What to Do When Your Life Looks Right but Feels Wrong

In this episode of In Alignment, founders Annie Ripp and Marissa Vivori share the real story behind their career pivots, entrepreneurial leap, and the healing that had to happen before Shift could be built.This conversation is for the woman who has the job that looks good on paper but feels misaligned inside. The woman who feels the quiet nudge toward something more but keeps overriding it with logic, fear, or comfort.Annie and Marissa explore:* Moving from traditional, high-achieving career paths into entrepreneurship* Leaving comfortable, prestigious roles to follow something uncertain* The role of intuition in major life decisions* How healing past wounds impacts your career path* Why happiness, not status, should guide your choices* The power of community in personal growth* Listening to your body when it whispers before it screams* Signs from the universe and learning how to recognize them* Embracing uncertainty instead of waiting for guaranteesMarissa shares how unexpected events and serendipity shaped her path from tech to building in women’s health. Annie reflects on the internal unraveling that preceded her own pivot and how healing and self-discovery became the foundation for entrepreneurship.This episode reframes entrepreneurship not as hustle culture, but as a healing journey. Not as a ladder to climb, but as alignment to return to.Because sometimes the biggest risk isn’t leaving.It’s staying where you’ve outgrown yourself. Get full access to Shift Into Alignment at shiftintoalignment.substack.com/subscribe