Listen in as Robin & Becca talk about the transition point women face between ages 28-40 and they find themselves revisiting the choices that led them to this moment. New opportunities are available when we really ask ourselves what success and happiness look like now.
About Becca:
Becca Carnahan is a mom of two, writer, and career coach from Massachusetts. She is the founder of Becca Carnahan Career Coaching & Communications where she specializes in helping women find more joy and fulfillment in their work. She also writes and manages the working mom blog, With Love Becca, which helps women manage motherhood, manage careers, and manage to laugh through it all.
Becca gained her expertise in the career development field over a 13 year career at Harvard Business School, where she still works as a career coach, and while earning her Masters Degree in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In addition to her career coaching work, Becca is also the author of Belinda Baloney Changes Her Mind, a fun and inspiring “when I grow up” children’s book and When Mommy Grows Up: A Guide to Parenting Yourself to a More Fulfilling Career (coming spring 2021).
Find Becca: https://beccacarnahan.com
Show Notes:
Somewhere between women between 28 and 40 begin to reevaluate all of the choices they've made to this point. This is a transition point where women ask, 'What do I want to do and who do I want to be now?'
Women in careers begin to question what success really is. This is a normal and common experience!
Becca guides moms through specific steps to figuring out what comes next. She initially asks women to:
Before you change careers, it’s critical that you go through a process of evaluation so you don’t end up swapping one career that doesn’t make you happy for another.
Sometimes you have to give yourself permission to ask the tough questions and change direction.
Doing the introspection isn't necessarily easy to do alone or to even carve out the time we need to do this important processing but, it's important to get the support we need.
Our happiness and satisfaction in our career directly impacts the quality of every other aspect of our lives.
Success is different for everyone. You can consider:
It’s also important to check your goals and make sure they are still taking you in the direction you want to go. You can change your mind along the way.
FIND BECCA: https://beccacarnahan.com
Find Robin: www.quittingculture.com
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