Help Me Find a Career
When a client recently burst into tears about her new career, I was utterly charmed. This amazingly-talented client had an impressive artistic resume and huge amounts of talent, yet the pain in her hands would [...]
Reasons Why You Should Attend a Career Workshop
Sometimes you can find yourself stuck at a job you dislike. Or maybe you can’t find your focus on what new career path to pursue. If you're looking for the right inspiration to helping you [...]
What You Should Know About Our Career Workshops
Changing careers can be daunting to say the least. Even scarier is facing unemployment. It's easy to feel overwhelmed by what to do. So what's the solution to making a real difference in your own [...]
Finding Joy in Your Work
Often when we get used to the routine work, we lose some of our enthusiasm and joy. Finding our inner purpose for achieving things can keep us going for years to come. But how do [...]
Inside Job: Ending Suffering at Work
Just wanted you to know the first client has registered for Petaluma's Inside Job. She came from our marketing up there and is quite excited. I've copied our new marketing message below. Sherry and I [...]
Ending Overwhelm is an Inside Job
So many of our clients and friends spend hours and hours trying to control their lists, jobs and lives, thinking that will finally have the overwhelm and stress abate. The problem is, the more they [...]
It’s Not a Mid-Life Crisis: It’s a Mid-Life Career Awakening
Perhaps you’ve noticed that certain things in your life don’t fit anymore. Your pants, job, career choices, partner, routine, and car, are all feeling a little snug, more exhausting, and less fulfilling. This constriction may [...]
Is Work Life Balance Even Possible Anymore?
Workers in America have become uber-productive. Since 2000, productivity has risen 23 percent while real hourly pay has essentially stagnated. The issue that is causing an even greater concern for the near future, though, is [...]
Do What You Love, Love What You Do
Catchy phrase, but how do you even begin to make that a reality? Let’s look at where to start. It’s like two wings of a bird; one wing is resilience, the other is clarity. Without [...]
Why Goal-Setting Drives us Crazy
CWI has a vision of ending suffering at work, so it would be wise to understand why so many of us hate setting goals. One of the reasons we suffer at work is we are unable [...]