Model and writer Jessica Vander Leahy on Building a Career That Doesn't Box You In, Conscious Balance and Why Boundaries Are an Act of Compassion

Jessica Leahy is a journalist, model and author and one of the most joyfully multi-hyphenate women I have ever had the pleasure of speaking with.Raised in Papua New Guinea before moving to Sydney, Jess built an incredible career across two worlds - as a journalist working across Australia's leading women's publications, while simultaneously building a modelling career with Bonds, RM Williams, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. Jess built her modelling career at a time when there were very few women who looked like her in Australian fashion. She didn't just succeed in spite of that - she used her platform to make sure more women like her could.She is also the author of Loved People, Love People - a gorgeous children's book about self-love.In this chat, we talk about the portfolio career before it had a name, what it means to be malleable in a world that wants you to stay in your lane, and why advocating for your own boundaries is the most important thing you can do.Follow Jess: @jessicavanderleahy  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.