“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” -William Penn Somewhere along the way, in the battle between productivity vs fulfillment, we became programmed to put productivity over fulfillment. When my mom was still alive, especially in her last year, she used to say to me that nothing would make her happier […]
When you get the news that you’ve been laid off, it can be devastating and rightly so. Our work makes up one of the largest components of our lives (i.e. 40-50 hours on average). Our personal life gets about 40 when you count evenings and weekends. And sleep, assuming you get 7-8 hours a night, […]
A Price Worth Paying: Investing in Myself One of the scariest investment decisions I ever made was to invest in myself. When I was 18 and considered the decision to go to university, I invested in myself by taking on student loans. At the time however, that didn’t feel like much of an investment or […]
What are the limiting beliefs silently sabotaging your success? Limiting beliefs are invisible restraints that can quietly undermine our confidence, stifle our progress, and keep us confined within self-imposed boundaries. They can manifest in various forms, such as guilt for leaving a job, tying our self-worth to our income or defining ourselves solely by our […]
The Next Step in Your Career Path Only Becomes Clear When You Move Closer to It Dream careers are built one decision at a time – they are not simply handed to us on a silver platter; they are meticulously crafted and carefully curated through a series of purposeful decisions and strategic choices that shape […]
Sometimes we spend too much time looking to experts, coaches, and teachers for the answers to our biggest challenges. However…
When The Aura of Your Best Self Starts Shining Through Before I reinvented my first career and while I was still working to become my best self, a dear friend taught me a powerful lesson about reinvention. I included this powerful lesson in my new book, The Journey to Reinvention: How to Build a Life Aligned […]
Why Is Career Cushioning Important? In the first year of the pandemic, the number of people laid off was double the average of the prior 10 years. While layoffs cooled off in 2021 and 2022, the numbers weren’t much better (32.4 million people lost their jobs in those two years). In 2023, layoffs continue to […]