Healers with Hustles How to know if your health career is *really* the problem
May 22, 2025
07:56
What if the discomfort isn’t a sign you’re on the wrong path but an invitation to rethink your next step?
Caitlin opens up about the messy, in-between phase of balancing a healthcare career with a creative side hustle. She reflects on the guilt of wanting out, the pressure to keep going when it looks good on paper, and why small tweaks might make a bigger difference than going all in or walking away. Caitlin challenges the idea that leaving is the only option and encourages you to dig deeper into what your discomfort is really saying.
Tune in to learn:
- Why Caitlin once wished she’d get injured just to skip work
- How taking Mondays off saved a draining healthcare job
- The harsh truth about the “fantasy” healthcare careers sold in uni
- Why many healthcare pros jump into coaching
- What makes admitting you want out of healthcare so hard
- How sitting with discomfort might reveal a third, unexpected career path
- Why you don’t have to keep pushing if your gut says otherwise
- Small changes that can fix your healthcare job (or show it's time to quit)
- The confusing mix of pride and disconnect in a healthcare career
- How to hold space for grief and confusion when your career feels stuck
Listen if you’re:
- Feeling stuck between your healthcare career and a creative side hustle
- Unsure if you should stay, pivot, or take a break from health work
- Trying to make sense of the discomfort that’s been growing in your current role
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