Rethinking Career: From 9 to 5 to Thrive

Rethinking Careers: From 9 to 5 to Thrive

What if thriving at work isn’t about doing more — but about expressing who you already are?

This event explores how meaningful work emerges when we understand our natural temperament and disposition. According to the Career Dharma framework, each person is wired to create value in a particular way — driven by distinct motivations, values, and strengths.

This natural orientation is known as your field of work.

Rather than starting with job titles, Career Dharma identifies four archetypal fields of work, drawn from timeless wisdom about human nature:

• Ideas – teaching, guiding, researching, healing
• Government – organising, protecting, leading
• Artistry – creating beauty, sensing emotion, responding to needs
• Resources – building, managing, sustaining, and sharing value

When we work within the field that matches our nature, work feels purposeful and sustainable. When we don’t, even “successful” careers can lead to burnout or inner conflict.

Through guided exercises and reflection, you’ll:

• Identify your natural field of work
• Understand what genuinely motivates and drains you
• See why certain roles feel heavy — and others feel more alive
• Connect your disposition to real-world roles and possible pathways

This session isn’t just about fixing your career. It’s about learning the language of your own nature, and letting that understanding quietly guide what comes next.

Please note this is one of two careers workshops this month. While they complement each other, each session is designed to be meaningful on its own.

A plant-based dinner and dessert are included in your ticket.
Both hosts are available to support participants who wish to explore their career path further.

Meet your hosts, Sri Jiva & Chanchala
Since childhood, Sri Jiva has been fascinated by meaning, purpose, and authentic life fulfilment. This, among other things, led him to join a monastery at the age of 19. After years of monastic training, he chose to marry and pursue a career. He felt called to use his monastic experience to help others understand themselves, and to find wisdom, meaning, and purpose in their own lives. Inspired by this calling, he went to university to study counselling. Now, Sri Jiva and his wife live near Wellington, where he works with a small team of counsellors, supporting clients individually and in groups.

Chanchala studied psychology and education and brings a coaching-based approach to career exploration. She supports people to uncover work they love by helping them understand what truly nourishes their nature and psychology. Chanchala’s work is grounded in curiosity, self-trust, and creating careers that feel sustainable and life-giving.

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Bhakti Lounge Wellington, 175 Vivian Street, Wellington, New Zealand

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