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Career search wisdom

January 12, 2016 By Laura Paradise

Welcome! The starting place of this blog—and of your career search—is abundance—the recognition that each of us has a unique mix of skills, experience and interests that makes a difference […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: communication, self-promotion, soft skills, success, understanding, values

Getting the work you love: a reality check

November 17, 2015 By Laura Paradise

What’s between you and doing work you love? For many of us, fear is blocking the path. The only wrong decision you can make is to listen to fear. Rather, get clear […]

Filed Under: Career Transitions, Other Tagged With: are you ready, communication, fear, fit, practice, self-promotion, talking about yourself, values

Are you back-tracking?

October 29, 2015 By Laura Paradise

Some naturalists consider wild animal tracks to be a doorway into the spirit. Let’s open that doorway and take a look. And let’s look specifically at how you move toward […]

Filed Under: Career Transitions, Other Tagged With: body, clarity, exercise, getting clear, nature

Your brain locks onto what you lock onto! What is your self talk?

October 15, 2015 By Laura Paradise

Overheard at yesterday’s CONNECT-WORK-THRIVE “Return to Work” conference http://connectworkthrive.com/targeted primarily to moms and dads returning to work: I don’t know what to focus on I spent all those years getting my […]

Filed Under: Career Transitions, Other Tagged With: are you ready, confidence, fear, resource, self-promotion

Where is your career path leading to?

October 13, 2015 By Laura Paradise

Robert Frost famously wrote about the path not traveled. Does that apply to your career path? Your career path is indeed a path.You have been putting down tracks and creating […]

Filed Under: Career Transitions, Other Tagged With: are you ready, clarity, getting clear, nature

Lessons about Joy, from the Lobster Shack

July 1, 2015 By Laura Paradise

If you love lobster, than you know it takes work to fully partake of all the meat. After spending a rollicking summer evening with my family cracking jokes and lobster […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: body

May Day! What do you want to demand in the workplace?

May 1, 2015 By Laura Paradise

A good coach gives her clients assignments. In honor of May Day, I’ve got one for you. Sit down and write a letter to your boss with your demands. I’m […]

Filed Under: Other, Self-esteem Tagged With: coaching, communication, exercise, standards

Stand your ground!

February 10, 2014 By Laura Paradise

What would it mean to stand your ground? Would it help you set healthy boundaries? feel respected? know what’s important to you? If you’re someone who gets knocked off balance […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: balance, comfort zone, exercise

Shedding Old Skin

January 2, 2014 By Laura Paradise

Entering the new year is a time to shed the old and try on the new. Here’s a poem to remind us that change can be a mix of pain […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: career change, poem

In the quiet spaces

December 10, 2013 By Laura Paradise

One must have a mind of winter To regard the frost and the boughs Of the pine-trees crusted with snow; And have been cold a long time To behold the […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: poem

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