Rebel Careers

My guest for today's episode is the brilliant Ros Poerwantoro - of Romud Ceramics. Growing up in Australia, after leaving school, Ros trained as an Interior Architect and was immersed in the corporate for nearly 15 years. As part of a meditation course she attended, as homework, the class was challenged to try something they had always wanted to do but had never done. Ros chose pottery and went to her first class. From there, she was hooked. Ros left the corporate world back in 2021 – with the intention of taking a career break for a couple of months. During this time her hobby of pottery became a business - and now 12 months into running Romud Ceramics she is not only creating her own pieces to sell but also running workshops and training courses from her gorgeous artists studio in Brighton. In this episode, Ros shares with us the decisions that led to leaving her corporate job to try something different. If you're contemplating leaving the corporate world to get creative, then this episode is for you! You can find Ros's website romud.co.uk and on Instagram @ro_mud or on her website - https://www.romud.co.uk/ I hope you enjoy our conversation! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find out more about my workshops and events - www.sarahhuntley.com Read my profile and book a workshop space on the Wim Hof Method® website - https://www.wimhofmethod.com/activities/trainer/sarah-huntley-1 Connect with me on social media (I'd love to hear what you thought of this episode!!) - @sarah_huntley_ Get in touch with me at sarah@sarahhuntley.com

My guest for today's episode is the brilliant Andy Mackenzie. In his early 20's, Andy joined the household cavalry, and with the guidance of his superiors, went on to become a professional athlete. In this episode, Andy openly shares his career journey as well as his experience of burnout and mental breakdown in his forties. After some time out to regain his health, he's come back stronger than ever and became the Performance Director of Irish Modern Pentathlon – culminating in a successful Olympic Games in 2016. Andy is currently training to be a Wim Hof Method Instructor – and will be running workshops in and around Bath later this year! Find him on Instagram @dare.2.become -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find out more about my workshops and events - www.sarahhuntley.com Read my profile and book a workshop space on the Wim Hof Method® website - https://www.wimhofmethod.com/activities/trainer/sarah-huntley-1 Connect with me on Instagram (I'd love to hear what you thought of this episode!!) - @sarah_huntley_ Get in touch with me at sarah@sarahhuntley.com

My guest for today's episode is Kate Toomer. Kate runs Dogs Club – a fun agility and dog training business in Brighton and the surrounding areas. Kate started out working in hospitality – and then successfully applying for a cabin crew role with BA – flying all over the world for over 8 years. She's also set up, run a successful Brighton-based coffee shop before starting her dog training and agility business back in 2016. In this episode Kate shares the highs and lows of entrepreneurship and how even though she never felt like someone who could run her own business, she's done it anyway. Her passion for what she does comes across so clearly in this episode and it was a joy to record. If you're in Brighton and own a dog, check out Kate's website www.dogsclub.co.uk. I hope you enjoy this episode! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find out more about my workshops and events - www.sarahhuntley.com Read my profile and book a workshop space on the Wim Hof Method® website - https://www.wimhofmethod.com/activities/trainer/sarah-huntley-1 Connect with me on social media (I'd love to hear what you thought of this episode!!) - @sarah_huntley_ Get in touch with me at sarah@sarahhuntley.com

My guest for today's episode is Damien Pestell. Damien is a Writer, Storyteller and Entrepreneur. Since 2015 Damien has founded two start-up businesses. The first - Community Oven was a social enterprise which brought people together through food and helped to form community. He then went on to set up and run ‘Street Food Trailers' a business which manufactured custom food trucks and helped people change career into street food, creating new food brands. In this episode, Damien shares his story – from a graduate scheme in the corporate world to leaving it all to start up a business he was passionate about. Damien now helps business owners and companies to tell their story better and develop and implement a business strategy which is aligned with them. You can find Damien on Instagram @beyourbusinessuk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find out more about my workshops and events - www.sarahhuntley.com Read my profile and book a workshop space on the Wim Hof Method® website - https://www.wimhofmethod.com/activities/trainer/sarah-huntley-1 Connect with me on social media (I'd love to hear what you thought of this episode!!) - @sarah_huntley_ Get in touch with me at sarah@sarahhuntley.com

Welcome back to the Rebel Careers podcast for Series 2! Today, to kick off this new series Rebel Career podcast, I'm going to update you on my rebel career story. I take you back over the past 18 months of my life and share with you the pivotal moments, big decisions and challenges I've faced with my career 'pivot' - from performance psychologist to Wim Hof Method® Instructor. Rebel Careers is all about helping you to dare to dream, think outside the box, gain clarity around the career and life you want to create for yourself and give you the confidence to pursue that vision. Work, jobs and careers doesn't have to be boring, and in this podcast I aim to show you just that – by inspiring you to think outside the box and create exciting new career opportunities for yourself, if you're ready for a change. Find out more about my workshops and events - www.sarahhuntley.com Read my profile and book a workshop space on the Wim Hof Method® website - https://www.wimhofmethod.com/activities/trainer/sarah-huntley-1 Connect with me on social media (I'd love to hear what you thought of this episode!!) - @sarah_huntley_ Get in touch with me at sarah@sarahhuntley.com

When most people think of ‘digital nomad' they think a laptop poolside or on the beach with a cocktail and 20 minutes of work a day. Probably followed up by a pool party in the sun and buckets of Moet! The reality is lots of work in very uncomfortable places. I have worked in nearly every different kind of place imaginable - coffee shops, hotels, restaurants, kerb sides, Air BnB's and on trains and planes! Sometimes you just have to suck it up and do it to get things done. There are both pro's and con's to being a digital nomad - and I have been lucky enough to experience this lifestyle first hand when I travelled 5000 miles across Europe in 2020 and 2021 - working, living and travelling in a VW Crafter camper van. In this episode, I share with you my take on the pro's and con's to this lifestyle - and what you need to consider if you're thinking of heading off into the sunset with your laptop under your arm... Pro #1 - Ultimate freedom and adventure Pro #2 - Experience a new culture Pro #3 - Live in the moment Con #1 - Lack of connection Con #2 - Blurred lines between work and play Con #3 - It can be more complicated and stressful I really hope you enjoy this episode. Don't forget, I've got a free PDF Rebel Careers Action Plan Workbook to help you create your own rebel career! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE REBEL CAREERS INSTAGRAM Get in touch with me (Sarah!) at rebelcareers@outlook.com

My guest for this episode is Tom Grainger – who in 2019 set up his company LiveSlow Campers – who designs and builds camper vans by hand in his North Yorkshire workshop. Tom's path to running his own business is a brilliant story – full of twists and turns and one in which I hope will inspire you to keep persevering when the going gets tough, something I know he's had to do a lot to get to where he is today. Tom is a true adventurer can when not in the workshop building camper vans, can be found surfing, skiing, hiking, playing football and cooking. Find Tom here: https://www.liveslowcampers.com / @liveslowcampers I really hope you enjoy this episode. Don't forget, if you'd like more help and support to create your rebel career and take the steps you know you need to in order to get to where you want to go then head over to my website https://sarahhuntley.com/rebel-careers-podcast where you can download your free 12-page PDF 'Rebel Careers Action Plan Workbook'. Join the Rebel Careers Community on Instagram - @rebel.careers Please share this episode with your friends and leave me a review - I would be soooo grateful! I'd love to hear what you think of this episode. Get in touch with me (Sarah!) at rebelcareers@outlook.com

My guest for this episode is Sarah Higgins – who in 2020 set up her own business – 'Seaside Sauna Haus' a mobile, wood-fired sauna based on a beautiful beach in Dorset. She runs the sauna alongside a job as a social worker as well being a wife and mum of two boys. In this episode, we dive into: - How an off-hand suggestion from a friend over dinner was the prompt Sarah needed to set up her sauna business - How Sarah crowdfunded for her new sauna and raised £10,000 in four weeks - How it's possible to run a successful business even if you don't feel like a you're a natural business person I really hope you love this episode! Don't forget, I've got a free PDF Rebel Careers Action Plan Workbook to help you work through this process step by step - CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE REBEL CAREERS INSTAGRAM Get in touch with me (Sarah!) at rebelcareers@outlook.com

For this episode, I share with you my six top tips on how to set up a business. I'm now 10 years into my entrepreneurial journey, having set up and run four businesses from scratch. More people than ever are wanting to set up their own business – with an estimated 3 million employees in the UK stating they want to set up a business in 2022. In 2021, over 700,000 businesses were started, and post-pandemic that figure is estimated to continue to rise as more people are wanting to take control of their time, energy and focus and chase their dreams running their own business and to work for themselves. As idyllic as that sounds, a report by the Telegraph newspaper showed that over 20% of businesses fail within the first year, and even if your businesses survives the first 12 months, by year 5 around ½ of businesses have failed. However, it's not all doom and gloom and my goal today is to share with you the things I wish I'd known when I got started to make your journey into entrepreneurship as smooth and enjoyable as possible! Tip #1 - Find Your Passion Tip #2 - Know Your Market Tip #3 - Solve a Problem Tip #4 - Start Lean Tip #5 - Be A Planner Tip #6 - Find a Mentor Starting your own business can be exciting and challenging. While you'll undoubtedly encounter many obstacles and setbacks on your path to success, following these tips will help you start strong on your entrepreneurial journey. I've got a free PDF Rebel Careers Action Plan Workbook to help you work through this process step by step. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE REBEL CAREERS INSTAGRAM Get in touch with me (Sarah!) at rebelcareers@outlook.com

My guest for this episode of the Rebel Careers podcast is the awesome Dee Harmer. Dee is a true water-woman – she's an open-water swimming coach, surf lifesaving coach, scuba instructor and underwater photographer. Dee runs her coaching business Fish2Water from Eastbourne in East Sussex showing swimmers the delights of sea swimming all year round. In this episode we dive into how Dee jumped straight out of her comfort zone when she won a scholarship to study and swim in the US, how she's been able to work all over the world as a scuba instructor and underwater photographer and how the pandemic gave her the nudge to set up her own business. I hope you love this episode! Find Dee here: www.f2w.co.uk @fish2wateruk If you need a hand with creating your Rebel Career, I've got a free PDF Action Plan Workbook to help you work through this process step by step. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE REBEL CAREERS INSTAGRAM Get in touch with me (Sarah) at rebelcareers@outlook.com - I'd love to hear from you!

My guest for this episode is Mike Churchyard. Mike is an ex-police offer turned sports massage therapist. Mike had always wanted to run his own business, so facing retirement after a 30 year career in Sussex Police, he trained in sports massage therapy and in early 2020 was set to open the doors to his new clinic. One global pandemic and two years later, Mike is now able to reflect and appreciate how such a tough and challenging time was actually a blessing in disguise – and how it enabled him to grow his business at a pace that suited him. One of Mike's motivation to set up his own business in retirement was to create a lifestyle of freedom and adventure and he's done just that – splitting his time between Sussex and the Lake District – travelling between the two in his camper van, Tigger. Mike is a real advocate for trusting his intuition, going against the grain and creating a life and business that works for him. I really hope you love this episode. If you need a hand with creating your Rebel Career, I've got a free PDF Action Plan Workbook to help you work through this process step by step. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE REBEL CAREERS INSTAGRAM Get in touch with me (Sarah) at rebelcareers@outlook.com - I'd love to hear from you!

There has never been a better time to think about changing your job, career or even setting up a business. A 2021 poll of 4000 employees showed that over 60% of employees intended to make changes to their careers as a result of the pandemic. That's 3 in 5 people considering a change in what they are doing for work – an increase in over 10% from the previous year. Out of those 60%, the top reasons for individuals wanting a change is to pursue a career where you can work remotely, for career advancement and more flexibility, things that I know are all very important to me in my career. However, it's not always a simple as that – just to make a change and take action. Even if you're part of that 60% who are thinking about a career change, it's likely you've invested a ton of time and energy into your career so far and it's not easy to take your life in a different direction. More to the point, what direction should you take it in? In this episode, I walk you through the four steps to take to create a successful career change - how to evaluate where you are now, work out what you actually want, master your mindset and then create a plan to get there. I've got a free PDF Rebel Careers Action Plan Workbook to help you work through this process step by step. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE REBEL CAREERS INSTAGRAM Get in touch with me (Sarah!) at rebelcareers@outlook.com

My guest for this episode of Rebel Careers is the amazing Kelly Gentry. Kelly is a swimmer, coach, boat pilot, and water lover from California with 25+ years spent in and around the water. In her early-20's, while her friends were pursuing what society dictates as a ‘normal career', Kelly started to create her ‘rebel career, moving to Europe, securing a job as a Swim Guide for SwimTrek and settling near the beautiful city of Dubrovnik in Croatia. In this episode Kelly tells her story from studying Environmental Science at university because it felt like the sensible thing to do, to building a career as a Swim Guide which has led her all over the globe. This came to an abrupt halt when COVID hit in 2020 but she pivoted, making the difficult decision to move back to California and build her coaching business SwimSwell from her base overlooking San Francisco bay. I was so intrigued by her story and wanted to find out what drove her to go against the grain to focus on what truly makes her happy and how she escaped the rat race to pursue a career as a Swim Guide. Find Kelly here: www.swimswell.com / @swimswell_openwater / @pacificswimco I've got a free PDF Rebel Careers Action Plan Workbook to help you work through this process step by step. Click HERE to download for free! Join the Rebel Careers Community - @rebel.careers Get in touch with me (Sarah!) at rebelcareers@outlook.com

My guest for episode two of Rebel Careers is the incredible Melanie MacIntrye. Mel is an international bestselling author, keynote speaker, sought after coach and business mentor and the founder of Mel MacIntyre Coaching. Mel runs her business remotely from the tiny Scottish island of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides and is at her happiest when she has sand in her toes, the sun on her face and the wind in her hair. In this episode, we dive into: How complete burnout in her 30's led Mel to setting up her own business How she navigated the first year running her business whilst being a full-time carer for her Dad The steps Mel took to grow a six-figure coaching business from a tiny Scottish island with a young family Find Mel here: www.melmacintyre.com / @mel_macintyre_coaching / Join Mel's Facebook Community I've got a free PDF Rebel Careers Action Plan Workbook to help you work through this process step by step. Click HERE to download for free! Join the Rebel Careers Community - @rebel.careers Get in touch with me (Sarah!) at rebelcareers@outlook.com

Today, to kick off this very first series of the Rebel Career podcast, I'm going to share my rebel career story. For many years I struggled with feeling like I didn't ‘fit' into the traditional 9-5 career path, feeling like there must be something else out there for me, but unsure of what that was or what it looked like. This is the story of how I got off the beaten track and created my own rebel career – as an entrepreneur, adventurer and traveller. In this episode I want to share my whole career story with you, all the way back to 2012 when my entrepreneurial journey started. I'm talking about: How work experience whilst at university made me realise I didn't want a traditional 9-5 and I wanted to do something different The moment I realised I needed to take control of my career and set up my own business How I came up with the idea for my first business and got started How in 2019 I was the epitome of a ‘busy fool' – over-worked, over-whelmed and stressed out The mindset tools and strategies I've used over the past three years that have helped me create the success I've experienced (and the things I still do today to keep me on track!) How I created a business I could run 100% remotely and spent nine months travelling around Europe in a camper van How you can open yourself up to new opportunities and make 2022 the year you turn your ideas into reality Rebel Careers is all about helping you to dare to dream, think outside the box, gain clarity around the career and life you want to create for yourself and give you the confidence to pursue that vision. With Rebel Careers, I want to show you how earning money and creating a career doesn't have to be just a job. It can be your dream! I've got a free PDF Rebel Careers Action Plan Workbook to help you work through this process step by step. Click HERE to download for free! Join the Rebel Careers Community - @rebel.careers Get in touch with me (Sarah!) at rebelcareers@outlook.com

Hi, I'm Sarah Huntley – the founder of Rebel Careers. I'm so excited to bring you this brand new podcast because there has never been a better time to say YES to a rebel career! To seek a fulfilling job, change your career or set up a business to fuel a life you're passionate about. On your own terms. People are doing this every single day and you can too. The Rebel Careers podcast is going to bring together incredible stories of people from all over the world who've done things differently when it comes to their career to inspire you to seek out more for yourself and I'm also going to be sharing my own personal experience of building a rebel career as a serial entrepreneur. Over the past ten years, I've started four successful businesses from scratch - with no money, no business qualifications, but lots of ambition and determination to work it out! I have got so much in store for you and I cannot wait to share it all with you so stay tuned!