EP025 | Choosing Fun From Now On. Early Retirement and adventure, with Cara Leach

In this episode:I introduce you to a brilliant friend and client, Cara Leach, who has bucked the trend and chosen to semi-retire early at 49. Cara has always been a career woman, setting an example to her two daughters who she raised for many years as a single mum. She’s a sales and marketing whiz, and has worked in sectors as varied as tech, pharmaceuticals and sport. She was most recently brand ambassador and commercial manager for Marine Football Club.However, the reason we are talking in this episode is because she’s just embarked on a massive, and pretty brave change.At just 49 years old, Cara has made the decision to semi-retire. She and her partner Phil are renting out their house in Merseyside for 12 months, and embarking on a huge travel adventure, which they are going to document, warts and all.In this episode you’ll hear how us talk about Cara’s bold decision to semi-retire; what the triggers were for that decision; the travel plans that she and Phil have and what she wants to get out of it; and how she wants to inspire people with her honest and humorous account of their experience. - - -𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗜𝗢:Cara Leach is a recent empty nester, mum of two university students, and partner to Phil (who's loving retirement!)After 27 years in Sales & Marketing across sports, software and pharma, she has semi-retired, but still brings 110% energy to life. She’s lived in France, Germany and the Netherlands, and is always hunting for new adventures and people to meet.Ridiculously driven, results-oriented and fun-loving, Cara is all about making a difference while finding personal growth and fulfilment along the way!𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate. She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change. When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.==================All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.