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Careers of Reward

Over the course of a lifetime, our work and careers consume a major portion of our time. We want them to be rewarding, safe, financially beneficial, and enjoyable. There is much that we don’t control in the economy, the work environment, and the world at large, yet there are many things over which we do have control. At the end of the day, we want to know that we have done all we could to have a fulfilling work life. At times, though, we are held back by old patterns, or we aren’t able to adjust to the fast changes employers throw at us, and maybe we get bored, taken for granted, or passed over unfairly. Perhaps we lack knowledge, skills or insight about the reality of the work world. We start to feel clueless or resentful, or maybe we have kept our hopes and spirits high yet want to try a new career path but don’t know how.

E.B. White, author of Winnie the Pooh: “We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.”

Counseling with a psychotherapist is designed to unlock the places where one feels stuck. My years as an employment lawyer, mediator, and career coach have enhanced my ability to get to the heart of what holds people back in their chosen work. We look with curiosity at the family influences that shaped your communication styles. We find the emotional hot spots and the skill deficits that provide your most fertile places of growth. Sometimes we do research or testing together to find the best information and match for skills. If it is what you seek, we might formulate new goals, intentions and ways to achieve these. We recognize with compassion that we all do the best we can, and we continue to reach for the stars. The commute to the office, school, factory, or boardroom should be as joyful a journey as any.

Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you imagine it.
– George Lucas

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No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. - Edward Hopper — No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
– Edward Hopper

It is not the external conditions that determine how much work will contribute to the excellence of one’s life. It is how one works, and what experiences one is able to derive from confronting its challenges. No matter how satisfying, work alone cannot make a life complete. - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — It is not the external conditions that determine how much work will contribute to the excellence of one’s life. It is how one works, and what experiences one is able to derive from confronting its challenges. No matter how satisfying, work alone cannot make a life complete.
– Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Like squirrels, the best in every business do what they have learned to do without questioning their abilities - they flat out trust their skills, which is why we call this high-performance state of mind the “Trusting Mindset” - John Eliot — Like squirrels, the best in every business do what they have learned to do without questioning their abilities – they flat out trust their skills, which is why we call this high-performance state of mind the “Trusting Mindset”
– John Eliot

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Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. - William Shakespeare — Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.
– William Shakespeare

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Life isn’t about finding yourself; Life is about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw — Life isn’t about finding yourself; Life is about creating yourself.
– George Bernard Shaw

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