Career Congregation is your weekly gathering for all things career. A space to explore the highs, the lows, and the real stories of people navigating work, identity and purpose in an ever changing world. Hosted by Therapist and Coach Meghan Fitzpatrick, each episode offers grounded conversation and perspective for reclaiming confidence, direction and inspiration in your working life.

In this week’s episode, Meghan is joined by her long-time friend, Rachel Black, a marketing and events professional currently navigating a period of career transition after years working across the corporate advertising and events world in Australia.

Rach shares her experience building a career in Sydney’s fast-paced media and marketing industry and the role that supportive managers played in helping her grow professionally, particularly when she struggled to see her own strengths. The conversation reflects on how often others recognise our capabilities long before we do ourselves.

Throughout the conversation, Rach and Meghan talk openly about career transitions, intuition, and the uncertainty that can arise when something that looks right on paper simply does not feel right internally. They explore the challenge of stepping away from security, the pressure to follow logical career paths, and the importance of listening to your own signals when making major life decisions.

Throughout the conversation, Rachel’s story highlights how careers rarely follow a straight line. Her journey moves between corporate work, travel, creative study, freelance work and major relocations. It is a reminder that career development is often shaped by curiosity, experimentation and the willingness to change direction when something no longer fits.

This episode explores work identity, corporate culture, creativity, and what it means to sit in a period of transition while learning to trust your intuition about what comes next.

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Keywords:Career, Career transition, Personal development, Motivation, Authentic career paths, Entrepreneurship, Fulfilling work, Creative careers, Freelance work, Marketing, Events industry, Money, Money stories

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