Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, Career Design, & Job Search Is Career Change in Your 40s Just a Midlife Crisis? Or Career Awakening?
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May 26, 2025 Addressing the notion that changing careers in your 40s is merely a midlife crisis, this discussion features five professionals who successfully transitioned during this decade. They reveal how exhaustion and family duties don't have to hinder your journey toward meaningful work. Listeners learn why their accumulated skills are assets rather than setbacks, making this age an optimal time for change. Authenticity, self-awareness, and strategic goal-setting emerge as key components in navigating these pivotal transitions.
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Midlife Clarity Over Crisis
- Career change in your 40s is not a midlife crisis but a midlife clarity.
- This period often reveals the need to realign work with who you've become, not failure.
Erin’s Shift from Corporate to Real Estate
- Erin left a well-established career at Dell after realizing management wasn't her fit.
- She chose autonomy over corporate expectations, embracing a new path in real estate.
Charity Breaks Free to Thrive
- Charity felt trapped in a job that didn't align with her community-building strengths.
- Her awareness led her to demand a career change that honored her true self and passions.