Social networking is often an important component of major life transitions, and is thus a topic I often cover with my life and career coaching clients. Just as Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter suggest that What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, the people who helped us get here may not be the same [...]

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Many people currently spend each day in workplaces with heightened levels of uncertainty, wondering if they’ll still have their job in another month. This can result in increased challenges with work-life balance, and possibly even questions as to whether a job or career change may be in order. When discussing the pitfalls of competition, I [...]

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When you’re actively seeking it, inspiration for life coaching, career and transition coaching, and everyday living comes from many places. Given my own “music composer” side, I tuned in to Katie Couric’s recent Grammy Awards special where she interviewed several popular music stars. Among them was Lil’ Wayne, a hip-hop/rap artist known for his fiercely [...]

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As we consider the 2009 presidential inauguration ceremony for Barack Obama, we can develop tools for personal life transitions. Inauguration, as defined by Merriam-Webster, means “to induct into office with suitable ceremonies,” “to dedicate ceremoniously, or “to bring about the beginning of.” Wikipedia describes an inauguration as “a formal ceremony to mark the beginning of [...]

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As we muster up the courage to pursue new visions in life (e.g., a new job or career, additional schooling, a city we’ve always wanted to live in), we often find ourselves faced with many changes. This may include transitioning to a new physical environment, to new friends and co-workers, and to new behaviors. If [...]

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I recall being one of only a few students in my graduate career counseling course who was genuinely excited about career counseling theory. Perhaps it was because career counseling is more similar to coaching (a direction I was already headed in) than many forms of traditional counseling/therapy.* Perhaps it was because I myself had struggled [...]

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