Why I work with Jamie: Featured Client Sabine Hikel

Featured Client: Sabine Hikel Ph.D, consultant and blogger

Websites:
www.leavingacademia.com
www.confabulous.ca
www.sabinehikel.com

What are you creating in the world?

I create many different things: I’m a writer, blogger, podcaster, editor and consultant. What I create in the world is ideas and energy for social change. I do this primarily through two streams. One is a website called Confabulous, which is a group blog aimed at smart, sassy women who are interested in both politics and pop culture. The other is a project called Leaving Academia, which is for grad students and faculty who are interested in exploring post-academic careers.

How did a Visioning session with Jamie help?

Working with Jamie was enormously helpful. At the beginning of our visioning session, Jamie laid out to me what exactly her process was, which I really liked. Then she took me through the steps of clarifying what it is that I want to offer the world. It was a great blend of thinking through practical aspects of doing business (money, resources, time) and the crazy, “Wow, what if I did THIS?” kind of stuff. Jamie makes it very safe to look at just how much capability you have within yourself. She makes it safe to answer that call that so many of us feel inside–the longing to be useful, the longing to make a difference. One thing that I got from Jamie that has had one of the longest-term effects was a focus on identifying and knowing who my allies are. That was very revealing!

What did you learn?

I learned that my two websites are far more connected than I originally thought. Jamie helped me to see that the underlying impulse beneath both of them is a desire to create positive social change, though in two completely different realms.

What would you like to celebrate?

I would like to celebrate the human spirit, which seldom knows when to quit.

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