Career
Advance your professional journey with our knowledgeable contributors, who are offering a wealth of resources to help you achieve your career goals. Learn how to build a strong personal brand, receive career coaching, plan for successful transitions and find guidance on how to achieve long-term success and fulfillment in your chosen industry. Whether you are preparing for an interview, working on your personal brand or navigating the complexities of remote work you can find practical advice and helpful tips by experts in their fields.
Interview Like You Already Have the Job – Changing the Interview Mindset
It’s not an audition, it’s a consultation. The fastest way to change your interview performance is to change your mental model. When you walk into an interview believing you're being evaluated, the power...
CV Mistakes That Have Nothing to Do With Your Experience
Your CV looks perfect. That might be the problem. When every bullet point is polished, every gap explained away, and every description sounds like it came from the same AI prompt, recruiters don’t really...
Mastering Intentional Interview Skills to Maximize Success
Aviation. It is an extraordinary industry, one where you can rise above the clouds, soar with the birds, and gaze down on the world with a sense of awe and wonder. Flying is a sensation like no other.
Pretty Privilege? The Hidden Truth About Attractiveness Bias in Hiring
The "pretty privilege" narrative has calcified into an assumed truth, circulating as shorthand for who advances and who doesn't, collapsing complex cognitive processes into a simple story about looks...
Why Job Interviews Fail Even When You Don’t
Most people imagine a failed interview as something painfully obvious, someone rambling without direction, freezing under pressure, or forgetting the company's name. In practice, the interviews that...
How to Ask Post-Interview Questions That Make You Unforgettable
Most candidates waste their final interview moments by asking generic questions that fail to impress. In this guide, discover how strategic, research-driven questions can make you memorable...
The Interview Setting – An Authenticity Trap for HSPs
For Highly Sensitive People (HSPs), interviews can feel more like psychological obstacle courses than authentic conversations. You're expected to perform confidence, enthusiasm, and certainty, often...
Your Job is to Understand Your Value
When we see others struggle with expectations, self-doubt, and the pursuit of validation, it’s easy to want to step in, guide, and direct. But sometimes, the most considerate thing to do is to let them...
The Rise of Freedom-Based Careers – Why Flexibility is the New Success
We grew up believing hard work and good grades would lead to stability and fulfillment. That’s why we all got the degree and landed the job, right? But the reality of the corporate world hit hard for...
5 Signs You're on the Right Path Even if Everything Feels Like It's Falling Apart
Feeling like everything is going wrong just as you’re trying to move forward? You might be more aligned than you think. In this article, I share five powerful signs that you're on the right path...
Navigating the Transition and Returning to the Workplace After Years of Hybrid and Remote Work
Major changes in work settings, especially after years of enjoying the flexibility and solitude of hybrid or remote work...
11 Ways to Make Yourself Indispensable at Work
We've all been there. Your boss is laying off people, and you don't want to be one of them. So, what do you do? You position yourself...
How To Become A Digital Nomad
Discover the freedom of working remotely while exploring the world as a digital nomad. In this comprehensive guide, we'll show you...
Remote Work – Redefining Work-Life Balance In The Digital Age
In today's fast-paced world, achieving a healthy work-life balance is more challenging than ever. The rise of remote work has presented...
Confidence Is Not a Personality Trait – It’s a Nervous System Skill
In creative industries, confidence is often misunderstood. It’s mistaken for volume. For certainty. For charisma, bravado, or the ability to speak quickly without pausing to think. The most confident...
Path to Confidence – Why Doubt Is Part of the Journey
In this article, Beth Rohani, President and CEO of Ameritex Movers, reflects on her journey from self-doubt to confidence. As a leader in a male-dominated industry, she reveals how clarity, planning...
Rebuilding Your Professional Identity After Moving Countries and Thriving Through Change
Moving countries is rarely just a logistical challenge. Sure, there are visas to sort, schools to research, and houses to find, but the hidden impact is far more personal. Your professional identity...
Impression Management – When Image Replaces Competence
Picture a meeting where a promotion is on the table. Two people present the same project. The first speaks with confidence, rhythm, a polished smile, and seems to have an answer for everything. The second is...
If You Build It, and Keep Building on It, They Will Come
I’ve been doing a fair bit of reflecting, reconsidering, and reminiscing as another calendar year comes to a close. What has worked well for me as both a business and a brand in 2025, and what hasn’t...
A “How To” Guide for the Prospective Writer – Step Nine on the Writing Journey
If you’re just tuning in to the “How To” Guide for the Prospective Writer, then you need to whisk back to the first step, because (drumroll please!), we’re almost done!
Daily Reflective Practice Is Not Counter to Productivity – It Enhances Productivity and Well-Being
Time and space for reflection, perspective, context, imagination, silence, and tuning into our bodies, emotions, and thoughts often feel like a luxury in a world chronically characterized by busyness...
New Year, New Me – The Do’s and Don’ts of the 2026 Job Search
2025 saw one of the toughest employment markets in recent history, almost rivalling the Covid-19 pandemic. UK unemployment rose beyond 5%, and as we move into 2026, there are few signs of meaningful...
Why Trying to Impress Is Holding You Back – The Performance Trap in Modern Career Development
As a new year begins, professionals everywhere are planning how to be better this year. More polished. More confident. More impressive. How many people are thinking about the performance they’ve been...
Activate BE(A)ST Mode – The Career Framework for the Modern Professional
Job security has always been our comfortable, cultural fiction. However, reality has reminded us throughout history that such a thing does not truly exist. The Great Depression wiped out entire...
Therapeutic Coaching – A Path to Manage My Career
In an era defined by disruption, complexity, and continuous change, career development has become a far more intricate and emotionally demanding journey. Traditional models of professional...
The Benefits of Therapeutic Coaching in Navigating Career Transitions
Career transitions, whether voluntary or imposed, are among the most challenging experiences in an individual’s working life. Therapeutic coaching offers a psychologically informed, future-focused...
Regulate to Rise – How Attachment and the Nervous System Shape Career Success
What if the real key to thriving at work is not about working harder, but learning how to regulate our nervous system? Success has long been measured by how much we can push, produce, and...
What Career Disruption Really Feels Like and Why It Might Be a Gift
Losing your job or facing burnout can feel like the end, but it might just be the beginning. This article explores the hidden gift of career disruption and how it can spark self-awareness, courage, and a more...
Strengthen Your Adaptive Skills With a Reflective Career Journaling Practice
Intentionally creating time and space to pause, slow down, and reflect on our work and career experiences is a vital practice for career maintenance. Cultivating a regular reflective practice...
When Holistic Healing Meets Doula Work
Many people feel called to birth work because they sense it is meaningful, relational, and deeply human. Yet for many doulas and aspiring birth workers, conventional training leaves something...
How to Stop Hitting Snooze on Your Career Transition Journey
We’ve all been there, the early-morning alarm shatters a deep, peaceful sleep, and before we know it, we’re hitting the snooze button again and again, hoping to steal a few more minutes of rest.
7 Questions People Forget to Ask Before Changing Careers
A career change isn’t just a professional decision. It’s an identity shift. Many people feel the pull long before they feel ready to act, and the questions they ask themselves (“Is this the right...
Why the Modern Birth System Needs More Holistic Doulas
Pregnancy and birth today involve more information, more testing, and more medical options than ever before. While access to care has expanded, many families are quietly feeling overwhelmed, disconnected...
How to Find the Right Career – 3 Rules for Lasting Fulfilment at Work
Choosing a career has never been more confusing. With thousands of roles, the rapid rise of AI, and the vague cultural advice to simply "follow your passion," many people end up confused...
The Ripple Effect in 9-5 Careers – How One Small Step Can Change Your Entire Trajectory
For many people in 9-5 roles, career growth feels like a waiting game. You wait for your manager to notice you. You wait for the promotion cycle. You wait for the right role to appear. You wait for...
Workplace Resiliency – The Business Imperative That Protects Performance and Profit
In an era defined by disruption, organizations are under constant pressure to deliver results while navigating uncertainty. Economic volatility, rapid technological shifts, and increasing employee burnout...
Masks of Sanity in Suits and Ties – The Rise of Charismatic Deviance
When charisma becomes a tool for domination rather than trust, leadership can appear sane while quietly turning destructive.
Why Leadership Feels Heavier at the Top, and Why This Isn’t a Strategy Problem
By the time leaders reach senior levels, they are rarely lacking capability, ambition, or experience. Yet many describe a quiet shift, leadership begins to feel heavier, decisions take longer, and pressure...
When AI Quietly Changes Your Job – Understanding Silent Displacement at Work
For many people, job loss is imagined as a clear moment. A meeting, a conversation, a decision that is difficult but unmistakable. What fewer people expect is something far less visible. No notice, no...
Why Wellness Doesn’t Work When It’s Treated Like A Performance Metric
We are more “wellness-informed” than ever, yet also more exhausted, anxious, and disconnected from our bodies than at any other point in history. What if the problem isn’t a lack of discipline or effort...
5 Essential Insights Every Leader Needs to Prevent Quiet Cracking and Burnout
Many leaders are familiar with burnout, yet far fewer recognize the early stage that often precedes it. Quiet cracking is a subtle shift that begins well before energy collapses. Understanding this...
Health Insurance Reinvented – How Employers Can Cut Costs and Elevate Care
In today’s competitive business environment, employers are realizing that health insurance is more than a benefit, it is a strategic investment. Rising premiums and fragmented care models have long...
9 Game-Changing Ways Networking and Freelancing Are Impacting Charities
In a sector traditionally defined by full-time roles, what happens when networking and freelancing enter the mix? The charity world is embracing flexibility and collaboration like never before. Gone...
Why 80% of Personal Trainers Quit Within 2 Years and How to Avoid That
In an era where online coaching is being pushed as the ultimate solution for fitness professionals. I was one of these people, thinking...
How Freelancers Can Get Paid On Time – Top Strategies To Avoid Client Payment Issues
One issue that many freelancers have is clients who do not pay their bills or continually pay their bills late. These are some helpful...
What I’ve Learned In 15 Years As A Freelancer – 6 Self-Care Suggestions
To survive as a freelancer or a consultant for many years, there’s a lot of knowledge to be gained around running a business, money...
What I’ve Learned In 15 Years As A Freelancer – 8 Business-Focused Lessons
It’s time to start a new series about the many lessons I’ve learned as a freelancer over the past (gulp) fifteen years.
How To Protect Your Freelance Or Independent Contractor Business As Laws Change
Are you a freelancer or independent contractor that operates like a business, or are you just skilling along? It’s an important distinction.
How To Build a Successful Freelance Career and Break Free From The 9-5
Freelancing is a growing domain, with around 64 million people engaging in this kind of work in 2023. This job brings plenty of...
How An International Student Built A $45K ARR Business in 3 Months By Betting On Strategic Networking
Some entrepreneurs wait for the perfect moment. Others create it. Jaival Vikal belongs to the second category. At 23, he has built a multimillion-dollar network spanning the country, won over $50,000 in...
Networking with Purpose and the Journey of Greg DeKalb
In the bustling world of networking, few names resonate as strongly as Greg DeKalb. As the founder of Appointments IQ and the renowned Tony P's Networking Events in Chicago, Greg has carved a niche...
5 Non-Negotiables of a Modern Network Marketing Leader in 2025
The network marketing industry is evolving rapidly, ushering in a new era of opportunities. Leaders from various fields are entering...
Choosing The Right Fit Between In-Person And Virtual Networking
Both in-person and virtual networking come with their own distinct advantages and challenges. Choosing the right approach depends on...
Boost Your Career With Simple Networking Hacks
Networking is crucial for career development, but many women leaders find it challenging. Common concerns include feeling inauthentic...
Networking Like A Boss – Tips For Expanding Your Circle
In today's interconnected world, networking is not just a tool; it's a necessity. Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting...
Networking To Land Your Dream Job Now
The best strategy to obtain recommendations is to engage in networking.
