Ep.65/ You’re More Powerful than You Think
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You can’t control what happens to you, but you can choose how you respond to the circumstances and that’s where the power lies.
Our guest today is the shining example of this quote. Sarah Susak completely turned her life around (literally) after being diagnosed with a rare head and neck cancer, which she survived. In this episode we dive deeper into that journey and what she did to transform both her physical, mental and spiritual state.
Sarah Susak has a 20+ year career as a corporate lawyer starting in her early years in private practice before moving to Colgate Palmolive Pty Ltd as their Corporate Counsel on a secondment. That secondment turned into an almost 10 year stint with Colgate eventually as their General Counsel moving to Geneva, Paris and New York for various international roles and specialising in marketing and innovation.
As a lifelong charitable volunteer and devoted philanthropist she then took an unexpected but unregrettable return to Australia to work for a charity she is passionate about requiring an almost three year sabbatical from law all together. She worked for Wayside as their Partnerships Manager in a non legal role filling one of her great passions which is community.
Her legal career was reignited when she took the role as general counsel at Coca-Cola where she had great fun for almost another ten years before moving to her current role as GC in an iconic Australian food manufacturing company called Kinrise who makes famous brands like Cobs popcorn and Greens baking products.
She has also just launched her new business, a side hustle for something she is exceptionally passionate about given its huge impact on her own health and wellbeing after a very frightening battle with cancer (which she has survived!) and that business is called Medi Steady Go where on weekends she teaches Vedic Meditation, an ancient and effortless meditation technique she credits with transforming her life.
She also has a book in the oven that is almost finished baking which she plans to release this year! She is a mother of a gorgeous 7 year old girl called Stella and is married now for over 10 years to her Croatian husband Halan.
In this episode:
Sarah shares her career journey and how following her heart always leads her to the next exciting opportunity.
She talks about how she took charge of her life after being diagnosed with cancer and how vedic meditation completely transformed how she shows up in life today.
Sarah also answers the million dollar question, can you have a successful career and also a thriving life.
We talk about this and so much more.
I know how much value you’re going to receive from this episode, Sarah is one in a million and provides so much wisdom in a practical way you can start implementing in your life right now.
Tune in today!
Connect with our Guest:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-susak-2795b3a5/
Instagram: @sarah_susak
Website: https://www.sarahsusak.com/home
Connect with the host:
Website: https://marijaduka.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marija-duka/
Instagram: @marija.duka