Now I have clarity around what comes next, for me, and my family

Becoming a parent can change things! Beth came to me because she had fallen into a career trajectory that made sense - until she became a parent. Suddenly her career was at odds with her family. Together, we got clear on what she wanted and explored her options so that she could move to a new industry or role that worked better for her - and her family

“The path I wound up on was by happenstance. It was my first job out of college and then I got another job from that connection until I reached the height of what I wanted to reach. And I didn't like it. But you just kind of stuck with it. Yet as I got older, I didn’t want to keep pushing, I wanted to change to something I really enjoyed more. This work gave me the permission to change paths. Now I don’t see switching paths as starting over - I still have access to the cumulative knowledge I’ve acquired in my career, and that will be applicable.

I decided to dive into this work with Rikki when I realized that becoming a parent is a transformative process. Suddenly you’re struck by the realization that your career is not at all compatible with raising a well adjusted kid, or having the work life balance you need to do preschool pick up. Since Rikki also was the parent of a young child, we had this unique shared understanding of that shift.

I had been wanting to work on figuring out what I wanted to do for a career for a while, and I met some other people but I had a hard time talking with them. I was concerned about being willing to share enough to really dig into what I actually needed to figure out, but the rapport I had with Rikki - I found it really easy to talk with her. I looked forward to our calls. The biggest surprise was how much I enjoyed this process.

Having an accountability partner to bounce ideas off of meant I actually would take on that next step. If it was to reach out to people, Rikki was able to assure me that people want to help. My biggest transformation was really, really, taking the time to think about what I liked out of work. And now I have more clarity around what comes next, for me, and my family.”

-Beth