Career Reinvention

One of my dearest friends has had many interesting life experiences both in and out of the workforce.  She’s a mother and grandmother who has moved through multiple careers in state government, on Wall Street, at interesting non-profits, newspapers, and more.  Though her resume is quite impressive, there was a time several decades ago when…

Just about all professionals are concerned with work-life balance. Not so many spend as much time thinking about their work-life view. Deb Martin (a freelance writer and editor originally from Westchester County, New York) and her partner Jim Richards (a photographer and technology consultant who spent years knocking around the Rocky Mountains), think first about…

We all have a favorite sweater. One that makes us look like a million or just plain feels good.   It’s worn, but you reach for it year after year.  The other day I looked closer at my go-to cardigan and saw a single bright thread running all the way through the weave. Instead of lamenting…

When I was a newly minted college graduate with an English degree, I thought that I launched a very logical job search.  I knew that I liked to write, so I searched for jobs at any company or department that focused on writing and editing.  I figured that as long as I was in an…

It’s an interesting phenonemom that some of the most successful women are the most fearful about leaving the safety net of a familiar, tried and true career.  I’ve spoken to so many fast-track women who seem to think they are one trick ponies—when I know, with a little confidence boost, they can do every trick…

Thinking that you want to step off the fast track?  Had enough of the long hours, world travel and stress?  Yearning to do something that has a little more meaning? If you’ve answered “yes” to one or more of these questions, you’re probably at the top of your game but feeling that something is missing…