New Year’s Resolution: Change My Job
Like many Americans, you may have made resolutions to eat better, exercise more, and to…finally… change your job. And if you are like most Americans, you started the year strong and then right now are feeling the first signs of slowing down. Here’s what likey happened: as Christmas-New Year’s week gave you some space to […]
How did it feel to go back 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. I recall a client – Jay is a 33 year old business manager at a small company in East Lyme, Connecticut – who said he’s felt this way for a long time. […]
You – we – all need guidance in the new world of work
Fear sells!!! My friend Paul used to tell me. I had a fundamental disagreement with him when he thought of joining Career Counseling Connecticut. He wanted to create marketing material that focused on the challenges of unhappy careers. I wanted to write about finding happiness. He assured me that we were aligned. “I want to […]
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 […]