E56 Test, Pivot, Thrive: Building a Soul-Aligned Career With Rachel Speckman

Building a Career That Honors Your Authentic Self

What if your career pivot could be less risky and more strategic than you think?

Rachel returns with a masterclass in blending marketing strategy with therapeutic insight to create soul-aligned work that actually pays the bills.

Drawing from her own journey from social work to coaching and fractional roles, Rachel reveals the power of combining complementary skills—like operations and music—to satisfy different parts of your brain while building a viable career. She shares how she pivoted from residential design to pandemic-era photography and branding, discovering the magic that happens when you align visuals with marketing strategy.

The conversation dives deep into practical wisdom: building a four-year transition plan, testing low-risk betas with trusted contacts, and the importance of gaining supervised experience before making the full leap. Rachel introduces the "both-and" mindset for holding mixed emotions during career transitions and emphasizes the critical role of building 3-4 trusted advisors for strategy, feedback, and celebration.

Key frameworks include the "three C's" (community, challenge, contribution) for decision-making and crafting a personal mission to test alignment. The speakers liken personal transformation to a snake shedding its skin—painful yet essential for renewal.

Ready to build a career that feels like a calling rather than just a job? Listen to discover how to honor your authentic self while creating meaningful, sustainable work.

Key Points

• Combine seemingly unrelated skills (e.g., operations + music, design + photography) to satisfy different parts of the brain and build a scalable, authentic career.

• Don’t quit impulsively—create a multi‑year plan, run low‑risk “beta” tests with trusted contacts to validate pricing/time, and get supervised experience before fully switching.

• Priorities shift with age: money matters, but you can intentionally move toward impact, community, and contribution—and permit yourself to do that.

Visit Rachel Spekman. If you are a high-performing professional in a soul sucking career, spend 90 minutes investing in your own high-stakes career audit.

https://www.rachelspekman.com/high-stakes-career-audit

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