Who are You?

“Who am I?

I know I’m not defined by the things that I do but by who I am - being not doing.

Fuck, that’s hard.

I define myself as a faculty, teacher, mom, gardener, runner, beekeeper.

I don’t know what it means to define me.

Fear has driven me to strive for success, recognition and approval to avoid rejection and disappointment. I am driven by fear and it’s led to anxiety, depression and burnout.

I live in avoidance so I over commit and find new things to learn and try to fulfill me without recognizing the burden that comes with those new things.

-Me, July 2016 journal entry

Who are you?

Because you know at your core, you’re bigger and more alive than you are now.

This is the most important question you’ll answer. Trust me.

It is so common to experience an oscillation between love for your current career and a desire for a radically different life.

By grieving this old identity–this identity defined by work and what I did for others–and learning the answer to who I was, I fell in love with my life (maybe for the first time) in a real, authentic way where I both love the work I do in the world and I love living my life to the fullest.

But I had to let the grief in, let it clear away the old, in order to come out on the other side.

This is an important first step, and it's why I’m offering this new, free workshop tomorrow on grief over work and identity. This workshop is great if you’re looking for insights, strategies, and a sense of community to navigate this transformative phase in your professional life.

Here’s what you’ll get at our virtual workshop tomorrow. You will:

• Gain perspective on disenfranchised grief;

• Explore how it might be showing up for you as you navigate your relationship to work and career;

• Learn somatic practices to create space for grief to be held and moved with; and

• Leave with some soulwork to do - a reflection practice on how to work through that old work identity.

If you can’t make it live, still sign up. I’ll send you the replay and workbook.

Sign up here.

It’s time to meet your grief.

And join this amazing group of folks who are ready to gain new perspectives, find validation, and process their career grief.

Here’s why other folks have signed up for this free career grief workshop:

1. Career transition and grief navigation how to

2. Personal growth and exploration guided by hope and encouragement

3. Emotional and mental well-being and resilience rebuilding

4. Validation that career grief is not a sign of personal failure or you don’t belong

5. Community support to shift out of isolation and ‘is it only me?’ thinking

6. Practical strategies to pivot from chronic career burnout into wholeness

7. Renewed sense of direction when your career no longer feels long term

What’s your reason? What are you seeking?

Through grieving, you may fall in love with your career again. Maybe you won’t. Either way, you’ll know who you are and find the version that’s healthier and more right-aligned for you.

This falling in love with your life will allow you to create space for a bigger dream where you reimagine what life and work can be for you, on your terms. What are you waiting for?

Come feel a sense of hope, encouragement, and a refreshing realization that there’s a community of folks who share experiences of career grief.