Here are some things to know about me:
~ This site is where I write about career happiness and workplace psychology. The content focuses on ways you can choose, change, or advance your career.
~ My career background includes workplace consulting psychology and career coaching. My current business focus is helping clients with communications strategy, content creation, and copywriting, sometimes bylined but often ghostwritten. My writing business website is Writer for Good.
~ I moved eight times and restarted my coaching business in eight new places before I finally made my business 100% virtual. Because of my life experiences, I enjoy writing about remote employment, location independence, and the digital nomad movement.
~ I am certified as a Master Personal and Executive Coach through the College of Executive Coaching, the leader in coach training for professionals with graduate degrees.
~ Before I became a psychologist, my first career was in tech in software development, marketing, project management, and recruiting.
~ I’ve lived in California, Wisconsin, Alabama, Texas, Washington, Oregon, and Colorado.
~ I wrote and published a book featuring 15 career experts: Choosing Your Career: Proven Strategies for a Satisfying Life.
~ I’ve worked in universities, community mental health agencies, hospitals, corporations, start-ups, and consulting firms.
~ From 1999 to 2008, I founded and ran Bridgeway Career Development, a Seattle area career and leadership coaching firm. I gave the firm to a colleague.
~ From 2009 to 2011, I managed the career counseling team at University Career Services (UCS), University of Houston. UCS assists 38,000 students and 200,000+ alumni with all aspects of career development.
~ My educational background includes a B.A. in Economics from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin.
~ My dissertation research found that changeable aspects of personality are predictive of overall life satisfaction.
If you have a question about your career, please send it to my “Ask A Career Coach” column, and I may select it for publication. (I cannot respond to all inquiries, though. This site isn’t my full-time focus!)
