Career Discovery Channel: The Freedom Tour’s Kate Northrup
1. How do you want your name to appear?
Kate Northrup
2. Describe your first “real” job. What are you doing now?
My first “real” job was working with a full-service catering and event planning company in Chelsea. We would listen to Madonna all day in the office and talk about flatware and ramekins. I lasted there four months until my boss asked me to cancel a party of my own I had planned on the weekend in order to work at a party for a client. I realized in that moment that having someone else own my time wasn’t going to work out so I quit.
Now I’m on The Freedom Tour and have spent the last year traveling the country, living out of my Prius, teaching women about creating financial freedom. My philosophy is that if you free yourself up financially you free up a lot of bandwidth to be more present to your purpose on the planet and to making the world a better place.
3. What was the best piece of advice you’ve received?
What is for you cannot pass by you.
4. Brag. Tell us about something really great or that you’re proud of or excited about.
I’m working on my first book and its due out in Spring 2013. I’m so excited to put everything I know and believe about women and money in one place for the first time!
5. 40 under 40. Ones to Watch. Most Powerful. So many lists out there….. who is on your list (and why)?
My grandmother Edna. She climbed to Mt. Everest Base Camp at the age of 84. She was the oldest North American woman to ever climb to base camp at 17,000 feet. My mother Christiane Northrup. She’s an inspiration to women across the globe to live more in synch with their bodies innate wisdom, but more importantly she’s an amazing mom. Marie Forleo for the way she’s giving women around the world permission to love their lives AND be successful AND be in really great, loving relationships while giving back. Danielle LaPorte because reading her work is like sitting in a temple getting a download of ancestral wisdom that your cells remember but that you had forgotten how to articulate. Kris Carr because she’s turned her diagnosis of cancer into a health revolution, inspiring us to replace the words “survivor” and “cure” with “thriver” and “prevention.”
6. What do you plan to accomplish by February?
I’m putting down roots in Sag Harbor, NY after putting 30,000+ miles on my car this year (and traveling thousands more on planes). I’m launching my first ever mentoring program where I’ll be teaching a very small, select group exactly how I created financial freedom so they can do it too. And hopefully I’ll be within sight of finishing my book for its deadline in March.
