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Latest Episodes

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How to Decide Whether to Stay or Pivot in Your Career

Feeling stuck between staying in your current role or starting over? In this episode of Blueprints to Becoming, Kate Maxwell unpacks why the “stay or go” dilemma is a false choice, how to overcome sunk cost thinking, and tools like Odyssey Planning and the “15 Things” exercise to expand your options and decide with clarity.

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Stop Expecting Work to Make You Happy

We often expect our jobs to deliver all our life satisfaction - but joy often comes from outside work. In this episode, I explore defining the true function of work in your life, why fun matters, and how to create your personal “so much fun” formula to build a richer, more fulfilling life.

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Being emotional isn’t a bad thing

If you’ve ever been told you’re too emotional, this episode is for you. Learn why feelings are valuable data, how they can guide you, and why showing emotion is a strength, not a weakness.

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On Planning and Presence

Planning is motion, but it's not action. It gives us a sense of doing something, of making a change, but without actually changing anything, because we are living in that future focus.

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How to stop overthinking your career choices

Overthinking can feel productive - like you're working the problem. But really, you're just treading water. You feel like maybe if you just keep thinking, a solution will present itself. But what is it actually costing you?

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