I love cows, but I’m allergic to milk.

I love cows. I love the way they look, their big noses, the way they chew and wander a pasture all day. But the irony is, I am very allergic to milk. I recently had a blood test that showed I have the highest immune response to cow’s milk. I have known this all along, as all milk products make me feel sick, but the test proved it.

Do we really need a test to prove that something is biological or genetic to stop?

Is your job something you are attracted to and either right away, or after years, you started to have a reaction and now it makes you sick? Whether physically or mentally, you at least know that feeling of dread. It may surface during a meeting, an occasional shift or every day.

I’m not a doctor or a therapist, but I am a career coach with 30 years navigating careers for myself and others. Does loving cows, but being allergic to them resonate with you? If so, I believe most of you need to either:

• admit that the career you were attracted to is not what you need

• or you have already admitted it and need to move past what you perceive as a failure (when it likely is not, more often just a path to what is next)

• or you are simply too burned out to make a move

If you want to take a small step to feel less “sick” today, think of a different role or career that you are attracted to.

Write it down.

Make it real.

Then each day, add to this note. Then, one day, make the move.

I love dogs and I’m not allergic to dander.

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