Category: Career Direction & Decision-Making
Stay or Go? – Career Decision-Making Tips
5th September 2022
Your job is soul-destroying at times or maybe you dread going in on Monday morning, you definitely don’t see a future in it but you can’t see an easy way out either. You periodically jump online searching for a dream job but feel more trapped as nothing looks promising enough. Is this as good as […]
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Similarities in Picking a Holiday and a Job
27th July 2022
Ever regretted playing it safe and going back to the same place on holiday? As we get older we can become more risk-averse, in part because we have more responsibilities, less time, and more to lose. So, we save time by not overthinking things we take fewer risks, play it safe, and pick tried and […]
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Why We Fear Changing Jobs – and How To
1st March 2018
As a Career Coach, I often work with clients who feel extremely miserable because they hate their jobs but fear changing them. When asked how long they have been feeling this way typically they reply a few years!!! The knock on impact of staying in a job we hate often has severe repercussions on our health, relationships and even changes our innate personality. So why does […]
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Love your job?
2nd February 2018
Many of the career coaching clients I work with feel that it’s a pipe dream to love their job. Even though they are deeply unhappy, they are petrified to leave the comfort zone of their current role in case the next job is worse. Some even feel guilty for wanting a job they love because […]
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New Years Resolutions 2018
22nd December 2017
The new year brings most of us to think about the resolutions we want to make to enable us to live a life more in tune with how we view our best selves. For the majority of us, our desires will centre around health, well-being, happiness, career, relationships and let’s face it, appearance. Many of […]
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5 Effective Ways To Kick Start Your Job Search
10th July 2017
Exhausted by the thought of looking for work? Getting lost on online job boards? Unsure of how to search for work in today’s marketplace? Feel empowered by following some of these helpful tips on how to make effective use of your time to kick-start your job search. 5 Effective Ways to Kick Start Your Job […]
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As A Mum Are You Unsure If You Want To Start A New Job?
24th May 2017
As a Career Coach, I have worked with many mothers who are frightened to change jobs for fear their next employer won’t be as family friendly and guilt-ridden mothers who feel bad for wanting their own space or career. These common fears when unexamined can lead to one feeling stuck. Get a pen and paper […]
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Hate your job and want to change? – 4 Questions To Ask
21st June 2016
As a Career Coach, naturally, I seldom see clients bouncing in for their first coaching session proclaiming they love their job as this is the very problem that has motivated them to receive Career Coaching. Some clients express hating their jobs and desperately want to change. What is interesting though is how few have really thought about what would support them to love […]
Continue reading »Vision for 2016
24th December 2015
Seeing in a new year gives us a wonderful opportunity to reflect and identify fresh motivating goals for the year to come. Setting goals and working towards achieving them has been proven to make people feel happier. When we achieve a goal, be it big or small, we can get a rush of happiness, feelings of satisfaction, pride, pleasure etc. For the […]
Continue reading »Create a Motivational Plan for 2015
2nd January 2015
Two insightful questions to reflect on to prepare you for the months ahead are “What are the three things you are most proud of from last year?” and “What challenged you most last year?” Having reflected on these questions myself, I discovered that when I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and completed tasks […]
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