When Your Career Doesn’t Feel Like You with Irina Young

🎙️ Welcome back to Not Fully Qualified!

For this episode, Sara sits down with Irina Young, a certified purpose coach who spent 13 years in the corporate world at Google before leaving to build a more aligned path of her own.

Irina helps people reconnect with their authenticity, discover what truly matters to them, and find the courage to pursue work and lives that feel more purposeful.

In this conversation, we talk about the signs that it may be time for a change—like boredom, burnout, and that feeling that there has to be more. Irina shares what led her to leave her corporate career, how she found purpose coaching, and why nervous-system capacity can make such a difference when you are navigating uncertainty or making a major life decision.

Episode Highlights:
💼 Irina’s transition from a 13-year corporate career at Google to purpose coaching
✨ How boredom, burnout, and the feeling that there has to be more can signal a need for change
🌱 What purpose coaching is and how Irina found her calling
🧭 Practical ways to begin exploring your own purpose
🧠 Why nervous-system capacity matters when you are navigating change
💬 Tips for regulating yourself during uncertain or stressful seasons
⚡ A favorite “fail forward” moment from Irina’s career and entrepreneurial journey
💛 How life can shift when you choose a path that feels more aligned
📚 Rapid-fire questions, including favorite comfort food, favorite way to recharge, and favorite book

Whether you are feeling burned out, questioning your career, considering a big change, or simply trying to figure out what feels more like you, we hope this conversation leaves you feeling encouraged.

Find Irina:

🌐 Irina’s website:
https://irinayoung.com

📺 Subscribe to Irina on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@IAmIrinaYoung

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