Paul’s story
It took me a while to figure it out. I was tipped for a great career: a degree from Cambridge, a Masters from Durham. I moved from role to role, working all hours in large, high-pressure organisations because that’s the definition of success, right?
Deep down, I knew it wasn’t. So I did more training, looked at lateral moves, made a huge list of my strengths and skills, and tried to find jobs that matched, but I couldn’t find a career I wanted. I felt adrift.
Around this time, my first daughter was born. Then, out of nowhere, my health dropped through the floor. One day I was running 10k, the next I couldn’t even answer my front door. I suddenly had a very different perspective on life.
From that point on, work became almost unbearable. I was aware precious time with my wife and daughter was trickling away in trains and meeting rooms. Demotion would have been a relief. I wanted balance and longed for an exit strategy, but I had a mortgage, bills to pay and mouths to feed.
When my second daughter arrived a few years later, I was still stuck. My health was suffering again, I wasn’t the person I wanted to be, and the idea of fulfilling work seemed like a myth.
That’s when I got a coach. More than one, in fact. And that was a start. I examined what I found to be truly meaningful, and I began to rebuild my whole life around that. Through that process I uncovered what had always driven me: helping others rise through dilemma and challenge to find richness and meaning in life. And that’s where you’ll find me now.
About Paul
Paul is a co-founder of Thriveherd and the architect of the PEP Talk career change program. With extensive experience as a corporate and independent career coach, Paul has worked in large organisations, chiefly in the public sector, at a range of levels of seniority.
Paul is an Animas transformational coach, a global member of the International Coaching Federation and a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council.
Professional interests:
- Career transition and change
- Career development
- Meaning and purpose
- Confidence coaching and Imposter Syndrome
- Existential coaching
- Personal branding
- Small business ideas and planning
Deep down, I knew it wasn’t. So I did more training, looked at lateral moves, made a huge list of my strengths and skills, and tried to find jobs that matched, but I couldn’t find a career I wanted. I felt adrift.
Around this time, my first daughter was born. Then, out of nowhere, my health dropped through the floor. One day I was running 10k, the next I couldn’t even answer my front door. I suddenly had a very different perspective on life.
From that point on, work became almost unbearable. I was aware precious time with my partner and daughter was trickling away in trains and meeting rooms. Demotion would have been a relief. I wanted balance and longed for an exit strategy, but I had a mortgage, bills to pay and mouths to feed.
When my second daughter arrived a few years later, I was still stuck. My health was suffering again, I wasn’t the person I wanted to be, and the idea of fulfilling work seemed like a myth.
That’s when I got a coach. More than one, in fact. And that was a start. I examined what I found to be truly meaningful, and I began to rebuild my whole life around that. Through that process I uncovered what had always driven me: helping others rise through dilemma and challenge to find richness and meaning in life. And that’s where you’ll find me now.
About Paul
Paul is a co-founder of Thriveherd and the architect of the PEP Talk career change program. With extensive experience as a corporate and independent career coach, Paul has worked in large organisations, chiefly in the public sector, at a range of levels of seniority.
Paul is an Animas transformational coach, a global member of the International Coaching Federation and a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council.
Professional interests:
- Career transition and change
- Career development
- Meaning and purpose
- Confidence coaching and Imposter Syndrome
- Existential coaching
- Personal branding
- Small business ideas and planning
The experience has been phenomenal, I cannot recommend Paul enough.
Really accomplished, really professional – Paul makes you understand and realise, at a deeper layer and level of understanding. I’ve built confidence and quit my old job, and am now in the career of my dreams.
So what Paul helped do was make those dreams a reality.
The single greatest investment we’ve made.
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