Career change inspiration

A family-focused career break to raise her small children prompted Danielle, to trade corporate comms for a career in Mind-Body Medicine and Kinesiology.

Approaching career change with a light touch and a sense of play and not taking yourself too seriously can really help you move from a worn-out career to an exciting new one. 

I'm yet to meet or coach anyone whose career change ran straight from 'a' to 'b'.

The path to your new career will probably zig zag towards a great new place that you may never have imagined at the outset.

How do you expect your family and friends will react when you’re ready to discuss your career change?

Rosanagh is currently combining full-time study for her Masters of Sustainable Tourism Management with freelance social media management.

How communications specialist Bec transitioned to a lead role in diversity, inclusion, and equity.

Photographer Rachel* created a portfolio career that kept the things she loved about her commercial work and gave her new opportunities to teach and make a difference.

How Advertising Account Manager Anna's * sideways career shift to a marketing management role recalibrated her professional and personal lives.

Having outgrown her career in events management, Maddie took a leap of faith and landed in a job she loves.

Former secondary teacher Natalie describes how career change coaching helped her move from the classroom into helping disadvantaged young people find pathways to Higher Education.

Career change coaching helped Communications expert Rhonda trust her gut on how best to combine permanent part time work with freelancing and volunteering.

I’m partial to the simpler definition of ‘doing more than one thing at once.’ Like any career change, opting to ‘go portfolio’ isn’t simple.  After two months of weaving and juggling and adapting, here’s what I’ve learned so far.

Sascha talks about facing fears, leaping into the unknown, opening doors and synchronising her remarkable skills to launch a new career as an end of life doula, supporting people who are dying and their families.    

Now I know that Grand Designs is all about the journey, the hold ups the stuff ups and the battles with budgets and weather.  But I just wanted to fast forward to the finished masterpiece. I didn’t want to see the struggle to get there.

When I was changing careers I wanted to wake up and know exactly what to do. Pretty quickly, I realised that my longed for lightning bolt wasn’t going to strike. I needed to create the right conditions for career change insights. I had to stop waiting expectantly for an epiphany to arrive.  

Five books that span over three decade’s worth of practical, inspirational writing on how to manage career and other change with skill, self-awareness and grit.

I’m keen to share what I’ve learnt about what’s involved in getting a business up and running, and transitioning from office life to solo business adventure.