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“Don’t know much about history; Don’t know much technology …”

All I could think about was how much I didn’t know about technology - and the learning curve I was facing. When I started my career in Public Relations and Communications, “press type” and fax machines were the norm. Now, using Adobe Creative Suite (on the CLOUD no less!), Facebook,…

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Returning to Work with a Child with Disabilities Just Isn’t the Same: Here’s What I Learned

Most people who take a career break to stay home and care for their children can anticipate a point in the future when that job will be done. But parents of children with special needs cannot anticipate the arc of development that will lead to their child’s independence. Our career…

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Are you ready to relaunch?

Are you ready to relaunch? The list below is derived from countless discussions with relaunching clients and the considerations they worked through when deciding if going back to work was the right choice. There are numerous factors to weigh when making this decision, many of which are not exclusive to…

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The Road Back to Wellness and Work: Relaunching After an Illness

In my work in the last ten years as a coach and career counselor, I’ve had the privilege of supporting many who have temporarily exited their careers to deal with breast cancer, Lupus, MS, diabetes, alcoholism, mental illness, and other issues. The courage and strength of many of these relaunchers…

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Back on the Career Track After a Divorce

Returning to work after a career break, or "relaunching," in the face of a divorce brings special challenges. You may have immediate financial need and feel especially emotionally vulnerable. But you shouldn't be any less strategic than if you were returning to work for other reasons. See this blog post…

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Networking in an Age of Social Distancing

As if networking wasn’t tough enough, how in the world can you network when most states have a stay-at-home order in effect and when we do go out for essentials, we have to be six feet apart?

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Stay-at-Home Mom Morphs from Teaching to Consulting

@LucretiaPruitt, has over 12,500 followers on Twitter. She is a COBOL expert, a former computer science professor, and she heads up her own social media strategy consulting firm Social Media Matters. She is one of Walmart’s “Eleven Moms,” and corporate giants ranging from Ford to Colgate-Palmolive fly her out to…

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Confidently Negotiating Your Salary

You’ve soared through the initial interview, aced the case interview, and now it’s all come down to the hiring details. Often, the same woman who confidently prepared for “winning” the job fails to take the same fearless approach when answering one key question: “What are your salary expectations?”

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Appreciating Military Spouses as Fellow Relaunchers

Military spouses play a huge role in not only taking care of things while their loved ones are deployed, but also in providing a backbone of support and care during the tough times. The sacrifices of a military spouse are many and can be quite costly. Many have difficulty finding…

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Research & Academia: You Can Dial Back Up

Brown Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Yael Chatav Schonbrun's New York Times Opinionator piece "A Mother's Ambitions" revealed her disappointment and frustration about her stunted career prospects despite the joy she is experiencing as a mother. This was the result of a personal decision she made to allocate a higher percentage…

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