The Collective Season: Spirituality + Career

Julia goes solo to discuss how spirituality and faith can inform career decisions, drawing on her experience working across faith-based and non-faith-based environments.

In this special episode, Julia Toothacre is going solo to talk about the impact your spirituality can have on your career decisions. This will not be from any specific spiritual lens but more of an overview for those whose faith and beliefs might impact their career. Julia shares her experience and a few examples from past clients on how their faith has informed their decisions.

I'm not getting into any theological debates with anyone, so don't come at me. This is meant to be an overview and starting point for how to view your career and spirituality or faith. While I don't work exclusively with clients from any faith, I am well-versed in career perspectives within the Christian faith, but I won't be going into that in this episode.

What are my qualifications to speak on this topic?

I worked in a faith-based environment and a non-faith-based environment. From people who were firm in their faith to those still figuring out to those who had lost it. I've worked with people from all faiths and spiritual backgrounds.

Here is an overview of what will be discussed in this episode:

Does your faith inform your career? In what way?

I go over different questions and scenarios to consider regarding the impact of your faith on your career. I help you figure out to what extent the two co-mingle, if at all.

From there, I discuss what deal breakers you have that relate to your faith and spirituality.

These dealbreakers can inform the type of company you work for or the type of work you do. I recommend my Values Guide as a starting place. You can download it HERE.

I go into a lot more and provide many examples in the episode, but here's what I want you to remember...

At the end of the day, your spiritual life is YOUR life. It's not someone else's; you need to make decisions that work for you and your worldview. It doesn't matter what choice you make as long as you understand WHY you're making that choice.

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