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…
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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…
What The Lord of the Rings can Teach us about Changing Careers
I recently watched the entire extended Lord of the Rings trilogy again and it got me thinking of how we can apply its timeless lessons to our career quest. First a few notes: I am referring here to the extended versions of Peter Jackson’s movies, not the books, although most points will apply to both…
How Much Are You Worth?
All the talk about salary, negotiations, and income has a side effect: we start to measure our worth in monetary terms. So if you have been unemployed for a while, underpaid at work, or working for a company where you don’t feel appreciated, you might have picked up consciously or unconsciously the idea that you,…
