From Emergency Rooms to Flower Fields: How Rebecca Rebuilt Her Life from the Ground Up

EP:74 This week on She Who Dares Wins, Michelle sits down with Rebecca, a former emergency medicine consultant who swapped the chaos of A&E for the chaos of flower farming. (Spoiler: both involve long hours, tough calls, and a hell of a lot of resilience.)

Rebecca shares her story of daring to leave a "respectable" career to follow an unexpected passion for sustainable flower farming. From weeding at midnight with a head torch to founding Silver Gray Foliage, Rebecca’s journey proves that success isn’t about sticking to the script — it’s about writing your own.

We dive into:

• Why walking away from a prestigious job isn’t a failure — it’s power.
• How flower farming and medicine have more in common than you'd think.
• Building a business rooted (literally) in patience, resilience, and sustainable practices.
• The gritty truth about entrepreneurship — it’s not all wildflowers and sunshine.
• How to recognise your hidden skills (and why your Plan B might just be your best life)

Rebecca doesn’t just grow flowers — she grows freedom, and she’s here to remind us that daring to pivot could be the most badass move you ever make.

Time Stamps

0:00 – Intro to Rebecca & her career switch

0:38 – From medicine to midnight weeding

2:30 – Early flower memories & first wedding project

4:30 – Nature as therapy & starting a business

7:30 – Building the farm and surviving Covid

10:30 – Challenges of growing naturally

15:00 – How nature balances itself

17:00 – The hidden cost of imported flowers

18:30 – True UK flower seasons

21:30 – Medicine vs flower farming: the surprising crossover

23:00 – Freedom, pressure, and working for yourself

25:00 – Advice for career pivots

30:00 – Skills that carry over from past careers

32:00 – Cultural pressures and redefining success

37:30 – Parenting, education, and encouraging choice

45:00 – Purpose over happiness in business

47:00 – Final reflections

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