SeattleCoach! "Connection. Curiosity. Challenge."™

These are some of my most-requested exercises and articles.
They are yours to review, test, learn and enjoy--and if you are my client, we'll collaborate.

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Career Transition?

_ Many of the people I coach are in the midst of a career transition. So after I remind them to breathe, I start challenging/supporting them to think about their key words, sentences, images and their Web presence. What will help you to communicate what you most want to do and whom you most want to serve? These tools and links might boost your creativity--and maybe even give some new life to your customized cover letters and résumés. 
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From Seth Godin . . .

"Are you leaving behind an easily found trail of accomplishment?

Few people are interested in your resume any more. Plenty are interested in what you've done.

The second thing you'll need to do is regularly note what you produce in a log or find some other way to keep track.

The first thing is more difficult: If the work you do isn't worth collating and highlighting, you probably need to be doing better work."                                 



An Exercise for the Stressed . . . "For fast-acting relief, try slowing down." Lily Tomlin
Whether it's good stress or the difficult kind, I get smarter and happier when I take a few minutes to "re-balance" and make sure I'm breathing fully. To try out this 5:44 minute exercise, turn up your speakers and click on the arrow to the right. 



Think about a time when you felt . . .

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Got it?
  1. Remember it as mentally and viscerally as you can.
  2. Now tell the story—out loud or in writing—to someone who is interested in your growth.
  3. Notice what happens to your breath and posture as you remember and communicate. What would it be like to live more of your life in this energy? What would it take for you to do that?


Most Requested Articles and Exercises


Getting to Whoosh

B.R.A.I.N.O. (How to have a hard conversation softly)

Big Change

C.A.S.A. (Setting the stage for a great relationship)

Patty's Notes on Working Identity by Hermonia Ibarra (Helping you think about career transition)