#036. How hard is it to step away from an organisation you've set up and been involved in for 30 years? Introducing Lis Whybrow, a former private client solicitor who spent in the region of 40 years supporting individuals with wills and probate (among many other things).
Loss #25 of 101 - Loss of a professional accreditation.
You might think it was hanging up a 30-year law career that made Lis feel the emotions of loss, but the sadness surprised her when the automatic renewal reminders began pouring in for an accreditation she had with the professional body she’d helped launch decades ago.
As Lis was no longer practising law it was a sensible decision to withdraw her membership of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), but this was more than just not renewing. She was leaving behind something she'd invested heavily in, with her head and her heart, which would be a substantial loss - one she would recognise at a later date.
Lis has now retrained as a life coach, specialising in helping people face the end of their life, as well as other losses and grief. She is back supporting people individually, only this time without any pressure of billable hours.
She opens up on what this transition has felt like, where her identity is rooted, the difference between good and bad losses, as well as planned and unplanned losses, and how losses in the professional world need processing and grieving too.
For more about Lis visit:
https://liswhybrowcoaching.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lis-whybrow-1483771b6/
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