This episode features special guest Katie Perez, LMFT.
Katie is a brave one! In this episode she shares her very authentic and vulnerable personal life experiences, including encountering burnout in her professional life, and tells us about finding fulfilment through an unlikely avenue - an extreme experience in the outdoors.
Katie discusses the pressure she felt of trying to check all of the boxes of having a career, a family, a marriage - the whole lot - and also the unexpected feeling of freedom she experienced after failure.
Katie moved to a small town in Washington. After struggling with alcoholism and the end of her marriage, she started learning about boats and how to repair them. This cultivated an interest in boating which began the start of a fisherman’s life on a crab boat. Yes, you read that right! Not only was this radically different from her previous career as a therapist, but it was also a big cultural shift for her as well. She describes the exhilarating experience she had in a world that was completely different from her own and the feeling of empowerment she gained from doing a difficult job in an extreme environment with some grumpy old ‘sea dogs’ who didn't know what to make of her!
In this episode, we discuss the importance of self-knowledge and how realizing what makes you function at your best can prevent burnout. Finally, we look at having the courage to follow a dream and to listen to what your experience is telling you.
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