Build Yourself Monthly Round Up: February 2022
Build Yourself Monthly Round Up: February 2022 Here’s what I’m loving, reading, watching, and following these days. These are resources and opportunities that I’m cheering on, are teaching me something I needed to know, or made me laugh out loud! Amanda Holden’s youtube channel. Amanda is an investing expert for women and I love her […]
How to Host a Virtual Dance Party
And creating the creativity you want to experience. This year, during the height of COVID I was living in the epicenter – in New Yok City. All around the city at 7pm people would open their windows and break into applause to the essential workers who were coming off of there shifts. I’d been thinking […]
4 Myths About Career Growth That Are Keeping You Stuck in a Job Rut
4 Myths About Career Growth That Are Keeping You Stuck in a Job Rut I hear a lot of things from women who are feeling stuck in a career rut, and I wanted to take a moment to clear up a few of the biggest myths and misconceptions that I see about creative career growth: […]
Naome’s Story: How to Build Your Confidence and Go for Next Level Jobs
Naome is a client of mine who started working with me before the coronavirus was a twinkle in anyone’s eye. She came to me with bruised confidence after being let go from a job she enjoyed. She was able to find a new job but it wasn’t something she loved. It didn’t feel like quite […]
How to Get a Promotion as a Designer (Even If You’ve Been Passed Over Before)
How to Get a Promotion as a Designer (Even If You’ve Been Passed Over Before) Ever seen someone get a promotion and wonder, “How’d they get that?” The path to advancement in design and the creative fields can be very mysterious and behind-the-scenes so it’s not always easy to figure out how to get chosen. […]
3 Build Yourself Women Experiencing Career Growth During COVID
3 Build Yourself Women Experiencing Career Growth During COVID Are you feeling stressed about everything right now? If you’re like many of my clients—on top of everything: this election, the wildfires, the climate crisis—you’re also facing a general constant anxiety about the economy. Maybe you’ve been laid off, or your pay was reduced. Even if […]
These Build Yourself Women Are Making Impacts in Their Communities
Bolanle Williams-Olley, Chief Financial Officer at Mancini Duffy and a client of mine, just launched SheBuildsMoney, which builds tools to help small design firms help firm owners understand, take control and be successful in managing business finances. I worked with Bola through my Women’s Thought Leadership Coaching—a 4-month one-on-one coaching engagement in which we develop […]
Naome’s Story: How to Build Your Confidence and Go for Next Level Jobs
Naome is a client of mine who started working with me before the coronavirus was a twinkle in anyone’s eye. She came to me with bruised confidence after being let go from a job she enjoyed. She was able to find a new job but it wasn’t something she loved. It didn’t feel like quite […]
Moving Towards Your North Star in Action
Two years ago, Kerry worked with me to define longer-term creative goals for her life and career. She was able to: -Ease herself out a catchall-for-everything volunteer role that she had been feeling done with for some time. -Find a long-term accountability partner (shoutout Annette!) that she’s still in touch with. But most importantly, Kerry […]
8 Women in Design Doing Great Things
8 Women in Design Doing Great Things If you’re familiar with Build Yourself, you know that we’re a community of women in design careers looking to unleash our potential to excel in our careers. So today I want to let you in on what the great women of Build Yourself are doing. I want to […]
