I Chose Myself Over My Psychology Career — Why I Walked Away | Olivia Maxwell #20

This episode might trigger you and that’s the point.We’re taught to build a life that looks right. Study hard. Get the title. Stay in the system. Be someone that makes sense to the world.I did all of that.And then it all fell apart.What came wasn’t a gentle awakening - it was shock, grief, and a truth I couldn’t ignore. The kind of truth that disrupts everything you’ve worked for. The kind that asks you to walk away from the very identity you built your life around.So I did.I chose myself over my psychology career. Over the years of study. Over the safety of a title. Over being understood.And it felt like warfare.Because choosing yourself isn’t always empowering at first - it’s disorienting, confronting, and scary. It asks you to let go of who you’ve been told to be, without knowing who you’re becoming.But here’s the truth no one talks about:Clinging to an identity that isn’t aligned will cost you far more than walking away ever will.On the other side of that collapse, I found something real.A life that isn’t performative.A path that isn’t dictated by systems.A version of me that is fully alive, embodied, and unapologetic. A version where my passion gets to soar!If you feel like the life you’ve built isn’t actually yours, this is your permission to question everything.| Olivia Maxwell |Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/awakened_mbs/Website | https://awakenedmbs.com.au/