Season 9: The Collective Season
The Collective Season: Spirituality + Career
Podcast Audio Only:
In this special episode, Julia Toothacre is going solo to talk about the impact your spirituality can have on your career decisions. This will not be from any specific spiritual lens but more of an overview for those whose faith and beliefs might impact their career. Julia shares her experience and a few examples from past clients on how their faith has informed their decisions.
I'm not getting into any theological debates with anyone, so don't come at me. This is meant to be an overview and starting point for how to view your career and spirituality or faith. While I don't work exclusively with clients from any faith, I am well-versed in career perspectives within the Christian faith, but I won't be going into that in this episode.
What are my qualifications to speak on this topic?
I worked in a faith-based environment and a non-faith-based environment. From people who were firm in their faith to those still figuring out to those who had lost it. I've worked with people from all faiths and spiritual backgrounds.
Here is an overview of what will be discussed in this episode:
Does your faith inform your career? In what way?
I go over different questions and scenarios to consider regarding the impact of your faith on your career. I help you figure out to what extent the two co-mingle, if at all.
From there, I discuss what deal breakers you have that relate to your faith and spirituality.
These dealbreakers can inform the type of company you work for or the type of work you do. I recommend my Values Guide as a starting place. You can download it HERE.
I go into a lot more and provide many examples in the episode, but here's what I want you to remember...
At the end of the day, your spiritual life is YOUR life. It's not someone else's; you need to make decisions that work for you and your worldview. It doesn't matter what choice you make as long as you understand WHY you're making that choice.
A little bit about Julia:
I started this journey in a counseling-focused master of science program where my then passion was working with college students. I spent 8 years working in higher education in various roles within university career offices helping everyone from freshmen to doctoral students to mid-career alumni to encore career alumni figure out their path in their current season of life. I spent my time coaching and creating career programs and I'm using that experience to create a career management and advancement program that is everything you need to get where you want to go.
I found my niche and passion working with new and mid-career managers who have lost their way, are in toxic environments, or who are so high-achieving they don't know where they fit in the working world. I support and respect the need for people to have a 9-5 job and I help you find your place and path in your career journey.
I'm also certified and educationally eligible to administer and interpret multiple personality and interest assessments, which I use in my coaching program.
It's important to note that I didn't wake up one day and decide to do this work. I'm highly trained in coaching and counseling, have been part of multiple career-related professional associations and I LOVE this work.
I look forward to connecting with you and helping you find success in you career, whatever that looks like for you.
