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 get involved in your community

And more!

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