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.
Learning AI as a Soft Skill
AI isn’t just for tech experts—it’s a skill anyone can build. This reflection explores how learning to use AI tools thoughtfully can boost productivity, increase confidence, and help you stay relevant as work continues to evolve.
Not me calling you lazy!
Want your network to actually help you? Get clear first. This reflection explores how defining your next move, crafting a tight elevator pitch, and communicating it confidently makes it easier for others to connect you to the right opportunities.
How to Win Your First 90 Days
Starting a new job can feel like jumping onto a moving train. This reflection breaks down how to navigate your first 90 days—focusing on clarity, relationships, and small wins to build trust and set yourself up for success.
What's Your Job Search Experience?
Job searching isn’t objective—it’s human. This reflection explores how different perspectives shape outcomes and why sharing experiences, learning together, and staying curious can make the process more effective (and less lonely).
An Own Your Search Testimonial
Stuck after 18 months of job searching, Millie rebuilt her strategy, refined her résumé, and gained momentum. One month after completing the program, she landed a new role—proving that structure and support can change everything.
Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace in 2026
If work has been feeling off, you’re not alone. With rising stress and disengagement, more professionals are ready for change. This reflection explores how clarity, strategy, and the right support can help you navigate your next career move.
A Peek Inside Own Your Search
Stop guessing your way through your job search. Own Your Search is a step-by-step course that helps you build a clear, strategic, and personalized approach—so you can land roles that align with your strengths, values, and long-term goals.
The second-best time is now…
You don’t have to burst into the new year to make progress. This reflection explores how small, intentional steps—showing up, engaging, and getting clear—can build momentum in your job search and personal brand without burnout.
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. 💋
Building a Personal Brand in 2026 and Beyond
Woof. Are we all back?
Barely holding on after the weird limbo that is the week between Christmas and New Year?
Where time doesn’t exist, meals are 80% cheese, and somehow you’re watching Friends reruns like it’s 1999 again? 🧀📺
Yeah… it’s been real. But it’s time to get back in the saddle.
This year, instead of making (and breaking) resolutions (Here's looking at you, banjo I haven’t played since 2018), I’m opting for something better: 2026 is the year of reputation management. 👀
If your game plan is just “show up and hope for the best,” it might be time for a rebrand. 😏
Because your personal brand already exists, and like it or not, you are the algorithm.
Here’s how to build one that actually works for you this year. ⚡️
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.
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Forget resolutions—this year-end ritual is about honest reflection. By asking better questions, you can process what’s behind you and move forward with more clarity, intention, and self-awareness.
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. 😬
