How to use your friends to find your passion + balancing career & motherhood | Claire Carroll - EP29

2023-08-24

EP29 with Claire CarrollClaire graduated university with a degree in psychology and has spent twenty years in the advertising and sales industry - including 10 years as a sales leader at Google. But 2 years ago, she was offered a redundancy from Google and the opportunity to embark on a new path. After some soul searching, she made the decision to become an executive coach and to start her own business. She now runs that full time whilst also being the primary care giver and bread winner for two young kids, aged 6 and...

EP29 with Claire Carroll

Claire graduated university with a degree in psychology and has spent twenty years in the advertising and sales industry - including 10 years as a sales leader at Google.

But 2 years ago, she was offered a redundancy from Google and the opportunity to embark on a new path. After some soul searching, she made the decision to become an executive coach and to start her own business. She now runs that full time whilst also being the primary care giver and bread winner for two young kids, aged 6 and 4.

Because Claire works with so many people going through career changes, she has a unique perspective on the challenges people face when trying to figure out what they want to do, and make a change. As you have heard, she's also had a very impressive career herself, with lots of lessons learned along the way.

On this episode you'll hear about;

The 4 things that hold people back from leaving their job and how to get over them
How to use your friends to find your biggest strengths
What to do if you've recently been made redundant
What to do if your identity is tied to your job
What life is like running a coaching business - what Claire enjoys about coaching and what makes a good coach
How Claire balances her career with also being the primary care giver for two young kids
How Claire finds a sense of belonging and meaning in normality

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