Life & Work with Lynn Mull
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Hi Lynn, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I rose through the Financial Services ranks for the first part of my career working on everything from merger integration, project innovation change management and ultimately running strategy for 6,000 operations and sales assistants nation wide. Continuously promoted, I quickly moved through many layers for all of my hard work, hustle and ability to lead.
During a time of major life milestones–caregiving an ill mother, grieving the murder of a female mentor, getting married and having two small kids- I began to evaluate what I wanted in my career. With a beginner’s mind I studied Coaching, Leadership Development, Yoga, Reiki and other modalities to determine how to exit the toxic lifestyle of wall street. Recently someone called it a snow plow culture; just as you got through one milestone at work I’d be knocked out of the way into a larger snow bank. All along I had saved and planned my financial wellness to allow a shift in my career and family life.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It’s a great question. Regardless if you are working in a company, start up or for yourself, life and work bring challenges big and small. I’ve noticed, in my research that it’s been noticeable difficult at major milestones.
Personally, some major obstacles arrived in the form of physical ailments. I’ve noticed in many people in my life as well as myself that leaving big corporate role or change your work life, you get sick or illness that’s been festering emerges. Fifteen months after I left Wall Street I had major surgery that required two months of recovery which lead to an eight month of a business slow down in my Career Consulting and Career Coaching business.
Other struggles show up as a mental battle. Editing my ego from titles and structure of daily life was so difficult. Moving away from what others want, need and expect to defining life on my terms was jarring. I worked hard to find the clarity and freedom in my own weekly structure, given my years of process and programming experience, to drive results that made sense for me. I define my own career and now I see that I always have.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I have a quarter century of experience on Wall Street. Today, I blend energy healing, breathwork, deep questioning and action based coaching to provide Holistic Career Coaching for highly functioning, deeply passionate burnt out successful men and women in mid-life.
My mantra helps clients see there is another way to define life and work.
Unfortunately, many wellness modalities focus only on internal systems and energy without bringing into account priorities or action steps that we need in mid-life. Financial priorities and responsible cannot be undone easily in your 40s. I bring the internal to the external to create a bright future for themselves.
Luckily I can balance all aspects of my experience to help my clients find a way to work in a new way.
Is there something surprising that you feel even people who know you might not know about?
A little known fact, that likely came from years of work travel is my love of solo travel. Once a year, or more if I can fit it in, I take a trip alone. I love having dinner solo, not negotiating with anyone on my schedule and using my own internal rhythm to create, workout, explore or rest.
We all move in an ecosystem of work and life that has us constantly negotiating with family, friends and our community. A solo trip for a night or five is a great way for me to get back to my own heart, mind and spirit.
