How do you “un-rut” yourself? If you want to say yes to exploring a pivot, what do you need to say no to? What's the secret dream? These are just some of the questions that recurring guest host Adrian Klaphaak and I answer in today’s live Pivot podcast taping.

Are you looking for a little support and guidance on finding your purpose, or best next step? Check out Adrian’s Career Pathfinder Program and apply promo code PIVOT for a special offer on his group training. If you’d like to work with him 1:1, he just opened up a few new spots—book a free consultation here.

More about Adrian: Adrian Klaphaak is a coach, purpose guide, entrepreneur, and founder of A Path That Fits Career and Life Coaching. His coaching approach is holistic—a constant balance between getting results and a quest for meaning and fulfillment. He describes himself as “a deep seeker with a constant itch to make things happen.”

💬 Quotes

"But it's no use now," thought poor Alice, "to pretend to be two people! Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person!"

—Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?”

—Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet—On Joy and Sorrow

🌟 Questions We Tackle

Who are you ready to stop pretending to be?
How do you know when you need to pivot versus chasing shiny objects?
How do you measure and even define success when you go out on your own?
How do you un-rut yourself when you’re stuck?

✅ Try This Next

Let yourself be moved by genuine, embodied, resonant excitement. Put yourself in the room with your experiments.

🔗 Resources Mentioned

Adrian on the web, Yelp, Facebook, LinkedIn
Course: Career Pathfinder, promo code PIVOT
Video: Finding Your Calling
Substacks: Rolling in D🤦🏻‍♀️h, Intuitive Writing School
Articles: Taffy Brodesser-Ackner
Tools: Substack, ChatGPT
Song: You Can’t Rush Your Healing by Trevor Hall

📚 Books Mentioned

Intuitive Writing by Jacqueline Fisch
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Outrageous Openness by Tosha Silver
Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business
Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One
Life After College

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