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Although minds are not terribly good at career decision making, and actually really quite good at keeping us stuck inside our heads, good career decisions are a lot easier when we: Know how good decisions…

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Jumping from Planes and Ladders: Midlife Career Change

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…

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Dealing with Values Conflicts

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

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Make a Plan, Make Peace With Your Life: Rachel’s Response To Ryan

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

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Responding to Ryan (Part 1): You Don’t Need ACT, You Need a Decision

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…

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Career Change is A Game of Inches

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

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The Career Change Recovery Recipe

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…

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Is Materialism Blocking Your Career Change?

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

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The Essential 5 Point Checklist Before Embarking on a Portfolio Career

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

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Thoughts vs Values in Career Change

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…

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