From Service Industry Shut Out to Service of Humanity | Lindsay Jones

Laid off while planning a wedding. What happens when losing the job you thought you needed finally gives you the space to discover the work you were meant to do?

If you're navigating a layoff or questioning your career path, this episode is for you.

In this episode of Pink Slip Pavilion, host Ashley Waddington sits down with HR leader and entrepreneur Lindsay Jones to talk about what it really looks like to lose a job, rethink your priorities, and discover a career that aligns with who you truly are.

While balancing college, restaurant management, and planning her wedding, Lindsay began questioning whether she was on the right path. She had already lost faith in the company, but wasn't ready to walk away.

Then the company made the decision for her.

Getting laid off while her fiancé was away at his bachelor party was painful and unexpected. But it became the turning point that shifted her focus from finding another job to discovering work that truly fed her soul.

Lindsay shares how taking a step back led her to a career she never anticipated, why recalibrating isn't the same as moving backwards, and how aligning your work with your values changes everything.

Her story is a powerful reminder that sometimes the job you lose is simply making room for the one you're meant to find.

In this episode, we cover:

• Getting laid off while planning a wedding and finishing college

• Processing rejection after losing a job

• Why taking a step back can become your biggest step forward

• The importance of recalibrating your career instead of forcing the wrong path

• Asking deeper questions about what truly fulfills you

• Why soul-searching can be one of the greatest gifts after a layoff

• Going from restaurant management to a receptionist role

• How an unexpected opportunity led Lindsay into Human Resources

• Discovering a career that aligned with her strengths and values

• Why helping people became the center of her professional life

• The importance of interviewing companies just as much as they interview you

• Starting before you're ready if entrepreneurship is calling you

• How core values can guide your next career move

• Why every career path, even the unexpected ones, can lead you home

If you are walking through a layoff, feeling uncertain about your future, or wondering whether your career is asking you to change direction, this conversation will remind you that taking a step back is not the same as giving up.

Lindsay reminds us:

Not every detour is a setback.

Sometimes the road that feels like it's taking you away from your plans is the very one leading you toward your purpose.

CONNECT WITH LINDSAY:

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lindsay-jones-a58493b0/

Instagram: @lindsay_lou_jones

Instagram: @the_age_of_light_healing

Facebook: www.facebook.com/lindsayloujones

Email: TheAgeofLightHealing@gmail.com

Website: www.theageoflighthealing.com/

Pink Slip Pavilion is a podcast about layoff recovery, career transitions, entrepreneurship, and turning career disruption into growth.

New episodes release every Wednesday.