Chelsea Turgeon spent over a decade on the medical path—psychology undergrad, med school, OBGYN residency—before hitting rock bottom and realizing she was living someone else's dream. She quit mid-residency, sold everything she owned, and bought a one-way ticket to South Korea to teach English. With no savings and no clear plan, she figured it out as she went—first trying travel blogging, then discovering coaching, and eventually building a business helping other healthcare professionals escape the system and find work that actually fits them.

In this conversation, we get into:

• How to know if you're on the wrong path vs. just going through a rough patch
• Look at the people furthest along—are they living a life you actually want?
• Why she chose medicine for the wrong reasons (and how to avoid that trap)
• The questions that cut through overthinking: "What are you done pretending to care about?" and "If I couldn't mess it up, what would I do?"
• Why most people already know what they want—they're just intimidated by their own calling
• The concept of a "career bridge" to buy yourself time to figure things out
• Why false starts aren't failures—they're part of the path
• "Don't look for clarity. Look for aliveness."

Chelsea now coaches clinicians and healthcare professionals who want to build their own healing businesses. She's active on LinkedIn and Substack (The 100K Healer).

Where to find more information about Chelsea
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachchelsmd
$100k Healer Substack: https://100khealer.substack.com

JJ Thelen
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TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jjthelen
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jjthelen