Ep 043 // Breaking Up With Career Obsession and Using Meaningful Work to Heal with Ashlyn Carter (Courage)
Summary: <p>This week I'm excited to share two fabulous conversations with <a target="_blank" href="http://ashlynwrites.com">Ashlyn Carter,</a> conversion copywriter for creative entrepreneurs! </p> <pre><code> <img class="thumb-image" data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586c0773ebbd1a367d451544/t/596c0576f14aa1a6e70c1ff2/1500251564151/" data-image-dimensions="720x718" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="596c0576f14aa1a6e70c1ff2" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586c0773ebbd1a367d451544/t/596c0576f14aa1a6e70c1ff2/1500251564151/?format=1000w" /> </code></pre> <p></p><p>Soon after meeting Ashlyn, I learned she's played a major part in some huge launches around the internet, including some names you might have heard before such as Jenna Kutcher, Heather Crabtree and Hilary Rushford. </p><p>While Ashlyn now runs a thriving business, it wasn't always this way. In today's Courage story, she bravely shares how she went from sleeping with her phone under pillow as an ever-striving Public Relations professional to recognizing her mental health had been shuffled to the backburner in a major way. </p><p>Ashlyn was hospitalized for a full blown eating disorder and generalized anxiety, and after dealing with frustration and feeling lost, she knew a change was on the horizon. </p><h3>In today's Courage story, you'll learn: </h3><ul dir="ltr"> <li>Ashlyn's rocky road to entrepreneurship, including why she had to hit "pause" on her life while she was hospitalized for two months </li> <li>How she challenged her career mindset and decided to forge a completely new path after a successful, striving-based PR career </li> <li>How she got started as a copywriter</li> <li>The BIG thing she did to accelerate her business and become the "go to girl" for launch copywriting in her industry in just one month </li> </ul> <p></p><h3>SHOW NOTES:</h3><ul dir="ltr"> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://ashlynwrites.com">Ashlyn's website</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://jennakutcherblog.com">Jenna Kutcher </a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://fizzle.co/courage">Fizzle - grab 5 weeks for free!</a></li> </ul>
