About this episode

Alisa Murphy shares her personal experience of feeling disconnected from a former career and the identity shift that accompanies career transitions.

There's a particular kind of discomfort that comes with standing in a room you used to belong to and realising it no longer feels like yours. Not because you're unwelcome, but because something in you has moved on. If you've ever found yourself on the outside of a career, a sector or a version of yourself that once defined you, you'll recognise this feeling. This episode comes from a recent personal experience. Standing in a church in Prague at one of the biggest events in my old professional world and realising I was on the periphery of a room I once helped to build. This is my honest account of what that experience taught me about career transition and about finally making peace with the identity shift that comes with it. Because the version of you that's navigating a career transition rarely gets to do it cleanly. There's grief in it. There's the LinkedIn scroll that brings up feelings you didn't expect. There's the dreaded networking question, so what are you doing next? , that you don't yet have a good answer to. These aren't signs that something has gone wrong. They're signs that something new is forming. This episode is for you if you've stepped away from a career that…

People in this episode

Host: Alisa Murphy

Topics covered

• career transition
• identity shift
• personal growth
• discomfort in change
• meaningful work

Keywords

• career change
• burnout
• identity
• transition
• self-discovery
• professional growth
• meaningful work

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LinkedIn

Books & works: What's The Worst That Can Happ

Places: Prague

More episodes of From Corporate Into Calling: Career Change, Burnout, Meaningful Work, Find Your Purpose

• 83: Why I'm Out Of The Office And Among The Chickens · May 20, 2026 · 13 min
• 82: Why I'd Build This Even If It Fails · May 14, 2026 · 27 min

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the From Corporate Into Calling: Career Change, Burnout, Meaningful Work, Find Your Purpose podcast page.