Are you stressed about work when not working?
“I feel like I’m working all the time.” Laurie said.when she started her career coaching session at Career Counseling Connecticut. Her work day was fairly normal 9-6 at the office was standard. She did have work to do at home a couple of nights a weekend and a couple of hours on the weekend. But compared […]
Is your career worth more to you than a race?
Kevin finally came in for career coaching after two years of urging from his wife. Kevin describes himself as frugal. “Actually, I’m pretty cheap.” He’s also cynical. He doesn’t trust almost anything or anyone immediately. By happenstance, one of Kevin’s friends came to Career Counseling Connecticut. Since he had a recommendation, he now at least listened. […]
Career wilderness
Winston Churchill was born to the English aristocracy. He had a spectacular early career and seemed destined for greatness. But his party suffered a devastating defeat in 1929. He spent almost the entire next decade in what he called “the wilderness” as he was no longer a rising star and, indeed, was a political has-been […]
Career Coach or Life Coach for Career Coaching?
Career Counseling Connecticut provides…. no surprise… career counseling. That’s our expertise. Those who know me will often say that I am their life coach but that may happen only as an extra thing for some career coaching clients that I click with on a deeper and more continuous level. The bulk of my career counseling […]
Career Happiness Equals Good Mental Health
70% of the suicides in this country are committed by middle-aged men. I was stunned by that percentage. But I also know from basic psychology that men tend not to ask for help, suffer silently, and then, if they are prone to do something drastic, take real, as opposed to attention-seeking, action. In the last […]
Monday Morning: Excited to go to work?
“On Mondays, I feel like a kid dreading school. I want to hide under my covers and go back to sleep.” Jay said. Jay is a 33 year old business manager at a small company in East Lyme, Connecticut. He’s felt this way for a long time. Not only do I sympathize, I empathize, having felt […]
Artificial Intelligence Is Coming and Jobs Will Be Going
I’m a high level optimist and a perpetual positive thinker. So my alarm here is not from a Chicken Little but quite the opposite. I assume we’ll figure out how to deal with career challenges that are coming but the data is unmistakable from those who predict the future: Many jobs will be replaced in […]
College choice matters enormously. Career choice matters far more.
My initial work in the education space was the creation of The Learning Consultants, Connecticut’s largest private education consulting firm. Our work has focused on helping parents help their children succeed academically. From my mission oriented perspective, this area is where parents had their biggest challenge and where I could help the most. In the last […]
Want to be a better parent? Get a happier career
In 1995, I had a life-changing conversation with one of the wisest men I know. I was considering a job in the non-profit sector during the toughest part of my work life at a big Washington, DC law firm. My drop in pay would have been from somewhere in the low 100s to a […]
Create your own work rules
My son was suffering over typical inane rules that govern our education system. “You have to follow the rules of people who have authority over you.” I explained. I was definitely not an unquestioning rule follower when I was his age. I would ask “why” if I thought a rule was unfair. I carried this […]