Most career changes are fuelled by the mind. We try to think our way through a career change. What if tuning into your nervous system and reconnecting with your body could be the game-changer you've been missing?
In this episode of The Career Change Diaries podcast, Maude Burger-Smith, a Leadership and Burnout Prevention Coach, with a background in somatic practices, reveals how the body holds the key to sustainable change, resilience, and clarity in times of transition.
Maude shares her own career change journey, before exploring the fascinating connection between body and mind, showing that true change begins by recognising how the state of our nervous system shapes our thoughts, beliefs, and actions.
Discover how subtle practices like movement, breathwork, and sensory awareness can create a sense of safety, making the daunting process of career change feel possible and even joyful.
By listening to this episode, you'll learn practical tools to regulate your nervous system: shaking off tension with a quick dance, mindful walking in nature, or breathing techniques that calm the mind.
If you're contemplating a career shift, but feel overwhelmed, anxious, or disconnected, this episode is for you.
You can listen via Spotify below, or via Apple Podcasts. You can also watch the interview on YouTube.
Alice offers Career Coaching for those in their 30s & 40s designed to help professionals feel less stressed (through somatic and nervous system regulation tools), as well as helping career-changers gain a clear vision of what career is right for them, and how to achieve it. She is also an accredited Coach Supervisor, and host of The Career Change Diaries podcast.
