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Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick!

On today’s episode, we talk with Laura Thorne, entrepreneur, environmental career coach, and co-host of EPR about Managing Burn Out, Embracing Challenges, and What it Means to be a Role Model.  Read her full bio below.

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Showtimes:
1:59   Nic & Laura discuss managing burnout

18:36  Embracing Challenges

26:14   What it means to be a role model

37:12   Field Notes

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Guest Bio:
Laura is an entrepreneur, she co-owns a media company, a publishing company, and environmental career coaching service, and conducts business strategy consoling.  She has over 25 years experience in management, executive board leadership, creating and managing programs, and helping others succeed. She has developed programs for international companies, managed and created programs, written awards for excellence, and helped companies of all sizes make a bigger impact. In 2020, she received a nomination for Economic Champion from CenterState CEO in Syracuse, NY.

Laura holds a BS in Biology from the University of South Florida, is a certified Project Management Professional, certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, is a certified career coach, and previously served on the board of the National Association of Environmental Professionals. For 10 years she was an environmental scientist working in habitat restoration, GIS, seagrass monitoring, and grants management. When she is not consulting or creating she is teaching photography, curating art shows, hosting visitors in her unique Airbnb, or traveling.

Music Credits
Intro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace Mesa
Outro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs Muller

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