About this episode

Candy Motzek interviews Marie Clark about overcoming the belief that financial security and happiness cannot coexist, focusing on burnout and values alignment.

You were probably taught, somewhere along the way, that you could be financially secure or you could be happy. Not both. That belief might be the most expensive thing you own. Candy sits down with Marie Clark, business coach, speaker, and founder of Move to Joy Coaching. With more than 15 years of experience leading high-impact transformation projects, Marie helps high-achieving women move from burnout and overwhelm to clarity, purpose, and joy. Marie's story starts in a 911 room managing a failing phone system cutover, crying every single day, when her disconnected boss messaged to ask about a six-month-old admin task. That was the moment she knew. Her job was going to steal her personal joy - and then steal everything else. In this conversation, Marie shares the limiting belief she uncovered only after she'd already decided to leave corporate - the belief that security and joy couldn't coexist. She talks about why the Sunday scaries are really a values alignment problem. She explains why knowing your values isn't enough, and what it actually takes to live them. And she leaves you with this: joy starts with hope. Hope starts with possibility. If you don't think it's possible…

People in this episode

Host: Candy Motzek

Guest: Marie Clark

Topics covered

• burnout
• coaching
• values alignment
• joy
• financial security
• high-achieving women

Keywords

• burnout
• coaching
• joy
• values
• financial security
• high-achievers
• mindset

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Move to Joy Coaching

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