Many professionals spend decades building successful careers in banking, finance or corporate leadership, following a path defined by status, security and progression.
But what happens when the life that looks successful on paper slowly starts to feel misaligned?
In this episode of Outlaws, Kate and Shayla speak with a former global banking and finance leader who stepped away from senior corporate roles after burnout and severe migraines forced her to question what success really meant. What followed was not a dramatic leap but a gradual career change from corporate life, beginning with a sabbatical, volunteering at Lifeline, and exploring psychology.
Over time, curiosity led Jo Bowles in an unexpected direction: training as a therapist specialising in somatic psychotherapy. This conversation explores burnout in corporate careers, the identity shift that can follow leaving corporate life, and the messy middle of reinventing success on your own terms.
