A recognizable career did not make uncertainty less personal.
I spent years helping companies decide who got the opportunity. I knew recruiting. I knew how hiring teams evaluated experience. I had coached hundreds of people through career disruption.
Then I was laid off in November 2023. My husband was laid off in May 2025, started another role, and that role was eliminated in January 2026. That was 3 layoffs in 1 household in a little over 2 years.
It became impossible to pretend that working hard for 1 employer was the same thing as building security.
In the middle of all of this, we moved our family and 4 dogs to Spain. We did not arrive with a magical remote job, passive income, or a perfectly finished plan. We arrived with children, paperwork, financial responsibilities, fear, logistics, and a plan that kept changing.
Spain is where I had to prove that my experience still had value outside the country, company names, and titles attached to it. That is why taking your career abroad is central to my work. It is not the only destination. It is the clearest test of whether your career actually belongs to you.
