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Reflections on Courage in the Job Search
Job searching isn’t just strategy—it’s courage. The courage to start before you feel ready, stay through rejection, and share your story anyway. This reflection explores how resilience and vulnerability shape meaningful career transitions.
Pausing With My Cooking Club Girlies
A monthly cooking club has become a built-in pause from busy days—full of laughter, creativity, and connection. It’s a reminder that time spent away from work isn’t a distraction, but what makes everything else feel more sustainable.
Recognizing Grief in the Job Search
We don’t talk enough about the grief of a job search. Losing a role means losing identity, routine, and relationships. This reflection is a reminder to pause, feel it, and honor the transition—because processing loss is part of moving forward.
Why Should You Hire a Coach and Résumé Writer?
When you hit a career wall, you don’t have to figure it out alone. This reflection highlights how coaching builds clarity and confidence, while a strong résumé amplifies your story—helping you move forward with momentum.
Trying Something New
Feeling awkward while learning something new is part of the process. From e-bike mishaps to posting online, this reflection is a reminder that discomfort isn’t failure—it’s growth. The more you show up, the more natural it becomes.
Getting Past the Cringe
Posting online feels cringey—until you stop waiting to feel comfortable and just do it. This reflection explores how showing up consistently builds confidence, creates connection, and opens doors, even when it feels awkward at first.
A Simple Weekday Search Schedule
If there’s one thing I know about staying sane during a job search, it’s this: you need a strategy.
And if your Google Calendar looks like a game of Tetris… 🧩 welllll, that’s not it.
Your week should work for you, not against you.
Here’s how to stay focused, creative, and sane during those long days of searching. 💫
Building My Newsletter Community
Building a newsletter doesn’t have to mean chasing big numbers. This reflection explores the value of a smaller, engaged community—where real conversations, practical career insights, and human connection matter more than scale.
Friends from Georgia in SF
The best opportunities don’t come from applications—they come from people. This story shows how a travel connection turned into a professional relationship years later, proving that community and networking compound over time.
What I’m Reading this Black History Month
Black History Month isn’t just quotes—it’s stories. This reflection explores the impact of intentionally reading Black authors to experience the depth, nuance, and brilliance of Black narratives beyond the “greatest hits.”
How I’ve Found Community in Street Clean-ups
What started as volunteering turned into friendships, community, and even new opportunities. This reflection is a reminder that networking doesn’t have to be formal—sometimes it starts with simply showing up and doing something you care about.
New Year, New Certification
Certified Career Transition Coach (CCTC)—and just getting started. This milestone reflects a commitment to continuous learning, modern career strategy, and helping clients navigate job searches with clarity, structure, and confidence.
What Being the ‘Cool Aunt’ Taught Me
The days are long, but the years are short. This reflection explores how family, connection, and presence matter just as much as career progress—especially during a job search or busy season.
9 Things Women Job Hunters Do
If you’re still refreshing your inbox, hoping a recruiter magically appears, Bestie, close that tab.
Because the women actually landing jobs? They’re playing chess, not checkers. ♟️
They're creating their luck with confidence. With strategy. With killer playlists. (Honestly, my Discover Weekly has been on point lately.)
Here are 9 things they do differently when job hunting, and how you can steal their moves. 💃🏽
It's time for you to get it, Gurl. 💋
From San Francisco, with Gratitude
A year of staying rooted led to something unexpected: finding my voice again. This reflection celebrates community, meaningful work, and the relationships that made the year unforgettable.
Best Books of 2025
Less scrolling, more reading: one small shift led to 80 books in a year. This reflection shows how intentional habits can unlock focus, reclaim time, and support personal growth—without the pressure of traditional New Year’s resolutions.
On New Year’s Resolutions
Forget resolutions—this year-end ritual is about honest reflection, asking better questions, and moving forward with intention. Especially powerful during career transitions or uncertain seasons, it helps you find clarity, reconnect with purpose, and define what truly matters.
How to Fight the "Infinite Workday"
Time zones, WFH, and a few questionable habits later… we’ve officially blurred the line between work and life.
Spoiler alert: no one’s coming to fix it but us.
Still answering “just one last email” by glow of a fridge light? Yeah… it’s time we talked boundaries. 😬