“During the years when I worked hard in my career, diminishing my true career aspirations to fit a mold of success, my current career reflected that back to me: suffocating, stifling, stagnant, discouraging, and unfulfilling despite massive textbook success. I knew I needed to heal parts of me that created this reality.” -Mische Jay

In “Heal Your Career,” Mische challenges the career narratives that trap many in unfulfilling work, unaligned environments, and toxic work paradigms. Mische explains that we are all born with extraordinary capabilities and sincerely desire to live the highest version of our careers. However, the actualization of our potential is often stumped for three reasons:

A societal push for external validation
Society’s narrow threshold of what is deemed competent
An internal adversarial voice that manifests as self-doubt

These obstacles don’t merely stifle an individual but breed a type of success that often comes at a steep cost—the cost to health, mental peace, and familial well-being. Responsibilities and financial obligations further cement these obstacles in place.

However, Mische discusses how we can overcome work toxicity and career obstacles to step into profitable and authentic careers, regardless of where we are. She provides the psychological roadmap to navigating, healing, and transcending these obstacles. In “Heal Your Career,” she offers a novel perspective and tools for the vital inner work needed to heal our human trauma and build an authentic career.

Mische’s method, anchored in healing subconscious trauma, leads the reader to manifest their glorious and prosperous career desires. Healing is not possible without discussing toxicity. Mische elaborates on strategies to overcome the normalized layers of toxicity we all encounter at all levels of our careers—the teams we choose, the bosses we work with, and the authenticity-sacrificing societal structures we are put through.

Mische, through her book, “Heal Your Career,” aims to help the reader untether from dysfunctional systems and live the highest version of their career—the unbridled and happiest version.