In this episode, Sara McArdle talks with Sara Wilson about her journey from marketing and communications to marriage and family therapy. Sara Wilson talks about the "lightening bolt moment" that led her to pursue becoming a therapist, the vulnerability of starting over in a new field, and how she recognized her own value and negotiated with a new employer. Today, Sara is finishing up her graduate program at Antioch University in Seattle and working at a center for children with trauma. Want to make your own career change? Download Sara's Seven Cs of Successful Career Change Chart. Sara McArdle and Sara Wilson Discuss:
- How they know one another
- Sara Wilson wanting to be a Broadway actress when she grew up
- Majoring in International Studies in college and then switching to Communications
- Deciding she didn't want life to "happen to her"
- How her mother's passing impacted her outlook
- Finding a passion for volunteering with teenage girls
- A "lightening bolt" a-ha moment
- The time it took for her new idea to germinate
- The idea of "throwing it all away" for something new
- Her husband at the time not being on board with her career shift
- Now working at a center for children with trauma
- How her past marketing and communications work supports her therapy work
- Starting over again with a new professional network
- How everything seemed to align, almost cosmically, to make her career change happen
- Advocating for herself with a new employer
- Money fears
- Learning how to embrace the uncertainty
- What it's like to do work that makes you feel alive
- The clinical work she's doing now
- A recent inspiration: Michelle Obama's book, "Becoming"
- Her advice for other career changers
- ...and more!
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