Then and now...career change



Thanks to my inquiry I have found a solid standing where I can see, happily, my career changing direction allowing me to go with the flow and accept change as a good thing.

I have subconsciously used the process, learning and experiences of BAPP as a ‘self-help’ progression where I can take an external and diagnostic view of my own career…by means of conversing with and taking advice from others about their careers and professional transitions.

By stepping out of my personal journey and looking at others from the objective, non-biased view I have been able to find answers to my own questions that were perhaps in areas of the scary unknown that seemed to present themselves as obstacles as I was too afraid to accept that the next step was imminent in happening.

Having discovered that denial can be part of transition, as it is in the stages of grief, I understand that timing of the change can differ between people and their personal experiences of career transition.

By actively choosing/accepting my transition and the possibilities that lay in store for me, starting with a sabbatical from performing, I am super energised about my future.

Looking back over the last year I was thinking that I was a dance teacher and taking time to do BAPP before performing again…this has developed somewhat! I know have redeveloped my interest in dance injury and rehabilitation and have since taken extra studies for this next step

Since June this year I have started a new job. I have begun work in an osteopaths and chiropractors.  I remember thinking when I was in training how amazing it would be to become a dance specialist in the injury rehabilitation world (mainly due to my interest in the body and my countless sessions i personally had with physicians tending to my injuries.) When this opportunity arose for fulltime work in this environment my tummy skipped…this only ever happens when the passion kicks in, so I knew it was a must! I automatically started planning my next move, my next study course, my next 5 years and my next graduation…jumping ahead there I know! This is the excitement I had been lacking with my current work…bouncing from job to job.

‘So alongside my teaching (I haven’t cut this out completely) I am now in a clinic manager role and getting hands on experience and training that will develop into a proper course next year to become a practitioner.