February 11, 2025 • 18 mins
Can you truly balance the demands of motherhood and entrepreneurship without losing your sanity? In this enlightening episode of the Peaceful Mompreneur, we welcome Cheryl Polk, a holistic career coach and the brain behind Excel Resumes and Career Coaching, who shares her journey from accounting graduate to esteemed career coach. Cheryl candidly discusses her vibrant career transitions, including her time at a Fortune 500 company, her choice to become a homeschool mom, and ultimately, her fulfilling role in career coaching. Together, we unravel the misconceptions surrounding work-life balance, especially for mompreneurs, and emphasize the importance of prioritizing what truly matters—faith, family, and business—over the pursuit of perfection in every life aspect.
We provide overwhelmed moms with practical strategies to efficiently manage their lives, such as using apps and timers, while also exploring the intricate process of discovering one's purpose and balancing multiple callings. Cheryl's insights guide us through cultivating a holistic life view where purpose transcends professional achievements. For moms who might feel overshadowed by the demands of parenting, we offer encouragement and affirm the inherent worth found in various life phases. Additionally, Cheryl shares her expertise in building a robust online presence, offering invaluable job search strategies through her popular social media platforms. Join us for a conversation brimming with wisdom and inspiration, aimed at empowering mompreneurs to achieve harmony in both life and business.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hello everyone, Welcome to the Peaceful
Mompreneur and we're superexcited that you're here and I
have a great guest.
Her name is Cheryl Polk and Iam going to let her introduce
herself to you guys.
Tell us what you do, Cheryl.
Tell us why you do it and whyyou're passionate about it.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I am the owner of Excel Resumes and Career
Coaching and I'm a holisticcareer coach, so basically I
help people get better livesthrough career alignment, and so
I help with careeridentification, career skills
development, career transitions,interview prep strategies,
(00:39):
resumes and other personalbranding documents that are used
in a job search resumes andother personal branding
documents that are used in a jobsearch and I help all the way
from students and to adults ofall ages and careers and stages.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Wonderful, I love that.
Okay, so can you tell us alittle bit, like how did you get
into this?
Like, what is what's that?
Well, transition for you orbeginning of your career,
unknown.
How did that look for you?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
career unknown.
How did that look for you?
Yes, so, like so many people,I've had a lot of ups and downs
and curves throughout the roadright.
So when I graduated, I actuallygraduated with a degree in
accounting and, like so manypeople, I did not have any
internships and I just wasn'tpolished as far as interviewing
and that type of thing.
So I actually ended up gettingquite a few interviews, but I
(01:29):
didn't get any offers from theinterviews and so I ended up
starting off as a temporaryemployee through a staffing
agency, making minimum wage, butthankfully, by the grace of God
, I was able to get into adecent sized company and within
five years I worked my way up tobe supervisor for the general
(01:51):
accounting department for adivision of a Fortune 500
company, and I just reallyenjoyed it.
However, when I started havingchildren, I decided I wanted to
become a stay at home mom andthen eventually a homeschool mom
.
I wanted to become astay-at-home mom and then
eventually a homeschool mom, andI did that for a few years and
then decided to kind of dip myfeet back into the job search
pool and I found a position thatwas quite interesting.
(02:12):
It was a recruiter position andI said this looks interesting,
and I kind of just did it on awhim on a Friday and they called
me on Monday and to my surprise, I got the job.
And also to my surprise, I gotthe job and also to my surprise,
I love the job.
But what I didn't love is thefact that I had so many
qualified candidates that Icouldn't pass along because
their resumes wereunprofessional or they had
(02:34):
spelling errors and sentencestructure errors.
So I ended up spending a lot oftime helping people with their
resumes.
So I ended up becoming acertified professional resume
writer and then a mastercertified life and career coach,
and then the rest is history.
I've been doing that ever sinceand just fully enjoy it.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
That's awesome.
That is, yes, you're absolutelyright.
Nobody.
I feel like a lot of peoplewhen they get out of college,
right, they feel like they'regoing to get this job and
they're going to be thereforever.
But I know no one who just likewhat.
That's not true.
I would guess.
I know a couple of people whofound a job, they fell in love
with it and they stayed thereforever, and usually it is a
roller coaster of a lifeexperience and it's a good time.
(03:14):
So I yeah, I definitely justrecently I've told my nieces
that it's like it's okay, youdon't need to know everything,
we're just starting, it's okay,it's okay, so that's so good,
all right.
So we're going to specificallytalk about work-life balance.
So our audience, my audience,is mostly moms with young
children, and they are either inthe very beginning of starting
(03:35):
a business or they're like aboutto start it, right.
So that is where they're at andthey really want to keep their
priorities their prioritiesJesus Christ first, then their
family, then their business.
And so we were talking aboutwork-life balance and so like
that gets thrown around a lot.
But what does it mean to have awork-life balance?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Yeah, so it means doing.
A lot of people think it thinksa lot of people think that it
means doing everything at 100%,but there's no way to do
everything at 100%.
So what we have to do isprioritize, right.
So when you think about it,most people spend at least eight
hours at work, and then mostpeople spend at least at most
(04:17):
eight hours sleeping.
So that's two-thirds of ourlife that's been working,
whether you're working at home,being with your children, as a
stay-at at home mom or workingoutside of the home, and so
that's two thirds of the daygone.
So that leaves another thirdfor errands, for our business,
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for self-care for our spouses,for travel, for leisure, for all
the other things that we'retrying to fit in.
So, first of all, I'd like totell people to pray about their
day.
Lord, how would you like thisday to look?
Because of course, we mighthave, you know, plans, right?
Because the Bible tells us thatmany are the plans in a man's
(05:00):
heart, but it's the Lord whoorders our steps.
So we definitely want to startoff the day by praying, seeking
the Lord, saying how would youlike our day to look?
And then also yes, just like yousaid, we definitely want to
make sure we have our prioritiesstraight as far as God, and the
thing is, yes, we want to havethat dedicated, you know,
devotional time or Bible studytime, prayer time but we can
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bring God into everything.
We're supposed to bring everyGod into everything, right,
because he tells us to praywithout ceasing.
So all through the day weshould be thanking the Lord for
the small blessings.
We should be praying and youknow saying little prayers here
and there.
So God, yes, is first becausehe should be throughout
everything we do, and then justalso making sure that we have
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certain organizational tools,like having calendars, making
sure we have calendars andschedules and staying on top of
those things.
But, yes, first prioritizingand then, as we have those
priorities, and organizingthings according to priorities.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Okay, no, that's fabulous, okay.
So let's touch base on that alittle bit.
You're talking about, like,organizing yourself and keeping
your priorities first.
So if you were talking to abusy, overwhelmed mom, right,
and she just doesn't know whereto start, how would she start
organizing?
Where would you tell her tobegin?
Speaker 2 (06:23):
I would say, to really look at they, have some
really good apps out now.
So I would say, really, look atsome of the apps that help you
prioritize your day.
Also, set timers.
I love to set timers becausethat way you don't lose track of
time.
So let's just say, even ifyou're trying to clean your home
, setting a timer and saying,okay, 15 minutes, guys, we're
(06:46):
going to set this timer 15minutes, we're going to do all
that we can do in this room forthis 15 minutes.
So you know, just basic, basic,little things to help you stay
on task throughout the day.
And then also having goals thatyou want to achieve.
You know you might have a long,you know, having your one-year
goal, your five-year goal, your10-year goals because, like you
(07:07):
said, so many people are wantingto start businesses and some
people have little side hustlesthat they want to turn into
full-time hustles.
So, definitely having thosegoals and then looking at the
long range goals and thenbreaking them down into pieces
the long range, the short range,the one year, down to the month
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, then down to the week.
So kind of backing into yourschedule to say, okay, if I want
to be here in one year, what doI need to start doing in the
next six months, in the nextthree months in the next, one
month in the next week.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Yeah, that's perfect.
Yeah, very, very, very good.
Big picture first and hone intothe what you need, the
day-to-day activities.
So, as you've been working withpeople all kinds from all ages
and all you know everything,what do you think are like the
challenges that really that seemto pop up a lot that people
can't, that are struggling toget over?
(08:02):
There we go.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
I would say people are really struggling to figure
out their purpose and whatthey're supposed to be doing.
Now, as believers, we know ourgeneral purpose is to know God
and to make him known to othersand to love God and to love
people.
So that's our general purpose,that we, as believers, all have.
And then also, too, we have acalling, a primary calling and a
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secondary calling, and so a lotof people believe they've been
led to believe that, okay, thiscalling is also going to be
their career.
But career usually for most ofus, is a secondary calling.
Now, sometimes I'll give you acouple of examples or sometimes
where you do have that primarycalling being the career as well
(08:47):
.
So in the Bible you have whereGod anointed and appointed
people to be kings.
So for them that was both theircalling and their career.
And then also to people who arehead pastors at a church and
who are doing that full time,that's both their calling and
their career.
But for the majority of us thatmay not be the case.
(09:10):
So I help people to reallyidentify their calling, their
primary calling, and then alsoto see how that ties into their
career.
And we also look at theirpassions, their strengths, their
gifts, their talents and thenalso their pain, because a lot
of times things that we'veovercome can lead us to that
(09:34):
career.
So we kind of look at aholistic approach to see where
we're supposed to be and thenmake sure that it meets their
goals, that they have.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
No, that is wonderful .
I love that holistic outlook,like you're more than just your
career, right, and you're morethan just yeah, first and
foremost, as believers, we havea purpose and we are important
because God made us and we arehis children, like amen for that
.
But, yes, there's so much moreto us than just the work that we
do.
That's a beautiful thing.
(10:05):
So in all of that, what wouldyou say?
Some mindset shifts thatsomeone would need to go from
saying like I'm not every, likeI'm not what I produce, I'm not
just my career.
What?
How would you help someone withthat and what kind of mindset
shift would need to be in?
Speaker 2 (10:22):
there is a great question because so many
stay-at-home moms struggle withthis, because a lot of people
you know may be coming fromcorporate America and they may
be coming home and then theyfeel like, wow, I'm not using
all of my intellect or my giftsor my strengths and that type of
(10:42):
thing, and they feel likethey've lost value in some type
of way.
But it's just basically knowingour value in Christ and knowing
what he's called us to do andbeing confident in what he
called us to do, because whathe's called us to do he will
equip us to do.
So that's the thing justknowing that we don't get our
value just from our work, but weget our value through Christ.
(11:05):
And if he's called us to do, tobe at home at this particular
time, then that's great, becausesome people, yeah, they might
have a certain job, but it mightnot be what God has called them
to do at that time.
So, just taking solace in thefact that I'm doing what I'm
supposed to be doing at thisparticular time, and just
knowing too that we havedifferent seasons in life and at
(11:29):
the time it can seem like it'sa long season, but I homeschool
my children for 17 years andthen, even though I'm done, I
feel like I have a whole lifeahead of me to still have a
business, a career.
I mean, you're still able towork 30 years, 30, 40 years,
past that time of when you'rehome with your children.
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So, just knowing that, yes,this is just a brief season and
that what he's called you to dohe will equip you to do, and
just counting on him to bringyou that joy, and knowing that
he's our resource instead of ajob being our resource.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Yeah, that is beautiful.
I love that.
Yeah, I had.
I struggled a lot whenever Icame home with my son and I knew
I wanted to like this was thegoal, we were gonna do this
thing, but I ran.
I was a manager, operationsmanager of a soup kitchen, so
every day I was like pouringinto these people and seeing
lives changed and like dealingwith sometimes crazy things.
And then I just come home andmy life is.
(12:27):
It's exciting in a differentway, but also sometimes super
mundane, and this little persondoesn't.
I don't know what to do withhim and so like it wasn't
definitely a mindset shift andand doing exactly what you said,
which is just finding my,finding my purpose in Christ and
not in what I'm producing, wasa huge deal.
(12:49):
And also giving myself sometough love, which was you're
doing this because God told youto, so it doesn't matter how you
feel about it.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
That's true.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
I feel like I tell myself that a lot Like you're
doing it because he told you tothat's why.
That's why you're doing it.
That's what we tell our kidsright, that's right, that's
right.
So that's what we tell our kidsright, that's right, that's
right.
So that's what I want him tolisten.
So I got to listen to, so OK,so we're going back to this work
life balance.
Is it really attainable, andhow would somebody strive to be
(13:19):
able to attain it?
No-transcript.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Well, a lot of times we have just to be honest with
you, elise.
We have too much stuff in ourschedule a lot of times, so just
really praying about, ok God,what is really necessary and
what's not necessary at thistime.
So, if you're able to get help,sometimes you might not be able
to spend as much time cookingor cleaning and that type of
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thing as you would want to,especially if you're trying to
work from home or start abusiness.
So if it's in the budget foryou able to, you know, for you
to be able to hire someone tocome and help you clean once a
month or once every other weekor whatever you know, then
that's great.
Or also to tap into yourcommunity.
(14:11):
A lot of times we have othermoms who you're able to do.
You know all types of likeco-working and different types
of things to switch off where,ok, maybe they can watch you
know your children for one daywhere you get some things done
and then you guys can switch offand do things like that, and
then also to just being able tomaybe utilize older children
(14:36):
right.
So not necessarily for you, butmaybe it could be like a mom's
helper.
A lot of times people havemom's helpers that come in and
sometimes they might even dothat for free.
So just making sure you utilizeall of your resources to give
you the help that you need andthen also make sure that you
prioritize and then get rid ofthe things that you need and
then also make sure that youprioritize and then get rid of
the things that aren't thatimportant.
A lot of times we think thathaving so many activities oh, my
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child has to be in sports andthey have to be in dance and
they have to be in all this anda lot of this is just time
suckers and yes, it can be good,but not all good things are the
right thing.
So just really praying abouthow our day should look, got
what activities are importantright now and what's not
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important.
And then, if you're married,just really talking to your
spouse and making sure you guysget on the right page and
develop your goals as a family,your goals as a couple, and then
just making sure that you putyour money where your mouth is
right, because when we look atour checkbooks, we can really
see what's important for us.
And so the same thing with ourtime.
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Our time should be a directreflection of our priorities.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Yeah, absolutely, and yeah, and God gave us money to
steward, but he also gave us ourtime to steward and it is our
responsibility to take care ofit.
I love that that way you put it.
Not all good things are theright things.
You can't do everything all thetime.
It's just not possible.
Yeah, so okay, we're gettingclose to wrapping it up.
So if you were to talk to, ifyou had last words of
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encouragement for somebody whowould be listening to this, what
would you tell them?
Speaker 2 (16:16):
I would tell them just think about what you'd like
to do and think about, wouldthat also support the lifestyle
that you want, the work-lifebalance that you want?
Think about, does it havelongevity or opportunity for
growth?
And then, first and foremost,pray, pray and ask God okay,
(16:36):
what are you leading me to do atthis point in my life?
And then also don't be afraidto seek help.
Sometimes we think we'resupposed to have all the answers
, when that's not the case,because the Bible tells us that
there's wisdom in a multitude ofcounsel.
So it's okay to seek help.
It's okay if you need to hire acareer coach to help you get on
(16:58):
track, because it's importantto be able to.
We really like to have peoplebe able to articulate their
purpose and their missionstatement and then have
everything kind of utilize thatas a guide and then whatever
doesn't fit into that missionstatement throw it out.
So that's what I would say Just, just really reevaluate, pray,
let the Lord lead you and don'tbe afraid to ask for help.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
That's so good.
Yes, I love that.
So where can people connectwith you?
And, yeah, where can they findyou and learn more about?
Speaker 2 (17:28):
you.
Well, I would say my first ofall, my website, excel dash,
resumes dot com, and that'sE-X-C-L-L-A-dash or hyphen, and
then resumes dot com.
And if they, if they go to mycontact us page, I even have a
place there where they canupload their resume and I give a
free resume analysis.
And that'll just be a list ofthings they can change and
(17:50):
improve.
If they decide to have us helpthem, great.
If they decide to do it ontheir own, great, but at least
they will know.
So that way they'll know how tomove forward and how to make
their resume better.
And then also, too, I'm onLinkedIn as Career Coach Cheryl
P, and with a P like Paul.
So Career Coach Cheryl P onLinkedIn.
And then USA Job Search Coachon Instagram Okay, wonderful,
(18:12):
job search coach on Instagram.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Okay, wonderful, that's so great.
So thank you so much for beinghere with us.
I will link all of those thingsin the description of this
video show, and yeah, so thankyou for being here with us,
cheryl.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Thank you for having me.
I've enjoyed it.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Absolutely.
Hello everyone, Welcome to the Peaceful
Mompreneur and we're superexcited that you're here and I
have a great guest.
Her name is Cheryl Polk and Iam going to let her introduce
herself to you guys.
Tell us what you do, Cheryl.
Tell us why you do it and whyyou're passionate about it.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I am the owner of Excel Resumes and Career
Coaching and I'm a holisticcareer coach, so basically I
help people get better livesthrough career alignment, and so
I help with careeridentification, career skills
development, career transitions,interview prep strategies,
(00:39):
resumes and other personalbranding documents that are used
in a job search resumes andother personal branding
documents that are used in a jobsearch and I help all the way
from students and to adults ofall ages and careers and stages.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Wonderful, I love that.
Okay, so can you tell us alittle bit, like how did you get
into this?
Like, what is what's that?
Well, transition for you orbeginning of your career,
unknown.
How did that look for you?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
career unknown.
How did that look for you?
Yes, so, like so many people,I've had a lot of ups and downs
and curves throughout the roadright.
So when I graduated, I actuallygraduated with a degree in
accounting and, like so manypeople, I did not have any
internships and I just wasn'tpolished as far as interviewing
and that type of thing.
So I actually ended up gettingquite a few interviews, but I
(01:29):
didn't get any offers from theinterviews and so I ended up
starting off as a temporaryemployee through a staffing
agency, making minimum wage, butthankfully, by the grace of God
, I was able to get into adecent sized company and within
five years I worked my way up tobe supervisor for the general
(01:51):
accounting department for adivision of a Fortune 500
company, and I just reallyenjoyed it.
However, when I started havingchildren, I decided I wanted to
become a stay at home mom andthen eventually a homeschool mom
.
I wanted to become astay-at-home mom and then
eventually a homeschool mom, andI did that for a few years and
then decided to kind of dip myfeet back into the job search
pool and I found a position thatwas quite interesting.
(02:12):
It was a recruiter position andI said this looks interesting,
and I kind of just did it on awhim on a Friday and they called
me on Monday and to my surprise, I got the job.
And also to my surprise, I gotthe job and also to my surprise,
I love the job.
But what I didn't love is thefact that I had so many
qualified candidates that Icouldn't pass along because
their resumes wereunprofessional or they had
(02:34):
spelling errors and sentencestructure errors.
So I ended up spending a lot oftime helping people with their
resumes.
So I ended up becoming acertified professional resume
writer and then a mastercertified life and career coach,
and then the rest is history.
I've been doing that ever sinceand just fully enjoy it.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
That's awesome.
That is, yes, you're absolutelyright.
Nobody.
I feel like a lot of peoplewhen they get out of college,
right, they feel like they'regoing to get this job and
they're going to be thereforever.
But I know no one who just likewhat.
That's not true.
I would guess.
I know a couple of people whofound a job, they fell in love
with it and they stayed thereforever, and usually it is a
roller coaster of a lifeexperience and it's a good time.
(03:14):
So I yeah, I definitely justrecently I've told my nieces
that it's like it's okay, youdon't need to know everything,
we're just starting, it's okay,it's okay, so that's so good,
all right.
So we're going to specificallytalk about work-life balance.
So our audience, my audience,is mostly moms with young
children, and they are either inthe very beginning of starting
(03:35):
a business or they're like aboutto start it, right.
So that is where they're at andthey really want to keep their
priorities their prioritiesJesus Christ first, then their
family, then their business.
And so we were talking aboutwork-life balance and so like
that gets thrown around a lot.
But what does it mean to have awork-life balance?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Yeah, so it means doing.
A lot of people think it thinksa lot of people think that it
means doing everything at 100%,but there's no way to do
everything at 100%.
So what we have to do isprioritize, right.
So when you think about it,most people spend at least eight
hours at work, and then mostpeople spend at least at most
(04:17):
eight hours sleeping.
So that's two-thirds of ourlife that's been working,
whether you're working at home,being with your children, as a
stay-at at home mom or workingoutside of the home, and so
that's two thirds of the daygone.
So that leaves another thirdfor errands, for our business,
(04:38):
for self-care for our spouses,for travel, for leisure, for all
the other things that we'retrying to fit in.
So, first of all, I'd like totell people to pray about their
day.
Lord, how would you like thisday to look?
Because of course, we mighthave, you know, plans, right?
Because the Bible tells us thatmany are the plans in a man's
(05:00):
heart, but it's the Lord whoorders our steps.
So we definitely want to startoff the day by praying, seeking
the Lord, saying how would youlike our day to look?
And then also yes, just like yousaid, we definitely want to
make sure we have our prioritiesstraight as far as God, and the
thing is, yes, we want to havethat dedicated, you know,
devotional time or Bible studytime, prayer time but we can
(05:24):
bring God into everything.
We're supposed to bring everyGod into everything, right,
because he tells us to praywithout ceasing.
So all through the day weshould be thanking the Lord for
the small blessings.
We should be praying and youknow saying little prayers here
and there.
So God, yes, is first becausehe should be throughout
everything we do, and then justalso making sure that we have
(05:48):
certain organizational tools,like having calendars, making
sure we have calendars andschedules and staying on top of
those things.
But, yes, first prioritizingand then, as we have those
priorities, and organizingthings according to priorities.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Okay, no, that's fabulous, okay.
So let's touch base on that alittle bit.
You're talking about, like,organizing yourself and keeping
your priorities first.
So if you were talking to abusy, overwhelmed mom, right,
and she just doesn't know whereto start, how would she start
organizing?
Where would you tell her tobegin?
Speaker 2 (06:23):
I would say, to really look at they, have some
really good apps out now.
So I would say, really, look atsome of the apps that help you
prioritize your day.
Also, set timers.
I love to set timers becausethat way you don't lose track of
time.
So let's just say, even ifyou're trying to clean your home
, setting a timer and saying,okay, 15 minutes, guys, we're
(06:46):
going to set this timer 15minutes, we're going to do all
that we can do in this room forthis 15 minutes.
So you know, just basic, basic,little things to help you stay
on task throughout the day.
And then also having goals thatyou want to achieve.
You know you might have a long,you know, having your one-year
goal, your five-year goal, your10-year goals because, like you
(07:07):
said, so many people are wantingto start businesses and some
people have little side hustlesthat they want to turn into
full-time hustles.
So, definitely having thosegoals and then looking at the
long range goals and thenbreaking them down into pieces
the long range, the short range,the one year, down to the month
(07:27):
, then down to the week.
So kind of backing into yourschedule to say, okay, if I want
to be here in one year, what doI need to start doing in the
next six months, in the nextthree months in the next, one
month in the next week.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Yeah, that's perfect.
Yeah, very, very, very good.
Big picture first and hone intothe what you need, the
day-to-day activities.
So, as you've been working withpeople all kinds from all ages
and all you know everything,what do you think are like the
challenges that really that seemto pop up a lot that people
can't, that are struggling toget over?
(08:02):
There we go.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
I would say people are really struggling to figure
out their purpose and whatthey're supposed to be doing.
Now, as believers, we know ourgeneral purpose is to know God
and to make him known to othersand to love God and to love
people.
So that's our general purpose,that we, as believers, all have.
And then also, too, we have acalling, a primary calling and a
(08:26):
secondary calling, and so a lotof people believe they've been
led to believe that, okay, thiscalling is also going to be
their career.
But career usually for most ofus, is a secondary calling.
Now, sometimes I'll give you acouple of examples or sometimes
where you do have that primarycalling being the career as well
(08:47):
.
So in the Bible you have whereGod anointed and appointed
people to be kings.
So for them that was both theircalling and their career.
And then also to people who arehead pastors at a church and
who are doing that full time,that's both their calling and
their career.
But for the majority of us thatmay not be the case.
(09:10):
So I help people to reallyidentify their calling, their
primary calling, and then alsoto see how that ties into their
career.
And we also look at theirpassions, their strengths, their
gifts, their talents and thenalso their pain, because a lot
of times things that we'veovercome can lead us to that
(09:34):
career.
So we kind of look at aholistic approach to see where
we're supposed to be and thenmake sure that it meets their
goals, that they have.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
No, that is wonderful .
I love that holistic outlook,like you're more than just your
career, right, and you're morethan just yeah, first and
foremost, as believers, we havea purpose and we are important
because God made us and we arehis children, like amen for that
.
But, yes, there's so much moreto us than just the work that we
do.
That's a beautiful thing.
(10:05):
So in all of that, what wouldyou say?
Some mindset shifts thatsomeone would need to go from
saying like I'm not every, likeI'm not what I produce, I'm not
just my career.
What?
How would you help someone withthat and what kind of mindset
shift would need to be in?
Speaker 2 (10:22):
there is a great question because so many
stay-at-home moms struggle withthis, because a lot of people
you know may be coming fromcorporate America and they may
be coming home and then theyfeel like, wow, I'm not using
all of my intellect or my giftsor my strengths and that type of
(10:42):
thing, and they feel likethey've lost value in some type
of way.
But it's just basically knowingour value in Christ and knowing
what he's called us to do andbeing confident in what he
called us to do, because whathe's called us to do he will
equip us to do.
So that's the thing justknowing that we don't get our
value just from our work, but weget our value through Christ.
(11:05):
And if he's called us to do, tobe at home at this particular
time, then that's great, becausesome people, yeah, they might
have a certain job, but it mightnot be what God has called them
to do at that time.
So, just taking solace in thefact that I'm doing what I'm
supposed to be doing at thisparticular time, and just
knowing too that we havedifferent seasons in life and at
(11:29):
the time it can seem like it'sa long season, but I homeschool
my children for 17 years andthen, even though I'm done, I
feel like I have a whole lifeahead of me to still have a
business, a career.
I mean, you're still able towork 30 years, 30, 40 years,
past that time of when you'rehome with your children.
(11:50):
So, just knowing that, yes,this is just a brief season and
that what he's called you to dohe will equip you to do, and
just counting on him to bringyou that joy, and knowing that
he's our resource instead of ajob being our resource.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Yeah, that is beautiful.
I love that.
Yeah, I had.
I struggled a lot whenever Icame home with my son and I knew
I wanted to like this was thegoal, we were gonna do this
thing, but I ran.
I was a manager, operationsmanager of a soup kitchen, so
every day I was like pouringinto these people and seeing
lives changed and like dealingwith sometimes crazy things.
And then I just come home andmy life is.
(12:27):
It's exciting in a differentway, but also sometimes super
mundane, and this little persondoesn't.
I don't know what to do withhim and so like it wasn't
definitely a mindset shift andand doing exactly what you said,
which is just finding my,finding my purpose in Christ and
not in what I'm producing, wasa huge deal.
(12:49):
And also giving myself sometough love, which was you're
doing this because God told youto, so it doesn't matter how you
feel about it.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
That's true.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
I feel like I tell myself that a lot Like you're
doing it because he told you tothat's why.
That's why you're doing it.
That's what we tell our kidsright, that's right, that's
right.
So that's what we tell our kidsright, that's right, that's
right.
So that's what I want him tolisten.
So I got to listen to, so OK,so we're going back to this work
life balance.
Is it really attainable, andhow would somebody strive to be
(13:19):
able to attain it?
No-transcript.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Well, a lot of times we have just to be honest with
you, elise.
We have too much stuff in ourschedule a lot of times, so just
really praying about, ok God,what is really necessary and
what's not necessary at thistime.
So, if you're able to get help,sometimes you might not be able
to spend as much time cookingor cleaning and that type of
(13:50):
thing as you would want to,especially if you're trying to
work from home or start abusiness.
So if it's in the budget foryou able to, you know, for you
to be able to hire someone tocome and help you clean once a
month or once every other weekor whatever you know, then
that's great.
Or also to tap into yourcommunity.
(14:11):
A lot of times we have othermoms who you're able to do.
You know all types of likeco-working and different types
of things to switch off where,ok, maybe they can watch you
know your children for one daywhere you get some things done
and then you guys can switch offand do things like that, and
then also to just being able tomaybe utilize older children
(14:36):
right.
So not necessarily for you, butmaybe it could be like a mom's
helper.
A lot of times people havemom's helpers that come in and
sometimes they might even dothat for free.
So just making sure you utilizeall of your resources to give
you the help that you need andthen also make sure that you
prioritize and then get rid ofthe things that you need and
then also make sure that youprioritize and then get rid of
the things that aren't thatimportant.
A lot of times we think thathaving so many activities oh, my
(15:00):
child has to be in sports andthey have to be in dance and
they have to be in all this anda lot of this is just time
suckers and yes, it can be good,but not all good things are the
right thing.
So just really praying abouthow our day should look, got
what activities are importantright now and what's not
(15:20):
important.
And then, if you're married,just really talking to your
spouse and making sure you guysget on the right page and
develop your goals as a family,your goals as a couple, and then
just making sure that you putyour money where your mouth is
right, because when we look atour checkbooks, we can really
see what's important for us.
And so the same thing with ourtime.
(15:42):
Our time should be a directreflection of our priorities.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Yeah, absolutely, and yeah, and God gave us money to
steward, but he also gave us ourtime to steward and it is our
responsibility to take care ofit.
I love that that way you put it.
Not all good things are theright things.
You can't do everything all thetime.
It's just not possible.
Yeah, so okay, we're gettingclose to wrapping it up.
So if you were to talk to, ifyou had last words of
(16:10):
encouragement for somebody whowould be listening to this, what
would you tell them?
Speaker 2 (16:16):
I would tell them just think about what you'd like
to do and think about, wouldthat also support the lifestyle
that you want, the work-lifebalance that you want?
Think about, does it havelongevity or opportunity for
growth?
And then, first and foremost,pray, pray and ask God okay,
(16:36):
what are you leading me to do atthis point in my life?
And then also don't be afraidto seek help.
Sometimes we think we'resupposed to have all the answers
, when that's not the case,because the Bible tells us that
there's wisdom in a multitude ofcounsel.
So it's okay to seek help.
It's okay if you need to hire acareer coach to help you get on
(16:58):
track, because it's importantto be able to.
We really like to have peoplebe able to articulate their
purpose and their missionstatement and then have
everything kind of utilize thatas a guide and then whatever
doesn't fit into that missionstatement throw it out.
So that's what I would say Just, just really reevaluate, pray,
let the Lord lead you and don'tbe afraid to ask for help.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
That's so good.
Yes, I love that.
So where can people connectwith you?
And, yeah, where can they findyou and learn more about?
Speaker 2 (17:28):
you.
Well, I would say my first ofall, my website, excel dash,
resumes dot com, and that'sE-X-C-L-L-A-dash or hyphen, and
then resumes dot com.
And if they, if they go to mycontact us page, I even have a
place there where they canupload their resume and I give a
free resume analysis.
And that'll just be a list ofthings they can change and
(17:50):
improve.
If they decide to have us helpthem, great.
If they decide to do it ontheir own, great, but at least
they will know.
So that way they'll know how tomove forward and how to make
their resume better.
And then also, too, I'm onLinkedIn as Career Coach Cheryl
P, and with a P like Paul.
So Career Coach Cheryl P onLinkedIn.
And then USA Job Search Coachon Instagram Okay, wonderful,
(18:12):
job search coach on Instagram.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Okay, wonderful, that's so great.
So thank you so much for beinghere with us.
I will link all of those thingsin the description of this
video show, and yeah, so thankyou for being here with us,
cheryl.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Thank you for having me.
I've enjoyed it.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Absolutely.
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