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If you’ve felt stuck in your career, unable to move forwards or find satisfaction in what you do, you might be thinking about making a change. But with that can come resistance from others, a sense of overwhelm, or worries about how a move might impact your CV. These barriers can make it hard to figure out what we really want and how to take that first step.
Understanding yourself better is key, which could mean identifying your values and strengths, or investigating your potential neurodivergence. And it’s important to acknowledge and challenge the stories we tell ourselves, especially around money or other people’s opinions.
Continuing to push through without addressing how you’re feeling and fitting in can lead to deeper burnout, dissatisfaction, and even resentment. So ask yourself “What does my brain love doing?” This can be a starting point to uncover what changes you need and where you want to go next.
Show links
More episodes of You Are Not a Frog:
- Life’s Too Short NOT to Love What You Do – Episode 209, with Dr Sarah Goulding
- Doctors with ADHD – Episode 262, with Dr Sarah Goulding
- Is the Grass Greener on the Other Side of Medicine? – Episode 268, with Dr Jo Watkins
About the guests
Reasons to listen
- To discover the factors that might be preventing you from making meaningful changes in your career
- For practical strategies to handle burnout and make decisions from a place of clarity and balance
- To explore how understanding your values, strengths, and unique operating style can help you design a fulfilling career path
Episode highlights
How others react when we say we’re making a change
The misconception of the career ladder
GPs and money
Are you neurodivergent?
Are you burning out?
Is a gap in your CV really the worst thing?
You don’t know what you don’t know
The liminal space between states
Questions to ask yourself
Episode transcript
[00:00:00] Rachel: Imagine you had a friend who was questioning whether they were in the right job and were thinking about trying something new or making some adjustments to how they work. What would you want them to do? Would you ask them to think about just how your colleagues would cope without you? Would you want them to consider all the sacrifices people had made just to get them where they are today? Or would you simply want the best for them? [00:00:22] Rachel: So often when we’re thinking about our own careers, we take a much more judgmental…
