Sarah Flynn, Psychologist, author and human sustainability coach

About this episode

Sarah Flynn discusses her career journey and insights on psychology and sustainability.

Sarah Flynn is a career coach who works with purpose-led, empathic leaders making a difference to the world. In addition, Sarah teaches resilience for sustainability leaders on the Cambridge sustainability leaders masters. Discussing her own squiggly career journey, Sarah explains how she felt when she discovered psychology as a teenager and then became inspired to study it in depth, thinking she’d work in clinical psychology.  She talks about moving to Italy to teach English as a foreign language, what led her into working in psychotherapy and how she became first a research psychologist and then a corporate career coach. Listen in to hear Sarah's tips for developing a career in psychology, her co-authored book Climate Change Coaching: The Power of Connection to Create Climate Action , and how to introduce resilience and empowerment into life. Mentioned in this podcast Association of Sustainability Practitioners Climate Change Coaches   Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) Ikigai Books Parenting out loud – Elliott Rae Find your zone of genius – Laura Garnett You might also like to listen to:  Shaheer Hafeez Director ESG strategy and climate…

People in this episode

Host: Sandra F

Guest: Sarah Flynn

Topics covered

• career coaching
• psychology
• sustainability
• resilience
• empowerment

Keywords

• career coaching
• psychology
• sustainability
• resilience
• empowerment
• Climate Change Coaching
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), Association of Sustainability Practitioners, Climate Change Coaches

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