Leaving law taught me a powerful lesson about fear, freedom, and trusting yourself during a career change. Read insights from a career change coach on how to navigate others’ fears while following your path.

As a career change coach, I hear this all the time: “But I’ve invested so much into this career.”

It’s one of the most common fears that keeps brilliant professionals stuck in careers that no longer fit. This is what psychologists call the sunk cost fallacy – the belief that because you’ve already invested time, money, or effort, you have to keep going, even if it’s making you miserable.

When I moved from being a divorce lawyer to becoming a career change coach, the two worlds could not have been more different.

When I was considering leaving my career as a solicitor, one of my biggest concerns was making the "wrong" decision. I didn’t want to find myself in a new job but feeling exactly the same in a year’s time. I knew it was time for a change, but I also knew I had to be intentional about what I did next.