From Food Scientist to Career Coach: Reinventing Life and Identity in Pakistan, with Larissa Zhou

My conversation introduces Larissa Zhou and traces her professional reinvention from food scientist to career coach, researcher, and community leader.  Larissa reviewed her trajectory from studying physics into food science, followed by a sabbatical, a pregnancy, and relocation to Islamabad for her spouse’s posting and access to outdoor activities. Larissa Zhou's wildly unconventional path from food scientist to career coach, researcher, and community builder. Larissa's story isn't a straight line — it's a series of deliberate leaps.  So she pivoted — again. Drawing on her background in climbing instruction, she began mentoring local instructors, piloting yoga-and-climbing retreats with a nonprofit organisation, and coaching people through their own major life transitions.  In this episode, Larissa gets honest about shedding past credentials, moving off autopilot, and helping others design careers that actually fit who they are now — not who they used to be. Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1968451/fa...) Read more about this podcast here: https://between-cultures.com/podcast-2/ Download my FREE GUIDE Reinvention in 3 STEPS (https://between-cultures.com/resources/) Connect with me on Instagram (  / sarabetweencultures  ) | Facebook (  / sara.coggiola.5  ) | YouTube (   / @betweencultures-saracoggio8984  ) | LinkedIn (  / sara-coggiola-cpcc  )