Episode 149: Creating a career you love with Carolyn Parry
Carolyn Parry is the founder of Career Alchemy, helping early-stage and established professionals escape from a job they hate and create a career they love, on purpose.
She’s an award-winning career coach, a TEDx speaker and host of the Change Your Story podcast. She is the President of the Career Development Institute and based in Wales.
We talk about:
- Carolyn’s own career crisis
- Knowing what you don’t want is as important as knowing what you want.
- The emotional labor that women do in the office
- How technology has changed the workplace
- Why women have an advantage over men
- The importance of investing in yourself
- The three types of people you find at work
- The choice of what story to write
- How to reconnect with what really matters
- The impact of imposter syndrome
- Maintaining a sense of purpose is important for mental health
- Finding the courage to change track
- How to pivot into a new industry
- Exploring ways to do life differently
- How to become a non-exec director
- How to get involved in your community
And more!
Carolyn’s website: careeralchemy.co.uk
Podcast: Change Your Story
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Resources mentioned:
Thinking, Fast and Slow | Citizens’ Advice Bureau
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