The Time Between Dreams: How to Navigate Uncertainty in Your Life And Work. by Carol Vechio I read this book after hearing Carol Vechio present an all-day workshop for Maine Career Development Association on how to navigate uncertainty using her model of transitions. The metaphor of looking at our ability to navigate uncertainty using the four seasons is interesting. We really do have stages in our career development that feel like "winter"... a bit lost and uncertain about the future, … [Read more...]
Why Is A Career Transition So Difficult?
Whether you planned for the career transition or it was unplanned...it is still often difficult. While an unplanned career transition may be more challenging, any change involves adjustment. Most of us live as if our lives will stay the same every day. I was listening to the podcast 'Hidden Brain' where people were asked to look ahead 10 years. How much change do they expect to happen? Then people were asked to look back 10 years at how much change had actually happened. There was a huge … [Read more...]
Too Young To Be Old. Nancy Schlossberg
Too Young To Be Old: Love, Learn, Work, and Play as You Age. By Nancy Schlossberg, a friend to the career counseling world who is now in her 80's and still writing, thinking, and sharing her thoughts on transitions. Much of this book is her personal journey in her 3rd Age and 100's of interviews with others going through this new developmental stage of life. She addresses the biases of age and gives suggestions on how to deal with our own perceptions of age bias as well as what we might do to … [Read more...]
Ahhhh…retirement. Hey WAIT A MINUTE!!!
“The future ain’t what it used to be.” Yogi Berra “Retirement ain’t what it used to be.” Jim Peacock First off, ‘retirement’ is clearly not the correct word. I don’t think we have found the right word yet but they also didn’t know what to call young people in their teens in the early 1900’s until a psychologist studied them and came up with “teenager” sometime in the 1920’s. *(Did you know that it was the automobile and the freedom it gave this age group that helped create “teenagers”? That … [Read more...]
Interview with Dorian Mintzer, Life and Retirement Transition Coach
November 2, 2016 This is a summary of my interview with Dorian Mintzer a Therapist, Life and Retirement Transition Coach, Relationship Coach, Executive Coach, Teacher, Author and Speaker. She works with individuals and couples and help them navigate pre-retirement and retirement transition issues. She also consults with Financial Planners and other professionals to help their clients and is an author of a number of books on retirement. Dori has enrolled in a two of my online seminars, … [Read more...]