TED Talks Daily TED Talks Daily Book Club: Intentional Ambition: Redefining Your Work for Greater Joy, Freedom, and Fulfillment | Rha Goddess
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Aug 24, 2025 
Rha Goddess, an entrepreneurial soul coach and author of "Intentional Ambition," discusses redefining work for joy and fulfillment. She outlines three stages to reshape your relationship with work, focusing on authenticity over external pressures. The conversation emphasizes community support in achieving personal ambitions and the power of intentionality in career decisions. Rha highlights the importance of joy as a destination and offers actionable strategies for aligning life with one's true mission, inviting listeners to embrace a more meaningful existence.
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Work Reassessment After the Pandemic
- The pandemic and cultural shifts forced many people to reassess their relationship to work and what they want from life.
- Rha Goddess argues this moment makes questions about joy, health, and meaning central to how we choose to work.
Breakdown Sparked By Grief
- After her father died, Rha Goddess plunged into work and eventually collapsed onto her couch, forcing a reckoning with grief and overwork.
- Therapy and coaching helped her unravel narratives that drove her compulsion to overachieve.
Redefining Success Beyond Achievements
- Rha Goddess noticed her definition of success was rooted in external achievement, not wellbeing or values.
- She re-evaluated whether happiness, health, and alignment should be part of success metrics.
