Career Coaching: Alchemy. Today I witnessed as a client worked their way through a tricky time in their life. By the end of the session, they had worked out that this tricky-bit had given them their gift. As painful as it was to see, it was so good to see this outcome. I can say the same […]
Career Coaching – Relaunching. Many people are showing up here discontented with how their careers are right now. Many of them showed up to their careers advice session at school with high aspirations. Only to have their aspirations, of being barristers, authors, journalists dashed. To be told it ‘wasn’t possible’, that ‘It wouldn’t make money‘, […]
Career Coaching: Do What You Love. A client said yesterday ‘are you treating me like a normal client, Rebecca?”. I stopped taking notes and responded ‘what makes you ask that?”. She said, “well, I didn’t know this would be enjoyable… are we actually getting any work done?” To be fair we had just been giggling, However, This question! After […]
Career Coaching: Routines: So, when the shit hits the fan in your world, what do you do? I’m noticing a good trait in my world. When the shit hits the fan here, when I know I’m in for a stint of it, I double down on my self-care routines. What does that mean? It means putting […]
Career Coaching: Body-Swerving Burnout: I am an absolute Daemon for being stoic and ‘pushing on through’. Now what I’m learning is when I need to quit! Sitting at my desk yesterday I was overcome by a surge of exhaustion. I looked at the client notes needing typing up, the 60,000 words of the book that needed […]
Career Coaching: Coming Unraveled: As I coach more, whilst my clients are learning about themselves, I too am learning about myself. I always wondered why this was called “A Coaching Practice”??? When would I have finally qualified? And, if you have done any personal development, you too will know that once you have opened the door […]
Career Coaching: Endings. I had a final Supervision session with a Practioner today. It was a good session where we celebrated all we had achieved together. She chose to bring the relationship to a close. I know deep down that we have completed an excellent cycle of work. We have parted company honestly and amicably. I […]
Career coaching: Tenderness. Despite the easing of lockdown. The damage has been done. I don’t mean just to our economy, I also mean that the damage has been done regarding how we perceive our selves, our lives, and our work… There isn’t one client who isn’t showing up believing something needs to change with their […]
Career coaching: Value. We do not know how to value ourselves professionally. As I was staring this enterprise I was given this piece of advice. “Set your prices higher than you imagine you could ever charge – you will grow into them” Of course, I ignored this guidance. I felt I was ‘too newly qualified’, ‘too […]
Career Coaching: You DO Know. Someone said to me at the weekend “I think our phones and screens have taken the place of our dreaming”. And, I fear she might be right. People come to work with me saying “I don’t know what to do that will satisfy me as a career”. The premise I work with […]