💡 ABOUT THIS EPISODE
A year after leaving federal government, I'm sitting down with my husband Josh to open Season 2 of Motivation N'at, and this time I flipped the format so he's the one asking the questions. Josh was my very first guest when this show launched, and now he's interviewing me about what a year of leaving that job, hosting more than 50 conversations with over 40 guests, and figuring out what comes next has actually taught me about myself.
We get into burnout I didn't expect to still be facing, therapy sessions that got heavier instead of lighter, and the moment I finally paid someone to help rebrand my business after resisting it for months. It's an honest look at what a year of self-discovery costs and what it gives back, told by two people who've been living it together in the same house. This isn't a highlight reel of a good year. It's what actually happened in one.
🎯 KEY TAKEAWAYS
🔹 The reinforcement I needed Leaving a large, high-impact job doesn't mean giving up the ability to have real impact somewhere else.
🔹 Burnout doesn't ask permission A year after leaving the job that caused it, burnout showed up twice more, just differently.
🔹 Listening became the real work What started as a personal, solo-driven show turned into something built almost entirely on hearing other people's stories first.
🔹 The miscarriage I hadn't discussed A year of interviews surfaced grief I thought I'd already processed, including a loss from years earlier I'd never said out loud.
🔹 Paying for expertise I couldn't see in myself Sometimes the thing holding you back isn't visible from the inside, no matter how long you've been looking at it.
🔹 A husband on the other side of the mic Josh, the show's first-ever guest, returns a year later to ask the questions instead of answering them.
🔹 What comes next isn't fully decided Season 2 opens without a tidy answer for what the next year of leaving, listening, and learning looks like.
TOPICS
LIFE TRANSITIONS
HEALING & SELF TRUST
RELATIONSHIPS
