What Teens Can Teach Us About Our Own Squiggly Careers with Kristen Peterson

About this episode

Kristen Peterson discusses how teens can provide insights into navigating squiggly career paths.

What if the career you never planned for turned out to be exactly the one you were meant to have? And what if the teens in your life — the ones navigating big decisions about their futures — can actually teach you everything you need to know about squiggly careers? We've all had moments where the path we're on suddenly stops making sense. Where the bravest thing we can do is admit it and change course. That's exactly what Kristen Peters-Peterson did, more than once, before finding work that t...

People in this episode

Hosts: Colleen DelVecchio, Ashleigh Beadle

Guest: Kristen Peterson

Topics covered

• career development
• teaching
• personal growth
• decision making
• youth influence

Keywords

• squiggly careers
• career change
• teens
• personal growth
• decision making

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