I grew up watching the classic movie by Frank Capra, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” and last week I watched it again, this time as an adult who helps individuals change careers. Ha! The film struck me in a very different way in 2018. And yet there is one message that is timeless… What is not…
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Lack of Trust: How to Overcome it
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…
Heal Your Relationship to Giving and Receiving
On the giving and receiving spectrum, you probably fall somewhere between believing everyone owes you something and feeling that you are undeserving of even the most basic help. One of the most striking experiences I had as a young photographer was having people ask me to do things for them for free – they often…
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…
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…
The Conversation We Are Not Having About The Happiness Salary
You are probably already familiar with the now famous study that once you reach a yearly income of $75,000 your happiness won’t change much by making more money. That number varies depending on where you live and a study from 2014 adjusted it to reflect cost of living by state. Since I live in Los…
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,…
Are You Stuck Because You Are A Big Picture Thinker?
GET INSTANT ACCESS to the WORKBOOK! Big picture thinkers can have a very hard time finding their place in the professional world. If you feel stuck at work, or in your business, you might be a big picture thinker trying to do the work of a detail-oriented person. Let’s look at what constitutes a “big picture”…
