Ep58: Authentic Happiness with Alison Cardy

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On the outside does it appear that you have your life together, but behind closed doors, internally, it feels anything but. Today’s guest is here to give us a glimpse into what could be going on.
 
Alison Cardy is an expert career coach, author of Career Grease: How to Get Unstuck and Pivot your Career and professional speaker. She is a practical advocate for achieving your heart’s desires, improving your workweek, and making a difference, all while keeping an eye on your financial success. Her superpower is creating clear structures to guide clients through the challenging process of a career change and to the results they crave.

Episode highlights: 

• As our values and what we care about changes, our career may not be in alignment with us anymore and it becomes time to transition. 
• need to get clear on what you want to make that switch. 
• we talked about, what does authentic happiness mean and Alison gave us the 5 characteristics. 
• it represents internal strength and peace of mind, as well as a clear idea of who you are and what you're doing. 
• when you don't have authentic happiness, there is a divide between your internal and external worlds, there is an external focus, you're perpetually striving and NOT enjoying the journey, and a lack of internal strength and peace as your foundation. 
• comparing our definitions of success to marketing become a stumbling block. 
• need to decide what success looks like TO YOU! 
• taking personal ownership and control of your life is to stand in your personal power. 
• taking ownership of your life allows for conscious creation of that life. 
• we talked about the benefits to finding your internal, authentic happiness. 
• do you not know what you want to do with your life? Check out Alison's book, Career Grease. Click on the picture below to get your copy! 

Connect with Alison at cardycareercoaching.com

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