Heavenly Human
Welcome to the Heavenly Human podcast where we help you pause and pivot toward true fulfillment.
Have you ever felt that stirring deep inside — that quiet voice telling you there's something more for your life? That feeling that despite all your success, something still feels missing?
We’ve been there. We are you. Three years ago, co-host Laura King was at the peak of her career as an Executive Recruiter. On paper, she had it all. Awards, accolades, and a healthy bank account. But each night, she’d come home feeling slightly off, a bit disconnected, and wondering, "Is this it?"
In 2023, it all came crashing down with a triple diagnosis - severe anxiety, ADHD, and sleep issues. Her body was screaming what her heart had been whispering for years. There was another path. There was another way of being.
Co-host Mondo experienced a similar calling. Three years ago, he was living what many would consider the dream — a successful startup founder with a six-figure lifestyle. Then, his heart called him to something radical: surrendering 99% of his material possessions to pursue a completely different path.
What Laura and Mondo both discovered through deep conversations, healing, tears, breakthroughs, and countless moments of growth was that we were being called to our unique sliver of Heaven on Earth — what we now call, Heavenly Human.
We've now joined forces to create this podcast, sharing what we've learned with other believers who feel that same nudge toward something more meaningful. We're here to guide you toward fulfillment through the embodiment of heaven on earth.
Peace, Love, Joy, Freedom, Abundance.
It’s all waiting for you.
"Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
Heavenly Human
The myth that’s keeping brilliant professional stuck in transition
Have you ever found yourself thinking "my work speaks for itself" during a job search? As an executive recruiter who's interviewed thousands of candidates, I'm here to tell you why this mindset is holding you back from landing your dream role.
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Hey, it's Laura and welcome to this week's Peak of the Week, where we bridge the gap between external success and internal fulfillment. So this week, where we're going. We're going to dispel the myth about my work speaks for itself. Three ways to start speaking for your work. So kind of getting it, you're going to get some insight from my recruiting experience. And then I'll tell you a little bit more about a really fun new product. Well, something I've definitely done pretty much my entire career. It's just being packaged in a way that just makes sense for what a lot of people I believe really need. Okay, so let's get into it. How many of you have found yourself in a career transition or desire to be in a career transition in the last 12 to 18 months? It's happening a lot. And as an executive recruiter, I have some really strong opinions on what it takes to land with confidence. And if this is you, like continue on. Stay with me. And if not, please forward to a friend, maybe someone who needs to hear this today. I actually think there's going to be much more of a ripple effect with this one. Because a lot of us have have people in our circle who were just like, what can we do to help? What can we do to help? And here's some ideas. Okay, so my intention here is to help as many people as I can make a career transition less painful, um, less fearful, less daunting. But sometimes the only way out is through. And last week I had a conversation with an executive who probably has been in transition for like four months and was quite very open about um, I got nothing to show for it. Like I've got nothing to show for it. And when I asked how he was promoting himself, he said something I hear constantly. And it's this my work should speak for itself. And like he is brilliant. He is brilliant at what he does. 20 years, solid results, respected by his teams, known for turning around struggling divisions. However, he was making a critical mistake that I often see. He believed the myth: if you're good at what you do, that's enough. The work speaks for itself. Nope. Sorry. Your accomplishments speak for themselves when you learn how to properly articulate them and have the confidence to really sell. And by selling, I mean sharing and helping someone understand by having stories that showcase your uniqueness, that showcase your uniqueness. Because I have been on the other side of the table where I'm literally talking to thousands and thousands and thousands of job seekers, and you all sound the same. What makes you stand out is your stories and your unique angles and truly so much more than your accomplishments. It's who you are. So being good at your job and being good at selling your value are two completely different skill sets. Most professionals excel at the first and struggle with the second. And listen, I know it's uncomfortable to hear. I know it is. But every like almost everyone has a struggle. Sitting back and hoping that they read the resume and the words jump off the page, it just doesn't work like that. And yeah, you could be, you know, a whiz at navigating complex organizational change. But when asked, what makes you different from other candidates, I hear the same answer out of most most people. So something like I build like really incredible teams, I'm a loyal employee who goes the extra mile. I love to develop strategy. And that's all great. It's all great, but but here's what it's missing. What makes you different from everyone else who does your job? Pretend like there is a hundred other people, a hundred other people in the in the history of your company that had the exact same job. What can you say that you've done that no one else can say? Were you the first to launch a company-wide training? Were you hand-selected by management to create a new division? Were you the first in company history to dot dot, like hopefully you kind of get where I'm going with this? But you're not bragging when you clearly articulate how you were different than others, or how you solved a problem that maybe saved your company two million dollars, or launched a division that did something spectacular. Those are stories. So here are three ways to start speaking for your work today. Write your impact stories down. Pick three achievements from the last two years and write one paragraph for each. Challenge plus action result. Challenge, action, result. And if you have numbers and outcomes, please include those. And then practice this on what I call context bridge. When someone asks what you do, don't just give you your title. Maybe say, I'm a leader who specializes in X. For example, my last role I did X, and then you share your story. Replace responsible for language. So every time you see responsible for or manage, replace it with an action-oriented language that shows impact. Impact, impact, impact. Instead of responsible for team of 15, try built and led a 15-person team that achieved dot dot dot. So in summary, the professionals who land jobs more quickly aren't necessarily more talented. They've just learned to translate their accomplishments into compelling narratives that demonstrate impact. What problems do you solve? And how do you solve them differently than your peers? This takes intentional time and practice. It really does. I have so much compassion. It takes practice. The job market is shifting, it's going to continue to shift. Technology is making it so incredibly impersonal. We've got to put the humanity back into it by telling stories about real people that you've impacted with real work. So if you're listening to this and you're in transition or want to accelerate a transition, a career transition, maybe you're looking to leave and start something new, or you know, maybe you're looking at there's so many different things. You could be pivoting, you could be looking at consulting, fractional. Perhaps you do want to be an executive and and really need desire to like how do I find these these smaller companies, you know, these good people doing good work. It's all through people. It's all through people. And if you're professional in transition and you are interested in my career alignment accelerating, I want you to click the link in the show notes. I work with just a few people at a time because it's pretty intensive personalized work. And if that resonates, I would love to help because your expertise, it deserves to be seen. It sure does. It deserves to be seen. And I just believe we all have such very special gifts, and it takes us being able to see those gifts in another light. And that is so, so, so what I do. I can see your gifts so clearly and help you find a way to articulate them in a way that stands out above the noise, standing out above the noise, and brings your deep humanity in this world that is just so in it's just so impersonal and so like people are not getting back to you. It's like it's there is a different way. And one that can be so much more enjoyable, so much more fun. Thanks for sticking with me today. Again, if a friend who is in a transition, a career transition, and any of this resonates, please send it to them and they can come to Lauraeking.com to learn more, um, or just click the click the link in the in the show notes. So um, blessings to all, blessings to all, and just go make the most out of this magnificent day.