It Was Never Just About What I Did

Should I Stay In My Career Or Do Something Different?

In my 30s, I found myself stuck in a career that no longer inspired me. I knew something wasn’t working anymore, but I couldn’t figure out what to do next. So for years, I circled the same questions:

• Should I stay?

• Should I change careers?

• Should I start something of my own?

• What if I regret leaving?

• What if I regret staying?

The longer I stayed stuck in indecision, the more exhausted and disconnected I became.

I thought the problem was simply choosing the “right” career path. But looking back, I can see the real issue was much bigger than that. I had outgrown the way I was working, the expectations I was living by, and the version of success I had built my life around.

I Was Trying To Solve The Wrong Problem

At the time, I approached everything like a career decision:

• What job should I do?

• What business should I start?

• What’s the perfect next step?

But underneath all of those questions was something deeper:

I no longer wanted my life to work the same way. I wanted more freedom, more autonomy, more alignment. I wanted to build my work around the life I actually wanted now.

But the issue was, part of me still clung to stability, certainty, and the identity I had built through my career. And that’s why I was stuck for so long.

Part of me wanted a different future, while another part was still trying to protect me from risk, uncertainty and getting it wrong.

Why Smart Women Get Stuck In Career Change

Most women stay stuck because they’re trying to make life-changing decisions from inside old beliefs, old expectations, and outdated definitions of success. Part of them wants freedom and change. Whilst another part wants safety and certainty.

Instead of understanding that internal conflict, they just keep circling the same questions.

What Changed Everything For Me

I’d engineered myself a role in innovation in fundraising - I’d pushed for the need to be more dynamic, the need to get ahead, the need to find new ways to fundraise… it was this role that really opened my eyes.

It was no longer “What should I do with my life?”

But:

• What no longer works?

• What kind of work do I actually want now?

• What matters to me at this stage of life?

• What do I see myself in 5 years?

• How can I make the move without losing everything?

This role awoke something in me, but the reality of it was the organisation wasn’t ready for the role. This made me realise that I HAD to do something else. I was finally ready to be honest about what I needed. I had to start approaching life differently.

And that’s the work I help other women do now.

Time To Step Outside The Overthinking Loop

If you’ve been circling the same career or work decision for months, or even years, the problem usually isn’t that you’re indecisive. It’s that you’re trying to solve your problem using old assumptions, old fears, and outdated expectations about what your life “should” look like.

You don’t need a big life overhaul, but you also don’t need to stay trapped circling the same thoughts.

You need a clearer way to understand:

• what’s really keeping you stuck

• what you actually want now

• and how to move towards it intelligently

The Next Chapter Roadmap

This is a free video workshop designed to help you stop seeing change as an all-or-nothing decision and identify a realistic next step towards a more fulfilling career and life.