Circles of Change: Conversations with Dr. Zara Larsen
on Change Leadership and Career Fulfillment
August 6, 2008
“Natural Awakenings: One Community at a Time”
Guest: Holly Baker
www.naturaltucson.com (520) 760-2378
Anchoring Points:
- Natural Awakenings is dedicated to leading edge information to help people live the best lives they can – emotionally, physically and spiritually. Breadth of topics with monthly lead themes: health, nutrition, fitness, personal development and growth, sustainability.
- Readership is from early 20’s to mid-50’s in age, affluent, educated. Advertisers offer a range of products and services, and along with national authors often participate in magazine editorial for additional exposure. Upcoming and ongoing events calendars for local venues are included. Topic breadth creates our niche.
- Purchasing the Natural Awakenings point and moving to Tucson in 2005 has left me a bit bewildered, with every day being like a long Sunday vs. the 8-10 hour/5 day a week grind and boredom of my former career. No more seeing my life flash before my eyes.
- I had no premeditated thoughts of moving, and was stuck with an “ah-ha” when shown a copy of the Kansas City magazine. “Where would you like to live?” “Well, how about Tucson”. “That point has just come up for sale!”
- I was drawn to the content of the magazine plus courtesy of the role modeling and mentorship of Dr. Michelle Robin, a doctor, healer and business woman, had always wanted to be on the edge, inspired to do something really big, take the risk, and go for it.
- My earlier career experiences in social work and sales, plus personal journey for holistic health equipped me for some of the challenges or running my own business; however; I am learning daily as a first time new business owner to be more detail and fact oriented, as opposed to working solely from gut and intuition.
The biggest lesson I have learned so far is to trust, move forward and not to worry as we can get really stuck in the what if’s and economic worries of the day. I look for and expect the best in the direction I best know how to move. I don’t look back. It’s all perfect as it is. It’s happened exactly as it was supposed to happen
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