Your “thoughts” – alone – about leaving your job…. will keep you in place. Get a career counselor
“I should have come here years ago.” Danielle said. “I know I’ve wanted to leave for the last 3 years. But I couldn’t figure out why. Now I understand that I really did not put in the time to do so.” I just finished my mini-lecture on Career Counseling Connecticut’s process of “exploratory work” – […]
Are you feeling post-vacation blues?
Man Returns To Work After Vacation With Fresh, Reenergized Hatred For Job As always, The Onion captures the human condition. I remember the feeling and empathize with my clients who feel similarly. Why do nothing? We can help.
“My son dropped out of college because he didn’t know his career direction….”
“Garrett has been home for the last year and a half and is growing increasingly anxious. He dropped out of UConn after his sophomore year. He didn’t know what he wanted to do…” So began a typical phone call to Career Counseling Connecticut. Not too long ago, young men went to college with little to […]
Your life is a movie. You are the main character and writer. I can help as.. the director.
I sometimes tell clients to imagine if their lives were being filmed. You are the main character of your movie. There are a lot of ways that you could write your movie. But I’m sure that doing the same dull or uninspiring job year after year would not be one of them. What stops most […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Helping To Find Meaning In Life
Many in our society have become nihilists, no more so than among young men. With faith in nothing and no coherent philosophy of life, they form online warrior communities. They lash out against institutions, discuss conspiracy theories as if fact, and form a haphazard amalgam of philosophies that are more anarchist than distinctly right/left-wing. The […]
2025: Time to Change Your Job or Career Path
With hope, most of Career Counseling Connecticut’s readers are starting to enjoy a long holiday. Some of my Christmas cards are from past clients who came to Career Counseling Connecticut feeling miserable about their careers and now feel good-great. After reading this article, Google “Sunday anxiety” and you may be surprised by the sheer volume […]
AI is coming: How The Revolution Will Affect Your Children
AI is coming…! This is no hype. I’m not sure how I feel about its implications. But I have always embraced new technology for its (1) potential to do good and (2) its inevitability. Regarding the former, I know….. Everyone who has seen countless sci-fi. movies regarding the perils of AI “come alive” will point […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Immersion in Artificial Intelligence
AI is coming…! This is no hype. I’m not sure how I feel about its implications. But I have always embraced new technology for its (1) potential to do good and (2) its inevitability. Regarding the former, I know….. Everyone who has seen countless sci-fi. movies regarding the perils of AI “come alive” will point […]
The Young Bros Not Going To College… Soon Learn….
The work world is not kind to 18-22 year olds. Unless they have a distinct plan. Which most don’t. Despite my work, I have never been a college-only advocate. Years before it became fashionable to suggest the trades or the military or other alternatives to college, I would suggest these paths to parents who found […]
The Perfectionist and the Job Search
Perfectionism can be both a gift and a burden. While the drive to excel often pushes people to achieve, it can also paralyze them, leading to procrastination, self-doubt, and fear of failure. For one young woman I worked with, this inner struggle made every step of her academic and professional journey more challenging than it […]