If you’re feeling lost in life, chances are you are also feeling lost in career. Work takes up a significant portion of your waking hours, and when it lacks purpose or direction, it can leave you anxious, unmotivated, or even depressed. No matter your age 20s, 30s, 40s or beyond you’re not alone. It almost…Read More
If you start a career today, you are likely to go through around 5 career changes and have 17 jobs over your working life. Those numbers probably surprise you. Changing career paths can sound scary, and the practical steps of actually doing it are usually what leaves you feeling stuck. But career change shouldn’t feel…Read More
When coming to making career decisions, many people use the DIY approach. Some spent thousands of dollars completing university courses, listening to the advice of family and friends, and buying every career self-help book they could get their hands on in the hope that they had chosen a career that suits them. Some have relied…Read More
Ready for a change of career at 40 or 50? You may be feeling it’s an overwhelming task to tackle mid-life or you feel like you’re having a mid-life crisis. It is quite normal to want change at this stage of life. If you have had your head down working or raising kids in the…Read More
When you are told you will be made redundant there are many emotions that hit you all at once. Shock, denial, worry and fear are some of the main emotions that come up. While you are working through the process of grieving a loss like a redundancy, it is important to know that you do…Read More
Failure is not a word we all like. For the majority, the very word brings up negative emotions of embarrassment, humiliation, and an association with punishment. It’s almost as if we have been brainwashed by society and the media to think that anything but perfectionism will do. The Fear of Failure is a key barrier…Read More
Have you ever wondered what gaining employment does to your well-being? Professor David Blustein understands its impact better than anyone and has authored a book called The Psychology of Working where the role of work in people’s lives is examined. The Professor is from the Department of Counselling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology at the Lynch…Read More
There are many transitions that happen in life. School to Work, Single life to Married Life, Motherhood, Fatherhood, and Employee to Self-Employment just to name a few. Transitioning Career is not a process we would have talked about 20 years ago because it just didn’t happen, it wasn’t the social norm. Today, it’s a different…Read More
