She Looked Successful…So Why Did Her Soul Feel Trapped? with Anna McLaughlin

About this episode

Kristin and Anna discuss the challenges of feeling trapped in a successful career and the journey towards finding peace and purpose in God's timing.

Send us Fan Mail What if your successful career still feels like a cage? Kristin sits down with Anna McLaughlin, recovering attorney, faith-based coach, and host of the Overwhelmed to Overcomer podcast, to unpack burnout, people-pleasing, career transition, and finding peace in God’s timing. Together they explore courage, Sabbath rest, purpose in the waiting, and how to leave well when God calls you into something new. If you’re exhausted from striving or questioning your next step, this conv...

People in this episode

Host: Kristin Kurtz

Guest: Anna McLaughlin

Topics covered

• burnout
• people-pleasing
• career transition
• faith
• Sabbath rest
• finding peace

Keywords

• successful career
• burnout
• faith-based coaching
• career transition
• Sabbath rest
• people-pleasing
• God's timing

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Books & works: Overwhelmed to Overcomer

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