#17: You without your job title

For twenty-five years, Lisa was known as the girl who worked for the telecom company. Then the company was gone, and so was the version of her that everyone recognized.

In this episode, Lisa unpacks what happens when your sense of self gets built around a job title, a company, a role you're known for.

She talks about why she wouldn't leave her corporate career without a severance package, the three years it took her to claim the words business owner, and what identity actually looks like once the scaffolding of a career is gone. She also widens the conversation to parenting, and the grief that shows up quietly as her son moves toward adulthood.

If you want to understand more about what you are experiencing, I created a short assessment for you at https://assessment.thecourageousmiddle.com/

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