Many years ago, I realized that I was a teacher who did not want to work in a classroom. I was stressed, out of shape, and tired al of the time. My romantic relationship fell apart because my professional unhappiness had bled into my home life and I didn’t have the energy to work on it. I loved teaching teenagers, but hated the lifestyle that seemed to come with it. I was only 26 years old! I made a change, left the school halls, and never looked back, and with it came freedom, joy, and the ability to enjoy the work once again.

We spend half of our lives working. Not playing with our kids, enjoying nature, or laughing with our friends. Working. You better love your work. You better get some sort of fulfillment from it. It better bring you joy.

For some, half a life of work a is a miserable reality… A sad necessity in the world we live in. Some take up a profession out of expectation, or beliefs that it was “just how things work.” But it doesn’t have to be this way. Nothing is cemented. Whether you in a job or profession where you believe you are limited, but capable and/or deserving of much more- more responsibility, more opportunity to grow and make more money- Or you feel that you need a bigger change and to find somewhere or something new, it can be hard to navigate such important transitions.

Helping professionals determine what they need learn, communicate, and change in order to have a more fulfilling job/professional and work life is a deeply held passion of mine. I know first hand how scary it is to make big changes to something that becomes so tied into our identity, and I know how amazing it can be on the other end of the choice. You deserve to spend half of your life working in and with joy. No buts.