How Psychology Can Help Your Career — Q&A on I/O vs. Clinical Psychology
Q1. On your website, business cards, and other places it says “More than career coaching, it’s career psychology®’ What do you mean by that? A1. The marketplace is full of people who use the title ‘Coach.’ Since there are no universal standards or...
How to Get Back to Work While Working Through a Death or Other Hard Events
Death … it’s everywhere … sensationalized with news headlines about unspeakable tragedies that make us hug our children a little tighter before they head off to school. They remind us to text our partner a sweet sentiment, or call our parents vacationing in Florida to...
The Franchise Option Part 2: What to Expect from Franchising in Mid-Life
In my last post, I confessed that I don’t relate to the TGIF mentality. I love Fridays for the same reason I love Mondays because I love to work on my business. My company Concierge Home Services has six locations in three cities. I speak with people in every stage of...
The Franchise Option: Part 1
A guest post from Rebecca Page, CEO, Concierge Home Services. Each Friday, social media is cluttered with TGIF posts from people watching the clock count down to the start of the weekend. I cannot relate to what they are feeling. I love Fridays for the same reason...
Q&A with Dr. Helen: Ages have Stages
Lately, it seems like everyone I talk to is determined to really get ahead on the career front. The Q&A below highlights some of those work-related questions you might ask yourself … and the answers you need. Q1. As a Career Coaching Psychologist, what...
Online Resignations. Today is the day. Colin has had it.
Today is the day. At his desk, Colin grabs his cell and furiously tweets “And the word of the day is … Resignation.” The word liberates as much as a surface breath after a deep water dive. Colin knows he’s now committed to this statement. Co-workers instantly flood...
Job Interviews … 3 Ways to Attack Anxiety When it Wants to Attack You
“Nerves and butterflies are fine — they’re a physical sign that you’re mentally ready and eager. You have to get the butterflies to fly in formation, that’s the trick.” – Steve Bull Job interviews, if your nerves are getting the best of you...
March – it’s not just a month it’s a movement …
March – it’s not just a month it’s a movement … View this email in your browser March – It’s not just a month it’s a movement … March is an exciting month, full of change and hope. In our part of the world, it is the...
Office Romance – Life Imitating Art?
Two Weeks Notice and Working Girl … what do these two romantic comedies have in common, other than the happily-ever-after theme? For any Rom-Com movie lover, the answer is obvious — they both take place in the office. In keeping with office romances featured in...
Nepotism – Does all in the family include the workplace?
So, recently I was at a crowded cafe typing emails, quite literally rubbing elbows with two people sitting beside me. I heard one word that really caught my attention; a word that due to my profession was impossible to ignore … it was nepotism. “They don’t respect me,...
Tongue Tied About Public Speaking? You’re Not Alone …
“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy”...
Dressing the Part … Does this Include Body Art?
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche Many people express their identity through the clothes and accessories they wear. These days, this often includes body...
The Interviewee with the Dragon Tattoo
Imagine you’re in your office waiting for the last job applicant to walk in. You are discouraged after a long day of interviews with potential employees that lacked the necessary experience. Then, in walks your final candidate. She has a pierced eyebrow with a...Cover Letters 101: What’s your Cover Story?
Creating a cover story is not a deception; it can be a tool to protect you from a past that does not fully define you and it can help you exercise your right to finding a satisfying career. Okay, so, you are sitting at your kitchen table staring at an...Changes: sometimes you don’t get to vote
With massive change underway in the US and the UK (pending the implementation of Brexit), it may seem almost like something you felt as a child when a punitive principal replaced a much kinder one. Suddenly the halls echoed fearful whispers instead of care-free...
January 2017
January isn’t waiting and neither should you. View this email in your browser “The New Year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.” – Melody Beattie Now it’s time to blow out the...
Toxic Workplace – Should I Stay or Should I Go?
What if I told you a job isn’t just a job? It’s an integral part of your existence, one that can influence your fulfillment and security. So what do you do if your job feels like a monotonous trap … or worse, like an abusive relationship? This is an environment you...