Career Coaching - How to Approach Career Change and Find More Meaning in Your Work
September 14, 2022
#010 - In this episode, my guest Tammy Gooler Loeb talks about career changes and the obstacles that come with finding more meaning in our work. We touched upon the biggest obstacles to changing careers as well as some coaching questions and exercises to overcome them. Give it a listen.
#010 – For a third of our lives, we will spend more time at work than we do with our loved ones, so we might as well enjoy what we’re doing. However, finding fulfilment in our work requires changes that might be uncomfortable, even scary. On top of that, there are many obstacles that prevent us from making a change in our careers, including our family responsibilities and other commitments.
Tammy Gooler Loeb, my guest on this episode, has been a career coach for over twenty years and has seen it all. In her book, Work from the Inside Out, she acknowledges these obstacles and offers ways to overcome them.
Together we talked about:
- Her story of becoming a career coach
- The biggest obstacles to career change
- Coaching questions and exercises to overcome these obstacles
- Considering yourself a lucky person and being open to possibilities
- The biggest mindset shift she had to make to become a successful coach
Tammy Gooler Loeb is the author of Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career That Fulfils You. Tammy is a career and executive coach, speaker and facilitator with expertise in career transitions, and leadership development.
Her weekly podcast, Work from the Inside Out, showcases career transition stories of people who found more meaningful work.
Tammy’s expertise has appeared in Forbes, Fast Company, The Boston Globe, and Harvard Business Review Ascend. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Hampshire College and an MBA from Boston University.
You can find out more about Tammy and her work via the following links:
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