3 Out-of-the-Box Ways to Prepare for a Recession
Nobody can prevent a recession, but fear-based thinking won’t serve you. Here are 3 ways to prepare for a recession as a creative thinker.
How this Designer Pivoted Careers & Left Burnout and Perfectionism Behind: Sarai’s Story
How this Designer Pivoted Careers & Left Burnout and Perfectionism Behind: Sarai’s Story Sarai, Senior Asset Manager at Community Solutions, Inc. I worked at a landscape architecture firm after graduating and realized quickly that I probably wasn’t going to want to do that long-term. Finding Maya I reached out to Maya after attending a webinar […]
From Burned Out Leader to Owning her Promotion with Confidence: Michelle’s Story
From Burned Out Leader to Owning her Promotion with Confidence: Michelle’s Story Michelle, Senior Principal – Business Center Practice Leader with Stantec I’m an archeologist by practice, with both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in anthropology. I’ve been practicing archeology as a consultant for the past 21 years, the last 7 have been with Stantec, […]
5 Tips for Making a Midcareer Change with Little Experience
5 Tips for Making a Midcareer Change with Little Experience Ever wanted to make a midcareer change—switching to a new role, or moving from nonprofit to for-profit (or back!)—but you worry you are too far down the path? Maybe you worry your skills have fallen behind. Or that you don’t understand the lingo. Or that […]
How to Claim Your Expertise Instead of Waiting to be Deemed One
How to Claim Your Expertise Instead of Waiting to be Deemed One https://buildyourselfworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/How-to-Claim-Your-Expertise-Instead-of-Waiting-to-Be-Deemed-One.mp4 A lot of us question whether or not we’re experts. We don’t think we’re experts because someone hasn’t told us that we’re an expert. And also because we have the wrong model of expertise. We think of expertise as being some mountaintop […]
3 Steps to Advancing as a Leader While Working Less
3 Steps to Advancing as a Leader While Working Less I know a woman who had been recently promoted but felt like she was holding on by her fingertips. She was juggling her new promotion and the kids at home, and it felt like it was all too much. Every day felt like a slap […]
Give the Gift of Asking for What You Want
Give the Gift of Asking for What You Want I want to give a shout out to one of my clients who asked for what she wanted… instead of wishing and hoping for it. Asking for what you want (instead of hoping someone will notice us) can be a big challenge for women because we […]
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 […]
