From Blueprints to Brushes with Emily-Jane Sarroff

About this episode

Emily-Jane Sarroff discusses her journey of balancing a successful career with her passion for art and the societal pressures that influenced her worth.

Finding a balance between career and creativity. Have you ever built a "successful" career only to realize it was draining the very creativity you intended to nurture? Artist Emily-Jane Sarroff spent a decade navigating the worlds of architecture and high-level business consulting before realizing that her most important work was the art she made for herself. Emily-Jane shares her journey of deconstructing the "societal programming" that linked her worth to her career and ex...

People in this episode

Host: Claire Waite Brown

Guest: Emily-Jane Sarroff

Topics covered

• creativity
• career balance
• personal journey
• art
• societal programming

Keywords

• creativity
• career
• art
• societal programming
• personal growth

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