Episode 54: How to change careers without losing your house with Dr. Laura Brenner
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From Laura's website
What makes me different? I get real about Dentistry.
I thought I had my life all planned out. I thought I knew myself well enough to trust in my plan, but I was wrong in so many ways. While I knew I wanted a stable, comfortable, and successful life, buried deep inside of me was someone who longed for creativity, spontaneity, and adventure. I took the safe path and chose a career in dentistry because I knew it would provide the perfect life I could fit neatly into a box. I was going to be happy, help people, and have a dream lifestyle to go along with my dream career.
Something went wrong along the way because that’s not how it turned out. Instead I ended up trapped in the wrong life– the wrong career.
During the 10 years I practiced dentistry, it appeared as if I had it all. From the outside it seemed I was thriving in a noble career helping so many people, earning an amazing income, cultivating happy personal relationships, and living in total freedom. I had it all, or so it seemed. I had all those things, but I was far from feeling happy and fulfilled.
Instead, I dreaded my days in the office. I wasted away my nights, worrying about the days that surrounded each night. I lived for vacations, only to be even more depressed returning home to face the reality of my life. I worried all the time– about work, about my patients, and that I couldn’t save enough money to retire early enough. For years I secretly suffered through each day, hating about myself the very thing that I had come to use to define myself: being a dentist.
Photo of Laura Brenner DDS After Career Change
I knew I wanted to change, but I was doing nothing about it! Years went by, and I couldn’t get off the roller coaster.
After feeling stuck for so long, I knew I had to change. I had no choice but to finally DO SOMETHING, and that changed my life forever. Working with a career coach was a turning point for me. I learned how to better manage stressful situations, I learned to finally admit that clinical dentistry was not right for me, and I learned ways to change my mindset about what was possible in my life. It wasn’t easy, but it was worth it.
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