Today we’re going to talk about something we all deal with from time to time, which is how to stay strong during challenging times.

Like most people, I know a thing or two about this. And I wanted to talk about this today because it gets right to the heart of what my business is all about. And my own struggles in this area – coping with personal catastrophes – is really the biggest reason I started this business.

So, let’s start there on my WHY. Then we’ll get into the meat of this episode.  

For me this business started as a natural outgrowth of the leadership and mentoring I’ve done over the years. I’ve been lucky enough to lead many teams and people and I’ve loved every second of it.

Over the years, people I’ve led in the past – sometimes from a few decades ago – would regularly reach out to me for advice or to bounce ideas around. 

And I’ve always really loved that. 

So, it was a natural next step for me to figure out a way to do that on a more broad-based scale. But I didn’t want to do the regular career coach thing where we just talk about resumes and job search and getting promoted and stuff. I mean, that’s important and I help my clients with those things too. But the REAL purpose of this business is to help people understand that true and lasting success comes from the inside out.

Here’s what I mean by that.   

In 2018, I discovered an approach to coaching that’s based on cognitive behavioral therapy. 

If you don’t know, CBT is a type of mental health treatment that helps people find and change underlying thought patterns that have a negative influence on behavior and emotions. It focuses on changing the automatic negative thoughts that can contribute to or worsen emotional challenges and have a negative influence on mood. Through this approach, thoughts are found, challenged, and replaced with more objective, realistic – or dare I say…POSITIVE – thoughts.

So, you might be thinking…what does a mental health coaching approach have to do with my career?

And the answer is EVERYTHING.

After nearly 3o years in corporate America where I climbed the ladder from entry level to multi-six figure a year income earner, I’ve seen and experienced a lot. I’ve struggled with and achieved a lot.

And what I know for sure is that the things people struggle with in their career is about something much deeper than “how” to do something. 

Sure, sometimes we need to skill up and learn something new but that’s kind of easy, right?

The truth is the thing we struggle with the most in our career is how to effectively handle the challenges careers throw our way.  

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