“I just spent 4 sessions with a career counselor who helped me understand why I’m unhappy with my career. But I ended our work together because I realized that we had done very little to figure out what I wanted to do.” Jane, a thirty-something client from Darien, CT, relayed in her initial e-mail to […]
Read MoreYes. In the history of the human race, elders advised their children on farming, craftsmanship, and business until they no longer could do so. That some parents have chosen to abdicate that role for fear of interfering is evidence of a pendulum swing too far from what I call the Dead Poet’s Society dad effect. My generation […]
Read MoreSNOW DAY for Connecticut schools! Any parents knows the joyous shrieks from children when school is canceled. When adults similarly delight in not having to work, that’s sad. Don’t get me wrong – staying cozy with the family or just having a day off is healthy and good. And there are some people who will […]
Read MoreWith a large number of my forty and fiftysomething career counseling clients, financial issues play a part – often a big part – in our career change discussions. Connecticut’s taxes, the high cost of living in Connecticut, the worry that Connecticut might have financial troubles in the future seem to dampen the other generally amazing things […]
Read MoreIf last year, you wanted to change jobs or your career and you didn’t, then you discovered a truth about adult life: things don’t change unless they are forced upon you (almost always not good) or you affirmatively force the change yourself (almost always good in the long term, even if there is some short […]
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