What is it about your work that still lights you up inside? At the center of every profession is a core - the reason we chose it in the first place, the part that feels meaningful no matter the chaos around it. When we reconnect with that core, even amid challenge, fulfillment often follows. Sometimes, though, that spark fades. Sometimes the core of what we love evolves, shifts direction, or gets buried under layers of stress and routine. In this episode, we explore how to evaluate your relationship with the essence of your work and how small (or big) recalibrations can realign your day-to-day with what matters most. Finally, we share strategies to clear out the noise, fuel the flame, and shape a career that energizes rather than drains.

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We Discuss:

Starting with the central question: How do you feel about the core of your work?
Using the stories you tell about your job as diagnostic tools. What tone are you bringing to those tales?
What is a micro recalibration, and how can it reshape your workday from within your current job?
How do you recognize when overwhelm is a sign of a broken approach, not a broken you?
Exploring macro recalibrations. What if you love the work, but the environment is eating you alive?
Running the “look-around test” to evaluate other institutions.
Identifying “gravity problems.” Which issues can't be solved within your current system?
Considering a mega recalibration. What does it mean to step away from the work entirely?
How identity and sunk costs keep us rooted in roles we may have outgrown.
Visualizing the flame and smoke of your career. What’s burning bright, and what’s clouding the view?
Defining what a fulfilling day looks like. Is that kind of day even possible where you are now?
Use a five-year future vision to clarify whether your current job fits into your ideal life.
Why walking away doesn’t have to mean burning it down. What might rediscovery look like instead?
You don’t have to burn it all down to rediscover what lights you up.

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