You finally land the dream job.

✨ The one with better pay.

✨ The one with less stress.

✨ The one you swore would fix everything.

...But a few weeks in, you’re still exhausted. Still overthinking. Still wondering if you made a mistake.

What gives?

In this episode, we’re talking about what I call “rom-com logic”, the belief that once you make the big career move, everything else will magically fall into place.

(Spoiler: it won’t.)

I’m sharing the very real story of a time I thought I had finally figured it out... only to find myself battling the same burnout in a shinier, more “aligned” job. We’ll walk through why nothing outside of you will change until you start showing up as the version of you who knows how to hold the life she wants.

You’ll learn my 3-step process to embody your Future Self, stop recycling old patterns, and finally shift your career from “meh” to meaningful.

If you’ve ever thought, “This job was supposed to feel better than this,” this episode is for you.

Mentioned in this episode:

✔️ Future Timeline Meditation

✔️ Previous episode: Advocating for myself + asking for a raise https://open.spotify.com/episode/3mqowMK9MRO5PC6jrCWv6T?si=JbIfIht7Qv67ifxF4lV4Qg

• ✔️Heart-Aligned Career Transition Starter
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This conversation started as a casual coffee chat, and turned into a podcast episode because it was too good not to share. What you’re about to hear is a raw, unfiltered look at the part of career pivots no one prepares you for: that disorienting,

“WTF is happening?” healing phase where the old you is gone, the hustle no longer fits, and you’re left figuring out how to move through the messy middle.

I sit down with NLP master coach Leslie Thornton, and together we pull back the curtain on burnout, business identity loss, debt, surrendering to feminine energy (terrifying, but necessary), and how letting go, not pushing harder, is what actually gets you to the other side. Oh, and yes… even AI helped us both see things more clearly.

If you’re in that weird limbo where nothing feels right anymore and you’re quietly asking, what now?—this one’s for you.

💡 What you’ll hear:

• ✔️ Why letting go (instead of grinding harder) is sometimes the real path forward
  ✔️ The truth about burnout, debt, and that “WTF” identity crisis phase
  ✔️ How surrendering to your feminine energy can feel terrifying, but freeing
  ✔️ Why your business (or career) might fall apart before it falls together
  ✔️ The surprising way AI helped spark clarity during our pivots
  

• 🌀 Quote to remember: "I’m not gonna go back to who I was. I can tell I’m integrated. Some things just don’t bother me anymore."

  🔗 Find Leslie at hpwl.co and check out her podcast Hypnosis for Permanent Weight Loss

  💥 Grab my free Heart-Aligned Career Transition Starter or book a clarity call at www.leadintact.com
  

One quiet morning, coffee in hand, inbox open… and the truth lands: “I hate this.”

Suddenly, everything about your job starts driving you up the wall. Your coworker’s end-of-meeting monologues? Rage-inducing. Your keyboard? Too loud. Every single Zoom call? Pure torture.

You don’t just want out, you want to BURN. IT. ALL. DOWN. (Please don’t.)

In this episode, I walk you through what to do when the job you worked so hard for starts to feel like a trap. I share the story of my very first career pivot (the one where I sprinted out of burnout and made some very rookie mistakes) and how I learned to slow down, get clear, and make aligned decisions instead of reactive ones.

You’ll learn my signature Why / What / How framework to stop spiraling and start making empowered career moves, without blowing everything up.

Whether you’re in the middle of a quiet crisis or just starting to admit something’s off, this episode is your permission slip to get honest and move forward with clarity.

Mentioned in this episode:

✔️ Free video: The Principle of Why / What / How (YouTube)

✔️ Free guide: Heart-Aligned Career Transition Starter

Let’s connect: DM me on Instagram or Facebook @leadintact, I’d love to hear your story.