Nurture your working life
This is part 3 of a 3-part series on career decision tools. Read part 1 here and part 2 here. Stories are my wheelhouse. My coaching clients come to me to make sense of their story, or to figure out their next plot point. My professional / personal branding clients come to me to harness …
This is part 2 of a 3-part series on career decision tools. Stay tuned for part 3. The analysis tools we reviewed in part 1 (it’s over here) are a great first step when considering big career decisions. Decisions like: Do I leave this job? Do I take that job? Do I share my aspirations …
This is part 1 of a 3-part series on career decision tools. Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3. Predicting the future is difficult impossible, which can make big decisions daunting. The ones like: Do I leave this job? Do I take that job? Do I share my aspirations with my manager? Do I grow …
Three years ago this week, I made my entrepreneurial journey official. I packed up my one and two year old and drove across town to a cozy co-working space in Toronto’s East End with on-site childcare. I tucked them away safely in the childcare room, prepared an enormous cup of coffee, and registered my business. …
Parenting’s hard. One day you’re a successful professional person with a clear path forward; the next, you’re just another imperfect human trying their best to avoid messing up their kids. Which is why I listen to parenting books and podcasts. Because I am a student of psychology, always. And because I recognize that young kids …
Before we get into generalizing, let’s just acknowledge that workplace cultures are as special and different as snowflakes. But there is one thing that permeates, especially as organizations grow beyond two or three people. Hierarchy. Which mostly makes sense. There comes a time when someone needs to direct traffic; hold the final decision; be ultimately …
I googled “why space matters” to find a meaningful quote to open this post and all the results were about outer space. Which might say more about my search history than anything else. But today, we’re discussing your empowered workspace, not colonizing Mars. Here on earth, our space has an important role to play. Used …
Recently my nightly scroll time switched from furtive furniture shopping (buying couches online is stressful, no?) to pandemic conspiracy research (but are they really conspiracies?). Which is to say that, as December faded into January, I was busy consuming online content that had precisely nothing to do with the new year content season. I think …
I’m talking about feelings and here’s why: many of my clients come to coaching focused on tactics. But so often they’re missing the fact that what’s brought them in, what’s held them back, and what’s driving them forward is – in large part – their feelings. (Thoughts too, but we’ll save that for another day) …
I’m not really into feeding my family. I mean, I do it. But it’s one of those grown-up responsibilities I have not mastered (yet). I’m good at breakfast and lunch, where routine feels acceptable. Dinner demands more creativity than I want to muster. It feels like the sky is the limit, every single night. Some …