Success is Subjective: Helping parents of college students accept that dropping out is okay

Episode 72 — Trusting The Journey — with Joshua Cluff

July 27, 2021 Joanna Lilley, MA, NCC Season 1 Episode 72
Success is Subjective: Helping parents of college students accept that dropping out is okay
Episode 72 — Trusting The Journey — with Joshua Cluff
Show Notes

An end goal isn’t always going to be what leads one to the path they are meant to be on. Things change. You change. Passions change. Ideas change. Goals change. Life is an adventure, especially when trying to figure out your career path. Instead of putting the pressure on yourself to have a concrete end goal, allow the journey you’re on to take you there. By embracing the adventure and sticking to the journey, the right path will find you.

Joshua Cluff, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, has an unusual narrative. His narrative wasn’t anything like his high school friends who chose to believe that they would fall into their place and ended up miserable in their jobs. His narrative also wasn’t to be a doctor or a lawyer, or follow the footsteps of his parents. Joshua instead got really courageous in his journey and took on the adventure. He took five years of time in between high school and college to really have an adventure. Those five years that he took to figure himself out before jumping onto a path, was the best decision he has made in his entire life. By staying true to the adventure, Joshua found himself in something he truly loves, with therapy and psychology, and is now a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at Clear View Psychology Services. He works with a team of experienced clinicians to provide progressive, evidence-based assessment and consultation services to adolescents and adults in wilderness therapy programs, residential treatment programs, and in the community, to improve client care and treatment outcomes.

On this episode of Success is Subjective, Joshua joins Joanna to share his clumsy and unscripted journey that led him to a life he loves and wouldn’t trade the world for. Joshua, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist for young adults believes that he would not be where he is if he were to have gone straight to a degree after high school. Listen in for insight how Joshua’s glass half full outlook and dedication to the adventure allowed him to find work that he couldn’t be more happy with, and be able to bring a wide variety of unique life experiences to his clients seeking to navigate and find balance, and peace in life’s journey.

What You Will Learn

  • How college was never a topic growing up
  • What led Joshua to join the military straight out of high school
  • What led Joshua to join wilderness therapy straight out of the military
  • How a clear vision of his passions helped Joshua tremendously in college
  • How 5 years in between high school and college was the best decision Joshua made
  • Joshua’s shift from therapy to psychological assessments
  • How trusting the adventure now still motivates Joshua even in his career
  • The importance of keeping strength and digging deep in what you desire to do in life

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