Getting Unstuck

How to Figure Out Where You Want to Be — And Get There.

by Michele Woodward

3 Tips to Survive the Holidays

Dreading the holidays? Can't wait until Thanksgiving dinner is over so you can get out of there? You're not alone. Here are three tips you can use to survive the holidays. Read More

LIVE - from SHRM's Work-Life Focus Conference

What's the latest in the work-life field? Read live blogs from today's SHRM Work-Life Focus Conference in Washington, DC from blogger Michele Woodward. Read More

The Accountability Piece

Some of us are paying big money to get the "accountability piece" - when often the real key to getting things done is to align internally behind our own motivations. Read More

Your Best Superpower

You have a superpower you may not even be conscious of... Yet, it's the most powerful tool you have to get what you want. Read on. Read More

Freelancers: Stuck In What Should Be?

When the economy tanked, more changed than just the balance of your 401(k). Behavior changed. Attitudes changed. Yet, some freelancers are still selling like everything is the same. And they're stuck with slow (or no) sales. Find out what you can do to bump up your freelance practice, based on what your clients want. Read More

The College of Lennon & McCartney

Why wait for external approval of your internal desire? Be like John Lennon and Paul McCartney - write, sing, dance, create. Get it out there. There's no reason to wait. Read More

The Art of Followership

Silence the relentless drumbeat of leadership - sometimes followership is precisely what's needed to move a career forward. Read More

The Surprising Power of Intuition

Second guessing yourself? Indecisive? Regretful? Perhaps you're overlooking the most powerful decision-making tool you have - your gut. Try a simple exercise to get back in touch with your intuition and get on the path to un-stuck. Read More

The New Rules of Work - Part Two

Today's workplace has changed - and you need to know New Rule #2 to do more that survive. You need to know it so you can thrive! Read More

The New Rules of Work - Part One

The world of work has changed and if you're not hip to the new rules, you'll fall behind. Ever heard of a "side hustle"? :-) Read More

How To Get A New Job

More jobs are filled by personal referral than are ever posted. So it is who you know rather than what you know that gets you hired. How can you create great word-of-mouth so you can uncover those "off-menu" positions? How can you get the door to open? Read More

Delegating, Picasso and The End Of Stress

Control freaks unite - and finally learn to delegate, will you? Because while you have a firm vision of what the end product needs to be, you might just find that there's a better way - if you let someone else find it. Read More

What Do You Really Want?

Do what you love and the money will follow? Not always - because making a career change is not always about the money. Is it? Sometimes it's about something else, altogether. But you can still make a plan that will get you where you want to go. Read More

Not Quite A Job, More Than A Hobby: A Jobby!

Stuck at work? Need to leave? But where to go? Ever heard about a "jobby"? Read More

Lefty Writes Right-Handed

Living according to the expectations of others can feel a lot like trying to write with your right hand, when you've been born a lefty. Read More

Make Your Own Thanksgiving

Look at the legacies gifted to you by your parents and grandparents - around money, around relationships, around body image, around holidays - and decide: "Is this what I want for myself? Does this make me happy, or give me stress?" Lovingly let go the things that no longer serve you, and get to happy. Quick. Read More

The Holy Grail of Unstuck

If you're stuck, and can't figure out what to do next or which direction to head, try doing one thing differently - just one thing, putting everything on the table - and see what happens. Read More

Michele Woodward is the author of I Am Not Superwoman: Further Essays on Happier Living and Lose Weight, Find Love, De-Clutter & Save Money: Essays on Happier Living.

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