As most of you know I’ve been diving deep into the world of mums and career change, through the book that I’m writing and have stumbled across a truly intriguing group – the accidental career changers! Picture this: women who didn’t set out with a grand plan to switch careers but found themselves doing just […] Read more…
Gosh I worried so much about what other people thought in the early days of my career change. I was convinced that my friends would think I was crazy, or even selfish, to give up my well-paid corporate career. I remember being in floods of tears when I told a mere acquaintance my idea, and […] Read more…
So you know you want to change career and you’ve got some solid ideas, but the fear of making the wrong move is holding you back. You’re worried about looking silly if it doesn’t work, jeopardising your family’s stability and maybe even ending up back at square one. Take a deep breath, because you’re not […] Read more…
As you’re unpacking Halloween decorations, you might be realising that the year is nearly over and your plans for a career change haven’t quite materialised. If you’re feeling disheartened, remember that there are still two months left in the year. Don’t let the remaining time slip away without taking some meaningful steps towards your career […] Read more…
Have rising interest rates and the crippling cost of living scuppered your career change plans? Can you see no way out of your unfulfilling job in the current climate? You’re not alone. Career change is scary at the best of times but in the current climate the fear of the unknown and financial instability is […] Read more…
At the start of September, I was in London during a heatwave. Songs might romanticise this experience, but the reality is that it’s quite uncomfortable. Especially if you travel on the London Underground. Sardine can life! For the first twelve years of my professional life, I commuted on the London Underground. The cramped conditions, especially […] Read more…
Bosses are important. They play a pivotal role in shaping our day-to-day happiness at work and can influence our long-term career trajectories. If you want a promotion, pay rise or day off then, most of the time, you must go through your boss. Bosses assign us tasks, offer us feedback and provide guidance. However, it’s […] Read more…
One of my greatest struggles when it came to changing career was knowing what to do instead. Back then my confidence was so low that I really didn’t see myself as good enough to do anything else. My ideas were also limited to those careers that I had seen and heard of before and a […] Read more…
With the cost-of-living crisis, interest rate increases and a recession looking likely, isn’t the sensible thing to keep our head down and plod away? Whether we like our job or not? Is it irresponsible to even consider career change right now? Well, I want to make it quite clear that I am not about folks […] Read more…
Some of my clients have scaled the heights of their career, gaining promotions, pay rises and letters after their name. When they decide it’s time to start afresh and start a new career, in a new industry, this can be challenging and not always because they don’t have the experience. Sometimes there’s a perception that […] Read more…