Client Conversations Leap into a New Career with Rachel Hom-van den Wildenberg
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Produced & mixed by Burgundy Sound Studio
Music by Luca Gennaro
Have you considered leaving your full-time work to pursue a career more aligned with your passion? How do you work through the fear of giving up a paycheck to pursue ‘magical things’?
Jaime’s guest in today’s episode is Rachel Hom-van den Wildenberg. Rachel went from a strategist role with an international sports brand, to full-time illustrator.
Change doesn’t happen instantly, sometimes a leap like this can be years in the making. For Rachel, it was three years of working through the fear, before she was ready for the leap. She had to learn how to be in her job in order to feel ready to leave it.
In this episode, you’ll learn to:
Find the courage to stay in your current job to learn the skills you’ll need when you leave
Look objectively at your contribution at work rather than counting hours
Give yourself credit for the journey you’ve been on towards a more aligned future, even if you haven’t yet taken action
That negative voice in your head isn’t actually making you more productive
Rachel Hom-van den Wildenberg is a graphic journalist who makes illustrated essays, memoirs, and articles for media outlets and businesses. And for fun, for her loyal readers. She writes, researches, and observes from a place of shared humanity -- both delighting in, and questioning, our 'common knowledge' and cultural beliefs, along with the systems and individuals living them out. Her succinct presentation and illustrations deftly unpack each curiosity and prod for enlightenment. Rachel also makes standalone art inspired by her countryside life in the Netherlands. She's a musician and squash fanatic.
Find Rachel at: https://www.instagram.com/homdingr/ and www.homdingr.com
