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Your Job Title Is Not Your Identity. It’s Time to Take It Back.
I’m Amy, a career coach and founder of Conscious Career Lab. My work sits at the intersection of career design, self-discovery, and professional reinvention, and a big part of what I do is help people untangle who they are from what they do for a living. It’s some of the most important work I know, [...]
Why Your Mental Diet Matters During a Career Transition (Especially After a Layoff)
What two layoffs taught me about protecting your mindset during uncertain career seasons. Career transitions, especially after a layoff, can be one of the most psychologically challenging seasons in a person's life. When someone is laid off, stuck in a role they hate, or trying to pivot into something new, the practical challenges are obvious: [...]
From Burnout to Breakthrough: Reclaiming Joy and Direction in Your Career
When Success Starts To Feel Empty You may have worked hard to build a solid career, checked all the right boxes, and achieved what most people around you would call success. And for a while, maybe it felt that way too. But somewhere along the way, something shifted. The passion that once made you excited [...]
Before You Pick a Major: What Every High School and College Student Should Know
If you're a high school or college student, you've probably been asked this question more times than you can count: "So, what are you going to do with your life?" It's a lot to put on someone who is still figuring out who they are. And yet the pressure to have an answer, a real [...]
Stop Guessing Your Career Path: How to Find Work That Fits Your Design
If you've ever caught yourself thinking "I should be further along by now," or lying awake wondering why you dread going to work even though everything looks fine on paper, I want you to know that feeling is more common than most people will admit out loud. Many talented, capable people end up in jobs [...]
Welcome to Conscious Career Lab: Design a Career (and Life) That Fits You
If you have ever sat at your desk, looked around, and thought, "How did I end up here?" you are not alone, and you are not broken. That feeling is one of the most common things I hear from the people I work with, and it was something I experienced myself long before Conscious Career [...]
