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How to create opportunities for career change When I started my career change journey, I applied to jobs hoping that people would see I was someone who would work really hard to learn the job and would go above and beyond my responsibilities. The problem? I needed to get past the resume stage to convince […]

Remember when we used to try one new thing after the next and didn’t think twice about it? Like when we took our first steps, sang the ABC’s, read our first book, rode a bike, played a new sport, or drove around the block? We were excited to learn and motivated by the thought of […]

Have you ever had the “anywhere, but here” feeling? You’re sitting at your desk, looking at your computer, and thinking – “I’m meant for something different.” Then you imagine yourself in a new job…you wake up ready to start your day, you feel your best, and you’re doing something that you feel you were meant to do all along. But you think hard about what you want to do and your mind goes in a million and one directions.

You know those stories that your mind tells you when you’re trying to do something new or difficult? The ones that make up lies like: “You’re not good enough, You aren’t smart enough, You can’t do x, y, z.” As a career changer, you’re constantly putting yourself out there and trying new things. And no […]

Two years ago, I started waking up in complete dread. The kind where the alarm would sound and I’d close my eyes tighter. I so badly wanted the ringing to be a dream because I dreaded going to work. At first, I thought I was just in a funk or was going through a period […]