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If you're trying to figure out your next career move, chances are you've already tried a lot of things. You've browsed job boards. You've journaled. You've taken career quizzes. You've talked to friends, family, coworkers, and anyone else willing to listen. Maybe you've even dusted off a copy of What Color Is Your Parachute? You've spent hours thinking about what you should do next. And yet somehow you're still stuck. If that's you, I want you to know something: You're not failing. In fact,...

What If I Don't Know What I Want to Do Next in My Career? A few months ago, a woman came to me feeling completely stuck. She was in her 40s and deeply unhappy in her work. Not because it was objectively terrible, but because she couldn't shake the feeling that she'd somehow ended up in the wrong life. As she told me about her career, she kept apologizing for how "all over the place" it sounded. Does this look like you trying to explain your career path to people? "I've never had a real career...

Shame shows up at every stage of the career transition process. It can show up when you first begin admitting to yourself that you’re unhappy. When you realize the career path you worked so hard for no longer fits. When you compare yourself to peers who seem more successful, stable, or certain. When you think about leaving a role, industry, identity, or salary behind. When you update your resume and suddenly feel like none of your experience makes sense anymore. When you wonder whether you’ve...