Allow It
It’s been a while, friends.
The career shifts that have occurred in the past year have been revolutionary and beautiful. Yes, growing pains included, but nonetheless, gracefully aligning.
At the start of 2024, I became the team lead of a wellness department at my local health food grocery store. It was one of my favorite positions I had. I poured my heart into this role, yet I will admit that after only a year of building my new department, I began to wonder: Is there more to this than dusting the shelves and scanning tags over and over? Is there something bigger and better?
I was beginning to feel unsettled. Redundant. That I was working too hard. I loved my job, so how could I give it up? Well, I believe the universe speculated my internal monologue and threw a wrench into my plans to protect me from following a path not meant for me. In one swift corporate decision, I was replaced and now titled the customer service manager. I was forced to mourn a project I dedicated so much work towards. I had no choice but to let go of a position I felt that I thrived in.
I am a believer that everything happens for a reason. So, through the discomfort, I had a goal to keep my head up and give my all to the new role. There was a part of me that I had to acknowledge: excitement for what was to come. I have always had a love for helping people and welcoming them. In this new position I was thrown into, perhaps I could put the people first, instead of putting the tasks first. I may be an enneagram 1, but I know that organization, lists, and details are not my purpose. They are merely my strengths. The people, however, are what fulfill me.
I had an epiphany about this in the park. Eyes closed, sun on my face, and a big tree in front of me. All along, my purpose has been the people. The service, the community, the compassion and empathy. Through the transition of leaving behind a position I had grown to love, I finally remembered the light of all that matters in the first place. Being, loving, and serving.
Fast forward to July of 2025. This epiphany I experienced in my previous workplace was important, and it was also the beginning of reconnecting to what I need, want, and who I dream of becoming. Slowly but surely, I started finding that retail nor customer service were what my heart required for fulfilling my purpose or for utilizing my gifts.
This situation only helped me come to terms with what my body needed, what truly aligned for me, and which path I was being nudged to follow.
Upon quitting the job, I enrolled in IIN. I became a Chiropractic Assistant for a local Gonstead chiropractor. I kickstarted the process of expanding Soulmade, creating a podcast, optimizing rest, and letting myself slow down. I am less bothered. I am less stressed. The quality of my life grew better and better. Let this be a message of encouragement. If you need to go through the changes, transitions, or different choices, allow it. How much are you willing to surrender and just allow? Each small action made with a decision based in sensing and growth is an action leading you closer and closer to your destiny.
It is with gratitude that I remember who I am. And it is with courage I choose to listen to my soul and to Creator. After all, the experience of it all is soul-made.