The Unraveling Achiever

Angela McKay

The Unraveling Achiever is for the person who's done everything "right" and is questioning what that even means. You're the straight-A student, dependable, high-achiever everyone counts on. But something's shifting. The rules you've followed feel less like guidance and more like a cage you want to flip the bird to. Host Angela McKay - former SVP, HR turned intuitive career coach -helps accomplished folks stop defaulting to what looks good & start building what feels true. You don't have to turn life upside down. Just point your achiever energy toward a soul-led life and career you'll love.

  1. 26. your next chapter won't write itself

    Jun 10

    26. your next chapter won't write itself

    26. your next chapter won't write itself A listener asked: What lesson do I need to learn? Will my next chapter write itself? I tuned into their Akashic Records and pulled two cards to deliver a reading that's for them, but is also for all of us. What's clear is this: Your next chapter won't write itself. You write it. --- Full Notes: Today's episode is different. I posted on Instagram asking listeners to submit a question for me to do a reading on - something on their heart and mind aligned with what we explore here on the podcast. Career, life, the questions that come up for the unraveling achiever. I received responses and chose a question to read on today's episode. This is a reading for someone navigating a specific pattern - and while it's for one person, there are takeaways in this for many. The question: "After the last 365 days, I am in a very similar position… laid off from a position that stressed more than fulfilled, same situationship, tired and stressed…what lesson did I need to learn to move into my next chapter? And, will that chapter start writing itself soon?" -- IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL HEAR: 00:00 Introduction to The Unraveling Achiever00:45 A Different Kind of Episode – The Reading Concept and Question02:44 Tuning Into the Akashic Records – Yellow/Solar Plexus Energy04:44 The Lesson: Sameness and Groundhog Day Patterns06:19 What's Hidden in the Past – The Dark Cloud Still Hovering08:46 The Self-Worth Disconnect and The Pages Ahead13:09 The Seven of Pentacles and Five of Pentacles Cards17:20 Bringing It All Together and Closing19:17 Soul Reading-- THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You're stuck in patterns that feel like Groundhog DayYou appear confident on the surface but don't feel it underneathYou're worried about what people will thinkYou're carrying unprocessed shame or blame from the pastYou use perfectionism or appearance as a protection mechanismYou have a wall up that keeps people from seeing the real youYou're waiting for your next chapter to "write itself" instead of taking ownershipYou struggle to ask for help or admit you need supportYou're exhausted from maintaining appearancesYou know something needs to change but you're not sure what-- RESOURCES MENTIONED: No external resources mentioned in this episode. --- READY TO GO DEEPER? If what you heard today resonated, I'd love to support you in going deeper. Soul Reading is a 75-minute one-on-one session where I open your Akashic Records and help you reconnect with what your soul already knows about your path, your purpose, and what's next. Learn more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com/soul-reading⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- LET'S STAY CONNECTED: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@angelamckayllc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Angela McKay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Career Revival⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠--- ABOUT THE PODCAST: The Unraveling Achiever is for the person who's done everything "right" and is questioning what that even means. Host Angela McKay - former SVP of HR turned intuitive career coach and soul reading practitioner - helps accomplished folks stop defaulting to what looks good and start building what feels true. You don't have to turn your life upside down. Just point your achiever energy toward a soul-led career and life you'll love. NOTE: All information in this podcast is provided for informational or entertainment purposes only and should not be construed as definitive direction or advice.

    20 min
  2. 25. stop forcing, start softening

    May 27

    25. stop forcing, start softening

    25. stop forcing, start softening When you're a high achiever, pushing, forcing, and producing are prevalent. You've lost touch with intuition, receptivity, and flow. There's a harsh edge to how you're moving through the world. And underneath it, there's a part of you aching to soften. In this episode, I share three messages: let go of control and trust the unfolding, soften and allow yourself to be instead of constantly do, and your drive is taking over everything - you can choose both. You don't have to choose between being successful and being soft. --- Full Notes: Today's episode is about when you're disconnected from your feminine energy. If you're a high achiever – especially in a demanding career – there's a good chance this is you. Here's what's happened: You've lost touch with intuition. With receptivity. With flow. Everything has become producing. Pushing. Pulling. Directing. Doing. You're in constant action mode. Constant force. You're making things happen through sheer will and determination. You're good at it. You're successful at it. But there's a harsh edge to how you're moving through life. And underneath all that force, there's a part of you that's aching to soften. There's an intuitive lens that's wanting to be seen through. A gentler way of being that's waiting to emerge. What's happened is you've become so reliant on your masculine energy – the doing, the achieving, the forcing – that your feminine energy has gone quiet. And feminine energy is about intuition, receptivity, flow, being instead of constantly doing, allowing instead of forcing, softness instead of that harsh edge you've been carrying. I received three messages for you. Here's what came through. -- IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL HEAR: 00:00 Introduction to The Unraveling Achiever00:46 When You're Disconnected from Your Feminine Energy03:00 Message One: Let Go of Control and Trust the Unfolding06:32 Message Two: Soften – Allow Yourself to Be, Not Just Do11:07 Message Three: Your Drive Is Taking Over – You Can Choose Both15:20 Bringing It All Together17:45 Soul Reading-- THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: Everything feels like pushing and forcingYou've lost touch with your intuitionYou can't seem to rest or receiveThere's a harsh edge to how you move through the worldYou're exhausted from controlling everythingYou've forgotten what flow feels likeEven when you try to soften, your drive takes overYou want to be ambitious AND softYou're ready to experience life differently-- RESOURCES MENTIONED: No external resources mentioned in this episode. --- READY TO GO DEEPER? If what you heard today resonated, I'd love to support you in going deeper. Soul Reading is a 75-minute one-on-one session where I open your Akashic Records and help you reconnect with what your soul already knows about your path, your purpose, and what's next. Learn more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com/soul-reading⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- LET'S STAY CONNECTED: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@angelamckayllc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Angela McKay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Career Revival⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠--- ABOUT THE PODCAST: The Unraveling Achiever is for the person who's done everything "right" and is questioning what that even means. Host Angela McKay - former SVP of HR turned intuitive career coach and soul reading practitioner - helps accomplished folks stop defaulting to what looks good and start building what feels true. You don't have to turn your life upside down. Just point your achiever energy toward a soul-led career and life you'll love.

    18 min
  3. 24. when your career is built on proving yourself

    May 20

    24. when your career is built on proving yourself

    24. when your career is built on proving yourself When your career is built on proving yourself, you're chasing external validation, addicted to achievement, and your worth is tied to your performance and productivity. You need the recognition, the praise, people to see how good you are. Because without that external validation, you're not sure you're enough. In this episode, I share three messages: how to know you're trying to prove yourself, what that's causing, and a step to take. Your career can be built on authenticity, not proving. --- Full Notes: Today's episode is about when your career is built on proving yourself. If that phrase landed for you - if you felt something shift or tighten when you heard it - this episode is for you. Here's what a career built on proving yourself looks like: You're chasing external validation. You're addicted to achievement. Your worth is tied to your performance and productivity. You need the recognition. You need the praise. You need people to see how good you are, how hard you work, how much you accomplish. Because without that external validation, you're not sure you're enough. And so you keep pushing. You keep performing. You keep achieving. Not because the work lights you up. Not because it's deeply fulfilling. But because you're trying to prove that you're qualified, that you're valuable, that you deserve to be here. And it's exhausting. Because no matter how much you achieve, it's never quite enough. There's always something coming up short. There's always a way you could have done it better. There's always someone who might find out that you're not as good as they think you are. I received three messages for you. Here's what came through. -- IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL HEAR: 00:00 Introduction to The Unraveling Achiever00:46 When Your Career Is Built on Proving Yourself02:35 Message One: How to Know You're Trying to Prove Yourself04:57 Message Two: What Trying to Prove Yourself Is Causing07:29 Message Three: A Step You Can Take - Shift to What Lights You Up10:41 Bringing It All Together12:27 Soul Reading-- THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You're chasing external validationYour worth is tied to your performance and productivityYou need constant recognition and praiseYou're your harshest criticYou fear being found out as unqualifiedThe work doesn't bring you joyYou're obsessed with being recognizedYou do work to be admired, not fulfilledYou're exhausted from constantly proving yourself-- RESOURCES MENTIONED: No external resources mentioned in this episode. --- READY TO GO DEEPER? If what you heard today resonated, I'd love to support you in going deeper. Soul Reading is a 75-minute one-on-one session where I open your Akashic Records and help you reconnect with what your soul already knows about your path, your purpose, and what's next. Learn more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com/soul-reading⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- LET'S STAY CONNECTED: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@angelamckayllc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Angela McKay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Career Revival⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠--- ABOUT THE PODCAST: The Unraveling Achiever is for the person who's done everything "right" and is questioning what that even means. Host Angela McKay - former SVP of HR turned intuitive career coach and soul reading practitioner - helps accomplished folks stop defaulting to what looks good and start building what feels true. You don't have to turn your life upside down. Just point your achiever energy toward a soul-led career and life you'll love.

    13 min
  4. 23. if you've been in a mood lately

    Apr 22

    23. if you've been in a mood lately

    23. if you've been in a mood lately If you've been feeling impatient, easy to agitate, irritated, resentful, weighed down – this episode is for you. You've noticed an uptick in these feelings. It doesn't feel like you. You don't want to be this way, but you're having a hard time not being that way. In this episode, I share three messages: you're trying to do too much (there's a sneaky attachment to proving your worth through busyness – put something down), take care of your whole self including medical care (talk to your doctor about hormones, perimenopause, menopause, and address the basics), and your moodiness is affecting your relationships (put yourself on the receiving end of your sharp words to see the impact). Moodiness is a signal that something is off, something is too much, something needs to shift. --- Full Notes: Today's episode is for you if you've been in a mood lately. I'm not talking about one bad day. I'm talking about noticing that you've been feeling impatient, easy to agitate, irritated, resentful, weighed down, snappy, short. These aren't the only things you're feeling, but you've noticed an uptick. And it's starting to feel concerning. It doesn't feel like you. You don't want to be this way. You don't like how it feels to be irritated all the time or to snap at people you care about. But you're also having a hard time not being that way. It's like you can't quite pull yourself out of it. You need some help sorting the root of this and finding a way out of it. Because moodiness isn't just moodiness. It's a signal. It's your system telling you that something is off, something is too much, something needs to shift. I received three messages for you. Here's what came through. -- IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL HEAR: 00:00 Introduction to The Unraveling Achiever00:42 If You've Been in a Mood Lately: What's Underneath It02:08 Message One: You're Trying to Do Too Much – Put Something Down04:45 Message Two: Take Care of Your Whole Self – Including Medical Care07:54 Message Three: Your Moodiness Is Affecting Your Relationships11:05 Bringing It All Together12:36 Soul Reading-- THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You've been feeling impatient, irritable, resentful latelyIt doesn't feel like youYou don't want to be this way but can't stopYou're snapping at people you care aboutYou feel weighed downYou've normalized carrying too muchYou've been neglecting self-care and medical careYou're worried about the impact on your relationships-- RESOURCES MENTIONED: No external resources mentioned in this episode. --- READY TO GO DEEPER? If what you heard today resonated, I'd love to support you in going deeper. Soul Reading is a 75-minute one-on-one session where I open your Akashic Records and help you reconnect with what your soul already knows about your path, your purpose, and what's next. Learn more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com/soul-reading⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- LET'S STAY CONNECTED: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@angelamckayllc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Angela McKay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Career Revival⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠--- ABOUT THE PODCAST: The Unraveling Achiever is for the person who's done everything "right" and is questioning what that even means. Host Angela McKay - former SVP of HR turned intuitive career coach and soul reading practitioner - helps accomplished folks stop defaulting to what looks good and start building what feels true. You don't have to turn your life upside down. Just point your achiever energy toward a soul-led career and life you'll love.

    13 min
  5. 22. what to know about money

    Apr 15

    22. what to know about money

    22. what to know about money Money is on a lot of our minds. It's tangled up with our work, our worth, our security. For some, it feels like never enough. For others, it slips too easily through their hands. In this episode, I share three practical messages: address the extremes you're living in (overindulgence or over-restriction – both block abundance), look up and around (you have more support and resources than you think, break the scarcity mindset), and take your power back (the world is in your hands, stop giving power to old money stories). Each message includes concrete actions you can take this week to shift your relationship with money. --- Full Notes: Today's episode is about money. Money is on a lot of our minds. Because for most of us, money isn't just money. It's tangled up with our work, our worth, our sense of security, our freedom - or lack of it. We relate our work to money. We measure success by how much we earn. And if we're really honest, sometimes we tie our worth as a person to the money we make or have. Our relationship with money is complicated. For some, it feels like it's never enough. No matter how much you make or save, it doesn't feel like enough. There's always this underlying anxiety that you need more. For others, money feels like it slips too easily out of your hands. You work hard, you earn it, and then it's gone. And for some, it's both. I received three messages for you. Here's what came through. -- IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL HEAR: 00:00 Introduction to The Unraveling Achiever00:43 What to Know About Money: Our Complicated Relationship02:14 Message One: Address the Extremes - Overindulgence or Over-Restriction05:11 Message Two: Look Up and Around - You Have More Support Than You Think07:36 Message Three: The World Is in Your Hands - Take Your Power Back10:36 Bringing It All Together11:48 Soul Reading-- THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: Money feels like it's never enoughMoney slips too easily through your handsYou tie your worth to how much you makeYou overspend and then feel guiltyYou deny yourself and live in scarcity mindsetYou feel stuck in old money storiesYou're ready to shift your relationship with moneyYou want practical actions you can take this week-- RESOURCES MENTIONED: No external resources mentioned in this episode. --- READY TO GO DEEPER? If what you heard today resonated, I'd love to support you in going deeper. Soul Reading is a 75-minute one-on-one session where I open your Akashic Records and help you reconnect with what your soul already knows about your path, your purpose, and what's next. Learn more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com/soul-reading⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- LET'S STAY CONNECTED: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@angelamckayllc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Angela McKay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Career Revival⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠--- ABOUT THE PODCAST: The Unraveling Achiever is for the person who's done everything "right" and is questioning what that even means. Host Angela McKay - former SVP of HR turned intuitive career coach and soul reading practitioner - helps accomplished folks stop defaulting to what looks good and start building what feels true. You don't have to turn your life upside down. Just point your achiever energy toward a soul-led career and life you'll love.

    12 min
  6. 21. how to stay true to yourself

    Apr 8

    21. how to stay true to yourself

    21. how to stay true to yourself For high achievers, staying true to yourself is one of the hardest things to do. You've spent so much time doing for others, doing for appearance, following prescribed paths, meeting expectations. Somewhere along the way, staying true to yourself got buried. It takes real intention to pause and ask: Is this actually me? In this episode, I share three messages: remember who you were before the world told you who to be (reconnect with childhood joy), pause before you act and align your actions with your true intentions (not just doing for the sake of doing), and reconnect with what brings you enjoyment and pleasure (you've forgotten what you actually like). --- Full Notes: Today's episode is about how to stay true to yourself. For high achievers especially, this is one of the hardest things to do. Because as high achievers, we've spent so much of our lives doing for others, doing for appearance, doing what we thought we were supposed to do. Following the prescribed path. Meeting expectations. Making sure everyone around us was taken care of, impressed, or satisfied. And somewhere along the way, staying true to yourself got buried underneath all of that. Staying true to yourself takes intention. Real intention. It takes pausing in the middle of your busy, productive, successful life and asking: Is this actually me? Or is this what I think I'm supposed to be doing? It takes reconnecting with who you are at your core - not who you've become in order to succeed or be accepted. And it takes giving yourself permission to choose you, even when it feels uncomfortable or unfamiliar. I received three messages for you. Here's what came through. -- IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL HEAR: 00:00 Introduction to The Unraveling Achiever00:43 How to Stay True to Yourself: Why This Is Hard02:17 Message One: Remember Who You Were Before the World Told You Who to Be04:30 Message Two: Pause Before You Act - Align Your Actions with Your True Intentions06:38 Message Three: Reconnect with What Brings You Enjoyment and Pleasure09:26 Bringing It All Together10:28 Soul Reading-- THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You've spent years doing for others and doing for appearanceYou've gotten so good at meeting expectations that your own truth became quietYou're not sure who you are outside of what you accomplishYou do things just for the sake of doing themYou've forgotten what you actually enjoyYou feel disconnected from yourselfYou want to reconnect with who you are at your coreYou need permission to choose you-- RESOURCES MENTIONED: No external resources mentioned in this episode. --- READY TO GO DEEPER? If what you heard today resonated, I'd love to support you in going deeper. Soul Reading is a 75-minute one-on-one session where I open your Akashic Records and help you reconnect with what your soul already knows about your path, your purpose, and what's next. Learn more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com/soul-reading⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- LET'S STAY CONNECTED: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@angelamckayllc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Angela McKay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Career Revival⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠--- ABOUT THE PODCAST: The Unraveling Achiever is for the person who's done everything "right" and is questioning what that even means. Host Angela McKay - former SVP of HR turned intuitive career coach and soul reading practitioner - helps accomplished folks stop defaulting to what looks good and start building what feels true. You don't have to turn your life upside down. Just point your achiever energy toward a soul-led career and life you'll love.

    11 min
  7. 20. what you need to let go of

    Apr 1

    20. what you need to let go of

    20. what you need to let go of If you want to move forward, you can't bring everything with you. You have to make space for what you want to come in. In this quick-moving season (spring, Aries energy), I'm sharing three messages about what you need to let go of to move forward in an aligned way: let go of the "shoulds" and the "I'll just do it myself" mentality, let go of the victim and martyr mindset (even if it's how you feel valuable), and let go of what's not actually fueling you (the things you use to escape vs. the things that truly fill you up). Letting go creates space. And space is what allows what you want to arrive. --- Today's episode is about what you need to let go of in order to move forward in the way that you would want to. We're in a quick-moving season - spring, Aries energy - and if you're interested in aligned movement, this is for you. If we want to go where we're going, we can't bring everything with us. We always have to make space for what we want to come in, to arrive. If we don't create space for it, it can't come to us. And if it were to come to us, we wouldn't be able to receive it because everything is already full. There is no space for that thing to arrive. This topic can be tough, especially for high achievers, because we get wrapped up in the I-can-handle-it-all mentality. And we can sure try to handle it all, but you're likely going to see the effects - stress, overwhelm, burnout, anxiety, depression, physical ailments. We want to keep our drive up, but focused on the direction we want to go and what we want to call in, rather than continuing to hold baggage that needs to be let go. I received three messages for you. Here's what came through.   IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL HEAR: 00:00 Introduction to The Unraveling Achiever00:42 What You Need to Let Go Of: Creating Space02:56 Message One: Let Go of the "Shoulds" and "I'll Just Do It Myself"05:20 Message Two: Let Go of the Victim and Martyr Mindset07:57 Message Three: Let Go of What's Not Actually Fueling You11:13 How These Create Space14:00 Soul Reading  THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You're caught in the "I can handle it all" mentalityYou follow prescribed ways because that's how it's "supposed" to be doneYou default to "I'll just do it myself"You find yourself in victim or martyr mindsetYou attach your value to how much you doYou use things to escape rather than truly fuel youYou know you need to look at something but keep turning awayYou want to move forward but feel stuck carrying too much  RESOURCES MENTIONED: No external resources mentioned in this episode. --- READY TO GO DEEPER? If what you heard today resonated, I'd love to support you in going deeper. Soul Reading is a 75-minute one-on-one session where I open your Akashic Records and help you reconnect with what your soul already knows about your path, your purpose, and what's next. Learn more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com/soul-reading⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   --- LET'S STAY CONNECTED: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@angelamckayllc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Angela McKay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Career Revival⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- ABOUT THE PODCAST: The Unraveling Achiever is for the person who's done everything "right" and is questioning what that even means. Host Angela McKay - former SVP of HR turned intuitive career coach and soul reading practitioner - helps accomplished folks stop defaulting to what looks good and start building what feels true. You don't have to turn your life upside down. Just point your achiever energy toward a soul-led career and life you'll love.

    15 min
  8. 19. the truth about purpose

    Mar 25

    19. the truth about purpose

    19. the truth about purpose "I'm trying to find my purpose." I heard this at least three times last week. The truth is that you're not going to find your purpose "out there." Your purpose isn't something external you need to discover. It's not a career path, a job title, or a specific thing you're meant to do. Your purpose is something you're born with - it's already inside you. In this teaching episode, I break down what purpose is, how it unfolds through doorways in your life, why it feels like you're searching (spoiler: fear and shadows keep you hiding), and the real question: Are you willing to step into it? --- Today's episode is a little different. I'm not tuning in for messages. I'm teaching. Because at least three times last week, I heard someone say, "I'm trying to find my purpose." And every time, I wanted to stop the conversation right there and reframe the entire thing. Because the way we've been taught to think about purpose? It's keeping you stuck. The Truth About Purpose You're not going to find your purpose "out there." Your purpose isn't something external you need to discover. It's not a career path or job title. It's not a project or some specific thing you're meant to do. Your purpose is something you're born with. It's your unique light and makeup. It's already inside you. The problem is, we've been taught to think about purpose as something we achieve or accomplish. A destination we reach, mission we uncover, or a thing we're "meant to do." But that's not how purpose works. You express purpose in everything you do - not because what you do IS your purpose, but because who you are shows up in everything you touch. Your purpose is to live and make decisions as your most aligned, authentic self. That's it. That's the whole thing. And with each step you take toward expressing your true, authentic, aligned self, you're stepping more fully into your purpose. You're not finding it. You're embodying it. -- IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL HEAR: 00:00 Introduction to The Unraveling Achiever00:43 The Reframe: Purpose Isn't External03:11 How Purpose Unfolds: The Doorways05:00 Why It Feels Like You're Searching07:03 The Invitation: Stop Hiding, Start Embodying09:28 Soul Reading-- THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You're trying to find your purposeYou think purpose is something "out there" to discoverYou're searching for the "right" career, project, or callingYou feel stuck because you don't know what you're meant to doYou keep looking for external validation of your pathYou're hiding behind what's safe instead of stepping into authenticityYou're ready to stop searching and start embodying-- RESOURCES MENTIONED: No external resources mentioned in this episode. --- READY TO GO DEEPER? If what you heard today resonated, I'd love to support you in going deeper. Soul Reading is a 75-minute one-on-one session where I open your Akashic Records and help you reconnect with what your soul already knows about your path, your purpose, and what's next. Learn more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com/soul-reading⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- LET'S STAY CONNECTED: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.angelamckayllc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@angelamckayllc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Angela McKay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Career Revival⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠--- ABOUT THE PODCAST: The Unraveling Achiever is for the person who's done everything "right" and is questioning what that even means. Host Angela McKay - former SVP of HR turned intuitive career coach and soul reading practitioner - helps accomplished folks stop defaulting to what looks good and start building what feels true. You don't have to turn your life upside down. Just point your achiever energy toward a soul-led career and life you'll love.

    10 min

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The Unraveling Achiever is for the person who's done everything "right" and is questioning what that even means. You're the straight-A student, dependable, high-achiever everyone counts on. But something's shifting. The rules you've followed feel less like guidance and more like a cage you want to flip the bird to. Host Angela McKay - former SVP, HR turned intuitive career coach -helps accomplished folks stop defaulting to what looks good & start building what feels true. You don't have to turn life upside down. Just point your achiever energy toward a soul-led life and career you'll love.