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How does a corporate attorney become a creative entrepreneur? Karen Walrond is a writer, photographer, author, and speaker — and that’s just during working hours. She’s also a licensed attorney + an engineer. How did Karen go from being the Chief Counsel of one of the largest software companies in the oil a gas industry and the former Chief of Staff of a Fortune 200 company to author a best-selling book The Beauty of Different: Observations of a Confident Misfit, and the creative mind behind Chookooloonks, aTEDxHouston speaker and a press page that includes appearances on PBS, Huffington Post, CNN.com and The Oprah Winfrey Show? Karen is here to share with you her personal transformation. I invite you to consider if this is possible for Karen, what is possible for you? “Sometimes leaps really aren’t leaps.” ~ Karen Walrond, on How She Really Does It LISTEN HERE In this interview we discuss: Practical – lawyer/engineer/fortune 200 company | Not practical creative entrepreneur – how did you ignore the rules society tells us? Trusting your intuition + knowing when it’s time… Laying the foundation for career change + realities of adult responsibilities. How Karen will combine her knowledge of law with her passion from being a creative entrepreneur. What feminism really means for Karen –g “the right to determine your life” The importance of practice. There are possibilities + decisions, not blueprints The plan versus what really happened. “Everything is figureoutable!” ~ Karen Walrond, on How She Really Does It Mentioned in this Podcast chookooloonks website Karen’s book The Beauty of Different Leaps don’t have to be leaps: how to change your life by simple steps smiling, The post Karen Walrond: Lawyer to Creative Entrepreneur Part 1 appeared first on howshereallydoesit.com.