As business women approach or enter midlife, it’s not uncommon to begin wondering if the thrill is gone when it comes to your career.
How can you tell the difference between normal job burnout (i.e. you need to take a vacation) as opposed to you’ve outgrown your position and it’s time to move on (i.e. you need to make a major career change)?
Here are four things you can ask yourself to help...
As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post about burnout, it’s not uncommon for midlife business women to begin wondering if the thrill is gone when it comes to their career.
There’s numb routine. Or, there’s contentment. Joy. Rejuvenation. Does your work feel like love?
Here are 10 questions to ask yourself to help you uncover the answer (deep down, I think you already know the answer, but may need that...
While working on developing products and services for the coming year, it occurred to me that I needed to ask a number of questions of the women I serve or hope to serve before I can create a workshop, retreat, e-book, or any other product that is spot on. So I began to do just that, and have spent the past couple of months talking with women all across the corporate...
When I first began feeling the rumblings that I wanted to change careers and follow my bliss, I continually chided myself for entertaining such “pie-in-the-sky” thoughts at my age. I was 41.
When I wasn’t sticking pins in my own balloon, I was freaking out about what exactly I’d actually DO for a living if I took the plunge and struck out in...
Someone asked me the other day why I refuse to refer to the transition that occurs for most career women in midlife as a “crisis.” While it’s true that the word “crisis” means a crucial or decisive point or situation, or a turning point, it also has about it an air of instability and upheaval.
There’s a negative connotation to the word, which perpetuates the stereotype of...
I hear a lot about turning points and defining moments in the work I do as an executive coach: Those moments when the forces of head and heart come together with crystal clarity and you know that what you’ve been doing, or haven’t been doing, is no longer enough. Often these moments are painful and confusing. But, wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could reach these “a-ha” moments; if you could...
