The underfilled overachiever -- Living in a destinational world -- Directional living : a new way forward -- Phase I: Recognize--identifying the problem -- Phase II: Align--recovering your inner sense of direction -- Phase III: Release--letting go of what's holding you back -- Phase IV: Orient--finding your big direction -- Phase V: Iterate--taking aligned action -- The directional living movement -- Acknowledgments -- Additional resources -- The directional dictionary -- Reading list

"A guide for creating a life of maximum fulfillment and purpose, by the "Conscious Career Coach," whose program has helped hundreds of women find their career paths including Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez So many of us have done everything right for our careers. We got the grades, made the 5-year plan, climbed the ladder toward our goals; from the outside, we are the very definition of "success." Why then do we find ourselves burned out, losing our ambition, consumed by impostor syndrome, and ultimately unfulfilled? In DIRECTIONAL LIVING, Megan Hellerer presents a new way of thinking about our lives, one that turns away from the voices telling us what a good life "should" look like, and instead relies on cultivating our own inner navigation. Through Hellerer's revolutionary new blueprint, we can get unstuck in our careers or even transform them, move from misery to meaning, and find the work we are meant to be doing in the world. DIRECTIONAL LIVING is both a philosophy and a practical guide to getting unstuck, encouraging experimentation and ultimately creating not just a great life, but your great life-one full of genuine purpose, meaning, ease and authenticity"--