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A job search has a lot of moving parts. I do not need to remind everyone of that. There are lots of things we are told we need to do in order to have a successful search. Just google โ€œHow...
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I call myself a True Nature Career Coach. But the term โ€œTrue Natureโ€ can be unclear. If I said Negotiation Coach or Leadership Coach or Interview Coach you would get it. And I coach on all of those things but...
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I was on a call with a candidate that I was talking to about a possible job opportunity. My first question always is โ€œTell me about yourself. How did you get started inย  your career?โ€ His reply was not atypical....
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I’m in a quandary. I have a simple yet difficult question I’ve been asking myself. Do I recruit AND coach OR do I let go of recruiting and just coach?ย Recruiting has been a part of who I am, my identity,...
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I was reading a book by a woman who has dedicated her life and career to helping people eat better, lose weight and improve their overall health. She valued living a healthy lifestyle. The basis of her program was that...
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Listen up! Time for a ๐ŸŽค mic drop moment. While shoveling for the second time today I had a clearly Inspired thought. You know how that happens. Every day, actually in every moment, we have an opportunity to be either...
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I have gone down a rabbit hole. I admit it. I have become obsessed with figuring out how to uncover limiting thoughts that get in the way of living a life and having a career that is in complete alignment...
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We all grow. That is part of the human experience. We grow older. We grow taller. We grow in our understanding of the world and our place in it. And we grow in our careerโ€ฆyet sometimes people do not see...
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A-YO-WA! Yep. That is my new acronym that stands for A Year of Wild Abandon.ย  Can you feel it? I know youโ€™ve felt it before. That tug towards a life of wild abandon, of going after our dreams without restriction....
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โ€œI felt self-conscious, like I wasn’t pulling my weightโ€ . โ€œI felt like an imposterโ€. These were the first words out of the mouth of my coaching client during a recent session. She is a software engineer. Part of her...
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