Finding Your Identity Beyond Your Career | Episode 78 with Joel Conwell

What happens when your career, identity, and future suddenly change? Joel Conwell joins Sunday Afternoon Smokes for a thoughtful conversation about faith, identity, purpose, entrepreneurship, and what it means to build a meaningful life beyond your job title. Chris and Joel explore Joel's journey from pastoral ministry into the technology world, the challenges of reinventing yourself after unexpected life changes, and why genuine human connection matters more than status or success. Along the way, they discuss marriage, fatherhood, podcasting, creativity, suicide prevention, writing books, corporate culture, and the pursuit of meaningful work. The conversation also dives into the tension between achievement and contentment, how personal identity can become tied to career, and why serving others often leads to a richer and more fulfilling life. This is a conversation about purpose, resilience, relationships, entrepreneurship, faith, and living with intention. Joel Conwell: https://jconwell.org/ Stay Project: https://stay-project.life/ Stay App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stay/id6780283058 Stretched Thin Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/25zwAosEgUXFYVmUai20yV?si=73f51c7dd4004a17 Sunday Afternoon Smokes: https://sundayafternoonsmokes.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sundayafternoonsmokes/