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54: Four Reasons It’s So Hard to Quit Corporate (and How to Do It Anyway)

54: Four Reasons It’s So Hard to Quit Corporate (and How to Do It Anyway)

Update: 2025-10-29
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If you’re still in your corporate job — serving someone else’s agenda, showing up for work that doesn’t fit who you are or what you believe in — this episode is for you.

n this short, punchy episode, I’m breaking down four reasons it takes so much courage to quit corporate — and how to move through each of them so you can make a confident, grounded exit into more meaningful work of your own.

Because if you’ve been scheming, dreaming, and planning your career change for months (or years) but somehow still haven’t made your move, there’s a reason for that. You’re not lazy, incapable, or confused — you’re human. And your fears are doing their job: trying to keep you safe.

We’ll unpack what’s really keeping you stuck — and what to do about it.


In this episode you’ll learn how to:

  • Recognise the real fears hiding beneath practical excuses

  • Reframe burnout as a signal, not a failure

  • Build a personalised, empowered exit plan

  • Take grounded action toward meaningful, purpose-led work


If you’re ready to stop planning and start acting, I can help you map your next steps.

Book your Courage to Quit session at regenerativeworklife.com/courage

Next steps:

Book Courage to Quit — a 90-minute session to create your personalised exit plan.
Subscribe to my emails — your weekly lifeline out of corporate.
Explore more and read transcripts on the website.

Related episodes:

💰 Money — How corporate systems deliberately use money as leverage, and practical ways to loosen that control so financial fear doesn’t dictate your next move.
→ Listen next: EP17 – Regeneration and Money: A Financial Plan for Your Purpose-Led Career


🧠 Identity — Why your job title feels inseparable from your self-worth (and how to remember who you are beyond your work).
→ Listen next: EP53 – Who Are You Without Your Job Title?


😬 Self-Doubt — Why even the most capable professionals struggle to trust themselves outside of corporate systems — and how to “outsource your confidence” until it becomes your own.
Listen next: EP14 – Three Fears Holding You Back from Purposeful, Regenerative Work



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54: Four Reasons It’s So Hard to Quit Corporate (and How to Do It Anyway)

54: Four Reasons It’s So Hard to Quit Corporate (and How to Do It Anyway)

Alisa Murphy - From Corporate Into Calling