The Power To Stop Living Someone Else’s Blueprint

Laura Simms is Founder and Career Transition Coach for Your Career Homecoming.

By Laura Simms

For years, I thought the problem was that I couldn’t figure out the “right” career. I read the books. Took the assessments. Talked about it in therapy. I learned a lot about myself, but I still felt stuck.

What I eventually realized was that none of those resources were helping me answer the deeper question underneath it all: What kind of life am I actually trying to build?

At the time, I was going through my own career crisis after working as an actor. My identity, relationships, routines, and future had all been wrapped up in that world. Letting go of it felt overwhelming. I didn’t just need a new job. I needed a new direction for my life.

What frustrated me most was how many career resources treated people like a list of skills instead of whole humans. The advice was either “be practical” or “follow your passion.” Neither felt complete to me.

So I started approaching career change differently. Instead of asking only what someone is good at or passionate about, I began asking deeper questions about purpose, contribution, lifestyle, relationships, and meaning.

I built the kind of support I had desperately searched for myself.

Over the years, I’ve watched people reconnect with parts of themselves they thought they had lost. I’ve seen successful professionals realize they are allowed to want fulfillment, not just stability.

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