The Uplevel Your Position Career Development Program is for you if you are a motivated, ambitious, goal-oriented woman of color in human services leadership with a degree in social work, sociology, counseling, psychology, public health, education, or criminal justice. You don’t have to wait until January to level up. GET READY if you are:
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“You’re telling a story” When I was a little girl, that’s what I had to say if someone was telling an untruth. I could not call them a liar or say that they were lying. Lie was a bad word in my home. I also had to say “be quiet” instead of “shut up”
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STRETCH is the career development framework that is the foundation of my Uplevel Your Position Program. The components of my STRETCH framework are Service, Tracking, Results, Enthusiasm, Tenacity, Communication, and Hope. My Uplevel Your Self-Talk Career Development Challenge kicks off TODAY and is an illustration of communication in the STRETCH framework. Good communication is essential
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Of course, I talk to myself. Sometimes I need expert advice! The most important question is what we are saying to ourselves. Are our words encouraging or demeaning? Words have power. Are we building ourselves up or tearing ourselves down? Let’s go deeper in with the Uplevel Your Self-Talk Challenge which kicks off November
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In October, we examined our limiting beliefs and I made tangible strides with great results. If we’re going to finish 2021 strong and launch into 2022 with power and intention, let’s spend a little more time in self-reflection and then go forth with strategic action. Why? Because they say that lessons in life will
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I’ve said many times that “You are a brand, and your career is your business”. What I mean is: (1) build your professional reputation like the brand that it is – the brand of you, and (2) treat your career with intentionality and focus like a business. I am a writer and a systems
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Do Latinas really lose more than $1,000,000 in a lifetime?! Latinas’ Equal Pay Day, the day that Latinas must work just to make as much as their white, non-Hispanic male counterparts made in the previous year was yesterday, October 21st. A Latina would need to work until she is nearly 90 years old (eight
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I used Zoom at least monthly for coaching before the coronavirus pandemic. Since the pandemic I have been saying that I am “Zoomed Out” – which includes Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. Video conferences wear me out. Quite often I don’t even turn on my camera. Enough already! Before my vacation last month, I
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The world is a loud, noisy place. Noise is not only distracting, but noise is also deceiving. Noise will cause you to look outward for insight and answers. Noise will cause you to believe that things must happen a certain way and by a certain time. Noise makes it easy to overlook or avoid
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Limiting beliefs are subconscious thoughts that determine how we see ourselves, the world, and what is possible for us. Limiting beliefs can affect our health, well-being, and success by putting boundaries around what we consider appropriate behavior, who we connect to, and what opportunities we pursue. Limiting beliefs can make you feel less than,
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