114: Losing a Career but Finding Yourself with Heather Knight

Heather Knight Heather is currently serving as the founder and chair of Surviving to Thriving, an Atlanta based non-profit that provides a long-term sustainability program for victims of domestic violence. The passion for domestic violence awareness and prevention started from a personal situation in her teen years and then grew into a career in law enforcement. She recently left the police department after founding Surviving to Thriving in order to dedicate more time to her podcast (also Surviving to Thriving) and to teach the headlining program of R.A.D. Women’s Self-Defense.Heather received a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice at the University of North Georgia Military Academy. She is currently enrolled at American Military University, where she is completing a master’s program in Intelligence Studies with a focus on Homeland Security.Connect with Heather Knighthttps://www.facebook.com/ToThrivingAtlhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/hlknight147/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/surviving-to-thriving/id1493568293On this episode:Heather Knight and Amber discuss Heather's early dreams of the stage and screen, how life's winding road ended up giving her a career as a police officer, and subsequently guided her to starting a not-for-profit that helped her define success. Tweetable Quotes:"We have to remind ourselves that sometimes really good people... make really bad choices. " -Amber Fuhriman"Believe it or not, no matter how much access you have to social media, you're not going to know everything." -Amber FuhrimanConnect with other incredible people looking to break out of the corporate mindset by joining the More Than Corporate Facebook group: http://bit.ly/2MuWn53 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.