Nisha Harichandran was a commercial and corporate lawyer before she followed her dream to become a writer. She recognized her transferable skills, moved countries for love, and listened to the nagging of her inner voice to make big life changes in 2020.
I’m your host, Karen Styles, Career + Life Coach and owner of Flow + Fire Coaching. Ready to create your Intentional Career? Schedule a call with me.
My guest is Nisha Harichandran. Nisha is a business story teller, caption and content writer. She has 15 years’ experience as a lawyer. Simplifying complex material in a clear and easy to understand way is her superpower. Writing is her passion and she loves to write a variety of pieces for diverse businesses. She got a fresh start in 2020 when she moved to Cardiff, Wales and decided to pursue writing full time. Her blog, Bohemian Crossing is a book club for her readers, and she set up Bohem Notes with a vision to empower businesses to share their stories.
*Note to Listeners*: We will be taking a short break from our usual biweekly schedule to enjoy the rest of the summer. The Intentional Career Podcast will be back in the fall of 2021.
Interview Highlights:
[01:42] Nisha looks back on how she started as a lawyer.
[04:07] Law isn’t like the legal dramas on TV. Nisha works in commercial and corporate law in Malaysia, India and Thailand. But being a writer was always her dream job.
[07:05] Nisha decides to explore blogging. She later moves to Wales to be with her husband, instead of continuing her marriage long-distance.
[11:08] The mission of her blog, Bohem Notes and the Growing in Lockdown Series
[14:48] How her career as a writer is different than before
[18:50] The biggest resistance she encountered was the voice in her head.
[27:00] What helped Nisha in making this career change
[34:10] Nisha’s career crushes and what she would tell her past self.
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Transcription - From Lawyer to Writer with Nisha Harichandran
Nisha Harichandran was a commercial and corporate lawyer before she followed her dream to become a writer. She recognized her transferable skills, moved countries for love, and listened to the nagging of her inner voice to make big life changes in 2020.
I’m your host, Karen Styles, Career + Life Coach and owner of Flow + Fire Coaching. Ready to create your Intentional Career? Schedule a call with me.
Karen: Today, my guest is Nisha Hari Chandran. Nisha is a business storyteller, caption and content writer. She has 15 years of experience as a lawyer and simplifying complex material in a clear and easy way to understand is her superpower. Writing is her passion and she loves to write a variety of pieces for diverse businesses.
She got a fresh start in 2020 when she moved to Cardiff, Wales and decided to pursue writing full-time. Her blog, Bohemian Crossing, is a book club for her readers and Bohem Notes has a vision to empower businesses, to share their stories. Welcome, Nisha. I'm so glad to have you here.
Nisha: Hi, Karen, thank you so much for having me.
Karen: Yeah, it's great to have you, we met on Instagram, right? That was fun. Yeah.
Nisha: I mean, it's a celebration of connections, isn't it. Like attracts, like, you know, you send out this message to the universe. Like I've got the story to tell at somebody, please hear me out. And there you are just opened your doors and welcomed me. So thank you so much.
Karen: I got a DM and I thought this is really interesting. So, your story really intrigued me because you mentioned you were a lawyer for 15 years. And then you moved your whole life, to Wales and started writing full time. So let's go back to your career as a lawyer. Maybe tell us what life was like there. And how was it that you started to get the sense that things needed to change?
Nisha: You know, Karen, it all started in Wales actually 15, 18 years ago. So inspired by all the enlightened books that I read as a child. I always craved this adventure and living in boarding school. I know it's just exploration. And I had applied for my university education to do my undergraduate studies and there was a position offered at Cardiff University. So I had come here and pursued my undergraduate degree. So it all started in Wales.
Karen: And where were you before that?
Nisha: In Malaysia. I'm born and brought up in Malaysia. So this tropical child, sunshine, loving angel, who doesn't really stay much in the sun in Malaysia because it's so humid. And I wanted this adventure. My parents said, Okay. And my dad, a little bit of tough love. He said, Okay on one condition you are going, but you're completing your studies. And then coming back, there's no running back and forth for every summer vacation or winter holidays. Like you don't make the most of it. And I was like, Yeah thank you. I'm just going to go all out, explore, learn.
And Cardiff was such a welcoming city, a bit more relaxed in terms of pace-wise, compared to some of the bigger cities. It's a university city in a way and it was so welcoming. So this is where I spent my three years as an undergraduate. I went on to London and completed my bar vocational course and got called to Lincoln's Inn, which is one of the oldest inns in the UK.
And I went back to Malaysia after that and completed my pupilage, which is your 12-month training, sort of like an articleship and got my stages, as a practicing lawyer. Law was fun. I would say you don't really get those inter...