Every once in a while you encounter someone with a whole lotta gumption. You know the type. Someone who really takes the bull by the horns and gets after what she wants.
Olivia Lindquist is one such person. In the midst of a career search while teaching English in Korea, she dropped me this note:
As I’ve been working on my grad school applications due this fall, something was keeping me from being fully invested. Finally I realized that going to grad school for English literature, even though it’s absolutely something I want to do, feels like closing a door on the possibility of pursuing a career in holistic health.
So Olivia decided to figure out how teaching English and a career in holistic health might work together. She’s in the midst of an interview series, bringing to her blog readers the responses from several women in different, related fields. I – representing coaches worldwide (okay, maybe I’m just representing me) – recently responded to Olivia’s questions which she posted last week. If you’re interested in learning more about coaching as a career from my perspective, click the image below to read the full interview.
Additionally, tool around Green Junkie Living. There are other careers highlighted and you just may find some answers you’re looking for. If nothing else, I think we can all learn from Olivia and her gumption. She wants something. She’s not exactly sure what it is. And instead of sitting back and hoping it magically appears, she’s taking an active, holistic approach. She’s asking herself the hard questions. And she’s asking others, too.
For Olivia and all you other career seekers out there: may you uncover what you already know.
I like this! “May you uncover what you already know.”
Thanks, Kerri!
Jen, I’m so curious about people like Olivia, who are taking more innovative, entrepreneurial approaches to teaching in academia! I would love to talk to her one day, when she’s done her research. There’s something so generative to breaking down this super narrow career path into the academic world, and so much to gain for students and academic institutions as a whole to experience expert teachers & researchers who are also passionately grounded outside the academic bubble…
Kilian – I agree. We often get hooked on a particular idea of what a career path should look like and close ourselves off from other possibilities.