"Making a Mid-Career Pivot to Pursue Your Passion: Insights on Content Creation, Personal Branding, and Overcoming Challenges"-Hetal Vasavada, Baker, Blogger,Author-Milk and Cardamom

Have you ever wondered how to make a career pivot from your corporate job to pursue your passion.  In this podcast episode, Hetal Vasavada discusses her mid-career pivot from the healthcare sector to pursuing her passion for content creation and building a personal brand. She talks about her journey from being a baker and blogger to being featured in magazines like Bon Appetit and walking the red carpet. Hetal has grown her Instagram followership to 108,000 followers and has built an active, engaged community. She shares her experience of being a contestant on Season 6 of Master Chef, the new skills she has learned, and the challenges she faced while transitioning to a new career. She also talks about how she got paid clients and how her values help define her and her business partnerships. The conversation also delves into sustainability and fast fashion, and how culture and being children of immigrant parents influenced their perspective on these issues. The topic of microaggressions and toxic cultures in the workplace is also briefly touched upon, with the acknowledgement that it deserves a deeper dive in a separate podcast episode. Overall, listeners will gain insight into how to invest, adapt, and engage in pursuing their passion as a full-time career. Hetal Vasavada was a contestant on Season 6 of MasterChef and is the founder of the blog Milk & Cardamom. Her recipes have been featured in Huffington Post, TASTE,The New York Times, Food and Wine, The Times of India and more! Her cookbook, Milk and Cardamom, that was named one of the top cookbooks of 2019 by The Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle. She also consults on recipe development and content creation for culinary businesses. She lives in San Francisco, California. What was the most helpful tip? Do you have other tips/ stories you would like to share? Let me know by dropping me a note at : womencareerandlife@gmail.com. Please don"t forget to share, subscribe and leave a review. Podcast Host: Sirisha Kuchimanchi Come, let"s #paintlifetogether! Podcast & Social Media Links: https://solo.to/wcl Follow on Instagram @womencareerandlife Ea ********************************************************************************************** You can subscribe to my Substack Newsletter by clicking here. I"m a former tech executive, a podcast host and an entrepreneur. I work with Universities on Organizations to transition students to the corporate world and building successful leadership pipelines ensuring a healthy financial future. If you"re interested in coordinating or working with me on keynotes, workshops, or on a one on one basis, you can go to my website www.sirishakuchimanchi.com If you are interested in leveraging more personal and professional development check out the podcast of my radio talk show "Life Beats with Sirisha" by clicking here Connect with me: All: https://solo.to/sirishak Instagram: womencareerandlife LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sirishakuchimanchi/ #womencareerandlife ...