Your Relationship with Your Job

Every time we interact with someone or something, a relationship is formed. The relationship is represented as the connection (or lack thereof). This even applies to our jobs.

When our work feels like "just a job", it's a symptom. Of disconnection. Of separation. This may mean that we aren't letting ourselves express ourselves at work. It also may mean that the work we're doing (and/or how we're doing it) is out of integrity with our core values.

I was just coaching someone on this the other day. What they realized is they had been approaching their work based on how they thought they were supposed to, instead of based on what felt right for them. This led to a lot of forcing and a lot of energy expenditure and a lot of second-guessing.

Seeing this, she has shifted her approach. She has reconnected to her gut - which is where she experiences her inner knowing. And she uses her body-based wisdom to help her decide how to show up at work and what to do. It has allowed her to be her at work. It has let her hear advice from others differently. She has more energy and less force. And people are noticing. Clients are seeking her out now. When before it felt like she was dragging herself in each interaction.

I share this because, like any relationship worth investing in, our relationship to our work can be repaired.

So what about for you - how is your relationship with your work? What do you like about it, and what are you ready to change?