The Truth About Career Pivots No One Talks About
4/3/20261 hr 30 min
What feels like a setback might actually be your setup.
In this episode, LaMyiah Pearlinia opens up about losing her job, facing identity loss, and learning to trust God through uncertainty.
This is a raw conversation about purpose, pivots, and stepping into what you’re truly called to do.
Key Takeaways
-Losing your job can be a redirection, not a failure.
-Staying authentic matters more than fitting into the wrong role.
-Fear often comes from identity being tied to your career.
-You can’t operate in purpose while chasing someone else’s vision.
-Sometimes growth requires surrender, not control.
-Peace is often the biggest confirmation you made the right decision.
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Shawn French· Host0:58
You yourself have gone through some hard moments in your life.
LaMyiah Pearlinia· Guest1:01
Yeah.
Shawn French· Host1:01
I mean, being the first woman in 40 years to graduate college.
LaMyiah Pearlinia· Guest1:04
And the first one to go to an HBCU, and that gives me joy, even if I have to go home to Minnesota, which I'm not, 'cause I don't wanna go home to Minnesota.
Shawn French· Host1:13
And you're, you're not, you're not gonna have to go.
LaMyiah Pearlinia· Guest1:14
No. Even if I have to. My mom wanting to go back to school to get her GED because Maya went to college, or my mom buying her first home because anything is possible now, 'cause she's seen it in her daughter. My achievements and the places