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Feeling Stuck In Your Career Change? Why Beginner’s Mind Is The Most Important Muscle You Need
I remember that first day. A new job, many years ago. I was 23. And it was at a university college. I knew nothing. I didn’t even know where I was supposed to go. After a combination of happy accident in finding the right door, the right floor, the right room, and...
Why You Doubt Your Career Change Is Possible (And How To Believe It IS)
“Who am I kidding?! I wailed inside. I’m going to be stuck here FOREVER.” Plagued by doubts and fears in your shift? Here’s why your biggest career change asset is also your greatest liability, and how to get it working FOR you.
Do I Need To Change My Career? 7 Signs To Know When It’s Time To Go
“How bad does work have to be to know I need to change my career?” Listen, I can’t tell you where you draw the line, sweetpea. But I can tell you the signs I commonly see in people who’ve decided enough’s enough…
How To Narrow Down Your Career Ideas (And Why It’s A Lot Like Looking For Love)
Finding the right career is a lot like finding the perfect partner. And here’s why dating has a lot to teach you about how to narrow down your career ideas.
Unhappy At Work? 5 Powerful Techniques To Help You Feel Better, Quickly
You’re so done with work that feels like a terrible fit. You know you need a change. But how do you survive in the meantime in a role you can’t leave (yet)?
The Sunk Cost Fallacy: “I’ve Invested So Much In My Career – Can I Really Throw It All Away?”
You know you’re not happy at work, but the investment you’ve made into getting where you are (your sunk cost) is holding you hostage. So, what do you do?
Career Change Success Story: Charlotte: From Commercial Intelligence To Well-being
“I’d listen to other people light up when they talked about their work. But whenever asked about mine, I felt flat – there was just no connection at all.”
Why It’s OK If Your Career Change Feels Impossible
When your career change feels impossible, it’s easy to give up. But what if feeling this way ISN’T a problem? What if this is EXACTLY where you need to be?
How To Start A Career Change: 5 Tough Truths
Feeling lost about how to start a career change? Here’s why what you know about ‘careers’ won’t help you, and how to begin the right way.
The Biggest Mistake You’re Making With Your Career Change Ideas (And What To Do Instead)
Do all your career change ideas feel like big SUCKY dead ends? Could you be making this BIG mistake in how you’re working with the ideas you have?
What To Do When You F****** Hate Your Job
Every Monday it’s the same. You open your eyes. Your heart sinks. Your stomach drops as you stare down the barrel of another week in a job you hate.
The Career Change Advice I Wish I’d Been Given
If I’d known these 10 key pieces of career change advice, my shift would have been less painful, faster, and more fun. Which do you need to hear most?
Why Starting Career Change In Lockdown Is The Perfect Time
"I'm not at the office. And to be honest I'm f****** LOVING it. I don't want to go back, but is it really possible to make a career change in lockdown?" “I’ve finally got some time to think about what I really want to do. But I don’t have any ideas, or any clue where...
Why You Can’t Change Career In A Crisis (And What To Do Instead)
I’m struggling to know what to say to you. It seems like the COVID-19 crisis has sent the world mad. And as I write this, I’m hoping fervently that you, Avenger, are in good health, and managing the fall out of this crisis in a way that’s working for you. In the face...
Is Your Career In Crisis Thanks To COVID-19? Need Help, Now?
Is your career thoroughly screwed thanks to coronavirus? Are you feeling lost, anxious, angry, and unsure about your next move workwise? Do you need career help, fast, because of the impact of COVID-19? I see you. And I can help. I’m an experienced, ICF-accredited...
Worried About What Other People Will Think Of You Starting a New Career?
I squirmed uncomfortably every time someone asked me how work was going. The judgement I knew I’d get if I told them I was f****** miserable in my career and wanted out was paralysing, so instead I'd smile blandly and answer, “Yeah, not bad, thanks”. And my soul would...
How To Recognise The Career Change Ideas Your Body’s Already Giving You (Even If Your Brain Has No Idea What It’s Doing)
My alarm clock woke me rudely. And I greeted my Monday with the same sinking, plummeting feeling that seemed to herald the beginning of every day I went to the office. I knew I hated my job. But I didn't have a single career change idea that felt viable. Not one....
Feel Like A Fake At Work? Here’s Why It Hurts (And How To Feel Better)
My gut was screaming, "This isn't me!" And yet every day I put on a mask – the face of someone who wanted to be there. I felt like a fake at work, and it sucked. We’ve all been there. That awesome outfit in the trendy shop that you just know is going to look and feel...
Why Cute, Furry Career Change Habits Make WAY Better Sidekicks Than Big Hairy Goals
The impossibility of making a career change felt like an itchy, uncomfortable clawing in my stomach. How the actual f*** was I going to make it happen? I knew I needed to change career. If the crying in toilets hadn’t given me a clue, perhaps the mind-numbing boredom...
Why Sunday Dread Is Not OK (And What To Do About It)
Oh God. The familiar Sunday dread. Another week in my I-want-to-claw-my-eyes-out-rather-than-be-here job was stretching out interminably ahead of me.