Episode #10 with Katie Lodge: from property business development to coach and consultant
Welcome to episode #10 of the Career Pivot Podcast, hosted by Bec Sands. This episode is available on Spotify, Stitcher, iTunes and Google Podcasts, and if you enjoy it, I would love it if you could please subscribe and leave me a review.
In today’s podcast episode, I interview Katie Lodge, who pivoted from the world of property marketing and business development into two businesses: one as a business development consultant, The Creative Lodge, and another, Flojo, where she coaches people to discover their purpose, overcome overwhelm, get clarity and reclaim their time including through the process of journaling.
With almost 20 years' experience and a decade of business development and marketing experience under her belt, Katie made the bold decision in 2019 to step into solopreneurship after experiencing burnout and realising that she needed to rediscover what she was truly passionate about.
Show Notes
1:40 Where Katie was at before she pivoted, and the catalyst that made her want to pivot
3:20 Katie’s experience of burnout and what she did next in her career
4:30 The first step Katie took in her pivot and how she got out of a downward spiral in her career
5:20 How life coaching supported Katie in finding clarity on her next steps, including what she loved doing
6:30 How coaching unfolded into a deeper experience where she looked at a lot of different aspects of her life
8:50 How work can become so entwined with our identities - particularly if you’re highly driven
9:50 Katie’s reevaluation of herself as a person and a mum outside of her career
10:50 The two businesses that Katie created that evolved into two distinctive areas
13:00 How Katie used her experience of career burnout and moved past it to create one of her businesses
15:00 Why your business can look like anything you want, and you don’t have to do just one thing but can explore multiple avenues
16:07 Katie’s dream of combining her businesses in future to fulfil the passion and desire she has to do something bigger than herself and support other people
17:25 Why no experience or effort is ever wasted in your career
18:20 Some of the biggest challenges Katie faced when she started out in her business and how she overcame them
19:40 How a positive mindset has supported Katie to succeed in her business
20:30 What Katie would say to someone who’s been sitting on the fence in relation to taking action to pivot their career and the one question you can ask yourself to know whether you’re ready
22:10 One thing you can do next in your career pivot
22:50 Books that supported Katie in her career pivot that you can read too
Additional links:
Daring Greatly, Brene Brown
Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert
Atomic Habits, James Clear
The Desire Map, Danielle LaPorte
Find out more about Katie:
Instagram: flojo.com.au
LinkedIn: Katie Lodge
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