Anxiety can block you towards an energizing career you love if you don’t know how to move through it. It’s like a defense mechanism. Learning how to be with it, work with it, and learning how to not make it worse will help you take control and operate from a more grounded, neutral place. In this episode I take you through the typical reactions to anxiety that keep you stuck and how to process it effectively so you can operate from trust and self-confidence instead. Are you ready to create an energizing career you love?  You can create a career that is simply an extension of who you are an ..read more

It’s natural to want to choose the ‘right’ path for yourself professionally. And when people feel lost it feels hard to know what’s ‘right’. I see a lot of people get stuck here, often because their definition of right is leading them wrong. It’s focused on what will look good or what people around them know and accept. When you define ‘right’ with qualities that are grounded in external validation you’re disconnecting to yourself. And this is the fastest way to put yourself on a career path that feels draining. You will always go further faster if you let go of trying to fit in and own instea ..read more

Are you worried that you’ll say yes to the wrong job? This is a common concern when we feel lost and stuck professionally. This can happen for three main reasons: You’re scattered - you don’t have a solid foundation based on the levers of career fulfillment to generate your hypotheses and assess opportunities. You’re rushing - you’re so desperate to get out of your current environment that you grab at anything that’s different instead of what’s right.  You’re people pleasing - you get swept up in other people’s enthusiasm for you or their hard-sell on on opportunity and end up accepting ..read more

Confidence is something everyone wants more of. And the good news is - it’s a muscle you can strengthen. As with everything, it’s just about knowing what to focus on. Confidence comes from three places: the stories we tell ourselves about the struggles in our life, our belief in ourselves to navigate the unknown, and our willingness to feel any feeling. Ultimately this is about accepting your own imperfections and learning to be with uncomfortable emotions.  PLUS an exciting announcement - I’m launching a group program and releasing extra content this month to support it. I dive into all ..read more

Redundancy is on everyone’s lips. Have you recently been made redundant? Is your company threatening redundancies? Are you considering leaving your job and restructuring your career? Then you’ll want to listen to this episode. In it I walk you through the typical mistakes I see people making post redundancy and how to use your time more effectively so you can create great opportunities that are right for you. We discuss applications, networking, feeling stressed, your mental health, and getting the right support. Like everything, when you know what to focus on you can make decisions that are r ..read more

Have you ever had a sense that you shouldn't do something ... and yet, you did it anyways. And then you kicked yourself afterwards when the result isn’t what you wanted because you felt like you had a sense that you shouldn’t do whatever is it that you did? We somehow know our gut is right and important and that connection to it can really help us… but how to hear it and trust it and know when it's right, this can feel elusive and mysterious.  I used to think it was this kind of binary thing, like either you were born hearing it or you weren't. But like most things, it’s a muscle and you ..read more

When you’re in transition you’re thinking about what could come next. And in this moment it’s easy to focus on everything that could go wrong. It’s easy to look at an idea that’s interesting and then write it off because it sounds ‘too risky’. But if you look for the risk you will find it in everything that is new. Usually anything worth having comes with a degree of risk. If this resonates with you you’ll want to check out this episode where I dive into exactly how to mitigate risk when it comes to evolving your career and moving into new spaces. Are you ready to create an energizing career y ..read more

I felt stuck in my business recently. Confused, tired, and overwhelmed. Everything felt hard and annoying and all the things I usually found energy in were draining me. But then it dawned on me. Wait, I literally have a system for fixing this. It's what I talk about every single day to my clients and audience. Why don't you use your own medicine, Anne? So I used my own program to diagnose and address my issues. I mitigated my own ennui and burnout and within six weeks was back on track - feeling energized and having readjusted the way I was working to better suit who I am and my current priori ..read more

When we strive for an A in everything, when we want everything to be perfect, we are either unable to keep up with life’s competing demands or we burn out. So what if I told you the secret is striving for B- work? If you’re a chronic over-achiever that is going to feel deeply uncomfortable. And that’s exactly why you’ll want to listen to this episode. I discuss:  The economic principle behind my recommendation to focus on B- output Why an A works in school but not in real life The negative results created from constantly striving for As in everything Personal lessons from my own experie ..read more

Find your passion, follow your purpose are two of the biggest red herrings when it comes to creating an energizing career you love. I explain why this is and what you should focus on instead in this episode.  I discuss:  Why find your passion and follow your purpose is a trap The importance of interests in creating an energizing career you love How to re-orient your career around your interests How orienting around my interests helped me find my current passion Are you ready to create an energizing career you love?  You can create a career that is simply an extension of who y ..read more