How Find a Career Path You’re Passionate About | LHS Classic E240

Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

YAP Media Network | Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 890 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This episode originally aired on April 5, 2021 (Episode 240), and I’m bringing it back because so many of you said it gave you the clarity you didn’t know you needed. If you’re feeling stuck in your career or wondering whether there’s something more fulfilling out there for you, this conversation is worth revisiting. So many people come to me at a professional crossroads. On paper, things look fine — good job, steady paycheck — but inside, they’re wrestling with harder questions: Is this what I’m meant to be doing? Where’s the meaning? And what would it actually look like to feel passionate about my work? Finding your passion isn’t about flipping a switch. It’s about understanding how you got here, untangling what’s yours from what you were told to want, and designing a career that aligns with who you are now. In this episode, we’re talking about how to get unstuck, how to reflect with purpose, and how to move forward, even when it feels like there are a thousand possible directions and no clear right answer. Episode Breakdown: 00:00 Getting Unstuck When You Have Too Many Options 05:12 Career Crossroads: How to Navigate Paralysis and Indecision 11:08 Life Design vs. Job Search: Shifting How We Think About Career 18:39 Finding Your Passion by Reflecting on the Past 27:26 The “Quarter-Life” Crossroads: Making Sense of How You Got Here 30:12 Burnout or Misalignment? How to Tell the Difference 34:45 The 10-Year Vision Exercise That Brings Long-Term Clarity 36:44 Why Big Career Decisions Shouldn’t Happen During Burnout We cover how early life influences, past roles, and even burnout shape your career path, often without you realizing it. And we’ll help you figure out whether you need a new job or a new perspective on the one you already have. What if you stopped pushing through and started getting curious? What would it feel like to move toward a career that fits you, not just the version of you who started years ago? If you’re feeling ready to find your passion and design a career that actually fits, I’d love to support you as you start taking clear, doable steps. Through my Career Clarity Intensive, you can have clarity and confidence about the right next step for you, how to grow professionally and attain what you really want, and actualize the fullness of your potential in your career! The first step: join me for a free coaching call to design your next chapter. Here’s the link to register. And if you want to keep this conversation going beyond the podcast, come find me on Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube. I’m always sharing tools and insights to help you build a life and career that reflect your values and your worth. And if something from this episode sparked something for you, I’d love to hear how you’re making sense of your path. Let’s talk! xoxo, Dr. Lisa Marie BobbyGrowing Self

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0:00.0	This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast.
0:07.8	You found warmth in a colder city.
0:15.4	I hope its arms are strong enough.
0:22.2	Will they hold you?
0:24.4	Will they keep you for a long time?
0:29.9	Because I tried once.
0:43.2	That's so many things by Aurora Di Amico.
0:51.5	Beautiful song and perfect for our topic today because today we're talking about how to get clarity when you could literally go in any direction, it seems like.
0:56.1	And I think that's one of the weird benefits, almost, of this experience that we've just
1:01.4	been through together of having it, you know, feel like the world is basically just
1:06.0	fallen apart. And now we all have to regroup and rebuild. But in the kind of hidden opportunity there is that it disrupts things.
1:15.9	It creates space.
1:18.2	It's harder, I think, to make major life changes when you're already in this like really
1:23.8	clear, entrenched path and everything is just moving in one direction. Like, it's,
1:29.6	it's hard to get off that train sometimes. But when things feel a little iffy and when there's
1:34.7	not a ton of clarity about what exactly is going to be happening next, it can create this space,
1:41.6	this opportunity to think about, you know, well, what do I want to have
1:46.7	happen next and how can I potentially design it? And I think a lot of people are in this space right now.
1:53.7	And, you know, some people, it's showing up in their relationships, some in the sort of
1:59.0	existential, what am I doing with my life thing? And there can be many components
2:03.3	of that certainly. But an important one of those is what am I doing with my career? And I think that's
2:10.6	why, I mean, here at Growing Self, we've seen a ton of clients showing up with an interest in
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