E.170 From Paramedic to Creative: Sarah Wayte's Journey with ADHD and Mental Health in Emergency Services

Finding Your Way Through Therapy

Steve Bisson

Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement, Education, Psychology, Counseling, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Honest, Substance Use, Social Sciences, Science

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🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Send us a textEver wondered how a paramedic transitions to a creative copywriter and brand photographer? Meet Sarah Wayte, who shares her incredible 20-year journey through the UK ambulance service and her unexpected leap into a new career in Canada. Sarah opens up about her life-changing late diagnosis of ADHD and how it influenced her path, offering a unique perspective on navigating high-pressure professions with neurodiversity. Her story is a testament to the unexpected paths our careers ...

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to finding your way through therapy a proud member of the
0:07.6	Site Craft Network. The goal of this podcast is to demystify therapy,
0:12.4	what can happen in therapy, and the wide array of
0:15.1	conversations you can have in and about therapy.
0:19.0	Through personal experiences, guests will talk about therapy, their experiences with it, and how psychology and
0:25.0	therapy are present in many places in their lives, with lots of authenticity and a
0:30.0	touch of humor. Here is your host, Steve Bissant.
0:38.0	So, thank you and welcome to episode in San Jose.
0:40.0	Thank you and welcome to episode 170. If you haven't listened to
0:43.7	episode 169, go back and listen to it. And I meant was very interesting. We talked
0:48.0	about menopause. We talked about AEDD and the late diagnosing of that,
0:53.8	and how to work on trauma among many other things.
0:56.2	So please go back and listen to it.
0:57.9	But episode 170 will be with Sarah Waite.
1:00.6	Sarah Waite, I like, the first thing she told me is that I'm an accidental paramedic.
1:06.0	And she no longer practices, but she talked about her experience with that.
1:10.0	So, you know, if I want to give you a brief discussion following a 20 year career in the UK as a paramedic, Sarah up with her husband and two cats and moved to Canada.
1:20.0	She's out on the West Coast, I'm sure she'll talk about that.
1:22.0	She's now a creative copy coast. I'm sure she'll talk about that.
1:22.8	She's now a creative copywriter and brand photographer.
1:25.5	She's a co-host of a podcast about creativity
1:28.0	and writes and takes photographs in her spare time.
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