35. Getting inspired about yourself and what you can achieve in life with Sara Harrup

Building Doors with Lauren Karan

Sara Harrup is a visionary leader with a diverse career, from managing a homeless shelter to becoming a transformative CEO.

Her journey showcases resilience and an unwavering commitment to helping others.

Sara works with people and organisations to gain deep insights about who they are and how to reach their potential.

She has held multiple board and executive roles in for purpose, private and ASX companies.

Sara’s lived the many complexities, nuances and challenges involved in leading organisations and has been supporting C Suite and Senior Executives as an Executive Coach since 2014.

In this empowering episode, we sit down with Sara Harrup to explore a myriad of topics that delve deep into personal growth, professional development, and navigating life's challenges.

In this episode you’ll learn more around how you can champion empathy and emotional intelligence in your own life.

You’ll also walk away with a fresh approach on how you can redefine success and the power your own compassion can have in creating purposeful impact in the world.

Leaving no stone unturned with Sara we cover:

• Embracing the power of your own narrative and how it shapes your journey.
• Understanding your strengths and finding your niche
• Finding the silver lining in our challenging experiences and turning them into valuable lessons.
• How we are always either moving towards growth or away from it.
• How identifying personal values helps in finding the right professional fit.
• The importance of making decisions based on integrity rather than seeking popularity.
• Insights into building and sustaining a fulfilling and happy relationships.
• Releasing guilt and prioritising our personal fulfillment.
• Practical tips for preventing burnout and maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Sara's personal account of facing breast cancer and navigating single parenthood and how it fostered greater accountability gives us insight into navigating our own life challenges.

Her candid discussions around gender norms in household work distribution as well as emotional maturity in relationships gives us food for thought about the standards we accept in our own lives.

Sara's shares her perspective on justice and how it serves as her internal compass and takes us through the complexities of ADHD diagnosis and discovery.

Tune in for an inspiring and candid conversation with Sara Harrup as she shares her wisdom on living authentically, not being afraid to “call it out” and living with courage to embrace the challenges that come our way.

You can connect with Sara Harrup and learn more about her coaching programs and insights for executive leaders here.

About your host:

Lauren Karan, Director and Founder of Karan & Co.

With over a decade of experience as a recruiter and development coach, Lauren Karan found that her priorities rapidly changed after the birth of her two children. In 2022 she founded Karan & Co flipping the out-dated recruitment model with a focus on retention through career coaching and development.

Lauren believes that If opportunity doesn’t knock, you have to build a door – and it’s this same philosophy that inspired her to create the Building Doors podcast. The Building Doors podcast is for anyone undergoing a transformation in their life. Regardless of whether you feel stuck in your current role, need some inspiration on what steps to take next, want to learn how to level up as a business owner or simply want to listen to the experiences of successful entrepreneurs and industry professionals, the Building Doors podcast is all about unlocking your potential.

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