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Old Job, Stuck Place

June 5, 2018 By Laura Paradise

Yeah, yeah. You’ve been saying the same thing to yourself for too long. You don’t want to stay in your current job. Maybe you know what makes it wrong for […]

Filed Under: Career Transitions Tagged With: fear, research

Career transitions and million dollar donations

November 14, 2016 By Laura Paradise

What do they have in common? They take Guts. Stamina. Mindfulness. Dealing with FEAR. Talking to BIG STATUS people. Preparing for BIG WINS. Securing your ideal job is on par […]

Filed Under: Interviewing Tagged With: advice, body, career change, communication, confidence, fear, success

Career transitions that work

September 21, 2016 By Laura Paradise

  How did three 50+ year old women make successful career transitions to jobs THEY LOVE? Courage, conviction and creativity … paying attention to their values and organizations that align […]

Filed Under: Career Transitions, Self-esteem Tagged With: coaching, confidence, culture, fear, success, values

Interviews ARE getting harder!

September 19, 2016 By Laura Paradise

If you’re up for a professional job, you have to show that you can think and anticipate. Think about what it takes to be successful and integrate into the culture, […]

Filed Under: Interviewing Tagged With: coaching, confidence, culture, fear, personality, practice

When do you flub it?

March 8, 2016 By Laura Paradise

Call it choking, call it the imposter syndrome, call it nervous energy… you know when you flub it. You know what it looks like and what it sounds like. You […]

Filed Under: Interviewing, Self-esteem Tagged With: advice, body, clarity, fear

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

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

It’s time for you to go!

May 26, 2015 By Laura Paradise

Make the decision before the decision is made for you. As a career coach, I can tell you that people who stay in unfulfilling jobs often get a rude awakening […]

Filed Under: Career Transitions Tagged With: coaching, courage, creativity, fear, quitting, self-esteem

Don’t be afraid of transitions

March 12, 2013 By Laura Paradise

 Transitions are like being in a birth canal. Even when we are ready to move ahead, we have to work at it. We are squeezing through trying to push out […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: career change, clarity, coaching, faith, fear, meditation

First steps

February 12, 2013 By Laura Paradise

First steps can be hard. We have the best intentions to make time for a new project or an assignment or exercise, and we don’t begin! Creating a simple ritual […]

Filed Under: Meditations Tagged With: fear, goals, play, values

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Upcoming Events!

 

April 4, 3:30-5 pm, In Person. Writing from the Heart: Find your Inner Wisdom.

Free! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/heart-on-paper-journaling-as-a-path-to-inner-wisdom-tickets-1301310066439?aff=oddtdtcreator

Six week Online Job Search Group, Monday March 10 – April 14, 5:30-7 pm, $25/session. 

To attend, RSVP to lparadise.coach@gmail.com

 

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