
Chilean Mother, Nebraskan Father: How She Found Herself at 40
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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” hits very differently past 40. For Andrea Bazoín, it sparked a four-year search for what she calls her “soul match.”
Some people might call that a midlife crisis, but Andrea says she was following the next sparkling crumb. In this episode, she takes you inside her search — the moments of doubt, what kept her moving forward, and the breakthrough moment when everything finally came full circle.
Topics discussed:
00:00 - Introduction
01:49 - How her cultural identity shaped her career decisions
04:10 - Why she left a long career behind and the struggle to start over
07:24 - What she did to find her "soul match" job
08:31 - Why “fake it ‘til you make it” can backfire
13:02 - Support, self-worth, and the privilege of searching
17:09 - How she kept moving while searching for what was next
20:36 - The moment that changed everything
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