The Real Reason You’ve Lost Your Spark In Your Career
I’m going to tell you the real reason you’ve lost your spark in your career
I’ve been in business for over SIX years now (?!), and I’ve unfortunately seen this pattern play out for people time and time again. Here’s how it looks: You’re a high achiever, absolutely smashing it in your career and life. You’re in a job that’s uber successful (prestigious company, cool office perks, stable income, the works), and things are going well. You’re 5-10 years out of college. You set your goal and “made it” on the path you always dreamed of.
But then…something happens. Suddenly, you start to feel “off”. You’re not as excited at your role as you once were. Your motivation begins to dwindle. You feel apathetic, numb, and like the thing you always aspired to doesn’t make you as happy as you anticipated. What gives?! The little fire you’ve always felt when it comes to your career feels like it’s fizzling out, and you start to stress.
Surely this isn’t what success is supposed to feel like, right?
Maybe the next step will feel better, you tell yourself, shoving those doubts about your career deep down, hoping they’ll resolve themselves on their own.
Unfortunately, the magical fix never comes, and after a while, you finally admit the thing you secretly knew all along: you’re stuck, and while nothing might be technically “wrong” with your job, it’s also not right. Uh oh!
Here’s the thing, my friend: if what I just explained to you sounds like I’m reading your diary, it’s because it used to be my diary too. I’ve been through my own existential career crisis almost a decade ago, and I’ve also spent the last 6 years helping clients through theirs. Here’s the reason this happens in a vast majority of cases:
You’re stuck and overwhelmed because you’ve been building your career on someone else’s definition of success.
Truth is, most high achievers go through their entire career without really knowing themselves. They focus on climbing the ladder and accomplishing their goals, failing to ask whether those goals are even the ones they want to accomplish. There’s no pausing and no reflection, just accomplishment. But one day, once their goals are checked off and the steps they’ve set out are complete, they realize they’re completely and utterly lost.
Big yikes.
Where do you go from here?!
If you don’t know yourself and your true needs and desires for your career, you’re probably feeling pretty stuck. You might have been daydreaming about all of the things you “could” do in your career, from making things work at your existing company to changing roles, to maybe even starting that yoga studio you always dreamed of… The options are endless, which is exciting and terrifying simultaneously.
And therein lies the problem, my friend. Because if you don’t know yourself well enough to have made conscious choices for your career up until now, you’re certainly not able to thoughtfully consider where to go next!
You’re stuck, and you’re ready to get un-stuck so you can finally feel like your normal, motivated, engaged, and ambitious self again. But this time, maybe with a bit more self-awareness and ownership of your career. ;)
You’re ready to make confident professional decisions so you no longer have to over-analyze, debating whether you’re making the right or wrong choice at every intersection. You’re ready to trust yourself again. And most importantly, you’re ready to enter this next phase of your life with a clear vision of who you are and what you want, so you can let that drive you instead of your endless pursuit of impressing others.
Whewwwwww… I hope I really spoke to your heart there and you see so much of yourself in what I shared above. Because as I mentioned, I’ve been there before too, and I remember that once I finally started to understand that my existential career questions were not just a me thing, and were instead pretty common, I felt such a heavy weight being lifted off my shoulders.
It’s true. It is most definitely not “just you”. And that’s why I’m so excited to share something special with you that’s opening back up:
Drumroll pleaseeeeeee…
Purpose Chaser School TOGETHER is BACK, baby!
The deets:
WHAT IT IS: PCS TOGETHER is my small group coaching container, designed to provide you with community and accountability as we work through the Purpose Chaser School Program. Each cohort is capped at 10 members so that you can get to know each other and get plenty of 1x1 support from me.
THE STRUCTURE: As a member of the cohort you’ll receive
6 group calls (Four 90 minute group coaching calls, one 45 minute kickoff call, and one 45 minute wrap-up) custom tailored to your cohort
One 30 minute individual coaching call
Access to direct individual support via office hours
Email support
Access to the PCS training program, modules, and exercises via Thinkific
Feedback on your homework between sessions
WHEN IT IS: We start April 26th! Our calls are roughly every 2 weeks, with our final post-program call on July 17th. Calls are at 5PM MT (4PT/7ET). All calls will be recorded as well, in case you miss anything.
WHO IT’S FOR: High achievers who are in successful unfulfilling roles, who have realized they may have “people pleased” themselves into a career based on what they should do versus what they actually want to do. If you’re looking to get back in touch with yourself, discover your personal purpose and build a customized rubric to vet career options, this is for you.
WHAT WE COVER: The 8 modules in PCS (AKA your homework between calls) cover the 3 main pillars of the EA framework: mindset, awareness, & clarity.
Modules 2, 3, and the first half of module 4 cover mindset, and are where we begin by identifying and unpacking some of the pressures you feel in your career. Here we silence the noise of expectations so you’re no longer worrying so much about other peoples’ definition of success - you’ll write your own.
Modules 4 - 7 are about identifying your needs. This is where I explain the difference between “what” versus “how” needs, teach you my signature interest mapping process, and help you develop a personalized purpose statement based on what’s actually engaging to you! We also build out our “must haves list”, which helps us understand our logistics needs from a role.
Module 8 ties everything together, giving you a framework for how to see why your current role isn’t working. This is crucial, because based on what type of problems you’re having (how, what, or both), you’ll be able to figure out where to go from here. Can you salvage your existing career by job crafting? Do you need to shift companies? Maybe change roles all together? We’ll teach you how to build out a personalized rubric and you’ll have time with me 1x1 to discuss.
PRICING: Full payment of $2,497 or 3 installments of $835.
The goal of TOGETHER is to finally give you peace and confidence in your career, because I know how exhausting it can be to feel stuck in analysis paralysis, constantly debating whether you’re in the right place.
So, if that sounds like something you need, let’s chat!
You can use the link here to apply for an exploratory call. If you’re a good fit, I’ll invite you to join the cohort! If not, I’ll give you better suited recommendations.
I’ll be sharing more over the next few weeks, but in the meantime, I hope to chat with you soon! Feel free to shoot me a note if you have any more specific questions.
Thanks so much,
P.S. If you’re interested in TOGETHER but want further 1x1 time, I have something special cooked up for you too. Just ask! ;)