Hi, this is Alie the Lict and this is Leave Your Mark the podcast where I brew fresh

career advice with some of my most inspiring and successful friends.

It's professional advice that you can action immediately, whether you're just starting out

in your career or well on your way.

With a massive to-do list and a large cup of coffee, I promise that you can get it all done and still

have time to post about it. Is it normal to grieve your career? The answer is yes. And recently, I caught

up with an old friend who I haven't seen in many, many years, and she was really

transparent about the fact that she misses her former career, and she doesn't know how to let go of it.

And I think a lot of people have trouble moving on when they've left an industry or they've

left a long-term role that has sort of become

their identity. And I can relate to this better than most people because it happened to me.

I spent 17 years in the fashion industry working at one brand. And when I left the company,

it was really confusing as to who I was. It's one of the reasons why I wrote on brand,

because I believe strongly that people need to build equity in their name, specifically because

what they do today may not be what they do tomorrow. But this episode is not about personal branding.

This episode is about giving yourself permission to mourn, to grieve,

and to find a way to move forward. So what do we do? How do we grieve our career and move forward?

The first thing you do is you say to yourself, you know what? I acknowledge that this feels

horrible. I acknowledge that this feels horrible.

I acknowledge that I've just left a role or an industry that means a lot to me and it is

okay to feel horrible about it.

But the next thing that I think is important to do is to drill down what did you love

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