At 19 years old, Sorcha Mulligan signed a banking contract that told her what age she would retire.
She looked at it and thought:
"No chance."
That instinct would take her from Ireland to London, across Southeast Asia as a scuba diving instructor, into fintech, blockchain, venture capital and impact investing.
It would also take her through eight pregnancies, multiple miscarriages, postnatal depression, acomplete mental collapse and the slow process of rebuilding a life from the inside out.
In this episode of The Stronger Stuff Show, Minna sits down with founder, investor, venture partner, ocean lover and mother of two, Sorcha Mulligan.
We talk about what happens when the life that looks successful on paper stops making sense.
About walking away from careers that no longer fit.
About meeting the love of your life in a gay bar in Belfast.
About trying to squeeze an expanded version of yourself back into an old life and watching it implode.
And about the surprising freedom that comes from letting go of who you thought you were supposed to be.
Along the way we get into banking, blockchain, venture capital, motherhood, nature, mental health,impact investing, wild swimming, shark conservation, meditation and why some of the biggest decisions you'll ever make start with a quiet feeling that something isn't right.
In This Episode:
- Meeting her husband in a gay bar in Belfast
- Eight pregnancies and the road to motherhood
- Postnatal depression and rebuilding from rock bottom
- Walking away from banking to become a scuba diving instructor
- Living and diving across Southeast Asia
- Why a storage unit full of designer clothes changed everything
- Blockchain, venture capital and investing in change
- Wild swimming, nature and coming back to yourself
- Letting go of control
- The next right choice
If you've ever looked around at a life that seems successful and wondered why it doesn't quitefit anymore, this conversation is for you.
Because sometimes the bravest thing you can do is stop trying to become someone else and startpaying attention to who you've been all along.
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