# How Do You Know its Time to Change Your Job? With Claire Osborne

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Podcast: [Straight Talking Sustainability](https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-talking-sustainability-7096932)
Published: 2026-02-15T23:15:00+00:00
Episode link: https://straight-talking-sustai.captivate.fm
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In this practical and liberating episode of Straight Talking Sustainability , Emma Burlow talks with Claire Osborne , accredited climate career coach with 15 years of sustainability experience and more than 2,000 hours coaching clients from organisations including the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Amnesty International, Octopus Energy, and Unilever. Together they explore why experienced sustainability professionals are increasingly questioning whether to stay in their roles, leave the sector, or find new career paths that balance purpose with life outside work. Claire explains why career confusion often feels like a “tangled ball of wool” — made of values, climate anxiety, identity, family needs, team culture, and future uncertainty — and why this knot cannot be solved through qualification‑chasing or imagining future scenarios. Instead, clarity comes from inner foundation work , building a tight brief that makes decisions obvious, and most importantly, testing your way forward through short, realistic experiments rather than thinking your way forward. Claire highlights a shift many feel: sustainability roles once focused on impact (cutting emissions, protecting nature, engaging people) are increasingly narrowed by employers to reporting, compliance, and risk protection . This misalignment between purpose-driven professionals and operationally‑driven organisations—combined with global instability—affects stamina, optimism, and clarity. They discuss two common states: Burnout : overwork combined with misalignment to what you believe Bore‑out : being under‑challenged, disengaged, and stuck Both leave experienced professionals questioning whether to reshape their current roles or pivot entirely. Claire describes why people often start in the wrong place — jumping straight t…

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