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Navigating Unexpected Career Pivots: It's All About Your Mindset (w/ Dr. Kiarra King)
Description
What if the thing that interrupted your plans was actually the thing making room for a life you would have never chosen for yourself?
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Kiarra King, an OB-GYN who experienced an unexpected career disruption at 39 weeks pregnant. What began as losing her job became the space she needed to rethink how she wanted to work, live, and use her skills.
We talk about trusting God when the future makes no sense, realizing that the skills we built in one chapter can carry us into another, and letting go of the version of success we were taught to pursue. Dr. Kiara also shares what it means to get radically aligned with who you are becoming instead of who everyone else expects you to be.
Sometimes the door that closes isn't the end of the story. It may be the reason you finally start writing a different one.
Topics Covered:
00:00:00 – Episode snippet
00:02:57 – Welcoming our guest, Dr. Kiarra King
00:04:30 – When career plans change
00:07:29 – Living beyond work
00:12:17 – Sponsor: First Light Home Care of Bowie
00:14:20 – Trusting God in uncertainty
00:18:02 – Asking for help
00:22:03 – Detaching from expectations
00:24:23 – Skills are transferrable
00:26:45 – Remembering what you’ve overcome
00:29:33 – Transferring resilience
00:33:51 – Get radically aligned with who you are
00:38:02 – Letting go of the plan
00:40:41 – Giving yourself permission
00:42:29 – One word: “Start”
00:43:08 – Connect with Dr. Kiarra King
Key Takeaways:
“Building resilience and fortitude means we can transfer that strength to whatever area of our life seems uncertain.”
“If God did it for them, he can do it for me.”
“Faith can look like reaching out to people that are willing to uplift you in moments of need.”"Share how you overcame, because you don't know what your story means to somebody else.”
“The life I'm living is so much better than the one that I was trying to desperately hold on to.”
✨Season 5 Sponsor:
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About the Guest
Dr. Kiarra King, M.D. is a Chicago-based board-certified OB-GYN, women’s health expert, speaker, and digital content creator. She is passionate about empowering women through education, relatable conversations, and wellness-focused content. Beyond medicine, Dr. King shares insights on fashion, lifestyle, purpose, and creating a life that reflects who you are becoming.
Connect with Dr. Kiarra
IG: https://www.instagram.com/drkiarraking/