What am I doing with my life? With Elyssa Desai - Keeping motivated after months of emailing, a sink or swim moment and career pivots with Courtney Smith

Keeping motivated after months of emailing, a sink or swim moment and career pivots with Courtney Smith

08/02/23 • 69 min

What am I doing with my life? With Elyssa Desai

Join me as I interview Courtney Smith, Stylist, Creative Director, Presenter and all-round style maven. Speaking with Courtney was an absolute joy, it's hard not to feel motivated by her journey and determination since her fashion shows aged 7. In this episode, Courtney discusses how she went from months of sending emails with no replies, to a cancelled screen test which led to an incredible career opportunity. She’s taken risks, pivoted and always strived to be the best version of herself. I can’t wait for you to hear all the wisdom she shares, which I know is going to help you in your journey.

I would appreciate it so much if you could leave a review, rate and subscribe to the podcast - thank you so much in advance!! If you leave a review, please screenshot it and email to me at [email protected] so I can send you a free visualisation track. I would love to hear your thoughts on this episode and whether you had any lightbulb moments. Please tag me @elyssadesaicoaching and my guest, @courtneysmithstyle, on Instagram if you share this episode with your community.

Together we discuss:

Courtney’s journey – always having huge passion for clothes and being determined to pursue that
How a comment from one of her tutors influenced her career direction
Moving back to Ireland, after studying in London, and the challenge to find work plus keep herself motivated
How a cancelled screen test turned into an incredible career she wasn’t expecting
Career pivots, taking risks and being in different phases of your career
Getting back to being in front of the camera with Closet Confidential
Being in the 5am club before it was a trend
Courtney’s advice if you would love to do what she does
Manifesting things on her vision board – even when she hasn’t realised it
Courtney's 3 pieces of advice if you’re feeling stuck right now, thinking what am I doing with my life...

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Together we discuss:

Courtney’s journey – always having huge passion for clothes and being determined to pursue that
How a comment from one of her tutors influenced her career direction
Moving back to Ireland, after studying in London, and the challenge to find work plus keep herself motivated
How a cancelled screen test turned into an incredible career she wasn’t expecting
Career pivots, taking risks and being in different phases of your career
Getting back to being in front of the camera with Closet Confidential
Being in the 5am club before it was a trend
Courtney’s advice if you would love to do what she does
Manifesting things on her vision board – even when she hasn’t realised it
Courtney's 3 pieces of advice if you’re feeling stuck right now, thinking what am I doing with my life...

Episode links/resources:

Join Elyssa on Instagram

Join Elyssa on Tik Tok

Visit Elyssa's website

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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I am so incredibly excited so be announcing season 1 of What am I doing with my life? With Elyssa Desai.

Welcome! I hope each episode (shared weekly on a Wednesday) will help inspire and motivate you, as well as help you feel less alone.

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BONUS SOLO EPISODE: Quitting jobs, my career rock bottom and finally figuring out my purpose

Join me for this bonus solo episode as I talk about my journey. From the years of having no idea what I was doing with my life, moving from job to job feeling unfulfilled, doing a complete career 360 and crying on my first day as it felt completely wrong to finding my purpose, starting my coaching diploma and launching my own business.

I would appreciate it so much if you could leave a review, rate and subscribe to the podcast - thank you so much in advance!! If you leave a review, please screenshot it and email to me at [email protected] so I can send you a free visualisation track. I would love to hear your thoughts on this episode and whether you had any lightbulb moments. Please tag me @elyssadesaicoaching on Instagram if you share this episode with your community.

In this episode I share:

My journey - how I went from job hopping, to finally doing something I love
Not enjoying learning at school and Uni - how this has changed now
How a career rock bottom moment was actually one of the best things to happen for me
Quitting jobs and the belief I always held
My proof it was possible for me
How I helped myself through moments of self doubt, uncertainty and comparison
Being scared of public speaking but now loving doing a speech at my wedding
Figuring out my purpose
My 3 pieces of advice if you’re feeling stuck right now, thinking what am I doing with my life...

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