Society & Culture
Emily Drake left her career in public relations without a plan. She hit her bottom emotionally and professionally in the years that followed. Despite getting paid well to do work that exercised her strengths, she felt she was climbing a ladder she never meant to climb. She was working, but not doing her work. And she wondered…who am I? Emily embarked on a journey to answer that question, a journey that brought answers she wasn’t expecting. Today Emily is the owner and CEO of https://www.thecollective-academy.com/ (The Collective Academy). In this episode, Emily Drake and I discuss: Why Emily is a recovering perfectionist How her family jumped in to support Emily when they saw how her job was negatively affecting her life The inspiration her mom has been Why she has a huge care team surrounding her, sponsor, therapist, coach How she views life as a spiral staircase Dealing with imposter syndrome How what we know to be true might not always be what others know to be true Her positive experience with divorce