EP018 | How age is on my side. Starting a new career journey in my 50s, with Anna Perkins

Age does not define your career choices
𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗡𝗨𝗧𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗟:
I am joined by my fabulous former client, Anna Perkins, who (and she won’t mind me telling you) has started a new career journey in her early 50s.
Anna has been a marketeer for 25+ years, and while there’s a lot about this role she still really enjoys, she knew that if it’s all she continued to do until the end of her working days, it would kill her soul (her words, not mine!)
After some deep, introspective work to dig out her innate strengths, skills and passions, and identify what would deliver a true sense of meaning and purpose for her, Anna is now immersed in the world of mental health, and is training to become a counsellor.
In this episode, I chat to Anna about how she came to choose this new career path; the steps she’s taking towards it; how she’s found being back in the classroom and what she has learnt about herself through that process, and importantly for a lot of people, how age is actually on her side.
Come join us.
𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦:
In this episode Anna and I chat about:
• What life looked like for Anna before we helped her pinpoint a new career journey that would feed her soul
• The themes that became apparent for Anna as we dug into her strengths, transferable skills, personal values, and innate passions
• How Anna came to realise working in the mental health space really appealed to her, and how she kick-started her work journey in this area through research, volunteering, and new qualifications
• What it was like for Anna returning to the classroom in her 50s, and how she had to get comfortable with being vulnerable and not being the expert in the room
• How and why Anna now believes that age is truly on her side
This is an insightful conversation, where we also discuss how age is seen as an inhibitor for people looking for longed-for career and life changes, but why it actually isn’t! Anna’s story is a great example of how age and experience actually bring huge benefits, and that it is never to late to go after what you truly want!
You can find out more about Anna in the show notes, on my website.
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