Career Coach and Futurist
Career Coach and Futurist
Many a weekday I stumble downstairs from my home office dreading to hear that inevitable phrase, “Mom, what’s for dinner?” Despite hours perusing recipe sites and grocery store weekly deals, I had not really managed to solidify meal plans, and I haven’t been successful at offloading that responsibility to someone else, either. Sound familiar? Here’s …
Listen, I’m not here to pretend I’m one of those people who gets fully dressed every day. It’s winter. It’s cold. My couch has a permanent indent shaped like my body, and I’ve watched every episode of The British Bakeoff. I’m living my best life, and you should too. But here’s the thing: even lazy …
🚫 The Hidden Gatekeeper of Your Career Here’s a statistic that’ll make your coffee taste bitter: 75% of resumes never reach human eyes. Let that sink in for a moment. Three-quarters of the resumes floating around in digital hiring land are being rejected by robots before any actual human gets to appreciate your carefully crafted …
What if your greatest leadership qualities are hiding in the traits you’ve been taught to suppress? At a critical point in my career, I had to prepare for a confrontational meeting with my boss – I had reached a point of total burnout and also one of complete frustration. She had been micro-managing me, not …
🚀 The Future-Ready Professional (And Why Most of Us Aren’t) Let me be brutally honest with you: Traditional career coaching is like trying to navigate with a printed MapQuest map from 1995 while driving through a city that’s being rebuilt in real-time. I’ve been watching professionals get blindsided by AI disruption, scramble to adapt to …
Let me tell you about the time I discovered something that actually changed my approach to self-development – and trust me, I’ve tried everything. This girl has some non-stop “workshopping myself non-stop” tendencies. From meditation apps to personal assistance, bullet journals to productivity hacks that left me feeling like a hamster on a wheel, I …
Are We Doomed? A Futurist Ponders It’s easy to see how workers today can form a dystopian vision of further wealth inequality and total domination of the global sphere by the tech bros and dirty politicians and lobbyists. (See Mountainhead movie, portraying a few billionaires using global disasters to get even richer.) You don’t need …
You know that feeling when you wake up at 3 AM and suddenly wonder what the hell you’re doing with your life? When everything you’ve built feels like a house of cards, and you can’t shake the nagging voice asking, “Is this it?” Welcome to the existential crisis club, darling. You’re not losing your mind—you’re …
Condition Check The winds were headed easterly but my triangulation indicated gusts under 10mph. Turns out it would be great weather for a launch. I had been dreaming of this day for over two months. Somehow I had gotten the idea that I wanted to launch a model rocket, having never done it during my …
What is Self-Care? Self-care isn’t just about indulging in a bubble bath while scrolling through Instagram—it’s a lifestyle choice that encompasses both physical and mental well-being. Think of it as recharging your batteries so that you can tackle life’s curveballs with a smile on your face. It includes a range of activities that nourish your …