What makes a career change a 'Career Change'?

Will you have to give up everything you know? Make a massive 180 and do something radically different? Throw away the parts of your work you still enjoy?

In this week's episode, we hear from Paul, who explored an extraordinary range of options as he sought a new career that wouldn't leave him burned out and exhausted.

And where he ended up might just surprise you...

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Expert Reflections: This episode is a discussion of Emma's career change story from Episode 3. If you haven't listened to that yet, go back and check it out...

Richard Alderson is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of Careershifters. We explored the career change theory behind Emma's story from Episode 3, including strategies for building confidence; the process of innovation and idea generation, and the power of 'just getting started'.

Find Richard (and get help to find more fulfilling work) at www.careershifters.org

⚡ NEW! Get hands-on help with your career change on our 'How To Find The Work You Love' online workshops: www.careershifters.org/workshop

What if you make a career change and find out it's not the right one?

Emma Hamlett's confidence was at an all-time low after making a shift into something that still didn't feel right. But with tenacity, curiosity, and a hunger for a more community-driven existence, she experimented her way into an entrepreneurial career where she gets to feel exactly the way she wants to feel every day.

Find Emma at https://collectedbooks.co.uk/ 

Get help to find more fulfilling work at www.careershifters.org

⚡ NEW! Get hands-on help with your career change on our 'How To Find The Work You Love' online workshops: www.careershifters.org/workshop

Expert Reflections: This episode is a discussion of the career change story from James in Episode 1. If you haven't listened to that yet, go back and check it out...

Anna Levy is an an ICF accredited career coach, and a workshop and course leader with us at Careershifters. 

We discuss James's story from Episode 1, and the vital lessons she heard from him on meeting your own evolution, challenging core beliefs, and the power of simply 'showing up'.

Find Anna at: www.annalevycoaching.com

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Resources discussed in this episode:

• 'Working Identity' by Herminia Ibarra
• 'Atomic Habits' by James Clear
• The 4 Tendencies Quiz (Gretchen Rubin)
• Kaleidoscope Theory 
• 'On Passion & Its Discontents (Cal Newport)

⚡ NEW! Get hands-on help with your career change on our 'How To Find The Work You Love' online workshops: www.careershifters.org/workshop

Thinking about a career change, but scared of what it might cost you? Worried you’ll have to start from scratch, take a pay cut, or retrain for something you’re not even sure you can do? 

Today, James Moan shares what it was like for all of those fears to come true – and how he kept going anyway. Through courage, commitment, and vulnerability, he found his way into a career that feels more fulfilling than he ever thought possible.

This is a story of facing down fear, overcoming setbacks, and asking not “What if it goes wrong?”—but “Who do I want to be?”

Find James on Instagram: @ptjamesfitness

Get help to find more fulfilling work at www.careershifters.org

⚡ NEW! Get hands-on help with your career change on our 'How To Find The Work You Love' online workshops: www.careershifters.org/workshop

Feeling stuck in work that doesn’t work for you? 

Dreaming of a more fulfilling career? 

Join Careershifters head coach Natasha Stanley as she digs beneath the surface of career change in a series of frank, heartfelt conversations about the real-life process of making a shift.

No fluff, no glossing over the hard parts – just honest, inspiring insights into what it really takes to find fulfilling work.

Hear stories of career changers who have made successful shifts, and learn from the insights and experience of seasoned career change experts.

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