Career Change, Developing Coaches - ACT Training, Executive Coaching, Getting Unstuck coaching
by Rob Archer Right from the start, the ACT model made sense to me. It made so many things clearer in my head. Apart from the bit about values…
Tags: career change, Compassion and careers, Headstuck, Step 5: Making a plan and getting into action, Values
Career Change, Developing Coaches - ACT Training, Getting Unstuck coaching
by Rachel Collis Ryan, many of the people we work with at The Career Psychologist are in exactly the situation you describe. They feel stuck in a job they hate. They have also often made…
Tags: Career paralysis, Step 5: Making a plan and getting into action, Values
Career Change, Developing Coaches - ACT Training, Getting Unstuck coaching
Dear Ryan, my heart ached for you when I read your email, and your question about competing values struck a chord for me personally. Like all good questions, they provoke something in others, and I…
Tags: ACT in coaching, Career paralysis, Dealing with difficult thoughts and emotions, Experiential avoidance, Flexible thinking: using ACT in career change, Job crafting, Step 1: Understanding stuckness, Step 5: Making a plan and getting into action, Values
Career Change, Getting Unstuck coaching
Took my little daughter to the athletics, and we watched the mighty Usain Bolt in the 4 x 100m heats (though my daughter was far more interested in Hero the Hedgehog). We then cheered the…
Tags: Behaviour analysis in coaching, Marginal gains, Step 1: Understanding stuckness, Step 5: Making a plan and getting into action
Career Change, Developing Coaches - ACT Training
by Ross McIntosh Rob’s post about the importance of energy management in career transition resonated with me because since I started my career change process over four years ago I’ve come to recognise the importance…
Tags: Energy management, Marginal gains, Step 1: Understanding stuckness, Step 5: Making a plan and getting into action
Career Change, Developing Coaches - ACT Training, Getting Unstuck coaching
By Dr Rob Handelman, Psy.D. “Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall.” Joseph Campbell If this quote rings at all true, and if…
Tags: ACT in coaching, Career paralysis, Dealing with difficult thoughts and emotions, Experiential avoidance, Flexible thinking: using ACT in career change, Guest post, Step 5: Making a plan and getting into action, Values
by Rachel Collis Sarah was unhappy in her current job. She didn’t seem to achieve anything meaningful through her work. She often felt frustrated and dissatisfied. She didn’t quite know what she wanted to do…
Tags: Behaviour change, meaning in work, Mindfulness, Step 5: Making a plan and getting into action, Values
Career Change, Career Development, Executive Coaching
Everyone working at The Career Psychologist has a portfolio career, where we split our time between two or more positions. We love the variety and creativity that comes from combining our different interests whilst making…
Tags: Creative thinking, Job crafting, Resources, Step 3: Generating options, Step 5: Making a plan and getting into action
Career Change, Developing Coaches - ACT Training, Getting Unstuck coaching
by Ross McIntosh When I left the Civil Service in early 2014 I attended a course called “Cartooning for Communicators” which was one of those truly liberating experiences life occasionally offers us. From that, I…
Tags: ACT in coaching, Dealing with difficult thoughts and emotions, Flexible thinking: using ACT in career change, Step 5: Making a plan and getting into action
Career Change, Getting Unstuck coaching
How Helsinki buses help with career change lows A client wrote to me and said:
Tags: career change, Creative thinking, Step 5: Making a plan and getting into action
It’s amazing, this knack of helping you look at your life through a massive magnifying glass, so the changes you want to make seem more like making an obvious choice rather than one to be fearful about. I would and have recommended The Career Psychologist to anyone who is feeling a bit unfulfilled, directionless or is keen to make some change in their life, but needs the confidence to just ‘go for it’!!
