In your 50s? 20 more years of career. Make it great.

“I’m just living my days out.”    My 52 year old friend, “Tom” said.  “Sad but true.”  Tom and I have been friends since we were young lawyers in Philadelphia.   We also practiced law together in Washington, DC. This sounds like I’m about to tell a tough tale of a broken middle-aged man who is facing […]

Anxious because of your career? Time to change jobs

“I’m too busy.  I don’t have time to worry.” Winston Churchill when asked if he was worried during the 18 hour days he was working. Anxiety is epidemic in the Western World. Living with anxiety is no way to live.   Many people have anxiety because of their job. If you can change your career to work […]

2019: Time to go for it!

Some who seek career coaching with  Career Counseling Connecticut’s play life too cautiously. They contact me with great hesitancy.  They ask questions skeptically.  They are not “certain” that I can help.  I wish them well.  But I know a few things with certainty: (1) we have and will continue to help our clients, often in […]

Career Counseling Advice for Parents of Millennials and Beyond

I just watched two documentaries on the Fyre Festival (one on NetFlix and one on Hulu).  Both are very good.  Each help explain the style over substance affliction that likely has affected all generations but which seems highly prevalent in the millennial generation and far more so in Generation Z In discussing career paths with […]

Career Counseling Connecticut Can Get You “Unstuck”

“I’m stuck.”  Marlene, a 33 year-old business analyst in New London, Connecticut, noted in her e-mail that she was not happy in her career but stuck trying to figure out what to do next.” Most of our clients leave our career counseling sessions saying that they should have come here a lot earlier becuase they […]

Career Change and Newton’s Laws of Motioin

Things that stay at rest continue to do so unless acted upon by an external force.  I paraphrased one of Newton’s laws of motion to a scientist who was working in the biotech sector in New Haven but yearned to be back in academia.  That one line – he told me later – became a […]

Do you want to change your life? Change your career.

“I’m just not happy.”  Danielle said.  In a stable marriage with two soon to be college bound children, Danielle was not talking about the home front.  She also lived in a wonderful shoreline town in Connecticut and enjoyed her community.  She did yoga, exercised regularly, was in good health.  Essentially, she had no overt reason […]

Times of upheaval require expertise

“Thank goodness someone understands the new world of work.”  Steve and Cindy, a wonderful couple from Fairfield, expressed in slightly different words but almost in unison. They have three sons ages 27, 24 and 22.  Each one went to private colleges. Each one had reasonable grades.  Each one did not have any significant challenge (no […]