Blocks, Brainspotting, and an Accounting Professor:

Written By Jennie Hays

My Conversation on Authentic Conversations with Adele Bernard

If you have ever stood at a crossroads in your career and thought, that is not my life. This conversation is going to feel familiar.

Adele Bernard of Transition Clarity works with people navigating the internal transitions nobody else sees. The ones that shape every decision, every pivot, every thing you almost did but did not. She invited me onto Authentic Conversations with Adele, and we went somewhere honest.

Here is what we got into:

  • The accounting professor who walked into the room with a stick and ended that career path before it started. And what that moment taught me about knowing when something is not yours.

  • Why the things that frustrate you in your business day-to-day are almost never the actual problem. And what they are pointing to instead.

  • How Brainspotting works: we tested the eye-position exercise live on the show, and Adele went quiet for a moment before saying "this is interesting." That is usually how it goes.

  • The path I almost took: military intelligence, third generation, 98 on the ASVAB. And why it did not happen.

  • Why "you're not broken, you're blocked" is the thing I most needed someone to tell me, and the thing I find myself saying most often now.

My favorite moment in the conversation was not something I said. Adele tried the Brainspotting exercise with something genuinely on her mind, felt the difference between sides, and sat with it for a second. That quiet is the thing. Most people do not expect it to work that fast, and it does.

Listen to the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=TcRvsYuuw5Y

Thank you to Adele for the conversation and the space she creates. Find her and Transition Clarity at bit.ly/TransitionClarity.

Jennie Hays
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