Planning the next step in your career can be tricky when you aren't following a conventional path. When you work for yourself, you have to plan our own careers – there's no management programme or promotion pathway. In this episode, career wing woman Laurie Macpherson shares her advice for freelancers who are pondering the next step. We cover:

• how to ease the transition into self-employment so you can hit the ground running
• what to do if family and friends don't get it
• how to manage growing pains as your freelance business starts to take shape
• how to tell if freelancing isn't for you and make the switch (back) to employed life

Say hi to Laurie:

• Instagram: @_laurie_macpherson
• LinkedIn: LaurieMac
• Facebook: Laurie Macpherson Career Wing Woman

Say hi to Louise:

Louise Shanahan is a freelance health and medical copywriter and a big fan of finding your freelance niche. She's on a mission to help others build a freelance business that feels easy and works for them – in weekly snack-sized bites.

LinkedIn: Louise Shanahan
Twitter: @LouiseShanahan_
Website: thecopyprescription.com

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