How can you make sense of all the emotions involved with starting over in your career? Erika Boissiere, a former investment banker turned couples counselor, shares insights on the emotions of letting go of one career for another, the impact your career has on your relationships, and the art of starting over.  In the Mental Fuel^® segment, I also share some thoughts on the how I dealt with the “loss” I felt after leaving one career behind to pursue something else.

Key Career Insights

1. Thinking about your future self can help you can clarity on your present self.
2. Can you look yourself in the mirror and say, I’m proud of what I do for a living.
3. Leaving one career behind for another can mimic the emotions of loss.

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Resources Mentioned

• Understand how to manage the emotions of change by downloading my free 7 Stages of Career Change Roadmap. You can also check out a little animated video of the 7 stages below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83LPVejgujw

Listener Challenge

During this episode’s Mental Fuel segment, I talked about the difficulty of saying goodbye to one career so you can pursue something else, how that really does challenge our self-worth and confidence. If you have recently made a major change in your career, and you’re struggling to maintain your motivation, my challenge to you is to remind yourself WHY you chose this path. And even if you haven’t achieved that yet, to take comfort in the fact that it’s still a worthwhile pursuit.

About Erika Boissiere, Couples & Relationship Therapist