How to have your career fit your new identity as a mother

“We need to look at your new criteria for happiness. To find this, we start at what you really want to contribute with your skills and what you want a workplace to look like. From these we start to look at jobs outside the box, outside of what your resume can get.”In this episode, Laura Berman Fortgang, Career Reinvention Coach, joins founder and CEO Kinia Romanowska to talk about how she helps her clients to gain clarity and direction in their career, leverage their experience and skills towards something new, and solidify a strategy personalized to them.Tune in to this episode for insights on career choice, reinvention, how to grow and sustain a service bases business, and more.Laura Berman Fortgang is a pioneer in the personal coaching field. She has written five books, has a TedxTalk with 1.6 million views and has appeared on numerous morning shows. She has raised her own family, with three artistic and entrepreneurial children as a business owner. Connect with Laura at https://laurabermanfortgang.com/ or https://nowwhatcoaching.com/. 0:00 Intro0:56 Meet Laura1:48 Laura’s experience in a job that no longer aligned with her identity2:55 Looking at your life story will help give you clues to discover your life purpose8:00 Questions to ask yourself when you are looking at other opportunities13:15 How do you approach making a drastic change in your career?16:21 Staying positive and encouraged about your transition17:43 Laura’s journey through being a working mom22:44 Laura’s tips and tricks to achieve your full potential24:50 Laura’s 25-year vision30:49 Being flexible is the most important thing to learn in today’s day and age34:01 Connect with Laura35:34 EndnotesIf you’re enjoying the show, I’d be so grateful if you left us a review on iTunes so we can reach more moms, just like you. No one should be alone with the crushing overwhelm of trying to balance family and career life.Want more support from moms just like you? Join us at facebook.com/groups/prosandbabesBe the first to access our free training on career and family life strategies, financial planning for moms, back-to-work planning, and more.Kinia Romanowska is a mother of two, wife, and award-winning journalist turned founder and CEO of Pros&Babes. She helps women in STEM, competitive, and corporate careers (and their employers) turn the "motherhood penalty" into their greatest advantage, through the MoMBA™ (Mom MBA), a 12-month hybrid group coaching, and 1-1 program.For more information, visit momba.prosandbabes.com