Being exhausted doesn’t mean that it has to be a negative in your life.

Laura had been used to being exhausted, but now it feels different.

“Whereas I would leave work before exhausted because I was bored. I was kind of frustrated with myself for continuing to be bored. So, I still leave work exhausted. It's just that now the exhaustion is from kind of flexing my brain and personal development and kind of much more excitement a...

Contribution is often overlooked as we look at creating a career that is fulfilling and meaningful.

Tom Rath joins us to help you discover how you contribute to the world. Tom has written many books, his newest out is out now and it is titled, “Life’s Great Question: Discover How You Contribute to the World.” He also wrote “Strengths Finder 2.0” and the Clifton Strengths assessment that goes along with it. 

To binge-listen to mor...

How do you take yourself from good to great?

This is a question many of us have asked ourselves when thinking about making a career change. For energy engineer Mike Bigelow, moving cities and doing remote job searches have led him to discover his big “value-adds”, and eventually achieve career happiness after seeking help from a career coach. Find out why conversations are a lot more powerful than you think and how Mike made himsel...

We've all been there. We've all, at one point, found ourselves unmotivated at work, slumped in our office chairs and felt the burnout slowly creep up on us. You realize that it’s time to move on and make the change, but how do you know where to begin?

Well, the journey isn't as daunting as you think. Just take it from six professionals who have all made successful career pivots. In this episode, past clients and guests ...

The purpose of this podcast is to help you change your career and find your “ideal” role, a role that “fits,” a role where you can “flourish.” But what does that mean, exactly? Sociologists have studied this, and it turns out that people who use their strengths on a daily basis are happier, more productive, and more “fulfilled.” On the podcast today, I talk about the concept of “signature strengths” and the central role that they p...

Many people list their “passion project” as a side hustle, but we’re convinced you can be passionate about 100% of your career. Find out a creative way to turn skills you already use into lasting career happiness.

To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast

Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work with...

Everyone has a network, but most people misunderstand how their network actually works. Studies have shown that it’s not the people closest to us who are the really powerful part of our network -- it’s the weak ties, the friends of friends, who truly matter for making things happen. Surprised? Confused? On this week’s podcast, I chat with Tanya Malcolm Revell, an HTYC success story who used the weak ties in her network to land her ...

As our careers advance, we often find that we spend our time in a juggling act, trying to get through the things we have to do, so we can get to the things we want to do. But what if we’re thinking about it backwards? Best selling author Greg McKeown shares his philosophy and method for identifying those things in your life that are essential to your happiness and productivity, and clearing away the clutter so you can focus on the ...

Not only do we all want to be successful, we all want to feel successful. Often, that means getting a job that other people regard as important or prestigious, even if the job actually makes us miserable. It’s one more way we allow the expectations of others, the unwritten rules, trap us in a role that isn’t a fit. On the podcast today, Jackie Yerby discusses her distinguished career in public policy and how she escaped from the pr...

One of the first challenges in a career change is admitting that we need help. Sounds intense, right? But it’s true. We don’t want to admit that our careers are miserable, we don’t want to admit that we need to make a change, and, most of all, we don’t want to admit that we need someone to guide us through the process. On the podcast this week, I chat with Louise McNee, a true HTYC success story. Louise bounced around unsatisfying ...

Our hope in going through a career change is to find a dream job and live happily ever after, but life is not that simple. Career change is an iterative process of working to move steadily closer to our ideal role and our ideal life. On the podcast this week, Laura Parker shares her story of what happened when she worked very hard to change careers, only to discover that her new role wasn’t the exact fit she had hoped for.

To bin...

We all have strengths and weaknesses, and as we advance through our careers, we learn to cater to our strengths and compensate for our weaknesses. But sometimes, the aspects of our personalities that we think of as weaknesses may be our greatest strengths. Growing up, Ross Loufbourrow thought of ADHD as his greatest weakness. It was only once he graduated college and began his career that he discovered ADHD wasn’t a weakness – it w...

In an age of email and LinkedIn, networking has never been easier. But networking has also become a dirty word. It means bothering people for favors or having them bother you, and knowing all the time that neither of you has any interest in actually getting to know the other person. Not surprisingly, this kind of transactional networking doesn’t really work. On the podcast this week, I chat with Darrah Brustein about her approach t...

One of the greatest assets that you can have in pursuing a career change is a support network of people who understand why career change is so important to you, and why you need their help to get through it. But creating this network may require some uncomfortable conversations. On the podcast this week, I chat with my former client Rebecca Maddox about how she built her support network, and the role that it played in her career ch...

Career change means leaving an established routine for something unknown, which is scary and, let’s face it, risky. That’s why I love career experiments as a way to learn about different organizations and roles so you can try before you buy and make sure a new organization or a new role will truly be a fit before you commit to it. On this week’s episode, I chat with my HTYC colleague Lisa Lewis about the benefits of career experime...

Over the course of our careers, as we grow, evolve, reach different stages in our lives, what once seemed like a dream job may stop feeling that way. And that’s great! Because it’s an opportunity to learn and explore who we are and what we want now, and then go get it. Kristy Wentz worked in PR for 20 years. And she loved it, until she didn’t. When she finally decided to move on, she created her own role that combined her favorite ...

Fear of disappointing others can be a powerful barrier to pursuing your ideal role. Today we talk to former HTYC client Jenny, who loved science but hated her prestigious job as a research scientist. Jenny wanted to leave but was scared. What would it say about her 15 years of education and job experience? What would it say to her mentors or the many research scientists in her family? What would it mean for other women in science? ...

Want to know how you can spend more of your time doing work that’s rewarding? Listen to this episode on Signature Strengths

“It’s hard to find something that fits, that’s why so many people change careers. When I finally understood my strengths and how I could apply them it all made sense. It just made it easier to see what types of jobs and roles would fit me. In my new career I get to do the marketing that I love with a company...

Alissa knew she had to make a change when she could no longer see anything. 

Not in a metaphorical sense. Nope. The doctor had confirmed that her periods of temporary blindness were work-stress induced. And as it turns out, Alissa was unwilling to give up her eyesight for her job!

Alissa’s career began in Human Resources. She worked her way up to Director Level HR roles in municipalities! That’s where she started experiencing stres...