Episode notes
Charlie Clarey spent two decades leading multi-million-pound marketing projects for global brands including Coca-Cola, Cadbury, Disney, and Samsung. Then she made a decision a lot of women in midlife are making: she walked away from corporate life and built something entirely on her own terms.
Charlie has taken that freedom literally, including a house swap from London to San Francisco, proof that when your business travels with you, the world becomes your office. As a Marketing Strategist working exclusively with ex-corporate women, Charlie helps her clients build businesses that are structured, strategic, and genuinely exciting to run, whether from a kitchen table in London or a borrowed apartment overlooking the Bay.
In This Episode We Talk About:
What it really takes to make the leap from corporate career to running your own business
Why working exclusively with women changes everything about how you show up in your work
How travel and exploration shape the way we see ourselves and our possibilities
Why you don't need a new destination to get a fresh perspective
The role travel plays in helping women rediscover who they are in midlife
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About Your Host Sandy
Sandy is a luxury travel advisor, author, and podcast host who has traveled to 39 countries, speaks three languages, and has made it her mission to help women 50+ travel the world without the overwhelm. From leading small group tours through the Christmas markets of Germany and France to sharing hard-won travel wisdom in her book The Travel Lounge Life, Sandy specializes in curated, confidence-building travel experiences for women in midlife.
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