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ALL OR NOTHING PODCAST EPISODE 3: CARVE YOUR OWN PATH - EMBRACING THE NON-LINEAR CAREER

We talk a lot about careers, but not enough about the paths behind them.


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Many of us are taught that a career should look a certain way. You pick a direction, stay the course, and follow the steps in order. In medicine especially, the path is often presented as fixed, linear, and unquestionable. But real life isn’t linear, and most careers aren’t either.


In this episode of the All or Nothing Podcast, I talk about what it feels like to drift off the “expected” path and why that doesn’t make you a failure. I explore the pressure to stay inside the lines, what happens when your interests change, and why it can feel confronting to choose a different direction.


A non-linear career isn’t a detour. It’s often where growth happens. It’s where people discover strengths they didn’t know they had, reconnect with what matters to them, and build a path that feels more authentic than the one they started with.


We also look at the identity side of career change. When so much of your self-worth is tied up in titles, exams, roles, or achievements, stepping into something new can feel uneasy. But it can also be grounding. Clarifying. Liberating.


Your career doesn’t have to follow a straight line to be meaningful. You’re allowed to evolve, to shift direction, and to choose a path that reflects who you are now rather than who you were when you began.


Subscribe for more insights from the All or Nothing Podcast with Dr. Heather Anderson by ALLOR Cosmetic Medicine.


Watch Episode 3: Carve Your Own Path – Embracing the Non-linear Career





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