Land Your Dream Job Podcast with Inspired Careers– Smart Job Search Strategies, Motivation & Inspiration for Career Success

Today’s guest is a number 1 bestselling author, motivational speaker and CEO of her own business. Tara is an incredibly motivated and passionate individual with amazing personal and career stories to tell. If you’re interested in securing a meaningful career, positively effecting change in the world and leaving a legacy, then today’s podcast is a “must listen” for you. Tara has also build a career on blogging, speaking, book writing and building a digital community. If you’re interested in success through digital means and authentic messaging – truly authentic messaging, there is so much you can take away from today’s interview.
Intro
I’m very excited to be introducing today’s guest, Tara Mackey. Tara is CEO of the Organic Life, the number one bestselling author of Cured by Nature and a global motivational speaker. Tara has her own very personal story about how she has come to be the highly passionate and successful entrepreneur she now is. Growing up in New York City, she suffered from a dependency on pharmaceutical medication for various ailments and began her natural wellness journey in order to give her body a break. In 2012, she was actually studying medicine and abandoned her degree in pursuit of her personal wellness journey. Tara went on to completely quit pharmaceuticals and treat her illness naturally. She has now built a passionate digital community through The Organic Life Blog and has recently taken the world by storm with her first book – Cured by Nature. In Cured by Nature, Tara’s book, she teaches us to heal from the inside out, find happiness and discover our true selves. Now this is why I’m so excited to be talking to Tara today, to hear about not only her career journey but also how she found happiness by discovering her true self because ultimately that’s what we are all seeking. I try to assist people to find that happiness through their career, Tara’s vehicle is wellness, we’re all working on the same thing though. And as I teach in my programs, we can’t find a career we love and happiness in any aspect of our life, until we understand who we are and our true selves.
Tara, Can you tell me about your health journey?
Tara
I witnessed my mother die of a heroin overdose when I was 6 years old.  I was taken to a psychiatrist and started my first medication when I was 13, I was put on Lithium and on an adult dosage. By the time I was 16, I was on many different medications. Note, both my parents were addicted to drugs when I was child, even when I was born, so I had not the quite normal upbringing. By the time I was 24, I was on 12 different medications for 14 different things and I was just sick and tired of being sick and tired so I decided to come off my meds ‘cold turkey’, which is a method I don’t recommend to anybody because like any drugs, you’re going to get withdrawal symptoms. That spurred me to travel and move to California, where I live right now. I changed my entire career. I was kind of living the dream but I was not satisfied at all. It was a multi-dimensional journey. Not only did I quit my job but I re-assessed what my life meant. I had to figure out a new life meant for me, which including coming off a lot of drugs.
Kylie
Was there a specific catalyst?
Tara
There were a few which came a few weeks later after I came off the drugs. That thinking, that taking a pill might solve a problem and realizing that, “no this isn’t what I want”. A lot of things led up the shift, like the death of a very good friend, quitting my job and ending a very toxic relationship – those were all catalysts to this big shift in my mentality to where I was not relying on a pill to solve problems.
Kylie
Where did you find that strength? It takes a lot of courage to make those types of fundamental shifts.