Helping you create a career you love through career coaching.

This was the point in coaching where she started to cry for the first time. 
Her husband was trying to be encouraging, but to her (like many of my beautiful, smart, hardworking, kind, funny clients in a similar boat) these words were deeply hurtful.

At the crux of much of my work with clients is decision-making.

Decision-making is hard, especially when the stakes are high, all of the options are complicated, or you aren't confident you can make the right call. 

Don’t discount the value of volunteer work and outside interests in your career strategy.

I’ve seen clients make BIG career shifts off the back of the skills and experience they gained through volunteer work.

I remember attending my first SLT meeting. I was terrified. I was the youngest in the room and one of a handful of women.

Something my clients often talk to me about is a fear of making the wrong decision, or, a fixation with making the right one. Same same, but different. Fear or fixation, the end result is often similar - you stay stuck.

Being a single mum is both the hardest and the easiest thing I’ve ever done. I know, wild! How can it be both? I think things are so often, both.

This is something that comes up in coaching all. the. time. A lot of my clients have at least low-level anxiety or wobbly confidence despite being high performing and highly capable, with high standards.

You'd have to have been living under a rock for the past year or so to have missed the fact that the cost of living is rising, but most people's pay cheques aren't…

I particularly liked this card from a client who recently finished working with me in my Align to Thrive career coaching program, and not just because the message was so sweet.

It might be scary, it might not be convenient and it might be hard work, but if you’re asking yourself “how do I know if it’s time to find a new job?” the answer is it probably is.

A lot of my clients feel weary, burnt out or flat. A huge part of my role as their coach is to help lift them out of the hole or guide them through the fog. You need energy to find career clarity and job search. For most, that dream offer doesn’t come overnight. It’s more of a marathon than a sprint.

Letting go of the fear of judgement and re-wiring your psyche to tame your inner-critic is hard work. It takes self-awareness and recognition and consistent training of your brain, but it’s not impossible. With patience and practice you can begin to live your life free of the shackles of the fear of judgement whether that’s from society or yourself. Here are three ways you can start practice letting go of judgement and begin reframing any unhelpful thoughts:

If you’ve been on a call with me or are a client of mine, you’ve probably had me ask you “What are you afraid of?”
There are essentially four ways in which fear will show up in your career.

The problems that can follow when an organisation has a highly capable interim option :

• The hiring process can slow down, and even grind to a halt.

• You might not be paid the salary that goes with the job – you are told the experience is the reward!

• Your substantive role isn’t backfilled properly – you are working harder than ever across! A two for the price of one for your company!

• You have no certainty over your future with the organisation – and the longer this continues, the more your confidence wavers, the less credible you start to feel.

When you’re scared of failure, you do everything you can to avoid it. But actually? Failure often doesn’t happen, and if it does it doesn’t always feel that bad.

When you experience any career disappointment, it’s normal for your self-confidence and motivation to take a hit. The key is how you bounce back and what you decide to do next.

Here are 5 things you can do to help build resilience - and ultimately get you closer to your dream career.