Find Your Thing

The average person will spend 90,000 hours at work - over a third of our adult lives. And that’s before you factor in working late, checking emails at the weekend or the brain space work takes up when we’re not officially logged in. 

That’s a lot of hours right? It’s the majority of the time we spend awake. It’s more than the amount of time we get to spend with our kids or our friends, and probably significantly more than we have to invest in our hobbies or passions. 

Which begs the question: if so many of us are spending so much time at work, shouldn’t we be making sure work is working for us? Shouldn’t we be searching for a career that feels purposeful and meaningful, that supports our wider goals of joy and freedom, instead of settling for a job that is at best “fine” and at worst makes us completely miserable?

Enter: Find Your Thing

What is Find Your Thing?

Find Your Thing is a tried-and-tested, evidence-based and practical programme that will take you from feeling confused and overwhelmed, to focused and ready to take action.

The proven framework will help you to identify your strengths, explore industries and jobs that align with your values and interests, and build your career confidence. You’ll finish the programme with clarity over your next career steps, an understanding of your transferable skills, and the self-belief to start taking action. If you’re ready to feel excited about work again, this is for you.

“Not to be dramatic, but Find Your Thing was life-changing! The main takeaway was my working out my values, which is something I still refer back to four years on. I realised that my unhappiness in previous jobs (and aspects of my personal life) was because they didn't reflect my values and that misalignment was making me despondant and feel powerless. Working out my values and how they intersected with what I'm good at, what I can offer and what the world needs was really inspiring. 

Not long after completing the course I got a job in a completely new field and am now CEO of a gender equality charity, which completely aligns with my skills and values.”

- previous student of Find Your Thing

Here’s what we cover:

Module 1: The power of purpose

  • Exploring what purpose is and why it’s important

  • The importance of keeping an open mind

  • Our need for belonging and how it can impact our career decisions

Module 2: Finding your values

  • What you love vs what you do everyday

  • The importance of values and how they can help you find your thing

  • How to find your values and how to use them to reflect on your career aspirations

Module 3: Your secret sauce and strengths

  • The importance of finding value in what comes naturally to you

  • Figuring out your secret sauce

  • The power of strengths and how to identify yours

Module 4: Knowing your “why”

  • The importance of knowing your “why”

  • How to identify your personal why

  • How to identify your professional why

  • Some examples of how to use your why to build a brilliant career

Module 5: Mastering your mindset

  • Limiting beliefs: how to spot them and overcome them

  • How to navigate impostor syndrome

  • Sunk cost fallacy: what it is and how to make sure it doesn’t hold you back

  • Writing new stories for yourself and your career

Module 6: Finding your thing and taking action

  • Putting it all together and finding your thing

  • Turning your purpose into action and making a plan

  • Some tips on staying the course

  • Reflecting and finding motivation

This is for you if:

  • You’re sick of battling the Sunday scaries or Monday blues every week

  • You’re struggling to see how your skills translate to other industries or roles

  • You’re craving clarity and confidence

  • You’re ready to find work that feels aligned with your values and interests

  • You’ve been considering a career change but have no idea where to start

  • You’d benefit from a structured framework to help you navigate the process

  • You want the support of an expert

The practical details:

  • Find Your Thing is a pre-recorded course, intended for you to work through it at your own pace. Upon purchasing, you will have access to all content.

  • There are 6 core modules, along with introduction and wrapping up videos. For each module, there is also an accompanying worksheet to help you apply what you’re learning.

  • Find Your Thing is designed and delivered by Sophie Cliff. Sophie has a Masters in Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, and her research, which was about how positive psychology tools can be used to support career changers, was published by the British Psychological Society.

  • This course uses evidence-based methods and insights, and has already supported almost 1000 people to change their careers joyfully and successfully.

Here's what our previous participants are up to now...

  • “Since completing Find Your Thing, I’ve moved from full time employment to going freelance and it's been great. Obviously lots of learning curves and in no way easy but the work in Find Your Thing massively impacted my decision and I regularly look at notes such as remembering my values and my 'why' when I'm feeling stressed.”

    Anisha

  • “Find Your Thing is a truly amazing programme, truly life changing for careers but also for a greater sense of identity which is useful in all aspects of life. Since finishing, I’ve had a funding application approved for a Masters to enhance my skills at work and I’m also working towards a coaching accreditation.”

    Sophie

  • “I have shadowed another department at work and got involved with the work they do. I have taken part in volunteering projects to broaden my skills and meet likeminded people. I am currently applying for 5 roles, and have secured two interviews already! Thank you, Sophie!”

    Laura

  • "Quite incredibly, the week after I finished the programme a job appeared that ticked pretty much all of my boxes. I applied, and was successful. I believe I was more confident in my interview because I knew the role was such a good fit with my values. Nearly a year in and the job is everything I wanted it to be and more - challenging in the right ways, filled with work that gives me meaning and purpose, and with a team and manager who I can rely on."

    Harriet

  • "I changed career in October 2023. Still within the NHS but moved from a role that I thought was supposed to be the ideal job ie well paid, within my degree field. I now work within a health and wellbeing team within the ambulance service, focusing on the H&W of our workforce. Creating events, activities to benefit the staff. It feeds my values, it allows me to continually grow and develop as a person, whilst also allowing me to help others and make a difference"

    Vicky

Got a question? No problem - just ping us an email at hello@joyfutures.co.uk.