Lis Doggett built a career she loved. Then something broke.

Tammy and Lori sit down with Lis Doggett, a purpose and leadership coach who spent more than 20 years helping people align who they are with what they do. Lis left the job she swore she would retire from. She walked her father home in his last years. And she came out the other side saying the thing most of us are afraid to say out loud. This is who I am now.

This episode goes underneath the work. It goes to the fear. It goes to the courage it takes to leave. It goes to the stories we tell ourselves to stay small.

The three of them trade the moments that cracked their old lives open. The 17-hour call weekends. The session that ended a corporate career. The 30 percent loan that became a line Lis would not cross. The bill collectors and the hat.

If you have ever told yourself it's fine, this one is for you. If you have ever dismissed your own instincts to keep the peace, this one is for you.

Lis launches her own podcast, Everybody Gets to Go, in July. We cannot wait.

Observe, don't absorb.

👉 Find out more about Lis and schedule a consult at www.hanaicareers.com!

Listen to The United States of Us wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every week.

(00:00) Welcome and meet Lis Doggett

(01:23) From Hawaii to the South, and walking her dad home

(04:47) It was never about the job

(05:56) If you think you're burned out, you already are

(07:19) Why Tammy left healthcare and moved abroad

(08:38) Lori walks away from corporate

(10:32) Letting go of the 8 to build the 10

(13:41) The two-year pause and the life algorithm

(15:25) The choice between work and a sick child

(16:54) You are replaceable, and that is freeing

(21:03) The energy bank

(24:47) I wasn't asking permission

(30:42) The lending job she walked away from

(33:17) Bankruptcy, divorce, and the hat

(35:20) The small cog and the decision to be small

(38:32) Changing the ecosystem of every room

(45:08) That day is today

(47:16) Observe, don't absorb

(51:27) Feeling everything as an empath

(52:44) Goodbyes

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