Episode #19
Chasing Pura Vida (Pure Life) with Kristin Flannigan
Kristin Flannigan is a speech pathologist, living and working in California. It's a role that took her some time to identify. However, when she found it, she wondered if the career was made for her or if she was made for the career. Kristin loves fun and was always drawn to linguistics and to serving people. She learned the term Pura Vida on a trip to Costa Rica where she hopes to live or at least visit again one day. Pura Vida is a phrase that can mean a lot of things, and the sentiment seemed perfect for the title of this episode. Kristin followed her language interests through college but took a bit of a detour into administrative work before discovering the path to speech pathology. Her message in this episode is, "If you can be flexible, you can do whatever you want." Recently diagnosed with ADHD, Kristin is still learning about herself every day, giving the world's most healing hugs, and chasing Pura Vida. You're going to love this one. Chapters 2:24 Who is Kristin? (And what makes the world's most healing hug) 8:19 Discovering ADHD and how to manage it 30:23 Early understanding of work 35:34 The path to speech pathology 1:13:29 Work wishes 1:17:30 If you're flexible, you can do anything you want 1:24:14 It worked for me I Do This For a Living is independently produced. @serenitylive
