Dear Future Self – What If You Could Have a Conversation With Yourself About Five Years From Now? Imagine standing in front of a mirror. You look into it, but instead of seeing the person you are today, you’re looking […]
Category: Resilience
Courage in Midlife: Why You Don’t Need to Feel Ready to Change Your Life
There comes a point when you can know that something needs to change and still find yourself doing absolutely nothing about it. You might know the job no longer fits. You might know you want to work differently. You might […]
Flexible Work After 50: Design Work Around Your Life
Flexible Work After 50: Design Work Around Your Life For years, flexibility at work often meant one thing: An employer allowed you to change your hours slightly or occasionally work from home. That definition is no longer sufficient. Flexible work […]
Starting Over in Midlife? Why You’re Actually Starting From Experience
Starting Over in Midlife? Why You’re Actually Starting From Experience There are seasons in life when everything seems to be moving quickly. We build careers. Raise families. Take on responsibility. Lead teams. Solve problems. Meet deadlines. Make decisions and keep […]
How to Make Decisions When You’re in Uncharted Territory
7 Ways to Make Decisions When You’re in Uncharted Territory Some of the hardest decisions I’ve made haven’t been difficult because I lacked experience. Learning how to make decisions in uncharted territory isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about […]
Feeling Lost After a Life Change? How to Find Direction Again
Sometimes life changes dramatically. A relationship ends. A career changes. Children grow up and need us differently. Our health, circumstances or priorities shift. But sometimes the change is much quieter. Nothing has necessarily fallen apart. Life simply doesn’t feel the […]
Fitting In at Work: When It Costs You Your Identity
Have you ever walked into a room completely comfortable with who you were and eventually found yourself questioning it? I read an article this morning by Claude Silver called She Wore the Yellow Sneakers: The Hidden Cost of Fitting In. […]
Career Change After 50: Define Your Value
Career change after 50 can expose an uncomfortable question: If I am no longer defined by my previous job title, how do I explain what I actually bring to the table? After decades in the workforce, you may have an […]
Reclaim Your Agency
How to Reclaim Your Agency When Life Hijacks Your Sense of Control Today, something happened that almost hijacked me. The details aren’t important.What matters is what I noticed happening inside me. I could feel my body responding before I had […]
Redundancy After 50: Your First 30 Days
Redundancy after 50 can create an uncomfortable sense of urgency. There may be an immediate temptation to update your résumé, open every job board and start applying for anything that resembles the position you just left. Taking action matters. But […]