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LIVE HEALTHY NOW - Episode 47
Balancing Career, Health, and Happiness
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It’s estimated that the average person will spend around 3,507 days, or 90,000 hours of their lifetime working. That’s a huge proportion of your one life, so if you aren’t happy in your job or career, it’s going to take it’s toll.
So why do many of us spend years unhappy in our jobs?
“It’s about living your life now because we forget that it is our life and we get to be the one who is in control and choose how that life plays out.”
— Nicola Mercer
“We realise that the work we’re doing, even though we’re really good at it, isn’t necessarily aligned to who we are, to what makes us want to get out of bed in a morning, what brings us joy.”
— Kerry Jones
Your health and wellbeing are impacted by everything in your life, so if work is the biggest thing you spend your time doing, it’s obvious that it’s going to contribute to your overall wellness and how happy you feel. So why do many of us spend years unhappy in our jobs and take the impact this has on our stress levels, our mood, our relationships, our mental and physical health?
Today we’re talking about the role your career plays on your overall health and wellbeing with Kerry Jones, an executive coach who helps people to work out their career path and navigate professional challenges so that their career isn’t what’s holding them back from living a happy life.
In our conversation we explore:
Why the job you do has such an impact on your overall wellbeing and happiness.
How easy it is to wrap your identity up in your job and career.
The reasons so many people are unhappy in their jobs but don’t have the confidence to make a change.
The hold fear has on you and how to tackle fear head-on.
The changes Covid has brought to work and the job you do, and why we can’t let a return to the old normal take hold of you.
Stepping back to look at the one life you have and creating a bigger plan for what you want to help you move forward with making a change in your career.
The choice we all have but get caught up not seeing.
Getting started with a simple tip from Kerry to look only at your next 6 months.
About Kerry:
Kerry is an Executive and Career Development Coach who supports senior professionals to gain clarity and confidence so they can thrive.
Having worked for 16 years in high-level positions with global FTSE companies, Kerry has extensive experience managing teams to deliver organisational, leadership and cultural change.
As a trusted coach, she leverages her experience and established coaching frameworks and techniques to support, challenge and empower her clients.
Kerry holds accreditations as a Coach from the International Coaching Federation (ICF), The Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), and ABNLP.
In addition to offering 1:1 private coaching, she collaborates with organisations to provide coaching services for their employees. Kerry's services also include group coaching, speaking engagements, and webinars.
Kerry loves living near the beach in Brighton with her husband and two amazing kids!
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