Hello beautiful soul!
My career as a medical Speech-Language Pathologist
spanned more than two decades.
It was enormously rewarding.
I worked in every clinical setting and preferred the high-stress,
fast-paced, high-stakes positions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,
Traumatic Brain Injury, and Pediatric/Adolescent Intensive Care Units.
It was thrilling for me to work alongside other clinically competent,
patient-centered professionals who took pride in their work integrity.
I was a great team player and got along extremely well with everyone.
Until I didn’t.
After almost 3 years in my last hospital job,
I started to notice some cold and distant behavior from one of my co-workers.
I inquired about it and was brushed off.
It persisted and I became increasingly uncomfortable.
For the first time in my career, I found myself on a team
with someone who expressed outwardly negative feelings towards me.
One day, I confronted her.
“Is something going on?
It feels like you are upset with me and I have no idea why.
Have I said something to upset you?”
She averted her gaze at first, and then confessed.
Apparently another colleague had become envious
of the number of weekend hours our supervisor had assigned to me.
That colleague created a story that I was taking work away from her.
And my weekday colleague chose to hold a grudge against me,
seemingly in solidarity with the weekend colleague.
To say that this was silly and unnecessary is an understatement.
I was not hogging weekend work hours.
I wasn’t even the person who set the schedule.
I took the issue to my supervisor to ask for her suggestions.
She laughed.
“No one else has asked for weekend hours, Stephanie.
I have no idea why this would suddenly be a point of contention.”
For a few more weeks,
I muddled through the mounting discomfort of working with colleagues
with whom I no longer felt safe.
One day, during a moment of solitude,
I heard an inquiry from my higher self:
Do you love this place? This job? This situation?
My answer was a clear and immediate NO.
Then, leave. Go where you are loved and feel safe and supported.
Within a few months,
I tendered my resignation.
I turned my attention to full-time channeling.
It was a huge leap of faith and
turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life.
Hearing from my higher self in that moment
helped me to clarify what I needed.
That empowered me to make some tough decisions
about where to direct my professional resources.
Are there questions that you would like to ask
your higher self?
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