Client Case Study Laura Sinnott - When I Grow Up

Client Case Study Laura Sinnott - When I Grow Up Um, do you know that Ive coached hundreds of women since I started offering dream career guidance in 2008? And that these women are freakin rock stars, leaving soul-sucking jobs and traveling the world and launching creative, grown-up businesses and simply doing work that fits their lifestyle goals? Well ya do now and youll hear their stories firsthand in my  Client Case Studies series! Laura Sinnott  is another former Career Camper of mine who  has since set out to become A DOCTOR (whoa!), but not in what you might think. Keep reading to see how her current education connects to what we uncovered together. Why did you decide to work with a creative career coach in a group program? Once I decided to change my career, I knew I wanted to make a well thought out and informed decision and wanted someone to help guide me through the process. I started at the bookstore and started reading bios of the authors, and they were mostly called career coaches. So I started googling. I think Michelle came up when I started adding the terms freelancer or artist. What were you doing work-wise when our program started? I was working as a freelancer in audio post production for independent film at a small studio I built. I was also teaching at NYU, advising at NYU, and recording sound for films. What was your biggest takeaway from our work together? The personal, introspective, reflective exercises allowed me to look at myself from a different perspective and really figure out what type of work I would be happy doing. Exercises like figuring out what your core values are (for me, work-life balance was one) and then translating that to the work place were incredibly helpful. And the colors and design of the workbook made it SO MUCH FUN! I would go to breakfast restaurants and do the exercises. I wish I could be a full time career coachs client. : ) Was there anything else you tried to do as a career between the time we stopped our program  and what you do for work now? If so, how did it inform your current business? No I continued what I was doing. And, well, Im still doing it. But the difference is that Im ALSO in a doctorate program now, which is pretty much a full time job. Im phasing out the other career; slowly but steadily. What would you tell someone now that was in your shoes when we first started working together? Whats your best tip to allow them to make a grown-up living doing what they love? I would advise anyone starting the career soul searching (as I describe it to people) to do ALL OF THE EXERCISES. Dont skip them. Dont fall behind. The exercises are designed well and you dont want to lose momentum. Whats on the horizon for your career? Im in a four year doctoral program with 2.5 years left to go, in Audiology. As an audiologist, my goal is to become a hearing health and wellness expert possibly specializing in people with hearing loss who are either musicians, sound engineers, or any person for which music plays a significant role in their lives. The audiologists career involved many things I discovered my core values to be work life balance, a massive variety in the work (every day is different), traveling if I want, and a job where part of the requirement is to learn knew things (we have to be up to date on current research and actually participate in learning modules/courses in order to maintain our credentials). Also, communicating with others was something I realized was HUGELY important to me, so working as an audiologist will capsize on that. We are working with patients who are struggling to hear others talk the heart of communication.   Career Change Masterclass is my new group program just like the one that Laura took! but I kept it small so that just 15 women will be able to get  individualized coaching from me on top of the exercises, group calls, and community that it offers.  Check it out here, but hurry registration closes this Thursday  or when all 15 spots are taken!