Career Transitions

Stress

Are All Workplaces Toxic These Days?

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on October 16, 2021

Are you ready to be part of The Great Resignation? You're not alone.

Are you ready to be part of The Great Resignation? You're not alone.

Psychology

Career Transitions and Possibilities

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on July 23, 2021

Whatever your reasons for seeking a new opportunity, this is a perfect time to explore your options.

Whatever your reasons for seeking a new opportunity, this is a perfect time to explore your options.

Motivation

Are You Setting the Right Goals for Success?

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on March 20, 2021

What if there was a simple concept you could apply to all your goals that would greatly improve the odds of success? There is.

What if there was a simple concept you could apply to all your goals that would greatly improve the odds of success? There is.

Career

From College to Career Amidst the Coronavirus

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on October 24, 2020

Even though their lives have changed dramatically, college students can still make progress in their career paths.

Even though their lives have changed dramatically, college students can still make progress in their career paths.

Career

Help! I'm Overwhelmed and Stuck

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on September 3, 2020

Finding a way to balance your responsibilities with fun and making peace with your workload will help you thrive even in a pandemic.

Finding a way to balance your responsibilities with fun and making peace with your workload will help you thrive even in a pandemic.

Career

A Simple List to Organize Your Days

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on June 8, 2020

Usually we can box our problems into “work” problems or “home” problems, and shift our focus and energy temporarily. But not so with the coronavirus.

Usually we can box our problems into “work” problems or “home” problems, and shift our focus and energy temporarily. But not so with the coronavirus.

Career

Returning to Normal? Or Not?

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on March 31, 2020

This is the best time to explore what you might become.

This is the best time to explore what you might become.

Career

Taking Control Amid Career Chaos

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on March 31, 2020

Aligning your emotions, thoughts, and actions can help control your career planning process.

Aligning your emotions, thoughts, and actions can help control your career planning process.

Health

Regaining Career Security One Step at a Time

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on March 20, 2020

What we seek now is stability. Predictability. A sense of knowing what the future holds. The very things we lack right now.

What we seek now is stability. Predictability. A sense of knowing what the future holds. The very things we lack right now.

Dreaming

Make Your Vision a Reality

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on December 18, 2019

Let's look at four basic steps to bringing your vision to life.

Let's look at four basic steps to bringing your vision to life.

Meditation

Create a Compelling Future

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on September 30, 2019

Picturing your future helps you maintain focus, manage setbacks, and move more easily toward your goals. And it can be pretty damn inspiring, too.

Picturing your future helps you maintain focus, manage setbacks, and move more easily toward your goals. And it can be pretty damn inspiring, too.

Career

Opportunities in Nonprofit Advocacy Work

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on September 13, 2019

Looking to get started with a career in advocacy? Check out these organizations.

Looking to get started with a career in advocacy? Check out these organizations.

Career

Working for a Cause

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on September 13, 2019

Are you seeking work that closely aligns with your values? An advocacy group might be the answer.

Are you seeking work that closely aligns with your values? An advocacy group might be the answer.

Fear

Conquering Fears and Mining Strengths to Get a Better Job

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on June 30, 2019

Seeking a new job? Use these lists to mine your strengths and overcome fears.

Seeking a new job? Use these lists to mine your strengths and overcome fears.

Career

Finding Your Energy at Work

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on May 28, 2019

Identifying your favorite and not-so-favorite tasks at work can help you craft a job you will either love or leave.

Identifying your favorite and not-so-favorite tasks at work can help you craft a job you will either love or leave.

Career

The Value of Keeping Track of What You Do at Work

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on April 4, 2019

We seldom take the time to think about what we actually do all day—and quite often, it’s more than we realize.

We seldom take the time to think about what we actually do all day—and quite often, it’s more than we realize.

Career

Is My Job Still a Good Fit?

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on March 30, 2019

Completing and comparing these two lists can help you determine whether or not your job is as good a fit as you think it is.

Completing and comparing these two lists can help you determine whether or not your job is as good a fit as you think it is.

Career

The Career-Boosting Power of Lists

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on March 29, 2019

Lists are a great way to clarify your thoughts, uncover new information, learn what’s important, make decisions, and organize your plans.

Lists are a great way to clarify your thoughts, uncover new information, learn what’s important, make decisions, and organize your plans.

Career

Using Pinterest to Enhance Your Job Search

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on March 16, 2019

Pinterest can provide helpful information, motivation, humor, and guidance in your job search.

Pinterest can provide helpful information, motivation, humor, and guidance in your job search.

Career

Deliver Your Talents: Making Yourself Invaluable at Work

Katharine Brooks Ed.D. on December 14, 2018

If you're currently employed or in school, you're in the "Deliver Your Talent" phase where you have the opportunity to demonstrate your skills—and develop even more.

If you're currently employed or in school, you're in the "Deliver Your Talent" phase where you have the opportunity to demonstrate your skills—and develop even more.