003 — I Had the Job That Gave Me Everything I Was Told to Want — with Alison Rice

"I did all the things, but I don't feel how you told me I was going to feel."Alison Rice had the job, the title, the access, the travel — everything she'd been told to want — and she left it to pursue something that, at the time, had no shape but a podcast.We talk about what it was like when the industry invites stopped arriving, the version of herself she had to let go of, why clarity arrives in the action rather than before it, and what happens when you finally get the seat at the table and realise it was never built to hold you.Alison Rice is a 10x award-winning leader, speaker, host, mentor and the founder of Get Offline — established in 2018.Get Offline is a world of mentorship and community for women reimagining success and building richer, deeper, more sovereign lives offline in the age of algorithms and artificial intelligence.Prior to Get Offline, Alison held editing and publishing roles at The Walkley Foundation For Excellence in Journalism, ACP Magazines and Allure Media.She led the award-winning localisation and launch of Who What Wear into the Australian market and led POPSUGAR to become one of the country's most-read women's lifestyle websites. Alison has been featured on B&T's Women In Media Power List twice, and is the recipient of some of the Australian publishing industry's most coveted awards including Publish Executive of the Year, Launch of the Year and Website of the Year.Connect with Alison on Substack: https://offlinewithalisonrice.substack.com/And her website: https://getoffline.co/Or check out her 'paused' accounts at:Alison's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alisonlarsenrice/Get Offline on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getoffline.co/—The Identity Project is hosted by Olivia Muir — curious conversations about who we are beyond our work. Follow the show so you don't miss an episode, and if this one resonated, leave a review or send Olivia a message at https://theidentityprojectwitholivia.com/