Choosing to Stay When Leaving Would Be Easier

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There’s always this temptation to leave, isn’t there? In relationships, plans, jobs – prolonged discomfort makes us feel cornered into only one option: escape. 

While this episode is mainly about choosing to stay or go within the job world, much of the underlying principles we talk about can be applied to the question: Do I stick around or cut ties?

How do you practically navigate the tension between a desire to do something you’re passionate about, but being asked to do something else?

For those who make the decision to leave, how you leave one chapter will determine how you start the next – but, there’s a flip side.

How you stay matters.

Today’s guest, Natalie Runion, moved across states to walk into a dream position, but quickly found she had to navigate something less than dream-like. That moment led to the launch of a counter-cultural sentiment: Raised to Stay. Instead of validating every single reason to go, she pressed in to learn what it means to stay.