Career-Defining Moments

Curious to explore a career in another country, but not sure how to? Get ready for this great chat with Wendy O’Mara about her work in HR, relocation and recruitment plus hear about her own relocation experience. In this wonderful and honest chat, we share lots of examples from our own international moves, and some insider tips you want to make sure to consider for your own overseas career adventure. Some of the things we cover: • How to run a successful business with your husband or wife • International recruitment tips for both candidates and employers • How to create a better relocation and onboarding experience for internationals • The power of a single touchpoint when moving through a complex work or recruitment process • How homesickness can really change your international career experience • The challenges and opportunities that open up when you follow a partner overseas • The different drivers that can fuel a big career move • How the practical parts of an international career often stop people from following their dreams • How to assess the pros and cons of an international work opportunity • Timing and its importance in any career move • Career matching and building a meaningful talent pipeline for your business Wendy’s top career tips 1. Choose your partners wisely 2. Don’t be naïve – it will cost money, time and energy to make great things happen! 3. Dare to make the decision or the jump, it might just work out! Resources: • Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via ⁠https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au⁠ or book a free chat with Emmy. • Connect with Wendy via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyomara/ or check out their websites https://engineeredmoves.com/ and https://www.contourpersonnel.com.au/

I loved this chat with Darren Allen about all things career! He loved drawing and creativity and wanted to be an architect or an engineer as a child. His path changed when he got some loving, but frank feedback during his student years, and he swapped engineering for project management and professional problem solving. Since then, he’s spent most of his career in the community and events space. In this chat we unpack how you can be more honest, have more fun and enjoy the work you do to be more productive. Some of the things we cover: • Finding the line between the things we love and the things we monetise or work with. • Unpacking your unique way of problem solving. • The balance between following the rules and forging ahead • Reframe the bigger picture problem you are part of solving in your work • The risk of mission fatigue, especially in the not-for-profit space • Building your work on principles and values, rather than rules • How to shape decision making filters to work better. • Creating decision making frameworks that helps you work better and more efficiently • Integrity and how to figure out if a business is doing it well • Learning to regulate your pace and well-being to keep delivering great work and build a sustainable career • The challenges with bringing your whole self to work • Crying or and dealing with grief and difficult emotions in a workplace • How to lead with heart and still deliver great results • The gift in giving and receiving mentoring for people in any industry Darren’s top career tips - Dare to reinvent yourself when you make a career change - Fail quickly. Make mistakes, but only maker them once. - Be prepared to be surprised. You will be wrong sometimes. Resources: • Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via ⁠https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au⁠ or book a free chat with Emmy. • Connect with Darren on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darren-allen-453b4333/

In this wonderful conversation with Porschia Parker-Griffin we unpack the power of healthy positivity in career building and share lots of practical action steps you can take to really transform your career options. She also shares how the invincible syndrome can work against you in career building. This syndrome assumes that we can do pretty much everything on our own and that our efforts will also be successful which can lead to a dangerous form of overconfidence. Some of the things we cover: • The invincible syndrome and how it shows up in someone’s life • The career habits and tips that are even more important than your resume • The power of healthy positivity and how it’s different from toxic positivity • Perfectionism and how it helps • Beliefs around hard work, high achievers and the expected reward • The balance of acquiring knowledge and taking action • How to review and overhaul your CV and Linked In • How to audit your skills and blind spots to monitor your energy • Take stock of what resources you have available to make this happen • Decoupling input from expected (immediate) outcome • Learning to listen to the feedback from self and others to build on • How to find things that make you smile to fuel your work through healthy positivity and tapping into gratitude in a very practical way • What is a career support system and how do you build one? • The danger of unhelpful beliefs such as ‘If I just get in the room, I’ll seal the deal’ or ‘I did so well in this other area, those skills will make me successful in my new role or business’. Resources: • Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via ⁠https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au⁠ or book a free chat with Emmy. • Get in touch with Porschia and listen into her podcast: Website: https://www.fly-highcoaching.com Career 1010 Podcast: https://www.fly-highcoaching.com/career-101-podcast/

What stories do you tell yourself about when to make a change or what’s possible? If you’re feeling stuck or lacking flow at work today’s episode is for you! By the time we notice something is wrong, we have usually overstayed our welcome. So what can we do to get unstuck? And can you genuinely love what you do for work, or is that all an illusion? I've teamed up yet again with fellow career coach Brian Klindworth to chat openly about some common examples (including some from our own careers) of when we felt stuck, emotionally paralysed and how we navigated out of that. Some of the things we cover: • Growth is the intersection between challenge and support • Is 10 years long enough in any role or career? Understanding your own career growth cycles • How to listen to the little voice within • Hopelessness and despair • The importance of timing and sense checking if it’s the place that’s wrong or simply just the timing • How able you feel in accepting support, help and rescue • The difference between staying stuck and staying still • Values alignment • Being distracted by what we are good at • OK or good being the enemy of greatness • Exploring your relationship with comfortable, fine or OK • Surface and deeper level impacts of career stagnation • The loudspeaker in your head, what’s it saying? Resources: • Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via ⁠https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au⁠ or book a free chat with Emmy. • Get in touch with Brian Klindworth: https://www.brianklindworth.com/

Is confidence at work really that important? How do we build it? Do we need to be loud and extroverted to seem confident? Every career journey does include discomfort as we grow and learn. I've teamed up with fellow career coach Brian Klindworth to chat openly about some common examples (including some from our own careers) when confidence caused challenges and what to focus on to move forward. Because underneath confidence there is both certainty and courage to be explored. Some of the things we cover: • How to focus on what you know and build on it • Are certainty and courage more important than confidence? • Connecting back to a time you felt confident, capable and comfortable • Healthy confidence vs. demanding the spotlight • Assertiveness and extroversion and their relationship with confidence • Building self-esteem and nurturing a healthy relationship with yourself • Self-worth and keeping promises to yourself • Focusing on what you love doing, rather than how confident you feel • (Re)focusing on the service to others rather than your own fear • Finding the format of presenting, sharing and delivering value that makes you feel more confident and natural • Is your company helping you rise and succeed? • Leadership challenge and skill gaps • Comparing with curiosity instead of through judgement Resources: • Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via ⁠https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au⁠ or book a free chat with Emmy. • Get in touch with Brian Klindworth: https://www.brianklindworth.com/

Have you ever experienced ‘the dark pit’ of rejection? Maybe you did not get that (dream) job, miss out on the internal promotion or have your brilliant idea ignored. Having something taken away can be incredibly painful, so how can we find a way of moving forward with a giant lump of pain and rejection in the way? In this episode, I chat to Brian Klindworth about some of the most painful and insightful times in our own careers when it comes to rejection and getting a ‘no’. Some of the things we cover: • The difference between a rejection and a no • Focusing on what’s useful instead of what’s ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ • Can rejection be useful feedback and lead us to positive places? • Dodging professional bullets • Perfectionism and hustling for worthiness • Anger, anxiety and imposter syndrome • The courage to grieve and sit with painful (work) experiences • Emotional literacy to allow emotion • Hopelessness and lack of control around rejection and getting the ‘no’ • Why you might not be considered for promotions • The power of personal responsibility • How to access free learning and development • How to make peace with a negative outcome when there is no answer • Creating a space to welcome closure Resources: • Big feelings (book): https://www.amazon.com.au/Big-Feelings-Okay-When-Things/dp/1838858512/ • Atlas of the Heart (book): https://www.amazon.com.au/Atlas-Heart-Meaningful-Connection-Experience/dp/1785043773/ • Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via ⁠https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au⁠ or book a free chat with Emmy. • Get in touch with Brian Klindworth: https://www.brianklindworth.com/

What is sustainable work? I'm here to help and I've teamed up with fellow career coach Brian Klindworth to chat openly and vulnerably about some of the trends (and big feelings) we're seeing right now and how you can be ok, even in times of intense change and challenge. Sustainable work requires you to design a career and life that you don’t want to escape from. In this episode we unpack courage, life design, flexibility and lots more things that impact your work and relationship with yourself. We also share plenty of example of when things totally broke down and we knew we needed to change things and redesign our work. How we work is just as important as what we do. Some of the things we cover: What is life and career design? Continuous career transition and knowing when and how to pivotSignals that your current work (and life) are not sustainableHow to move the dial when you’re feeling unbalanced and unhappyBuilding up courage to changeWhat you’re willing to do and what boundaries to set up and protectFinancial impact of sustainable career decisions How to have courageous conversations to help you grow your career optionsFlexibility and how it feeds into career planning and career designSpotting toxic work situations and how to get out of themThe power of a soft landing job and backup funds to give you healthier career choicesHow sleep impacts your productivity and happiness Resources: Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via ⁠https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au⁠ or book a free chat with Emmy.Get in touch with Brian Klindworth: https://www.brianklindworth.com/

The world sure is a strange and interesting place to live and work in right now! I've spoken to a lot of people lately who are battling a range of feelings about work and career, and many of them are driven by fear, worry and uncertainty. But I'm here to help and I've teamed up with fellow career coach Brian Klindworth to chat openly and vulnerably about some of the trends (and big feelings) we're seeing right now and how you can be ok, even in times of intense change and challenge. Some of the things we cover: Healthy boundariesThe exhaustion we’re seeing in some of our clients at the momentHow life and career design works and can help youSustainable work and career building Listening and honouring what we wantWhat it means to never outsource responsibility The powerful feedback pain and resistance can provide us with. Resources: Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy.Get in touch with Brian Klindworth: https://www.brianklindworth.com/

Career-Defining Moments is celebrating it's first birthday, can you believe it! In this short chat I'm celebrating the 28 episodes and amazing guests from season 1 and 2, plus sharing with you the exciting things coming up in season 3. Need some help with your career plan? Book a free call with me or download the free career checklist here: https://thebridgecoaching.com.au/ Books mentioned: Big Feelings by Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy, check it out here.Atlas of the heart by Brené Brown, check it out here.

Karalee Gault started her career working in a small family business with her parents, but had aspirations to go more into leadership or teaching flavoured roles. She then went on a ‘trial and error’ mission to work for a range of different organisations before she landed in working for herself. Her true career passion is to support others with neurodivergence to create systems and processes in both their business and broader life.   Some of the things we cover: · Finding a career space that you feel like you fit in · Carving out a career path to work around you and your family · Outlining your own values and non-negotiables · The many things you learn when working for a family business · Finding ways to keep growing and leveling up at work · Benefits and challenges in working for smaller size businesses · Stumbling on a valuable business niche by accident · Working with your neurodivergence rather than against it · Not shaming yourself for how you get powerful results · Leaning on systems to help you get things out of your head · Actively doing small tweaks to keep improving how we work as teams and individuals · Criteria for job alignment and building your exit plan · Being creative AND using systems to have more fun in your business          Karelee’s top career tips: Do something you’re passionate about (it’s never just about the money) and spend time to uncover your passion if you don’t know what that is.You can find joy in anything you choose.Keep working on yourself, personal development never stops. Resources: - Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy. - Get in touch with Karalee, access her resources and follow her across all socials here: https://theproductivityimpact.com/

Get ready for an amazing chat with Karin Hammarberg, a registered nurse with 20 years’ experience as clinical co-ordinator of IVF programs. She knew from early childhood that she wanted to be a midwife and ‘cuddle babies all day long’ and her career path started as a nurse before she trained in midwifery. Her years on the clinical side got her curious about always keeping the patients care at the core, balanced with the best practice clinical care and research. One of her first career-defining moments came when the first IVF baby was born in Sweden, and this changed her career trajectory and eventually took her from Sweden to Australia to continue both her work and studies.   Karin’s true passion is to give patients a voice and understand the complex problems around reproductive health and ultimately ask better questions. Her research focuses on two simple, yet complex questions “Where is the problem?” and “What can we do to help?” and she’s keen to make research in the reproductive and infertility field accessible and understandable for anyone. Her own focus on learning, critical thinking and growth has no doubt helped her build her own career path and help develop team members as well.   Her work and PhD addresses the psychosocial aspects of infertility and infertility treatment, and in 2010 she also authored a book called “IVF and Beyond for Dummies”. Karin now spends most of her time in the health promotion and education field focusing on reproductive health.   Some of the things we cover: ·       The value of becoming a student again as an adult with significant work experience ·       Leaning into new things and jumping onboard even if you don’t know ·       True curiosity and evolving our practice and work with new evidence being presented ·       Culture shock of moving from one country to another whilst staying in a similar role in the same professional field ·       The power of timing to be in the right place at the right time ·       Listen to your gut feel when you are ready for a new opportunity ·       Translating technical medical research into content and frameworks anyone can understand ·       Writing a book and learning to simplify things   Karin’s top career tips: 1.     Be openminded and keep your eyes open for change  2.     Jump onboard, even if it’s risky and give yourself the opportunity 3.     Don’t just wait, but actively create those career opportunities for yourself Resources: - Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy. - Get in touch with Karin and her work via https://www.varta.org.au/, https://www.yourfertility.org.au/ or check out her book “IVF and Beyond for Dummies” here https://www.amazon.com.au/Beyond-Dummies-Australian-Karin-Hammarberg/dp/1742169465

Get ready for an honest and heart-warming chat with Nina Berg about her career journey and sober journey. She really wanted to be an actress when she was a child, but her career journey took her into the field of education instead.   In this very honest conversation she opens up about the denial and anxiety she grew up with and the big turning point for her when her father passed away at age 52 due to alcoholism related illness.   Nina is a true believer that you can own your life and career journey in a positive way and she shares her sober journey and how she was able to turn a difficult upbringing into a light and positive impact in the world today. Her career mission now is one of courage and joy and helping people to find a path through addiction and ultimately live happy, sober and balanced life.   Some of the things we cover: ·       Looking like you ‘have it all’ on the surface but not feeling like you belong. ·       Learning from non-constructive feedback ·     Her sober journey and how it changed her life and career ·       What to do when you experience strong values clashes at work and finding your way forward ·       How crying and being emotional at work can be a superpower ·       Balancing your relationship during a career change and relocation ·       Finding courage to change even when you don’t have all the answers ·       Working out what kind of leader you want to work for and with ·       Being the voice of causes and people who need your support ·       Finding the balance between fear and courage ·       Following your mission to pay good things forward ·       Releasing negative emotions in. a healthy way to move forward ·       Courage is something we can practice and grow ·       Listen to your heart and what you really want to be ·       Waiting will not change anything – you need to take action   Nina’s top career tips: 1.     Do the things you love to do, dare to test things and then move on 2.     Speak to your manager so they know what’s going on for you. 3.     Educate yourself, learn something new, take action.   Resources: - Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy. - Get in touch with Nina www.ninaberg.se or viaLinked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-berg-4570a416/

This wonderful conversation with Despina Karatzias unpacks her true passion for joy, helpfulness and contribution. Early in her life, she had a dream to go into acting, but instead she briefly explored social work, only to realise it was not quite right for her. At age 18 her passion for small business and tourism started to form and this is still where she spends most of her professional focus and energy today.  Join us in this honest and eye opening conversations about the many career-defining moments that took her to the work she does these days!   Some of the things we cover: ·     Lessons of self-care and literally running a marathon during the pandemic. ·     Leaning into being different and exploring different things to find you path. ·     Starting your career out to learn as much as you can across the business ·     Where her love for small business began ·     Managing people and learning how to manage the conflicts that can come from this ·     Noticing a need for formal training and stepping up to put yourself through the (formal) learning that you need ·     Reflecting on the fact that “sometimes I am my own problem”, and taking ownership to unlock what’s next in your career ·     Creating healthy boundaries and learning the importance of emotional intelligence (sometimes, the hard way) ·     Working out how your role contributes to the bigger picture of the organisation and the community ·     Finding your voice and taking action when something is a clear ‘no’ ·     Honestly look at what’s working and what’s not and make sure to get help to get out of that (all too common) funk ·     Don’t wait for someone to give you permission to grow, but take responsibility for your own learning.    Despina’s top career tips: 1.   Follow the fire in your belly, be in tune to what your reaction and follow that. Say ‘yes’ more and go out of your comfort zone weekly. 2.  Networks and get in the room with the right people. Actively lean in and step up. 3.  Get yourself out there, believe in something and use your voice to share it.   Resources: - Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy. - Get in touch with Despina’s work: https://www.linkedin.com/in/despinakaratzias/ or https://www.navii.com.au/

Join this eye-opening conversation around smashing plateaus, non-linear career progression and a great deal of vulnerability! David Shriner-Cahn’s childhood led him to crave more freedom and control over his own path. He started out in engineering (something that was strongly encouraged by his family), but when he was made redundant in one of his first corporate jobs, despite performing well in his role, he changed paths and has never looked back. David generously shares his winding career story and some of the career-defining moments that have led him from the corporate world, via the not-for-profit sector to his own consulting business. Some of the things we cover: · How to refocus after losing a job and coping with any shame after being fired · The power of ‘off time’ in your working week · Learning painful lessons early on in your career about business, profitability and processes · The practise of setting clear life and career goals through a personal development practice · Finding a process for how you approach and map out your working life and coming back to it whenever you need to · How to create healthy and practical space to have a sabbatical in your career · Daring to convince someone to hire you and give you a chance · Using proposals, rather than a CV or resume to pitch yourself and the value you bring · Building alternatives and always having a plan B (and C) · The value and vulnerability in sharing your own story · Setting up a consulting business after your corporate or not-for-profit career · Smashing the plateau and levelling up David’s top career tips: 1: Make sure you have multiple sources of revenue and income 2: Have a plan B (and C) ready, so you can deal with all types of things that may come up 3: Connect with your professional community – talk to others who have experienced the same things you’re now going through Resources: - Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy. - Get in touch with David and tune into his podcast ‘Smashing the Plateau’: https://smashingtheplateau.com/

This chat with Natasa Denman is full of leadership lessons, action taking and using your voice to position yourself for career growth. She stared out studying psychology and then worked for a big chunk of her career in management roles across the optical industry. But when her husband lost the business they ran, she needed to find another path quickly as her family’s livelihood depended on it. In this powerful chat she shares how she started her own business, wrote her first book and scaled the business very quickly from there. The pandemic turned out to be a huge disruption, but also a great opportunity as she had 70 face-to-face events cancelled in an instant and needed to completely refocus how her services are delivered. Some of the things we cover: · How she did a major career pivot when her husband lost his business · The power of making fast decisions and sticking to them · Her belief that ‘When the student is ready, the master/teacher does appear’ · Writing a book to build credibility ‘get a business card on steroids’. · Building a business and growing your family at the same time (boobs, babies and business!) · The power of continuing to invest in learning, documenting what you learn and pass it onto others. · Leaning on processes and applying consistency for impressive business results · How she did not watch TV for 3 years to instead spend time on studying and scaling her business. · Leveraging routines and managing your time to create results. · How to perform when ‘your back is up against the wall’ · Be ready to take action (based on what you know) and start making new decisions. · Choose your focus and make sure to get the return on investment. Natasa’s top career tips: · 1: Make fast decisions and stick to them, every beginning is hard. · 2: How can you bring the fun into what you are doing and suit your life? · 3: Never stop learning. Resources: - Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy. - Get in touch with Natasa: https://www.writeabook.com.au/ or https://www.facebook.com/ultimate48hourauthorweekend

A truly action-packed episode with lots of sliding door moments and hands on career tips! Glenn Watson wanted to be a scientist as a kid (move over David Attenborough!) and had every intention of getting deeper into science at university, but instead had a (pre)career defining moment and a connection that got him into business management and communications. Key themes cross Glenn’s career has been deliberate career planning and following a data driven approach. This focus took him to a head of marketing role by the age of 28 only to then pivot into something completely different. In this open and honest chat, we unpack failure, courage to move backwards before you move forward and how his career has unfolded. Some of the things we cover: · The powerful sliding doors moment that completely changed the start of his career path from science to marketing · Sense checking new career opportunities against your plan · Avoiding shiny career objects · The steps he took to completely change his career · The role of luck, opportunity and preparation to grow your career significantly · Career re-set and changing lanes to a new field and taking one (or five) steps back · Being proactive in significantly quickening the progress of career goals · Taking on new roles with the objective to learn and then add new steps to your plan · Striving for excellence whilst not being crushed by work demands and pressure · Removing yourself from pressure and overwhelm to work out what you need to do next · Coping with feelings of failure and ‘mental bruises’ · Unpacking what it means that “you either win or learn” · The power of being data driven in career and life and make better decisions Glenn’s top career tips: · 1 You can’t improve what you don’t measure. · 2 Without data you’re just a person with an opinion. Meaningfully interpreted data · 3 You win or you learn. Learn, courage and growth. Resources: - Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy. - Get in touch with Glenn Watson via Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwatson3/

Andrew MacAskill really wanted to be a sports journalist when he was a kid, but actually ended up doing a finance degree and working in accounting. In hindsight he knows that he was seeking approval rather than fulfilment when he made that decision, but it thankfully opened the door to the world of business and paved the way for many career pivots to come.  The key themes across his career have been to guide people and hone in on communication. Bottom line his focus and mission is to end career-based misery. You don't want to miss this chat! Some of the things we cover: · Receiving tough feedback from leaders and acting on it · Untangling our career/role from our identity · Using self-awareness to grow your career · Pick a leader, not a job! · Working for leaders you need rather than the ones you necessary want · The 90-day dip we experience in a new role · Welcoming opportunities that scare you, but will teach you lots · Make career decisions with your head, heart, wallet. · Failing and Ego correcting when things don’t go to plan · Being completely blind-sided by business restructures and losing your job overnight · Grieving processes when you lose a job · Dare to make decisions that make sense for you, even when they don’t make sense to everybody else Andrew’s top career tips: · 1. Always be ready to go: update CV and Linked In ongoing (ideally quarterly). · 2. Align who you are with what you do. · 3. If you’re in job misery in exchange for job security, you need to start making some moves. Resources: - Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy. - Get in touch with Andrew via Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/jobsearchcoach/

Analiza's sweet spot is organisation and efficiency, whilst always keeping people at the heart of every process and giving them the tools to thrive.  She actually wanted to be a doctor as a kid, but her diverse career background actually started out in the U.S. air force! She then following the career exploration thread via branding and marketing, via the not-for-profit (education) sector to now mainly focus on executive coaching and helping leaders of colour develop and thrive. Analiza's passion for organising things and finding efficiency shines through in this chat, as well as her mission to help people understand themselves and thrive through self-reflection.  We cover: · Amazing and inspiring leadership lessons · Career experimentation and seeking your career ‘north star’ · Finding your sweet spot for your mission fit and leveraging your skillset · The balance of comfort, courage and wanting change · Finding the learning edge in discomfort · Going ‘through’ rather than going ‘around’ to reach our goals · Identify a need you see in the world and create resources to address this (and don’t overthink it!) · Recognising that loyalty can sometimes hold us back: you can be loyal and leave! · Helpful ways to belong in the workplace Analiza's top career tips: 1) Find your community (mentor and people who align with your values) 2) Get to know yourself as much as you can 3) Life is a whole life, work is not everything Resources: - Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy. - Get in touch with Analiza and check out her podcast: https://analizawolf.com/or https://analizawolf.com/womenofcolorrise

As 2022 is drawing to a close, I wanted to share 3 simple, but powerful career reflections in this short episode! Where were you at this time last year?What wins have you had (including tackling a difficult challenge)?Where would you like to be this time next year? Links and resources: Sign up for 'Level Up Your Career' via https://the-bridge-courses.teachable.com/p/level-up-your-careerContact Emmy Petersson about the podcast or book a free discovery call: https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au/If you want to learn more about James Clear and building habits, you can check out his book and other work via https://jamesclear.com/habits

This episode is a wonderful journey across strategy, sisterhood, career exploration and meaningful impact. Lindsey Brown is not only one of my best friends, but also an absolute powerhouse of a woman with a passion for social justice, diversity and helping people. She has worked across a range of industries and continents (including running her own business) with a wealth of career moments and pivots to share. In this chat we cover how she went from childhood aspirations of being either a nun, a lawyer or a diplomat to now setting strategic direction and leveraging technology to solve big picture challenges.  Some of the things we cover: · Learn to be flexible and pivot and reposition · How to leverage being the only one of your kind in some professional rooms · The people who shape our career (both positive and negative) · Seeing and acknowledging people at work · Respecting people’s time and space at work · Experiencing discrimination and bullying in the workplace · The power of a soft-landing job to build confidence · How to learn from non-constructive leaders · Understanding what might impact performance at work · Definitions of success and career chapters · The power of time bound career goals · Perfectionism and managing the inner critic Lindsey’s top 3 career tips: 1) You are the owner of your career! 2) If you’re not happy with what you see, you need to do something about it. 3) Better aim high and miss, than aim low and hit. Have a go and push yourself! Resources: · Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy.