Career evolution for health professionals
Unshould your career.
Find what you actually want.
Make it happen.
Feeling trapped by the shoulds?
You trained for years. Your good at what you do.
But somewhere between what you should do with your training, what a working parent should want, what makes financial sense, and what you've always done—what you actually want got buried.
The average health professional will shift roles multiple times across their career. Not because they're uncommitted, but because who you are at 25 isn't who you are at 35 or 45.
Your training opened doors. It doesn't have to lock you into one room.
Which means the art of unshoulding your career is something every health professional needs to learn.
We all need to figure out what we actually want and need—and know how to make it happen without throwing away everything we've built.
Because you're not just going to ask "what do I actually want?" once in your lifetime.
The best thing you can do is give yourself permission to ask the question.
I'll help you work through the rest.
You are allowed to outgrow people, including past versions of yourself.
WAYS I CAN SUPPORT YOU
"I'm looking to..."
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Move beyond clinical work
Take the StreamAhead™- the only healthcare specific interest-mapping tool that reveals which healthcare workstreams align with how you actually think, work, and thrive.
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Get clear on my next step
Your Next Step™ is a short, self-paced decision-making course for health professionals at a crossroads. Get clarity on what kind of change and role suits your life and map your next step.
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Make a decision, quickly!
The Clarity Compass™ is your 1:1 deep dive that pinpoints where you’re stuck and what aligned decision to make next. Whether it's time sensitive or your stuck deciding between two good options, after 90minutes, the fog will lift and you will have the clarity to decide what's right for you.
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Get tailored 1:1 coaching support
The Stuck to Strategic™ Signature Program is for experienced health professionals stuck in career limbo—good at what you do, but unclear on what's next. 8 weeks of life-friendly personalised coaching using The Unshould Framework™ to move from indecision to confident action.
Hi, I'm Ruth
BNutDiet, M.HlthSc (Adult Ed), PhD
I help values-driven health professionals unshould their careers, moving from feeling trapped by competing expectations to finding work that aligns with who they are becoming.
I spent over 13 years as a clinical dietitian - advancing my specialist practice, leading and educating practitioners, creating impact. Then my priorities shifted and I needed flexibility and refused to sacrifice my wellbeing anymore, no matter how meaningful the work was.
On the morning commute into hospital, I asked: "If I could be doing anything right now, what would that be?"
That question was a turning point for a new season. It revealed possibilities I hadn't seen, ways to leverage my expertise and honour my evolving identity.
If what fulfils you has changed, your career can change too.
My approach combines:
PhD in decision-making and expertise development
20+ years in healthcare
The Unshould Decision Framework™
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
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I thought I had to choose between staying miserable or starting over. Ruth helped me see options I couldn't see before - ways to use my skills that actually energise me instead of draining me.
Alexandra T,
Dietitian, Australia
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For the first time, I'm making career decisions based on what I want, not what I think I should want. It feels daunting and liberating all at once. Ruth has this way of getting you out of your head and towards feeling brave enough to act on your new awareness.
sarah k, ot, usa
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I was this close to leaving healthcare all together. After working through her decision framework, turns out I didn't need a complete career change - I needed a process for figuring out what else I can use my expertise on.
DAVID P,
PT, CANADA
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I almost didn't reach out because I thought 'she's from a different field, how can she help me? But Ruth understood what where I was stuck—the identity crisis, the guilt, the 'but I trained for this' paralysis. Turns out my roadblocks had very little to do with my profession.
SARU S,
RN, USA
