Leaving a career & starting a new one after 20 years with Kara Heasley

<p class="p1">My former client Kara is one of those women who was good at doing what she was “supposed” to do.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">She went to college, studied engineering (just like her dad), and became an engineer. She also got married and had kids, all while progressing in a very demanding field.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">But eventually, as life tend to do when it isn’t built on the sturdiest, most authentic foundation, things started to fall apart. Kara went through a divorce, became a single working mom, and was faced with a whole new reality.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">She’d spent 20 years checking a lot of boxes, only to realize that she wasn’t satisfied and <em>desperately</em> needed a change (and a break).</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>In this month’s interview with a normal person, Kara and I talk about what it’s like to leave a career after so long and start something entirely new.</strong></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Listen in as we talk about…</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1">How she realized it was time to move on</li> <li class="li1">Her advice for women who are in more traditional, heavily-masculine-energy-type fields like engineering</li> <li class="li1">Taking an 8-month sabbatical from working, and what she did with all of her free time</li> <li class="li1">Processing her fears around moving in an entirely new career direction</li> </ul> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p4">Come <a href= "https://clarityonfire.com/podcast/leaving-career-after-20-years/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s2">leave a comment</span></a> after you’ve listened to share how Kara’s journey resonated with you!</p> <p class="p5"> </p> <p class="p4">MORE ABOUT KARA HEASLEY</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Kara is an ISTJ, a Thriver, and an Enneagram Type 9. She’s also a civil engineer, a single mom of two, and an amateur gardener,