The term “ Career” had two meanings for me. “bring your mid-life, existential crisis here, to me” Graduating in 1994, I genuinely believed that I was set for a career for life … What this mistaken view led me to for a good while was the sort of “Career” that felt like careering out of […]
Apple — Time For a Second Professional Bite? The kids are back at school, and you can begin to breathe, right? So, is now the time for you to look at the apple and see if you deserve a second professional bite? . I know staying in situ with the family over the summer has […]
Back to school—Not just for kids, the beginning of the autumn term profoundly affects the energies of work and business. With much of the workforce taking annual leave at some point between July and September, major decisions will have been put on hold. Conversely, some major decisions will have been either swept under the carpet […]
How do you know it’s time for a new job? One of the signs that you’re not happy in your job is that you. — “Edit Yourself” That means you do not feel safe enough in your current role or organisation to be your authentic self. Being anyone else for an extended period of time […]
What’s the Difference Between Life and Career Coaching? If I’m honest with you, if we are to do a comprehensive job, I don’t think there IS much difference between life and career coaching. When people have come to me for life coaching, that has always included their careers. When people come to me for career […]
Is Career Counselling – a misnomer? — Probably not. Coaching, by definition, focuses on the “here and now” and the future steps in the human world. . And, counselling is more past focused on identifying patterns that DO and DO NOT serve the human in question. . As a career coach, I have known since […]
It’s easy – what you do if you want to know how to switch career at 40 (or any age, for that matter) is to take a good look at your PAST. Radical? Well, it might seem unconventional BUT, it is Your best way of discovering YOUR steps forward, When you look at your past, […]
How do you know it’s time for a new job? — One very serious metric is this: — If Every Night Feels Like Sunday Night — — is this REALLY how you really want to live? Work takes up an immense amount of our time. And, if you are feeling bad about work OUTSIDE of […]
How to find a new job You would think that finding your new job would be an ‘active’ process involving lots of networking, spreading the word, and searching the Internet… . AND, like when you leave a relationship, unless you DO THE INNER WORK, you WILL simply manifest the same shit all over again. . […]
Is it worth talking to a career coach? Well, the bottom line is that it depends on the career coach. And it certainly depends on the relationship you build between the two of you. The REAL work gets done when the relationship is strong – because this is what provides psychological safety. It DOESN’T mean […]