Ep. 8: If It’s On Your Heart, It’s Time to Start with Kayla Hoffmeier
You did everything right. Got the degrees. Landed the job. Built the “secure” career. So why does it still feel like… ugh?
In this raw and energizing convo, I sit down with Kayla Hoffmeier, former D1 athletic trainer turned virtual assistant powerhouse, network marketing pro, and full-on alignment queen. We talk about the whispers that told her something had to change… and the scary, beautiful, non-linear pivots that followed.
From walking away mid-season from a job she worked years to get, to unknowingly prepping her life and career for one of her biggest personal challenges, Kayla shows us what it looks like to choose yourself, even when it makes zero sense on paper.
You’ll learn:
✔️ How to recognize when the pivot’s already begun (before you take action)
✔️ The power of saying “yes” before you know how it’ll all work out
✔️ What it really means to be the most “you” version of yourself in your work
✔️ The risks no one talks about when you stay in a misaligned job
✔️ Why building flexibility isn’t just about freedom, it can be a lifesaver
✔️ How to borrow some of Kayla’s badass confidence for your next move
Whether you’re stuck in a “safe” job that’s slowly draining your soul or standing on the edge of a bold leap, this one will hit deep.
🧃 Bonus: Find out why Kayla is 1000% a matcha latte and not just because she’s bright, energizing, and aesthetically pleasing AF.
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🎙️ If it’s on your heart? It’s time to start. You don’t need the full map, just enough faith to take the first step. Let’s go.
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Introduction to The Pivot Point Podcast
You are listening to the pivot point where we unpack the defining moments that shift careers and lives. I'm your host, Laura Dionisio, a founder of Lead Intact, and my mission is to spotlight the raw real stories behind career pivots, the fears, the hopes. The messy middles and the bold decisions that follow if you're feeling stuck or quietly wondering what's next?
I hope these stories help you see yourself a little more clearly and inspire you to start moving toward your own dream life. Let's begin.
Meet Kayla Hoffmeyer: From Athletic Trainer to Executive Assistant
Welcome Kayla to the Pivot Point Podcast. I am so excited to have you here. So how I know Kayla is through Elyse Archer. She Sells community as part of the 10 K Club, and Kayla's just a rockstar. She like keeps everything flowing. And not only that, but. Because of this one conversation we had.
Now I am really inspired and motivated to complete my eight K steps daily.
best goal. I love it.
Yeah. Now that it's warm, every time I think, should I stay in my apartment, I'm like, Kayla is walking around her house right now. You gotta do it.
laughs around my kitchen. Just
Yeah.
all the.
Yeah. So I wanna start out by reading your bio, can you hear the sirens?
a little bit, but it's okay.
I mean, are you really in New York? If there are no sirens in the background, no. There it is. I'm just gonna let it pass.
I love it.
Okay. It's called the Brooklyn soundtrack and yeah,
I see. I can
Hoffmeyer. Okay.
Kayla's Career Journey: The First Pivot
Kayla Hoffmeyer is a former division one athletic trainer, turned full-time executive assistant and network marketing professional.
No wonder you're so freaking fit. Honestly. I was like, why are her legs amazing and how can I have them? She's a wife. Mom of two and a passionate advocate for building a life that prioritizes flexibility, fulfillment, and purpose. After stepping away from college athletics, Kayla leaned into her desire for more freedom and time with her family.
I. That shift led her to network marketing and eventually opened the door to a thriving career as a virtual executive badass assistant. I added that part Two roles that allow her to support others while being fully present at home. Whether she's managing projects behind the scenes, sharing about wellness and mindset on Instagram, or balancing mom life with entrepreneurship, Kayla is living proof that you can create a life and career on your own terms.
I love it. I just love hearing even that like after everything, going through everything to get here, like even just hearing it about myself, I'm like, oh my gosh.
Yeah, and and truly, you're not just saying that to the part about your living proof. You can create a life and career on your own terms. You're not just. Saying that for the likes because before we even started recording, you know, I like to set an intention for every meeting and yeah, go ahead and share with the audience like what was your intention?
Embracing Change: The Importance of Saying Yes
If something is on your heart that you need to do differently for your life, it's there for a reason. And one thing that I learned is not to sit and just overthink it forever. Just go for it. Because it can truly change the course of your entire life when you just say yes, like
Oh, so good. So good. And that's honestly why I started this podcast is because through my own life I've had a lot of career pivots. Some of them actually, most of them weren't just career pivots. They were like straight up life pivots. And so that's why, when. I started following you on Instagram and started noticing your amazingness, you know, being an EA for Elyse.
I was like, Ooh, she's got a story and I think we all need to hear it. So you just mentioned earlier, you know, like when you did it for yourself, you said yes to what you really wanted. So walk us through what that was like. What was happening before you said yes to yourself. Paint a picture for us.
Navigating Career Pivots: Personal Insights
Well, I have had a lot of different in my life, but honestly, going back to like the very beginning of kind of where this all started is. I was in a career that I had worked so hard for like years of school, undergrad degree, master's degree, like went and got the dream job that I had pictured
Mm-hmm.
And when I finally got in it, I'm like, this cannot be everything. Like this cannot be it. Like, is this what I'm really gonna have to do forever? Like, why did I think I wanted this? Everything starts when you start feeling like that and you're like in this position of like, is this truly like the feeling that I'm going to have every single day for the rest of my life until I don't have to do this anymore?
Mm-hmm.
starts to creep up in any way, shape, or form, and you just like can't see yourself building a life around what you're currently doing. pivot is already starting to happen and like those
Ooh.
blocks are already creeping up on you and sometimes it's going to, you like might need to stay in it for a bit until you figure out what that next step is. Sometimes it comes out of literally absolutely nowhere and
Mm-hmm.
every time it's there for a reason and sometimes it takes a while to figure out what that reason actually is. Because for me in like that very first pivot, I'm like. Why is this happening to me? Like
Yeah.
in victim mode a little bit because I'm like, I worked so hard for this,
Mm-hmm.
why all of a sudden am I finally in it and I am like, I need to make a pivot right now, or I'm gonna lose my mind.
It's
Mm-hmm.
makes sense in the moment. I feel like, really? But eventually you're like, that's, that's why that all happened. Even now for me, this was. Like almost 10 years ago that all of this, like very first pivot happened, and I can see so clearly now why all of it happened, but in the moment it was very confusing, very.
I think that's so important to highlight, right? Because I feel like as, as humans we like, we wanna know why we wanna, where's it going, where is it leading to? And what it sounds like is you don't necessarily even figure that out until years later.
Yeah,
in the moment were you feeling thoughts of like, but where is this going?
Were you at any point. Kind of, yeah. Talk us through what was that like, and also like what did you do to finally be like, you know what? Fuck it. I'm saying yes to me.
Taking Risks for Personal Fulfillment
so I, well, one, you put yourself in this feeling of like. am I not good enough to feel like this is where I need to be? And like
Hmm.
of what am I supposed to do with my life now? Because this is the whole plan that I had. And for me, I like at some point you also just like have to choose yourself.
As hard as that is for a lot of us sometimes, because my whole situation I didn't even have time to exist in my own life because it was all. To the job that I was in that I thought I wanted to just do for the rest of forever.
Mm-hmm.
I'm like, this is what I wanna do for the rest of my life is never have a single second to myself.
Like, what was I thinking?
Mm-hmm.
at that point I also got into this feeling of like, well, if I leave, is that gonna do for like all of my athletes? And like started to just put them first. Instead,
yeah.
No, you know what? love you guys so much, but like I love myself more and like my wellbeing more and like
Mm-hmm.
truly just have to, sometimes you just have to be really selfish for your own wellbeing, even if you know it's just kind of gonna suck for somebody else.
Like truly, I mean, for me, I. As an athletic trainer, like I had a long season, I left in the very middle of the busiest season and I just had to be like, you know what? It is what it is. I
Mm-hmm.
If I do, it's just not gonna be beneficial for everybody, like for anybody. So I just left. You know?
At that point you're just like, screw it. I gotta choose me. And I
Mm-hmm.
path is going, but I. This opportunity came up in the middle of the busiest season ever for me to take a different job. And like, why else would that come up? Like I just have to jump on it. I have to
Ah.
I have to take it.
It's here for a reason. For a purpose. Well, I might not see that right now because what the heck did I work so hard for, for six and a half years to end up here, six months later, being like, I'm out. I'm gonna. It all really worked out in the end, and I can clearly see it now, but it's gonna be pretty cloudy when you're in the thick of it.
I would say.
Yeah.
Balancing Family and Career
So it sounds like in the moment, well, first of all, it sounds like there's many moments, one where you, even if you didn't fully consciously say yes, you said yes enough that an opportunity eventually, I. It came up and it sounds like the moment that opportunity came up and you decided to be selfish, as you say, and say yes to you, it sounds like you were feeling maybe a little bit of guilt to like letting down your athletes.
Maybe a little bit of what, why, why was I working so hard for this? And a whole lot of I'm gonna do it even though I don't know where this is going.
Yeah.
I'm so curious. Was there like a moment, like a click or was it like a slow, like okay, yeah, I'm doing like, did you think about it for a while?
I'm curious to hear what your process is so that our audience might be like, oh shit, maybe I'm in the middle of my own pivot and this is normal and I just need to say yes. So walk us through what finally led you to be like, yes to this opportunity.
Honestly this like all, a lot of the pivots that have happened for me have been pretty quick
Mm-hmm.
like kind of out of the blue, honestly. But. this very first situation, I having dinner with a friend and like I was kind of complaining, you know, about how hard everything was, how I just like felt like I never had any days off.
And she's like, you know what? I actually know of this job that's open and I think you'd be great at it. And I'm like, me
Ooh.
Like, tell me more. Because I wasn't really at the time actively looking for a total pivot or an out at all, because I'm like, I can't really do that. I just feel like that's not even physically possible.
Like what
Mm-hmm.
even do? it came about, and honestly it transpired within like a week and I thought like, oh, it was quick. So I. I went through the whole thing. I'm like, tell me more. I sent in a resume, I did an interview. I like up something and took a sick day outta nowhere and went and did an interview in the middle of the week, and I wasn't supposed to do it. And I got offered it like that same day, and I'm like, else would, again, why would this come into my life and present itself when I was truly in a very significant low?
Mm-hmm.
if I wasn't supposed to do it, like did I just go through all of this and like taking the time off and like thinking about it constantly for, since I heard about it for nothing.
Like that can't be the case. Like it's there for a reason. For a purpose. And I know sometimes, I mean a lot of people like here and there with like everything happens for a reason, but to me. It's just, it feels like a life fact. Like it is
Mm-hmm.
for a purpose. And if it wasn't, it wouldn't have came into my life.
It wouldn't have presented itself. And when things like that do come up, you really have to think about it. Like whether you need to do it or not is very dependent on you. But I think when you find yourself in a situation of like, I'm not happy here. I don't feel
Mm-hmm.
is. Like where I'm supposed to be or how I'm supposed to feel forever.
Because if it is like, ugh, ew. But when something, you know, it's like, oh my gosh, I have to do this for the rest of my life. Like, that sucks. But if something comes up and is like giving you a. Giving you an out or a different situation, it's like, why would you not? Why would you not? Like just life is too short.
You know? To sit and be miserable forever and something that you really know is just, you're gonna wake up the next day and just be like, oh my gosh, I have to do this again. Like, you do not wanna feel like that constantly. It's just a big no for me.
Yes. Yes. So if anyone here is hearing that voice, is this really it? sounds like step one is acknowledge it from your story. It sounds like step two is taking action on it. Action in your case was just venting to a friend.
But to me, you can't just keep the thoughts in 'cause. You can think this all day long, but if you don't
Yeah.
do something about it, opportunity doesn't have space to come in. The opportunity does come in. It sounds like step three is like step into your faith. And like you did, tell me more. What is this
opportunity? how do I then make space so that I can pursue this?
right.
Anything you'd like to add? Like for, for our listeners who were like I. That's easy for you to say, but I, can't do it either. 'cause too many people are relying on me. I would leave a huge hole in a company or like, I hear this a lot with my clients.
I have a family that I'm looking to support. What would you say to those of the audience who were feeling that way?
Honestly like. I've also been in a situation just like that and fast forward like a couple years into like this new journey of my life, I, you know, I have a family too, and I made another pretty significant pivot in my life and 2020, and feelings were all truly just like running through my head constantly, but. The thing about you being there and supporting your family is you aren't going to be able to do that as well as you possibly can if you aren't truly feeling happy and fulfilled and just loving what you do in life. And like, I'm not saying every day has to be like rainbows and butterflies, but. If you are truly just like miserable in what you're doing every single day, like how do you think you're gonna be showing up for your family?
Like they're not, that's just not gonna be the type of person that you wanna be. And me, when I took a new job and was at the point where I'm like, I am literally never here for my family Still. And like I'm at the office all day, like I have to rush and get everybody up out of bed in the morning, like take 'em to daycare, being the first one there to drop off.
Being the last one to pick up. They're going right to bed. I'm like, is that really me being like best version of myself for my family? Like if I make a big pivot, a big scary one even that could like potentially leave us in like a pretty serious financial situation. Is it still gonna be worth it? If I could like know for a fact I'm gonna be able to be there and be present for everybody in my
Hmm.
And that was kind of a, just a heart to heart I really had to have with myself and like my husband of like, is it worth it for me to just be working all the time and for you to be working all the time? Or is it worth it for us to take a risk and possibly create more flexibility and presence? In our kids' lives, and we ultimately chose like being there for the family.
But I mean, I will tell you like there are situations where it's like, this is a risk, Like, I don't have, I mean, technically I don't have like a stable salary. I mean, I, I do and I don't. But I did like, I had a nine to five job. I had benefits. I had a 401k, I had normal working business hours and I quit and left all of that behind and I'm like, that's a big thing. And like a lot of people would be
Yeah,
I don't know about that. But I mean. It's a bold situation. It's a bold risk. It's a bold pivot, but I mean, you can either make a change and it can be really, really great. Or you're never gonna know what it could be because you're not willing to go for it.
I think sometimes you just have to be like, is the risk of staying where I am higher than like. Going for it. I mean, sometimes it just has to be like, I don't know if it's gonna work out. You never know if it's gonna work out, but you definitely know it's not going to if you just do anything, you know?
Oh, so good. So good. It's like a guaranteed not gonna work out. If you stay, if you are, if you have those voices in your head already saying, is this it? What did I sign up for? Can I do this for the rest of my life?
Yeah.
So it sounds like the heart to heart with yourself and with a partner, if you have a partner, is key.
And then really looking at your priorities. And then just going for it.
The 2020 Pivot: A New Direction
And I'm curious, you said you had another big pivot in 2020. I'm curious how that compared to one that we had talked about the first major one. 'cause you had mentioned that there were still some of those scary feelings
Yeah, so my very first pivot was just basically getting out of the world of college athletics and like pretty much leaving athletic training behind for like a more stable office job, which great. Loved that. That was great for the time. And then I. I worked in the medical field and I think everybody and
Mm-hmm.
went through this like major life crisis in 2020 regardless.
But for me working in medicine, me and my husband working in medicine in 2020 we're like, this is just truly like we're all going through like a midlife crisis here. Right? And had just like had an opportunity fall into my lap again of. I was watching some friends and they were doing an online virtual assistant course.
I'm like, I could do
Mm-hmm.
with working my job. That sounds fun. I feel like I'd be good at that. Like I already basically assist an orthopedic surgeon. I think I should do this, and it's just something I could add into my life like. And you know, it was one of those things where like you invest in it, but it was a decent investment.
But it's like in my head, so I'm just gonna do it. Like, we're not even gonna have a
I love it.
happen. that's definitely the type of person that I am. So I know a lot of people are not like that, but that's just me. I'm like, that sounds cool. I'm just gonna do that. I think that sounds great.
The Biggest Pivot in My Life
And that was probably. The biggest pivot actually in everything that
yeah.
in my life moving forward. Yes. And like I really wanna talk about this story because was, I mean, it was something so like nonchalant of just like, I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna take this course that sounds cool.
Like little hobby in my life.
Developing a New Vision
And I took it very seriously and as soon as I started, I kind of started developing this vision of like, maybe I actually don't have to work in an office at all. Like, what if I could just like create my own schedule, my own hours, my own pay, and just like all of these thoughts started running through my head.
I had only my daughter at the time, like my husband is just, he's very busy. Like he's an athletic trainer as well and he travels all the time. So like all of these thoughts and this vision is just like building up. I'm like, okay, I think something really good is gonna happen with this. And the course of like the next year or two, mean, I hustled my face off really and like took on a number of clients while working in an office while being a mom. Like it was a season of like. Oh my gosh. I don't know how I'm gonna see the end of this, but I really do feel like it's gonna pay off in the end.
Quitting the 9 to 5
And 2021, towards the end of the year, we moved into a brand new house and I'm like, you know what? I'm gonna quit my job and I'm gonna do this full time. it just felt right. I don't know why, but it just felt right. And again, it's not like super stable. Like at the time
Mm-hmm.
I had like ups and downs, ebbs and flows, but that was, I'm like, something is telling me that this is a huge change that I need to make. And I don't know if it's gonna work out, but I just feel like that's, that needs to be the case.
Facing Family Challenges
And thing about all of that was so at the end of 2021, I started working full-time from home and I got pregnant with my son after that. And he had a very serious heart condition. Still does.
Oh,
I
hmm.
had to be followed in the Children's hospital for 20 weeks during my pregnancy, multiple times a week, spending the whole day at the hospital. And then he was born in Children's and stayed there for a while and has had a couple of heart surgeries following and I'm like, you know what?
Reflecting on the Decision
At the time I didn't really know what the reason was behind me feeling like I just don't need to work a nine to five job anymore, because that's like really the safer option. But I left anyways and I'm like, was why, because there is no possible way I would have been able to have a normal job and have gone through everything that we went through with him because I literally almost lived at the children's hospital. Again, if it doesn't make sense in the moment, but something is really telling you like, I just feel like this is the right move. I truly believe you will figure out why that happened down the road and you look back on it and you're like, oh my gosh, one, I can't believe I did that. Two. What if I wouldn't have done it? Like what would happen if I would've said no? I wouldn't have had the flexibility that I did. I always joked around with like everybody, I'm like, I would've been fired for sure from wherever
Mm-hmm.
if I did
Mm-hmm.
' cause like I never would've showed up. Like there's just no way. And it's just so crazy how
Yeah.
you know?
Yeah. And let's kind of like just play out the what if you didn't say yes, just because there might be someone in the audience who might still be doubting, they're like feeling the, the feels right, but they're still stuck on the fact that the, how it's gonna end up isn't clear. And it sounds like it's never clear just based on.
No.
My own experience and also listening to yours.
The Importance of Going All In
So first of all, if you're waiting for the end vision to be clear, you're gonna be waiting forever. It's never gonna be clear. So,
no.
for the, for the audience, that's still a little bit stuck on. I really just wanna see how it ends up. So let's paint a picture.
What would've happened if you ignored that gut feeling that you had and you didn't quit your nine to five? And then all this went down. So you mentioned you probably would've gotten fired, and how would you have felt? Probably leading up to not showing up to work.
I mean, it just really would've hurt. It just would've. I think just messed with me even more just mentally because I honestly kind of felt like I lost a bit of my identity in general going through this whole situation because I just had to create so many pivots in my life in general, like going and
Hmm.
dealing with the whole situation.
But I'm like, what if I would've been going through this hard time? also had my boss come up to me and be like, you know what, you're actually fired. like all of those things
Yeah.
That would've been so tragic. But you really have to ask yourself like, what's the worst thing that can happen? Or how am I gonna feel if I continue to stay here versus the alternative, I mean. Again, you just really don't know sometimes like what the outcome is gonna be, but you can create an outcome for yourself. Like you can't go into, if something is on your heart to like make a shift, to make a change.
Like give it your full energy if you're gonna go for it. And everything, you have to pour into what that next step is gonna be. Because if you just go into it and you're like, oh, I hope this works out. That's not the mindset to have when you go into it. Like you have to go into it with like full confidence in yourself, even if you're like faking it till you make it.
Like, I really
Mm-hmm.
gonna work out, but I'm gonna pretend like I'm like the best person on the planet at what I do. Like people are gonna think I'm literally number one in whatever it is, like, but they have no
Love it.
I'm not. I mean, that's just kind of how you have to be. You just have to. Just go for it. Or you can't just go into it and just be like, well, I'm just gonna like try it out. If you're gonna make a big pivot in your life, be ready to get into
Mm-hmm.
give it all your effort, give it everything you've got because your life is depending on it, and that's how you have to treat every single day. I
Mm-hmm.
going forward, if you really want some big changes to happen for your life and for yourself, you know?
Yeah, and it, and it sounds like that all in mentality goes for, like you're saying specifically when you're saying yes to the pivot. But if you're not gonna go for the pivot and you have those thoughts in your head, you're already not all in to your current life. And that's already like, to your point, what you said earlier, not the best.
If you have a family, it's not the best. For your family either.
Identity Shifts and Finding Purpose
you mentioned that there was some identity shift that happened. So say more about that identity shift.
Was that kind of like, because you let go of the nine to five, so it was like, who am I now? Is that what you mean?
I think like I went through the identity shift the situation that I was in because I just like didn't know how to identify as this new parent going through the situation that I was going through. But I think if I would have not made a pivot and I would have stayed in this situation that I was in in my normal nine to five job. I think I would've struggled with my identity even more because I hadn't been able to find my purpose really.
Mm.
And like my purpose really wasn't in that job. So then if that would be something that would disappear, I'm like, what would,
I see.
feel like my identity is built in. Because even so, during all of this that went down, I love health and fitness and that's just like a big part of who I am. I was live coaching at the time, just again, it's just like cool. I have the
Mm-hmm.
I have the time. Why not? And that's something I had to give up during this time because like I just didn't have the capacity for it.
And even that I was like, that is so hard for me to just like leave in the
Mm.
and. Some, you just have to figure out like what your purpose, what your passion is, and like allow yourself to be able to live that out. Because a job gets taken away from you or your company shuts down or whatever that looks like, like what? are you able to build something up for yourself? I don't want my whole identity to be in this one company when it could go away at any second. I like to
Mm-hmm.
Creating Your Own Opportunities
too, like when you're making a pivot, especially if it's in a career, so even the job I left, they replaced me in one day. Is that really what I want my identity to be in? Or do I wanna be in a position where if a client that I work for right now decides that they don't want an assistant anymore, that I can just go and find somebody else on my own? I can build. own identity and my own career, my own options. And that was a big piece making decisions for myself too. And for you listening, you have to think about that also. I mean, you in a position where you could literally be replaced in one minute or are you creating something for yourself where you are super valuable? You are. Irreplaceable, truly. And like if something were to happen in your life, you can figure it out. Like if we needed more money, I would just go find another client. It's just so many things come into play and I'm like, that's not something that would've present in my life previously with a different career.
I couldn't just go work more hours or, you know, and I think all of those. What IFS two can come into play. Also, when you're making a decision about creating a huge pivot in your life and in your career, it's like,
Mm-hmm.
if something in two years were to detrimentally happen in your life, how would you be able to handle that with what you're doing right now?
Like what would that look like versus maybe you're thinking about doing something different that allows you to. for yourself, create more opportunities, create more money. How would those situations differ? Because looking back, I mean, I obviously had no idea what was gonna happen in our life, but I'm like, okay, this is kind of probably how this would've played out in this situation, but this is how it got to play out.
Because I was like, okay, let's try something different here that gives us different opportunities and different options. at that, I'm like, I can't see it going any other way now that we've been through it that way.
Yeah, because the way you did it, you already had the flexibility baked in. 'cause you made that decision beforehand. You've already handled the identity piece and you were able to be fully into that experience with your son, thankfully. And from a financial standpoint too, you already laid out the framework of how that could work out for you versus if you had stayed and gotten fired, then it's like.
All of the things that I just mentioned, you had to do all at the same time on top of what was happening with your son. So what I'm really, you know, fascinated by and what I'm really hearing from you, Kayla, is that it may sound like the safer thing to do to stay in a stable job, but given even just your scenario, like what happened with you, there's actually risks in staying that you may not have considered.
So for those of you listening. Keep that in mind if you're feeling stuck, like, but this is a stable nine to five job. It's okay if I'm not happy, pays the bills. It, it would be risky to try something new. Yes, that's true. There's risk. There Also considered the risks of staying because it, it's not as safe as you think it is.
'cause to your point, you don't know what could happen. You could get laid off, you could get replaced. It's actually not as safe as you think. And Kayla, so first of all, I love your approach to all these pivots. You're just like, all in, you're curious. You allow yourself to, to like vision.
Like, ooh, what if I could do this in life? And by the way, in 2020, virtual stuff was just starting to become popular. So keep that in mind listeners, like now the remote work is a little bit more normalized, but at the time it wasn't.
Advice for Those Lacking Confidence
So Kayla, for the listener who doesn't quite have your confidence, what are three things that you can tell them? So, so I like to call it how do we borrow from Kayla's confidence? So what are like the top three things? That you have to say to a listener who doesn't quite have your confidence so that your voice is in their head the next time that voice says, I'm not happy here anymore.
I think I would say, oh, well, one, just like quote that I always to anybody who I talk to who's like. Trying to make a decision for themselves is if it's on your heart, it's time to start. Like there's a reason why. It's,
I love that so much.
like in your head. those things don't just happen for no reason whatsoever.
It's there and start looking at opportunities of how to create that. Like do it in a, could do it in a smart, reasonable way. Like I didn't
Mm-hmm.
up quit my job and have no income coming in. Like I did not do that. I mean, some people do. That's great, but. Think about how to go about it in a way that makes sense, that isn't just going to literally like, kill you, uproot your life, like go homeless.
Find a smart way to go about doing it if it's something that you've been thinking about, but start doing your research, start looking into options of how you're gonna make it work. But that is a really important thing to think about
Mm-hmm.
like they're not just popping up for no reason. And another thing is. Again, kind of tying into everything is prepare yourself for impact. You don't like to think about all the things that could happen, could go wrong, it could just enter into your life at any moment. But like, are you prepared if something were to go down and looking at just like our life previously, probably we weren't. Between financially, between time opportunities, things like that. We weren't, and now we are, which is fantastic. And I think the last thing would just really be, if I'm here in five years doing this, is it something I'm gonna be proud of or
Mm.
Because do you have to like absolutely fall in love with what you do to earn an income every day?
No, most people don't. But truly, if you're sitting there feeling like every single day when you clock out of your job that you just can't stand it and it's the worst thing ever. Do you really want to feel like that every single day? For the rest of your life, because I know for a fact you do not because it doesn't have to be that way. Even if you're in a position right now and you are feeling like that, but you're like, I don't know what else I would do,
Mm-hmm.
start looking at things or doing personal development or. Just looking in and growing in yourself, because you will find it. You will figure it out, or you'll find a way to. Enjoy yourself and just be proud of yourself where you are.
But like, you have to be working on yourself first and foremost. Because nobody deserves to just like be miserable in their life every day. You truly don't. So I know those are three, kind of like all over the place things, but those are three things I.
I really preach on with anybody who I'm in conversation with because I
Mm-hmm.
with people all the time about just like not loving their job or like what they wanna do and different opportunities that I have that I do like for work and
Mm-hmm.
mean truly, really just to put the whole picture together of like. Am I happy with this? Can I see myself doing this in five years? Am I prepared if something were to go wrong is something else on my heart? Like, what are those things? And act on 'em, you know?
Act on it. I love it. And Kayla, this was so good.
Connecting with Kayla
Where can people find you if they're like, I need more Kayla than this episode. So I'm gonna need to slide into her DM or do something like, how can people connect with you?
So first off, you can just come and be my Instagram best friend, and that is like my most favorite thing in the whole wide world. Like I
Mm-hmm.
It just makes me so happy. I mean, I have so many internet online besties, so you can find me on Instagram @kayla_hoffmeier, Truly, I show up on there every single day.
You'll know most things about
She does.
if you're not ready for that, just
It's great.
be prepared. So a little bit just about like my current career, I am an executive assistant, so, you know, I can help refer people to, on that lines, on those lines of things. And then. Network marketing. I'm an Arbon consultant.
I love it so much. I share about all of my favorite products online, and I currently just got re-certified for fitness and nutrition, and I run online accountability groups. I. just love helping people in that period of their life. Whether you're looking just for a new workout program, you're looking for accountability, consistency, help with nutrition, all the things that is truly like my pride and joy and I love it so freaking much.
But you can learn all about me, all about the things that I do, the things that I love and share over on my Instagram platform. It's just my favorite place to be. So I hope. We can over there and be, you know, some new besties online.
I love that and I'll put that in the show notes.
Final Thoughts and Reflections
Before we wrap up, I love asking these questions of all my guests. If you were an item in a coffee shop that one could order, so drinks or food or whatever, what would you be and why?
I would have to be a matcha latte first off. One, because it's got the little sweetness, it's got the
Mm-hmm.
kick. Like I'll give you a little energy boost, but I'm not gonna be too much for you. I actually truly am a very introverted person.
I love to like stay home and like be in my little bubble, but you know, you'll get that little shot, you'll get that little bit of extra for me. And you know, I just like to be fun. I'm not like a brown dark color girly. Like, you gotta go bright green, we gotta go super colorful, super fun.
And, know, that just, it just reminds me of myself. Plus it's also my favorite drink ever. So.
I love it. Plus they have art right in the latte.
Oh yeah. Yeah. You have to be creative with it. It has to be
To be creative.
anesthetic. You can't get a,
Yeah.
to be a cute, you drink a cute picture, like all of the above. Or it doesn't count.
That's how you can drink 10 cups of matcha and only the 10th counted. 'cause you took a picture.
Yeah,
Kayla, thank you so much. I loved spending the time with you one-on-one. I loved everything you said. I'm gonna say that a lot now, that if it's on your heart, it's time to start and your voice that's, it's so good. It's so good.
Big thanks again to Kayla Hoffmeier. We're sharing her story so openly. These conversations are such a reminder that no pivot is too messy, too late, or too unconventional. If something she said resonated, don't keep it to yourself. Share this episode with someone you know who needs. To and when you are ready to start your own pivot, head to www.leadintact.com for free resources or book a free 20 minute call with me.
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