Developing Your Career Your career is important! Don’t limit your career based on what you think is possible. Navigating a career in mental health can be challenging. When I taught graduate students for 10 years as an adjunct faculty member in a counseling program, the students were naturally most concerned with their career options. A … Read more
Familiarity Breeds Contempt Sometimes people and organizations may take you for granted. You’ve been giving and contributing and investing so long that you become a staple of the institution or a staple in a person’s life. In these instances proximity is a disincentive. The closer you are to the person or organization taking you for … Read more
The Challenges of Self-Employment One of the conversations that I have privately with people quite often has to do with the rewards and difficulties of working for oneself. Alternatively, I also have many more conversations with people who work for others about their career dissatisfaction. So here is the dirty little secret…working for yourself/entrepreneurship/owning a business … Read more
Writing Down Goals Positive psychology researchers and other researchers have found that people who write down their goals are more likely to achieve them. So of course I know that setting goals is important. I also engage in goal setting in all of the services that I provide. However, I believe that a heavy focus … Read more
