Burnout is real and switching careers can seem impossible. The overwhelm of even thinking of leaving a profession that you have put so much time and energy into can be paralyzing. So paralyzing that it stops 90% of people from going after their goals. But more and more people are saying goodbye to their first careers in their 30's these days because they were fed a bag of goods early on about what success meant. In the eyes of an older generation success was a stable job, procreating, pensions
I shit you not, this was actually how my friend referred me to a woman looking for some career empowerment coaching. At first, when my friend told me this I laughed, really hard. But about a minute later after I thanked her for the referral I thought to myself, "I did have a BAD-ASS career before I was a coach". So many coaches these days come into coaching with no experience. I am not saying a coach necessarily needs to have the experience to offer support always. A good coach will be able to
"What if you could change it, do something different? Something that was more aligned with your passion, less stressful and you had time for joy? Would you change?"