
Episode #72
72. How I got my spark back: burnout, career reinvention & finding my ambition again
Earlier this week, I saw a post on threads by Marina Middleton (co-owner of Create & Cultivate) talking about how she lost her spark and the overwhelming number of messages from people feeling the same. And it made me realize that while the internet is on fire right now with stories of highly ambitious women experiencing founder burnout, career reinvention and business pivots--taking sabbaticals, feeling like they've lost their spark and wondering what they actually want to do next. After what feels like two years of burnout, a challenging pregnancy that made me question absolutely everything about work, and a postpartum experience that has surprisingly brought me back to life... I realized...holy shit. I think I got my spark back. I feel like my ambition is finally online again. I have dreams that I'm so excited to be going after. Ideas are flowing like the faucet has been turned on. Most days I'm waking up so excited about what I'm going to create. Do I have every single thing figured out? Absolutely not. I have tons of unanswered questions about what I'm building. And I definitely still have moments (and days) where old stories, fears, wounds come up and shake me around a bit. But, overall, I actually do feel like I'm heading in the right direction again and it feels really fucking good. This week's podcast episode is about exactly this: burnout recovery, career reinvention, meaningful work and getting your ambition back after a season where you might have lost it. I shared a few things that have been so helpful on my journey to getting my spark back that I just felt like aren't talked about that much: why accepting that something isn't working has to come before figuring out what's next what "I want to burn it all down" really means and what to try BEFORE shutting everything down, quitting or pivoting the difference between your gifts and your strengths and why being good at something doesn't mean you should build your entire career around it the 4 things I'm using to make career decisions right now so that what I build continues to keep my spark alive Enjoy this episode and if you want some more help getting your spark back, get on the waitlist for my newest private audio series The Pivot Portal. It's free to join the list & you'll get it sent straight to your inbox as soon as it's ready.

