Trying to decide whether to stay in your current job or start looking for a new one?
Trust your judgement again.
Career decision coaching for experienced professionals stuck between staying and leaving.
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“Immediately, I felt anchored. For the first time in a very long time, I felt like I could stop treading water and actually figure things out.”
— D.H.
“Tanya instilled in me the trust to rely on my instincts while consistently keeping the broader perspective and end goals at the forefront.”
— Mitra Khatibi
If you’ve ever found yourself circling the same decision for months, even years, you’re not alone.
Should I stay in this job or move on?
Should I start looking for something else?
Is this a bad time to leave? What if I make the wrong move? Should I just double down and stay put for now?
More often, that inner dialogue sounds like:
“Maybe I should wait it out a little longer.” “Maybe now isn’t the right time.” “I should probably do some more research and gather more information.”
Yet what’s keeping you stuck is often simpler than that:
The familiar option often feels safer (that devil-you-know thing).
But safer and right (for you, that is) are not always the same thing.
Your brain prefers the known over the unknown.
Even when you’re going back and forth on what to do, it’s rarely because you’re confused.
More often, it’s because the known feels safer than the unknown.
Even when the known is no longer working for you.
So you stay busy and productive.
You keep delivering. Keep taking on more.
Keep over-functioning.
And the bigger decision keeps getting pushed to the back-burner.
Frustration is telling you something.
Your frustration is more than an annoying mood you can’t seem to shake.
It’s often a valuable signal that something’s off…and that another part of you knows it.
Of course it’s hard. Because there might be various factors at play.
Perhaps you’re being pulled by fear.
Maybe it’s about expectations, or a sense of responsibility — to your manager, your team, or your family and circle.
Maybe it’s old beliefs filtering and shaping what you see as possible — or not — when things feel uncertain.
But once you can think and see clearly, and understand the forces driving your frustration and second-guessing, it becomes easier to choose what’s truly right for you.
I work privately with experienced professionals who are facing decisions like this.
Not to give advice.
Nor to tell you what you should do.
But to help you slow things down, think clearly, and trust your own judgment again so you stop losing time and energy to second-guessing and going in circles.
If you’re circling a should-I-stay-or-go decision, we can talk it through.