In this episode, I explore the question: 'Is your career still working for you at this stage in your life?' I share personal stories and client experiences that highlight the importance of aligning your career with your current life circumstances, priorities, and values.

Using the Kaleidoscope Career Model, I discuss how women often seek challenge in early career, balance in mid-career, and authenticity later on. But these stages aren’t fixed—your needs can shift at any time, and that's perfectly valid.

Whether you're feeling out of sync with your current path, considering a transition, or navigating family responsibilities while leading in your career, this episode will prompt you to pause and reflect: What do I really want now?

🔑 Key Talking Points:

• Why it's important to define success for yourself—not based on others’ expectations

• The Kaleidoscope Career Model and how your needs change over time

• My personal career decisions, including choosing security over risk during single parenthood

• The myth of 'having it all at once' and how to create balance on your own terms

• How mum guilt, family dynamics, and life stages shape our leadership and career journeys

• Stories of women I have coached through redundancy, reinvention, and renewal

💬 Quote to Remember:

"We can have it all, but not necessarily all at the same time."

🔗 Resources:

✅ Take my free Confidence, Influence & Impact Assessment: https://aboundingsolutions.com/taketheimpactassessment/
✅ Follow me on LinkedIn for more insights on introverted leadership https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolstewart1/
✅ Subscribe to the Quietly Visible newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6600753811223035905/

🎵 - ©️Julie Anne Smith