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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThis catalyst challenged me at the core. I\u2019m a career person and define myself by my career success. Is that healthy, probably not. But it\u2019s true. As someone lost in a sea of imposed change, I threw out some lifelines to my professional community, but also to my \u201cwoo woo\u201d community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The professional community helped me network and make a plan to find a new role. They helped me land interviews at great companies and within my own company. My woo woo community helped ground me, helped me take a minute (or months) to explore what could be. They helped create space for a pivot on the South Shore. They helped me land in conferences with other female entrepreneurs (I\u2019m not one, but maybe?), in writer\u2019s workshops (I\u2019m not one, yet here I am), in real estate school (I\u2019m not a realtor, and now I can be).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now 6 months later, I\u2019m standing strong in the pivot, holding so much space for what is and what will be. I\u2019m excited about it. I\u2019m confident that it will all work out, and I know this is in fact a blessing in disguise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every change is driven by a catalyst. Sometimes expected, sometimes unexpected. Sometimes welcome, but usually a blessing in disguise. Which means spending a lot of time saying \u201cWTF\u201d and \u201cWhy me\u201d before it makes sense all leading to the pivot on the South Shore. On December 9th 2024, I woke up to a new meeting…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[4,6,7,5,3],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-pivot","tag-career","tag-creative","tag-life-after-pharma","tag-professional-pivot","tag-reorg"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/currentscituation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_7044-768x1024.jpeg\")
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