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Reinvention, Solo Travel and Starting Over. From Corporate Travel to a Second Act. This is episode 287 of YOUR CAREER Podcast with Jane Jackson.

This delightful conversation with the amazing Bronwyn White will have you booking your next flight ... on your own! Bronwyn is a travel researcher, marketer and founder of two businesses that reflect her own midlife reinvention with Solo Travel Collective and Second Act Collective.

With over 35 years in travel and tourism, including roles with Qantas, destination marketing, research and consulting, Bronwyn has built a new chapter around the things she understands best: women, travel, behaviour, change and what happens when life no longer looks the way you expected it to.

Solo Travel Collective helps women travel confidently on their own terms, and helping women work out what their next 20 years will hold. Travel and retreats are how Bronwyn does it.

Bronwyn is particularly interested challenging the idea that by midlife women should have everything figured out!

Her view is simple: sometimes the most interesting part of your life and career starts after the plan falls apart.

What happens when the career you built no longer fits the life you want?

In this episode, I talk with Bronwyn White, about career change, reinvention and the unexpected opportunities that emerge when your original plan falls apart.

Bronwyn loves her travel and tourism specialisation which including roles with Qantas, Destination NSW and Kantar, before building her successful travel businesses.

Her career has involved multiple reinventions, including adapting her business after COVID-19 and later embracing AI and launching her successful business, Solo Travel Collective, supporting women to travel independently.

In this episode we discuss what it takes to recognise when change is needed, why reinvention doesn't have to wait for a crisis, and how midlife can become a time of discovery rather than limitation, especially when it comes to the rich and varied experiences women gain through solo international travel.

Key takeaways:

• Your life and career can have several chapters, and you don't have to know the entire story before beginning the next one.

• Understanding the people you want to serve is essential when creating a new business or career.

• Travel can provide an opportunity to rediscover yourself, build confidence and experience life differently.

• Midlife can be a time to reconsider what you really want from work, identity, life and travel.

I loved our conversation and am very envious of her next trip with a select group of 8 women to the Maldives. Such freedom and fun! Bronwyn shares her approach to designing travel experiences for women who want the freedom of solo travel without necessarily having to do everything alone.

Find out more about Bronwyn:

Solo Travel Collective: https://solotravelcollective.com

Follow Bronwyn White on LinkedIn for Baby Boomer solo travel inspiration

About Your Career Podcast

I'm Jane Jackson, a career transition coach with over 25 years' experience helping professionals navigate redundancy, career change and their career crossroads.

If you're wondering what comes next in your career, you'll find practical career advice, stories and inspiration here.

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