Jul 21, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 13 segments
Are you a high-achieving professional struggling with severe burnout but terrified to walk away from a stable career? In this episode of *101 Ways Out*, I speak with **Katie Cooper**, founder of…
Katie CooperGuest
Vanessa JubyHost
i got to this point where like i just couldn't function there was no sleep enough to make me feel rested it made you
get to that point where you realize it's time for something different i always find my way into leadership wherever i
work i have built things within other people's organizations i don't get to own that
I think I also spent a lot of time kind of agonizing over the decision and like kind of making myself miserable.
That was just a process that I needed to probably take to get to the point where I was ready to kind of take that leap.
If you had to choose between happiness or success, which would you choose? For a long
time, it was success, but I'm also learning how to like find happiness in all of it.
I'm Vanessa Juppe, your host, and today you're meeting Katie Cooper, an occupational therapist turned health coach.
Now, Katie knew what she wanted to do since seventh grade, and she really created something special within her own company as an entrepreneur before she went out on her own as an entrepreneur.
She's going to share her story with you here, and if you stick around until the end, you'll get to hear in her own words what she's up to today because things have changed and she's grown and learned along the way since we first recorded this.
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i got to this point where like i just couldn't function there was no sleep enough to make me feel rested it made you
get to that point where you realize it's time for something different i always find my way into leadership wherever i
work i have built things within other people's organizations i don't get to own that
I think I also spent a lot of time kind of agonizing over the decision and like kind of making myself miserable.
That was just a process that I needed to probably take to get to the point where I was ready to kind of take that leap.
If you had to choose between happiness or success, which would you choose? For a long
time, it was success, but I'm also learning how to like find happiness in all of it.
I'm Vanessa Juppe, your host, and today you're meeting Katie Cooper, an occupational therapist turned health coach.
Now, Katie knew what she wanted to do since seventh grade, and she really created something special within her own company as an entrepreneur before she went out on her own as an entrepreneur.
She's going to share her story with you here, and if you stick around until the end, you'll get to hear in her own words what she's up to today because things have changed and she's grown and learned along the way since we first recorded this.
