Episode 9 - An interview with me: How to overcome barriers to changing careers in healthcare.

Beneath the Armour

Welcome to Episode 9 of the podcast!
In this episode I bring you a special interview. My wife, Olivia, kindly agreed to interview me on a topic which I think is really important - how do you successfully change career direction in healthcare?
By way of background, I am a clinical psychologist and I have changed jobs several times and shifted career pathways twice in the 5 years since I qualified from my doctorate. I also had started out initially in the academic world, before realising I wanted a more clinical role.
In this episode you get access to all of my thoughts, feelings and worries that surrounded all of these decisions.
I talk openly about the pressures I felt faced in a competitive healthcare industry in London, and how I learned to let go of expectations and rules about who I should be or what I "should" be doing with my career.
I talk about the challenges this caused, the uncertainty, the self-doubt but also the enormous growth and ultimately freedom these changes have created for me.
Currently, I work part-time doing what I now absolutely LOVE - psychological therapy, as well as the other half of my time on my own business which is truly aligned with what I want to do in the world - helping other healthcare professionals.
I talk about how making a number of changes in quite a short space of time, whilst daunting, led me to a place where I feel satisfied and very fulfilled with what I'm doing.
This podcast should be helpful not just for psychologists considering career changes, but other healthcare professionals. This is because we talk about the general fears, beliefs and barriers one is exposed to, and ways of overcoming those.
I hope you will find this episode helpful and inspire you to change your direction if you're currently not happy in your role!
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www.nathanillman.com
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