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Passion Stories with Free To Flourish
Welcome to the Passion Stories Podcast, a conversational series that features people who have made career transitions into work they feel fulfilled with, or started their own passion business.
We talk about when they decided to make the change, why they do the work they do, what helped them overcome obstacles with the transition, and any tips that they would give to others sitting on the idea of making these big changes.
People from the environmental, social change, health and wellness, and creative industries come on to share their story in hopes to inspire others to go after their own professional dreams.
Rachel Fry is a Psychology Trainer, Teacher, and Coach. Her work is focused on helping people with mental performance, leadership development, and career growth. She has her own company, Free To Flourish, and partners with different organizations, companies, universities, and athletes to support their leadership and teams. Rachel has a behavioral science master's in Applied Positive Psychology and experience in multiple sports as a high performing athlete. She is also a VP and leads the Professional Development team of a DC environmental nonprofit organization.
For more on her work and to connect with Rachel: www.free-to-flourish.com
Passion Stories with Free To Flourish
Therapist: Kiara Hartwell
Kiara has worked in mental health and counseling for over 10 years and now runs her own therapeutic practice. She specializes in working with millennial women entrepreneurs, professionals and has a coaching program to help newly licensed therapists who want to start their own practice.
@kjhartwell talks about how she was initially discouraged by some therapists in her field in starting her own practice, but sought out more information and talked to others to really determine if doing her own practice was something she could realistically do. She also talks about how having consistent clients and seeing their successes keeps her confident in continuing to do the work she is doing. Kiara shares some of the fears she had with launching her business and how she has learned to overcome them as an entrepreneur.
We also talked about how therapy has become less stigmatized in the U.S. but often times people are still reluctant to seek out help, especially if they are the first person in their family to see a therapist.
To learn more about what Kiara offers and some of the mental help tips she shares each week, you can visit and connect with her at @kjhartwell !
Consider checking out the Passion and Purpose program if you are looking to make a career transition into more purposeful work or have been sitting on a business idea that you want to launch: https://www.free-to-flourish.com/passionandpurpose
To book a call to learn more about the program:
https://calendly.com/rachel-freetoflourish/q-a?month=2022-08
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