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When Pam's husband Jason called her at work and said "I'm gonna quit my job," her immediate reaction was fear. They'd just bought a house three months earlier, and the timing felt terrible.

But there was context she hadn't fully processed - Jason had actually collapsed in their kitchen from workplace stress months before. The job was literally destroying his health.

This is the story of how Pam went from thinking her husband was completely crazy to eventually making her own leap from a 15-year corporate career to join him in building an insurance brokerage.

Supporting someone through a major career change when you're risk-averse and worried about financial security is one of the hardest relationship challenges. But sometimes the biggest risks become the best decisions.

In this Good Shift conversation, Pam shares what it's really like to be the cautious partner watching someone you love take big risks, how they navigated the financial fear together, and what she learned about having difficult conversations about money and dreams.

Find the full episode on Good Shift Channel