Managing Burn Out, Embracing Challenges, and What it Means to be a Role Model with Laura Thorne

Share your Field Stories!Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Laura Thorne, entrepreneur, environmental career coach, and co-host of EPR about Managing Burn Out, Embracing Challenges, and What it Means to be a Role Model.  Read her full bio below.Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Showtimes:1:59   Nic & Laura discuss managing burnout18:36  Embracing Challenges26:14   What it means to be a role model37:12   Field NotesPlease be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Connect with Laura Thorne at https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurajeanthorne/Guest Bio:Laura is an entrepreneur, she co-owns a media company, a publishing company, and environmental career coaching service, and conducts business strategy consoling.  She has over 25 years experience in management, executive board leadership, creating and managing programs, and helping others succeed. She has developed programs for international companies, managed and created programs, written awards for excellence, and helped companies of all sizes make a bigger impact. In 2020, she received a nomination for Economic Champion from CenterState CEO in Syracuse, NY.Laura holds a BS in Biology from the University of South Florida, is a certified Project Management Professional, certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, is a certified career coach, and previously served on the board of the National Association of Environmental Professionals. For 10 years she was an environmental scientist working in habitat restoration, GIS, seagrass monitoring, and grants management. When she is not consulting or creating she is teaching photography, curating art shows, hosting visitors in her unique Airbnb, or traveling.Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the showThanks for listening! A new episode drops every Friday. Like, share, subscribe, and/or sponsor to help support the continuation of the show. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and all your favorite podcast players.