What if your dream job...isn't your dream?

It's natural and healthy for us to have ambition and dreams - but what happens when your dreams become a reality, and the reality is something you don't want?Holly Colvin was just 15 when she got a place on the England cricket team for an ashes test against Australia. She went on to play five tests, 72 one-day internationals and 50 20:20 internationals and was a member of the Women's World 20:20 World Cup winning side in 2009.But as you'll hear, she happily walked away from her cricketing career and has not looked back.She's now a major sports event manager for the Greater London Authority.In this fascinating episode, Holly chats to Leona about:The feeling of happiness she felt when she gave up cricketAnd the feelings of anxiety the preceded itEmotional intelligence, why giving something up isn't about failureWhen resilience becomes about learning when to let goHer drive to try new things, and how that led to a blogLINKSLeona Deakin: https://leonadeakin.co.uk/https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollylcolvin/details/experience/https://alphabetazumba.wordpress.com/blog/Podcast production by Ginger Wizard Productions: https://www.gingerwizard.co.uk/