Have you ever looked around at the career you worked so hard to build and thought, “Surely there has to be more than this?”
🔍 What You’ll Learn:
Many STEM professionals spend years building expertise, only to find themselves feeling flat, bored, frustrated, or disconnected from their work. The challenge is not always burnout. Sometimes you’ve simply outgrown the role, environment, or version of yourself that got you there.
In this episode, leadership coach and Happiness Concierge founder Rachel Service shares a practical framework to understand what motivates you, recognise when something is off, and start creating a career that better aligns with who you are today.
You’ll discover:
Play this episode if you’re feeling restless, uninspired, or trapped in a career that no longer fits, and want practical tools to start creating a better path forward.
🧠 About the Guest:
Rachel Service is the founder and CEO of Happiness Concierge, a leadership and workplace training company that has worked with more than 200 organisations. After experiencing anxiety, burnout, and depression herself, Rachel built a business dedicated to helping people create healthier, more fulfilling working lives.
Alongside running her company, she is studying psychology at the University of Melbourne and continues to explore the science of motivation, wellbeing, and human behaviour.
📌 Episode Highlights:
00:00 Why feeling flat at work is often a motivation problem, not a capability problem
04:00 Rachel’s burnout story and the moment she realised there had to be more
08:30 What motivation really means and why willpower alone isn’t enough
12:00 The “whinge phase”: recognising when you’ve outgrown your work
16:00 The 9 workplace motivation factors that drive career satisfaction
18:00 Angelique’s experience with autonomy, creativity, and feeling boxed in
23:00 Can work meet all your needs, or should motivation come from multiple parts of life?
28:00 The hidden cost of staying stuck
30:00 Why permission and identity are often the biggest barriers to change
35:00 Creating an alternative reality and nurturing new possibilities
43:00 Tiny actions that build momentum toward career change
46:00 How to have honest conversations with your manager before it’s too late
51:00 A practical roadmap for moving from frustration to action
🔗 Resources Mentioned:
🤔 Reflection Time:
If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who seems permanently stuck in the “whinge phase”. Sometimes awareness is the first step toward building a career that actually fits.
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