Work In Progress Podcast

Resources

• Interview summary 
• Where to find Lucybloom: website, instagram, The Yoga Feed Retreat

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Today’s guest is Lucybloom, a yoga instructor based in Ireland who transitioned away from her makeup artist career when she realized that she was unhappy with the long working hours and the stressful lifestyle.

She started doing yoga as a way to manage stress and as she got more advanced she flew to India and got a yoga instructor certification. At the same time, a car accident on a rainy early morning comute to the film set made her realize that this is not something wanted to continue pursuing. She decreased hours doing makeup and started teaching yoga. Today she teaches yoga and co-owns a yoga retreat with her friend Alice. It is evident how at ease and in peace she feels with her her new path.

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What was it like starting your own business? 

She didn’t have much money to begin with due to the nature of freelance work. In the beginning it was hard and it took a long time to build a client base, but she took the perspective that her job is to serve and help people; she knew by sticking to that ethos, she would be coming from the right place. “If you had smaller number in your classes, you [might] feel a bit disheartened but really that’s just your ego” and at the end of the day you need to put that aside because your job is to help people who show up at the class.

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When you switched to yoga, was there anything difficult about it?

No, “it felt easy and right, I felt at home. I just actually felt like I came home.”

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Work In Progress Question: what does your next career look like?

Writer. Writing is something that comes naturally to her and she’s always enjoyed writing.

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Amy quit her pharmacist career when she realized she was hitting a development ceiling and she embarked on a journey to find out what she could do next. She joined a coding bootcamp and became an UX designer one year later. In this episode Amy shared with us how she realized her career needed a change, how she figured out if tech was for her, and how she networked post bootcamp.
One thing Amy pointed out that we absolutely agreed with is that, there are many transferrable skills you take with you from the previous job to the next, even if it's going into a completely different industry and role.
Currently Amy's role as a UX designer allows her to use the newly acquired coding knowledge to solve healthcare problems that she has always been passionate about. 

Where to find Amy:
LinkedIn AmyNg
Medium @aalynng
Medium article article "Parting Words For The Next Graduating Design Bootcamp Class"












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Today’s guest is Goli, who quit her career in law when she realized it wasn’t for her and went through a year long journey to figure out what she wanted to do next. She went to meetup events to network with people from different industries and felt really drawn to the tech startup scene. At around the same time she needed to rent a photo booth for her son's first birthday, but the options are there are limited and expensive. And that's when she thought "maybe I can start a business doing just that!" And that was exactly what she did: she founded a photo booth company that grew into a business. 

Fast forward to today, she currently owns a business, hosts a podcast and a blog. In this episode Goli shares with us the struggles she went through and the lessons along the wayAND we talked about what she might do next with her career. 

In talking to her, we learned that quitting the job you didn't enjoy actually wasn't so scary, and that a more fulfilling life awaits after you leave behind what doesn't serve you and start anew.

Where to find Goli:
Website Lessons From a Quitter
Instagram @lessonsfromaquitter
Podcast Lessons From a Quitter

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In this episode, we want to inspire you to make career changes with Avery's story.

How did Avery switch from a hedge fund analyst to a founder and CEO of her own company and start a coaching business helping others with their career changes? We find out for you in this episode! 

Avery is a living embodiment of making bold and strategic changes and it reflects in her career trajectory. Check out Avery's profile to learn what other changes she's made in the past and take a look at her website if you are curious about what her business offers!






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Resources

• Interview summary 
• Where to find Shawn: Twitter, website, Learn In Public essay

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After a stressful career in finance for about 7 years, Shawn burnt out and decided to exit. In our conversation he explains how he managed to change career from finance to tech and the lessons along the way. Get to know him more by following him on Twitter and his website. Among the many things he's known for online, our favorite is his Learn In Public essay.















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Introducing the Work In Progress Podcast where Dana and Angela each briefly talks about their stories and why they are passionate about advocating for change.
More interviews can be found on their blog and the series How They Did It.















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