S1 E1: Hannah Ashe

Creative Career Change

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S1 E1: Hannah Ashe

It's launch day of the Chez Hanny podcast!

Hannah Ashe

Sep 30, 2023

Transcript

After much talk, it’s here! The Chez Hanny podcast which seeks to inspire creative career change through sharing stories of women who have taken a risk and followed their calling.

I’m coinciding the launch of my podcast with International Podcast Day!

In today’s episode, I kick off the series by sharing my own story of how I left my teaching job to become an interior designer. I’ve also written about it which you can read by following the links at the bottom of the page, but this audio version is 30 minutes of thoughts and reflections on my journey so far.

I really hope you enjoy listening and I’d love to have some feedback so please do leave a comment.

Making a career change - part 1

Hannah Ashe

August 13, 2023

I’d been ready for change in my work life for a while. As early as 2019 I’d been looking around at roles I could possibly move into as well as thinking about whether or not I wanted to go into senior…

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Making a career change - part 2

Hannah Ashe

August 16, 2023

Here goes for the next instalment of the story of my career change. Thank you for the kind and engaging comments on part 1. It is so interesting to h…

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Making a career change - part 3

Hannah Ashe

August 20, 2023

On Wednesday, I left you hanging somewhere in January 2023 when I had finally signed up for an interior design course. I was still in my teaching job and my role was getting busier and busier. In cas…

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Making a career change - part 4

Hannah Ashe

August 27, 2023

I quit my job. I handed in my notice on 24th March 2023 which meant that I would be paid until the end of August, but after that I had nothing lined up. It should have been scary. Yet, the feeling of knowing I was breaking out of a nine-year work cycle was wonderful and my colleagues said I had a spring in my step.

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