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The Quiet Pivot: If I'm Not That Job, Who Am I?

The Quiet Pivot: If I'm Not That Job, Who Am I?

Stories for the future

June 9, 20259m 59s

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Show Notes

This episode is about something that hit harder than I expected when I lost my job in oil and gas: Not the income. Not the office.


But the identity.


Who was I if I wasn't “Veslemøy, the geophysicist”?


What was I supposed to say at parties, in my bio, or when someone casually asked, “So, what do you do?”


In this solo episode, I talk about how I’d unknowingly tied my self-worth to my job title — and what happened when that label disappeared.


You’ll hear how I started peeling back the layers, reconnecting with parts of myself I’d shelved for years, and learning how to sketch a new identity from the inside out.


🧰 This episode is part of The Quiet Pivot Companion Pack


A simple Notion-based toolkit designed to support you if you’re navigating a career pivot — especially if it wasn’t entirely by choice.


In today’s episode, I reference a couple of the tools:


The Identity Sketch Pad and the mind hack I like to call Put Your Professional Identity on the Shelf


📦 Want the Companion Pack?


You can get it two ways:


🔑 Paying Substack subscribers get full access: vklavenes.substack.com


Or if you prefer a one-off download instead; go to storiesforthefuture.com/pivot


I really hope you will find this valuable - wheter going all in with the Pivot Pack, or just by listening to the podcast episodes.


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