I remember very clearly the moment I told my husband I wanted to set up my own business. We were on holiday in Thailand, so I should have been happy and relaxed, but I was terrified about how my news was going to go down. I prepared myself for all his questions and even had […] Read more…
I know a lot of people who are unhappy in their job. What makes me sad is that most of those people will remain unhappily in their job. Living for the weekend, for their holidays, for their long service leave. They may go on parental leave and assume that everything will be different after that. […] Read more…
What’s the number one skills you’ve got to cultivate if you’re going to do well in your career? It’s not interviewing well It’s not writing a killer resume It’s not being able to negotiate a pay increase Although all of those things are important … It’s doing what I’m doing in the picture. It’s self-reflection. […] Read more…
It’s the phrase I hear most often from mums who are contemplating a return to the workforce after a break to raise children. It’s also a phrase I hear from mums who haven’t taken a big break and seem to be totally nailing it in their career. It seems that a loss of confidence is […] Read more…
Disclaimer: this article is a flagrant piece of self-promotion but I am really passionate about the results that you can get from coaching. If you are determined to change your life and career for the better in 2021 then read on or to get straight down to business book in with me for a FREE […] Read more…
… and how that’s changed now that I am one If you’d have asked me 10 years ago, I would never have dreamed that one day I would be a business owner. I was a company woman. I believed in earning a good salary, working hard (but not too hard), climbing the ranks and having […] Read more…
I officially launched my career coaching business two years ago today, on my 39th birthday. I say “officially” because I’d actually been coaching for ages. I did my coaching certification in 2016 and I’d been coaching clients for free whilst slowly building up my website and doing all the other things that I thought you […] Read more…
As a career coach and consultant, I read a lot of resumes and there are some common mistakes I see again and again. I get this. Resumes are difficult to write as most people find it hard to sell themselves on paper. It also feels like a mammoth task because we tend to update our […] Read more…
Confession I started writing this blog post about six weeks ago. Australia was coming out of lockdown. The kids were happily settled back at school and I was starting to get enquiries about my career coaching services again after a short lull. There was a sense of relief and optimism in my neck of the […] Read more…
You haven’t seen me here for a while. In fact, the last time I wrote to you I talked about the importance of making realistic goals as the kids went back to school and mums everywhere were clamouring to get their lives back on track after an unusual summer. Remember that? The very thought of […] Read more…