So you’ve got the job, the title and the salary. But you still feel… nothing.
It’s Friday night and instead of feeling excited for the weekend ahead, you feel drained and exhausted and can barely think straight.
You’ve spent the entire week ‘on it’, leading client calls, exceeding expectations and feeling bitter about picking up the slack for your “incompetent” colleagues.
Your effort isn’t recognised, it’s expected.
You’ve become indispensable, and this keeps you trapped.
Looking back on your career, is like looking back on a long list of “should’s”: I should go for promotion because I deserve it; I should go to the work Christmas party even though I don’t want to drink and i’m exhausted; I should volunteer for this stretch assignment because it will look good in my end of year review.
Every forced decision takes you just a little bit further away from yourself. Because it consumes so much more energy pretending to be someone you’re not. Pretending to thrive under pressure. Pretending to care what your colleagues did at the weekend. And pretending corporate language doesn’t make you want to roll your eyes and scream.
Now, I’m not anti corporate - some of the best people I’ve worked with I have met in my corporate job - I’m anti bullshit.
And I’m also anti spending a single second longer than you need to in a career that doesn’t fit your life and light you up.
I don’t believe work should ever be “just a job” - we spend far too much time at work for this to ever be the case for me. And forcing yourself to endure something day in, day out, isn’t just a waste of your time but can also have a significant impact on your health, wellbeing and relationships (believe me!).
Aligned work isn’t just in the “what” you do, it’s the “how” as well. Which is why I never advise my clients to throw away a career they’ve spent years of their lives building to start again from scratch. Often, small and sustainable changes can be made to re-align how you work and redefine the relationship between your identity and career.
For many high achieving women, changing direction can feel risky and destabilising. Because if your identity has been capability and success - what happens in the stage when you’re still figuring things out?
This is where I come in.
ALIGN exists to:
Help you figure out the answer to the dreaded question ‘but what do you want to do?’ by clearly defining your skills, strengths, career patterns, values and non-negotiables.
Support you in redefining your relationship with work while gaining practical skills to protect your health and wellbeing (e.g., boundary setting or delegating more).
Advise you how to build more resilience into your career by creating a 'career portfolio', helping you to monetise your skills and diversify your income to give you more financial stability.
If you’re ready to feel more joy, authenticity and self-trust in your work, you’re in the right place.