I wrote this post about overcoming lack of trust to get ready to collaborate for Equallet – an online platform to discover women-owned businesses. You can read the original post here and find more about me by reading this interview on their blog. In my work helping individuals change careers, I often bump into a…
Inner Transformation
Three Steps to Recognize True Intuition
I strongly believe we all have an inner compass to guide us through life. One way we receive this guidance is through intuition, but it takes some learning to properly distinguish it from mere thoughts, emotions or fear. So how can you recognize true intuition? Until I discovered how to nurture and recognize true intuition,…
Jobs That Pay Well: How to Deal with Money Worries About Changing Careers
The #1 concern, by far, that I hear from people who are thinking about changing careers is finding jobs that pay well. You are not alone if you worry about making enough money while doing what you love: according to the U.S Bureau of the Census the annual real median personal income of Americans in…
9 Mindsets to Find the Right Career
How to find the right career if you don’t know what to do? Changing careers is both a highly unique experience and a very common one. It requires learning new skills such as conducting informational interviews and networking more effectively, and also shifting the way we think of ourselves, the people around us, and the…
Why a Meditation Practice is Key to Changing Careers
I would be remiss if I didn’t encourage you to develop a practice of mindfulness and/or meditation: this is the #1 thing that helped me change careers and create Repurpose Your Purpose. While I had changed careers before with a totally different approach, this time around, my transformation has been more profound, long lasting, and…
Find Your Purpose and Then Look for Your Career
Are you looking for your purpose or are you looking for a job? A job, including being a business owner or freelancer, is what you do to generate income. Your job can be awesome or boring, lucrative or underpaid, inspiring or soul sucking. Your purpose, on the other hand, is much bigger than any job or business…
Unhappy at Work? Here’s How to Tell Whether the Problem Is Your Job or Your Company
Do you want to change careers? Are you absolutely sure your career is what is making you unhappy at work? I wrote this post about changing careers for Glassdoor Blog, you can read the original here and find more of my advice featured on Glassdoor Blog here. From my own career change to the stories I hear from my…
The 7 Biggest Myths About Changing Careers
I wrote this post about changing careers for Glassdoor Blog, you can read the original here and find more of my advice featured on Glassdoor Blog here. It is estimated that people change careers five to seven times during their lifetime. There is, however, no standard definition of what constitutes changing careers. Is working in the same…
The Most Important Lesson I Learned About Changing Careers
A few years ago I joined a coaching program to help me increase my income and in the process I ended up changing careers. As many coaching programs out there, its main philosophy was that we are 100% in control of our lives. Work hard, no, work harder, set a goal, do everything you can…
Are Your Friends Supportive of your Career Change?
If you are not sure what to do next and how to change career, chances are you are talking to a few friends and family members, maybe even a mentor, or a teacher. Some people are awesome at giving you advice, while others will send you deeper into negative thinking and insecurity. Here’s how to…
