ella reflects on the year she spent working with Heather and the money habits she built along the way, including the ritual she built just to check her bank account without panic. She gets honest about financial independence from parents, the guilt that came with early support, and how she is learning to spend on her own terms instead of copying what she grew up watching.

 

Ella also opens up about quitting her job to freelance before the income caught up. She talks about learning how to negotiate a higher salary even when her hands were shaking, and about practicing networking without fear of rejection well enough to land guests like a Dancing with the Stars pro.

 

Press play to hear how to become financially independent in your 20s from a former Adulting101 student who is still figuring it out.

 

Episode Breakdown:

00:00 Meet Ella Katz Of Taller Toddlers

02:11 Leaving ABC News For Something More

08:21 Rethinking The Word Influencer Online

12:49 What Taller Toddlers Is All About

16:43 Biggest Surprises Of Your Twenties

20:56 Building Confidence To Network Without Fear

26:36 Talking Openly About Money And Guilt

33:59 Building A Weekly Money Ritual

37:56 Freelancing, Boundaries, And Avoiding Burnout

43:57 Rapid Fire Questions With Ella

Connect with Ella Katz:

Follow Taller Toddlers on Instagram

Subscribe to Taller Toddlers on YouTube

Follow Taller Toddlers on Tiktok

 

Connect with Heather Redisch:

Visit the Adulting101 Masterclass website

Follow Adulting101 on Instagram

Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm

]]> You can't budget your way to financial independence if you're too scared to ask for a raise or send a DM.

 

Host Heather Redisch sits down with Ella Katz, content creator and founder of Taller Toddlers, to talk about how to become financially independent in your 20s after leaving a stable job at ABC News.

 

Ella reflects on the year she spent working with Heather and the money habits she built along the way, including the ritual she built just to check her bank account without panic. She gets honest about financial independence from parents, the guilt that came with early support, and how she is learning to spend on her own terms instead of copying what she grew up watching.

 

Ella also opens up about quitting her job to freelance before the income caught up. She talks about learning how to negotiate a higher salary even when her hands were shaking, and about practicing networking without fear of rejection well enough to land guests like a Dancing with the Stars pro.

 

Press play to hear how to become financially independent in your 20s from a former Adulting101 student who is still figuring it out.

 

Episode Breakdown:

00:00 Meet Ella Katz Of Taller Toddlers

02:11 Leaving ABC News For Something More

08:21 Rethinking The Word Influencer Online

12:49 What Taller Toddlers Is All About

16:43 Biggest Surprises Of Your Twenties

20:56 Building Confidence To Network Without Fear

26:36 Talking Openly About Money And Guilt

33:59 Building A Weekly Money Ritual

37:56 Freelancing, Boundaries, And Avoiding Burnout

43:57 Rapid Fire Questions With Ella



Connect with Ella Katz:

Follow Taller Toddlers on Instagram

Subscribe to Taller Toddlers on YouTube

Follow Taller Toddlers on Tiktok

 

Connect with Heather Redisch:

Visit the Adulting101 Masterclass website

Follow Adulting101 on Instagram



Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm

]]> Heather Redisch true No 3286 4 full Networking Tips for Recent Graduates | EP02 Networking Tips for Recent Graduates | EP02 https://heatherua.podbean.com/e/networking-tips-for-recent-graduates-ep02/ https://heatherua.podbean.com/e/networking-tips-for-recent-graduates-ep02/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0500 heatherua.podbean.com/2d9e5b43-6054-3af7-aa4f-f763feba947e Nobody hands you a manual for life after college. One day you have a schedule, a campus, and your best friends down the hall. The next day you are expected to build a career, a routine, and a whole new identity on your own. This episode gives you the playbook.

 

On Adulting101 Masterclass, host Heather Redisch sits down with content creator Love Always Annika. Known as the online big sister to nearly a quarter million followers, Annika is two years into her own post-grad transition and landed her job offer. She secured a job offer in October of her senior year, months before most of her classmates even started applying. She shares the networking moves that helped her get an early start.

 

Annika breaks down the red blazer trick recruiters never forgot, the one motto she gives every student she coaches on job hunting, and the surprising reason a structured workweek made her feel calmer than college ever did. She also gets honest about maintaining friendships after college when your closest friends scatter across the country, and why she spent five months resetting before her first day of work.

 

If adjusting to adulthood after college feels overwhelming, this conversation offers practical advice from someone a few steps ahead. Her guidance applies whether you graduated last month or still feel stuck two years later. Press play and start building a life after college that you love.

 

Episode Breakdown:

00:00 Meet Annika, the Online Big Sister for Life After College

01:18 What Graduation Day Feels Like

04:25 Long-Distance Friendships and Intentional Post-Grad Relationships

07:00 Why a 9 to 5 Routine Feels Better Than College

11:30 Taking Five Months Off Before Your First Job

13:18 Why Campus Recruiting Beats Online Applications

15:00 The Job Search Formula That Lands Interviews

19:56 How to Stand Out at Career Fairs and Networking Calls

25:22 Why Your Twenties Are Harder Than Anyone Admits

27:50 Setting Goals You Control and Ignoring Social Media Pressure

30:06 Stop Overthinking and Trust Simple Mental Health Resets

33:45 Building a Personal Brand While Working Full Time

 

Connect with Love Always Annika:

Follow Love Always Annika on Instagram

Follow Love Always Annika on TikTok

 

Connect with Heather Redisch:

Visit the Adulting101 Masterclass website

Follow Adulting101 Masterclass on Instagram

Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm

]]> Nobody hands you a manual for life after college. One day you have a schedule, a campus, and your best friends down the hall. The next day you are expected to build a career, a routine, and a whole new identity on your own. This episode gives you the playbook.

 

On Adulting101 Masterclass, host Heather Redisch sits down with content creator Love Always Annika. Known as the online big sister to nearly a quarter million followers, Annika is two years into her own post-grad transition and landed her job offer. She secured a job offer in October of her senior year, months before most of her classmates even started applying. She shares the networking moves that helped her get an early start.

 

Annika breaks down the red blazer trick recruiters never forgot, the one motto she gives every student she coaches on job hunting, and the surprising reason a structured workweek made her feel calmer than college ever did. She also gets honest about maintaining friendships after college when your closest friends scatter across the country, and why she spent five months resetting before her first day of work.

 

If adjusting to adulthood after college feels overwhelming, this conversation offers practical advice from someone a few steps ahead. Her guidance applies whether you graduated last month or still feel stuck two years later. Press play and start building a life after college that you love.

 

Episode Breakdown:

00:00 Meet Annika, the Online Big Sister for Life After College

01:18 What Graduation Day Feels Like

04:25 Long-Distance Friendships and Intentional Post-Grad Relationships

07:00 Why a 9 to 5 Routine Feels Better Than College

11:30 Taking Five Months Off Before Your First Job

13:18 Why Campus Recruiting Beats Online Applications

15:00 The Job Search Formula That Lands Interviews

19:56 How to Stand Out at Career Fairs and Networking Calls

25:22 Why Your Twenties Are Harder Than Anyone Admits

27:50 Setting Goals You Control and Ignoring Social Media Pressure

30:06 Stop Overthinking and Trust Simple Mental Health Resets

33:45 Building a Personal Brand While Working Full Time

 

Connect with Love Always Annika:

Follow Love Always Annika on Instagram

Follow Love Always Annika on TikTok

 

Connect with Heather Redisch:

Visit the Adulting101 Masterclass website

Follow Adulting101 Masterclass on Instagram





Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm

]]> Heather Redisch false No 2346 3 full The Quarter Life Crisis That Led Me to Start Adulting101 Masterclass | EP01 The Quarter Life Crisis That Led Me to Start Adulting101 Masterclass | EP01 https://heatherua.podbean.com/e/the-quarter-life-crisis-that-led-me-to-start-adulting-101-masterclass-ep01/ https://heatherua.podbean.com/e/the-quarter-life-crisis-that-led-me-to-start-adulting-101-masterclass-ep01/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0500 heatherua.podbean.com/9a4b102f-8fa4-375e-82ca-27d68bceff3c You know that feeling of watching everyone around you hit their milestones while you're still figuring out how to make rent? That's a quarter-life crisis after college, and it's exactly what Heather Redisch walks through in the first episode of Adulting101 Masterclass. She opens up about her first job in New York, a boss who taught her more about resilience than patience, and the moment she realized her closest friends were getting promoted and falling in love while she felt stuck at the starting line.

 

Heather also gets into the life skills school doesn't teach, from reading a paycheck to negotiating a raise to spotting a red flag boss before it's too late. She traces her path from a psych major with no plan to a recruiter navigating the aftermath of September 11 in Manhattan, and eventually to building her own coaching practice around one idea. Adulthood should come with a guide.

 

Along the way, Heather explains how reading The Anxious Generation shaped her thinking on why Gen Z lacks confidence in interviews, and how growing up on smartphones changed the way an entire generation learned to communicate. If you're working on how to build confidence in your 20s or just adjusting to adulthood after graduation, this one hits close to home.

 

Press play and hear how Heather Redisch turned her own quarter-life crisis after college into the blueprint for Adulting101 Masterclass, the show helping young adults feel a little less alone in figuring it all out.

 

Episode Breakdown:

00:00 Welcome to Adulting101 Masterclass

02:05 Choosing New York over grad school

06:53 Landing a job in four days

09:15 A $32,000 salary and a brutal boss

13:56 Leaving that job to start over

18:27 September 11th and the move to Chicago

23:11 Coaching grads through a confidence gap

27:31 The Anxious Generation and the smartphone effect

32:11 Feeling stuck at the starting line

34:33 Building the business in one weekend

Connect with Heather Redisch:

Visit the Adulting101 Masterclass Website

Follow Adulting101 Masterclass on Instagram

Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm

]]> You know that feeling of watching everyone around you hit their milestones while you're still figuring out how to make rent? That's a quarter-life crisis after college, and it's exactly what Heather Redisch walks through in the first episode of Adulting101 Masterclass. She opens up about her first job in New York, a boss who taught her more about resilience than patience, and the moment she realized her closest friends were getting promoted and falling in love while she felt stuck at the starting line.

 

Heather also gets into the life skills school doesn't teach, from reading a paycheck to negotiating a raise to spotting a red flag boss before it's too late. She traces her path from a psych major with no plan to a recruiter navigating the aftermath of September 11 in Manhattan, and eventually to building her own coaching practice around one idea. Adulthood should come with a guide.

 

Along the way, Heather explains how reading The Anxious Generation shaped her thinking on why Gen Z lacks confidence in interviews, and how growing up on smartphones changed the way an entire generation learned to communicate. If you're working on how to build confidence in your 20s or just adjusting to adulthood after graduation, this one hits close to home.

 

Press play and hear how Heather Redisch turned her own quarter-life crisis after college into the blueprint for Adulting101 Masterclass, the show helping young adults feel a little less alone in figuring it all out.

 

Episode Breakdown:

00:00 Welcome to Adulting101 Masterclass

02:05 Choosing New York over grad school

06:53 Landing a job in four days

09:15 A $32,000 salary and a brutal boss

13:56 Leaving that job to start over

18:27 September 11th and the move to Chicago

23:11 Coaching grads through a confidence gap

27:31 The Anxious Generation and the smartphone effect

32:11 Feeling stuck at the starting line

34:33 Building the business in one weekend



Connect with Heather Redisch:

Visit the Adulting101 Masterclass Website

Follow Adulting101 Masterclass on Instagram



Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm

]]> Heather Redisch false No 2428 2 full Adulting101 Masterclass - Trailer Adulting101 Masterclass - Trailer https://heatherua.podbean.com/e/adulting101-masterclass-trailer/ https://heatherua.podbean.com/e/adulting101-masterclass-trailer/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0500 heatherua.podbean.com/e5b8a252-f062-3d31-84f5-b590e0a5ec68 Adulting101 Masterclass is the life skills podcast for young adults navigating the real world — and for the parents who want to see them succeed in life and managers who want to help them thrive in business.

Because the real world doesn’t come with a manual.

But this show does.

Hosted by Heather Redisch, talent development expert and founder of Adulting101 Masterclass, This podcast delivers practical, no-nonsense tools for the life skills school failed  to teach—but the real world expects you to know.

From navigating the job search and building your career to managing money, understanding the unwritten rules of the workplace, building self confidence, communicating clearly, and handling the everyday logistics of real life, Adulting101 is a no-judgement resource to learn the basics from your peers, experts and mentors.

Whether you are a recent graduate, a parent trying to support your young adult, or a leader managing younger generations for the first time, Adulting101 helps bridge the gap between what school taught and what real life demands.

Each episode delivers real, actionable strategies you can use right away.

No theory. No fluff. Just the stuff that actually matters when you’re figuring out how to become a functioning adult.

 

Adulting101 covers:

  • Communication and confidence—setting boundaries, speaking up for yourself, and navigating hard conversations
  • Career and workplace skills—professionalism, networking, asking for a raise, reading the room
  • Financial basics—budgeting, credit, taxes, student loans, and saving for real life
  • Life logistics—insurance, renting an apartment, healthcare, and all the things nobody taught you
  • What parents can do (and stop doing) to raise capable, confident adults
  • What managers need to understand about the newest generation entering the workforce

You belong here!

]]> Adulting101 Masterclass is the life skills podcast for young adults navigating the real world — and for the parents who want to see them succeed in life and managers who want to help them thrive in business.

Because the real world doesn’t come with a manual.


But this show does.


Hosted by Heather Redisch, talent development expert and founder of Adulting101 Masterclass, This podcast delivers practical, no-nonsense tools for the life skills school failed  to teach—but the real world expects you to know.


From navigating the job search and building your career to managing money, understanding the unwritten rules of the workplace, building self confidence, communicating clearly, and handling the everyday logistics of real life, Adulting101 is a no-judgement resource to learn the basics from your peers, experts and mentors.


Whether you are a recent graduate, a parent trying to support your young adult, or a leader managing younger generations for the first time, Adulting101 helps bridge the gap between what school taught and what real life demands.


Each episode delivers real, actionable strategies you can use right away.

No theory.
No fluff.

Just the stuff that actually matters when you’re figuring out how to become a functioning adult.

 

Adulting101 covers:

  • Communication and confidence—setting boundaries, speaking up for yourself, and navigating hard conversations
  • Career and workplace skills—professionalism, networking, asking for a raise, reading the room
  • Financial basics—budgeting, credit, taxes, student loans, and saving for real life
  • Life logistics—insurance, renting an apartment, healthcare, and all the things nobody taught you
  • What parents can do (and stop doing) to raise capable, confident adults
  • What managers need to understand about the newest generation entering the workforce


You belong here!

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