I entered the world of corporate work as a soft-spoken, creative girlie at age 23. For 14 years, my career was marked by high achievement, but also recurring cycles of burnout and the career gaps that followed as I tried to recover.
The forceful onset of the pandemic compelled many of us to confront our lives with newfound clarity, and I was no exception. In 2021, I asked myself: Was my life just going to be one debilitating job after another until I died?
After discovering others who had used career breaks to redirect their life trajectories, I decided to take my own career break in 2022.
My career break gave me back my breath, my body and my life. Reconnecting with my body restored my intuition, personal power and creativity, ultimately transforming my relationship with work.
That reconnection also ushered me more deeply into embodiment as a personal practice and, eventually, as the primary way I partner with my clients.
You can explore more of my career journey through the essays below.
Photo by Karen Santos
Reflections on My One Year Sabbatical
https://www.nyamadodoadji.com/journal/my-2022-sabbatical-reflections
Ugly Betty & Me: Making My Way to the Work of My Soul
On the Body as the Vessel for Life, Living and Intuition: Reflections on Reconnecting to Your Body After Burnout
https://shespeakssoftly.substack.com/p/on-the-body-as-the-vessel-for-life