Show Notes: Can Business Astrology Predict Your Next Career Move?

“What got you here won’t get you there.” For most CEOs, the reality of that shift is a silent, internal crisis.

In this episode of (un)conversations, Dr. Alison Schmidt sits down with Barbara Alexander, a former IBM executive turned Business Astrologer and Strategy Advisor. Barbara spent 25 years climbing the Fortune 500 ladder before walking away without a plan to redefine what leadership actually means. Today, she helps founders navigate the high-stakes intersection of business strategy, leadership identity, and cosmic timing.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Corporate Exit: Why Barbara left a prestigious 25-year career at IBM to build a practice rooted in the "blueprint" of a leader's birth chart.

• The Internal Shift: Why strategy pivots usually fail if the leader hasn’t undergone an internal identity shift first.

• The Power of Timing: Understanding why even the "right" decision will fail if it’s made in the wrong personal chapter.

• Navigating Crisis: Barbara opens up about her recent battle with cancer and how it shifted her perspective on "living unscripted" and the necessity of self-care.

• Untapped Potential: How to identify the behavioral patterns—from fear of visibility to financial blocks—that are written in your birth blueprint.

About Our Guest:Barbara Alexander is the CEO and Founder of Barbara C. Alexander LLC. Drawing on 25 years of Fortune 500 experience across sales, marketing, and operations, she helps her clients understand what chapter they are actually in so their decisions are grounded in clarity about where they are now, not what built their success in the past.

Connect with Barbara:

• Website: https://barbaracalexander.com/

• LinkedIn: Barbara Alexander

• Free Resource: Download a chapter of the Amazon bestseller How to Break the Glass Ceiling and Still Keep It Nice: Get the Chapter Here

Connect with Dr. Alison Schmidt:

• Website: unconventionllc.com

• LinkedIn: Dr. Alison Schmidt

• Instagram: @dralisonschmidt

Key Moments:(00:00) I Left IBM After 25 Years: The Strategy Of Business Astrology(09:50) Quitting IBM with No Plan: The CEO Mindset on Risk(21:00) Merging Logic & Magic: How Corporate Skills Meet Astrology(26:40) Facing Cancer: Why Self-Care for Leaders is Non-Negotiable(01:04:40) Reading a Birth Chart for Business Predictions & Strategic Timing

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