Magnificent Midlife

Hattie Voelcker went from being a barrister to retraining as a performance coach, working particularly with singers. She's so wise and inspiring! And great fun too.  We talk about: - Why Hattie made the change from barrister to performance coach - The similarities between the two professions - The beauty of transferable skills - The power of understanding people's wants, needs and vulnerabilities - How being a family law barrister helps her coaching practice now - Moving from a very high-powered career to a new and different role - How people of all levels suffer from impostor syndrome - How the real fear we feel when stepping forward is looking stupid, both for men and women - How our desire for perfection can hold us back - Vulnerability and courage as two sides of the same coin - Empathy starts with ourselves - How it's OK, in fact, normal, to be nervous when stepping forward - It's fine to be just OK and to be you, and in that is perfection - Life is an infinite series of nows - How fun is vital to l