Reinventing Rumbley

85% of Autistic Grads Are Unemployed... But Here's the Hopeful Twist 🦁 | Reinventing Rumbley Part 2The job market for 2026 grads is at COVID-era unemployment levels. AI is the disruptor nobody wanted. And my daughter calls it "made by the devil." 👇In Part 2 of this deeply honest conversation, Christina goes even further into what it's actually like raising a neurodivergent young adult stepping into one of the most brutal job markets in recent history — and the surprising, genuinely hopeful data that's giving her hope.This episode does NOT sugarcoat anything. Christina lays out the real numbers, the real fears, and the real conversations happening in her house right now as her daughter Avery — a SCAD animation graduate on the autism spectrum — faces a three-month countdown to either landing a job or moving back home.Christina breaks down:The brutal truth about the 2026 grad job market: 5.6% unemployment, higher than the national averageWhy AI is the disruptor every recent grad — especially creatives — is terrified of, and why her daughter calls it "the devil"The statistic that's actually hopeful: neurodivergent employees at JP Morgan are 140% more productive with a 90% retention rateWhy 60% of animation studios are now using AI — and why human artistic judgment is becoming MORE valuable, not lessThe real reason boomerang kids are at an all-time high (1 in 3, up from 1 in 10 in the 1980s)Why 50% of autistic adults live with their parents — and why Christina is determined that her daughter won't, even though she'd welcome her homeThe black-and-white thinking of a neurodivergent brain and why "no box" feels terrifying when there's no structure leftWhy she believes Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, and history's biggest innovators were likely neurodivergent — and what that means for the future of hiringA direct message to recruiters, HR leaders, and animation studios: neurodivergent hires might be the best hires you'll ever makeThe emotional, gut-wrenching reality of parenting through fear and excitement at the exact same timeThis episode is part data, part love letter, part rallying cry for parents of neurodivergent kids navigating life after college — and for the employers who don't yet realize what they're missing. 🦁If you haven't watched Part 1 yet, start there — link in the cards above.📩 Email Christina: ReinventingRumbley@gmail.com🔔 Subscribe — new episodes every Wednesday⭐ Leave a 5-star review — it genuinely helps more than you know👇 Drop a comment: Are you navigating the job market with a neurodivergent grad? What's helped? What hasn't? Christina wants to hear it all.🔔𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.https://www.youtube.com/@ReinventingRumbley?sub_confirmation=1 🔗 Stay Connected With Me.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Reinventing-Rumbley/61582519707845/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/reinventingrumbley/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reinventingrumbley📩 Got a story about reinvention? We’d love to hear it, email us at: ReinventingRumbley@gmail.com

My Daughter Graduated College... and I'm Terrified For Her Future (Autism, Empty Nesting & Reinvention) | Reinventing RumbleyShe graduated with a 3.9 GPA. Her capstone film got a standing ovation. And I still don't know if she's going to be okay. 👇This episode is the most vulnerable thing Christina has shared on this show. Her daughter Avery just graduated from SCAD — and watching her walk this stage has cracked open every emotion Christina didn't know she was holding.Avery is on the autism spectrum. Brilliant. Scholastically stellar. A perfectionist who poured a year and a half of her life into a capstone animated film so extraordinary it earned a standing ovation from an international audience of students and parents — and made her professor risk his own job just to let her exceed the assignment's limits.And yet, two days before graduation, all Avery could say was: "I'm not going to get a job."In this raw, honest episode, Christina opens up about:What it's really like watching your neurodivergent child succeed publicly while privately spiraling with anxiety about what comes nextThe statistic that haunts her: 85% of autistic college graduates are unemployedWhy Avery can mask perfectly in the world but can't mask with her own parentsThe heartbreak of wanting your child to celebrate a huge win — and watching them not be able toNavigating empty nesting for the second time while going through perimenopause and her own reinvention simultaneouslyThe fear of her daughter traveling internationally to an animation festival in Europe with no downtime and a maxed-out social batteryWhat it means to protect your child without helicoptering — and how impossibly hard that line is to findThe beautiful, devastating symbolism in Avery's award-worthy student film about two sisters, an inner flame, and growing upThis is reinvention from every angle — Avery stepping into her future, and Christina learning to mother a young adult whose brain works differently than her own. If you've ever parented a neurodivergent child, or are watching your kid launch into a world that terrifies you both, this episode will hit you right in the chest. 🤍Part 2 of this conversation is coming — this story isn't over.📩 Email Christina: ReinventingRumbley@gmail.com

How Many Jobs Does It Take To Land Your Dream Career? 🎯 Glamour Shots. Hooters. Singing telegrams. Easter bunny costumes. And somehow... a record deal. 👇In this episode of Reinventing Rumbley, Christina gets hilariously real about the winding, wild, completely unpredictable path it takes to find your dream career — and why most of us are asking the wrong question entirely.From selling pencil tattoos at eight years old to bartending at Calico Jack's in a cowgirl holster to handing Babyface her demo reel across a restaurant table — Christina has held more jobs than most people can count. And every single one of them led her exactly where she needed to go.In this episode Christina breaks down:Why the average person holds 13 jobs between the ages of 18 and 58 — and why that's actually a good thing.How over 40% of those jobs happen before you're even 25.Why every job — even the ones that broke your heart or made you gag — was a stepping stone you needed.The real question to ask yourself instead of "what's my dream job?".Why Gen X might actually have the advantage over younger generations when it comes to AI and the changing world of work.What Christina learned from serving Christian Slater coffee and handing Babyface a demo CDWhy your job doesn't have to feed your soul to feed your future.What it means to find "your flavor" — and why Christina is a vanilla chocolate Häagen-Dazs in a world full of pistachio.Plus — the honest, vulnerable moment when Christina admits that starting this podcast pulled her out of one of the darkest periods of her life. And why reinvention, even when it's your thousandth time, can still feel terrifyingly unfamiliar.This one is for every person who's ever felt lost, behind, or like they missed the memo on what they're supposed to be doing with their life. 💪Spoiler: You didn't. You're just in the middle.📩 Email Christina: ReinventingRumbley@gmail.com🔔 Subscribe — new episodes every Wednesday⭐ Leave a 5-star review — it means more than you know👇 Drop a comment: How many jobs have YOU had? And are you still searching for your dream career? Christina wants to know.🔔𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.https://www.youtube.com/@ReinventingRumbley?sub_confirmation=1 🔗 Stay Connected With Me.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Reinventing-Rumbley/61582519707845/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/reinventingrumbley/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reinventingrumbley📩 Got a story about reinvention? We’d love to hear it, email us at: ReinventingRumbley@gmail.com

In Part 2 of this incredible two-part conversation, Christina sits back down with Kalle Simpson, founder of Discover Night, and they go places most entrepreneur interviews never do. From the psychology of self-funded founders to the moment Kalle realized her company was becoming as unhealthy as she was — this is the conversation every woman in business needs to hear.Kalle gets brutally honest about:Why she walked away from VC money even when it was on the table — and why profitability always made more sense to her than burning cash for top-line growth.The moment she realized she was selling self-care products while completely neglecting her own self-care.Why "you can't have a healthy company from an unhealthy person" — and how she watched it play out in real time.How her company went from a cult-following silk pillow to a 35-product nighttime beauty empire in Costco, Sam's Club, and now — military contracts.Why she stopped asking permission to go to the gym and started treating her own health as a business strategy.The hard truth about paying for outside business advice — and why trusting your gut might be worth more than any consultant.What going digital-first has unlocked for Discover Night after years of brick-and-mortar retailHer advice to any entrepreneur stepping into the arena scared and excited — and why she wouldn't change a single hard lesson.Plus — the story of the customer whose house was on fire and grabbed her Discover Night pillow before anything else. 😂🔥And Christina gets personal too — about gaining 45 pounds while owning spas, her daughter thinking the spa was mommy's home at two years old, and what it really costs you when you put yourself last for 20 years.This one is raw, real, funny, and deeply human. Two female founders who've been in the fire — talking about what it actually takes to come out the other side. 💪📩 Email Christina: ReinventingRumbley@gmail.com🔔 Subscribe — new episodes every Wednesday⭐ Leave a 5-star review — it genuinely helps more than you know👇 Drop a comment: What's YOUR reinvention story? Christina wants to hear it.Missed Part 1? Watch it first — link in the cards above!🔔𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.https://www.youtube.com/@ReinventingRumbley?sub_confirmation=1 🔗 Stay Connected With Me.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Reinventing-Rumbley/61582519707845/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/reinventingrumbley/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reinventingrumbley📩 Got a story about reinvention? We’d love to hear it, email us at: ReinventingRumbley@gmail.com

This week Christina sits down with entrepreneur, founder, and fellow reinventionist, Kalle Simpson — the powerhouse behind Discover Night, a 10-year self-funded beauty and wellness brand that went from a single silk pillow to a full 360 nighttime beauty company with 35 product lines.And her story? It's one of the most raw, real, and relatable founder conversations we've ever had on this show.Kalle built something extraordinary. Seven years of hockey stick growth. Self-funded. No VC money. No safety net. Just pure grit, vision, and an insane level of dedication.And then 2022 hit.A stolen truck. Millions in uninsured inventory. The loss of her biggest customer — which represented 75% of her business. All at once."I went from that huge peak to doing everything I possibly could."In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Christina and Kalle dig deep into:How Discover Night went from one silk pillow to a 35-product beauty empire — all self-fundedWhat it really takes to build a product company from scratch when nobody's backing youThe difference between VC-funded startups and self-funded founders when the bottom falls outWhy business partnership requires alignment in lifestyle, sacrifice, and season of life — not just visionThe identity crisis that hits when a founder who has never NOT grown revenue suddenly faces contraction.How Kalle faked five different customer service email personas to look like a bigger companyWhy she spent a fortune on outside business advice — and what she learned the hard wayThe muscle she never knew she had until she was forced to build itWhy the hardest years may have actually saved her companyPlus — Christina gets real about her own parallel experiences running and selling her companies, the emotional toll business stress takes on your body, and why sometimes blind faith is the only thing keeping you going at 3am.This one is for every founder, entrepreneur, and woman in business who has ever felt like the floor just dropped out — and had to figure out how to keep going anyway. 💪📩 Email Christina: ReinventingRumbley@gmail.com🔔 Subscribe — new episodes every Wednesday⭐ Leave us a 5-star review — it helps more than you know👇 Drop a comment: Have you ever faced a moment that nearly took down everything you built? Tell us your story.Part 2 with Kalle drops next week — don't miss it!🔔𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.https://www.youtube.com/@ReinventingRumbley?sub_confirmation=1 🔗 Stay Connected With Me.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Reinventing-Rumbley/61582519707845/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/reinventingrumbley/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reinventingrumbley📩 Got a story about reinvention? We’d love to hear it, email us at: ReinventingRumbley@gmail.com

Can we talk about something nobody warned us about? Making friends after 50 is giving full-on first date energy — and Christina Rumbley hasn't dated in 28 years.In this episode of Not So Deep Thoughts, Christina gets hilariously honest about the very real anxiety that comes with trying to make new friends at this stage of life. The outfit changes. The perfume debate. The pit sweats. The boob sweats. The full mental dissertation about whether you're splitting the bill or sharing dishes before you even walk out the door.Sound familiar? Yeah. You're not alone.Christina breaks down:Why friendship after 50 feels exactly like navigating a dating app — without ever having used oneThe very real difference between how men and women approach new friendships (spoiler: men just... show up with their bowling ball)Why women over 50 judge themselves so harshly before meeting someone newThe unwritten rules nobody gave us — and why we desperately need an SOP for adult friendshipWhat happens when the conversation lulls and you're sitting there wondering if you've already said too much.Why overthinking might actually be the thing standing between us and the friendships we're cravingPlus — Tank makes a cameo because of course he does. 🐾😂This one is short, real, and hits exactly where it hurts — in the best possible way.📩 Email Christina: ReinventingRumbley@gmail.com🔔𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.https://www.youtube.com/@ReinventingRumbley?sub_confirmation=1 🔗 Stay Connected With Me.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Reinventing-Rumbley/61582519707845/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/reinventingrumbley/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reinventingrumbley⭐ Leave a 5-star review — it genuinely helps more than you know

Friendship After 50: Who Will Really Be There for You? Here’s The Truth#realfriendship #over50life #selfgrowthandfriendshipHave you ever wondered who will actually show up when it matters most? In this episode of Not So Deep Thoughts, I’m talking about the reality of friendships after 50. As we age, we often face the truth about who will be there for us, and who might fade away. It’s not always an easy truth, but it’s a necessary one to reflect on. I’m sharing my thoughts on the evolution of friendships as we grow older, the struggles of maintaining deep connections, and what true friendship looks like after 50. If you’ve ever found your social circle shrinking or wondered about your relationships, this conversation is for you. Don’t forget to subscribe for more candid talks on aging, friendship, and personal reinvention.🔔𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.https://www.youtube.com/@ReinventingRumbley?sub_confirmation=1 🔗 Stay Connected With Me.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Reinventing-Rumbley/61582519707845/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/reinventingrumbley/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reinventingrumbley📩 For business inquiries: Reinventingrumbley@gmail.com

🐾 Tank's Grooming PTSD | Not So Deep Thoughts with Christina RumbleyWhen grooming day feels like a trauma response... meet Tank. 🐶In this episode of Not So Deep Thoughts, Christina shares the story of how Tank — her 8-pound chaos gremlin — developed a full-blown fear of groomers after a terrifying incident as a puppy. A highly-reviewed grooming salon, a leopard-print big dog, and one very shaken baby puppy later... Tank has never been the same. 😬From a puncture wound that never fully healed to full car-ride meltdowns every five weeks, Christina takes you through the hilarious, heartbreaking, and very real world of pet trauma — and how she finally found a groomer worth trusting (shoutout to Olivia at Pawsitivity in Asheville! 🙌).Does your pet have grooming anxiety or animal trauma that changed their whole personality? You are NOT alone — and Christina wants to hear about it.📩 Email Christina: ReinventingRumbley@gmail.com🔔 Subscribe so you never miss an episode👇 Drop your pet trauma stories in the comments below!🔔𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.https://www.youtube.com/@ReinventingRumbley?sub_confirmation=1 🔗 Stay Connected With Me.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Reinventing-Rumbley/61582519707845/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/reinventingrumbley/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reinventingrumbley📩 Got a story about reinvention? We’d love to hear it, email us at: ReinventingRumbley@gmail.com