Real Talk…I’m not good at what I do, I’m great at what I do. And that’s not just my opinion. (BTW…What I do is much more than cover letter and resume writing and managing internship programs) Real Talk…I’m great at what I do but sometimes I don’t act like it and need to remind […]
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Macro, mezzo, and micro social work should all be concerned about: Nutrition and disease prevention Food sovereignty Nature and climate change Unemployment and underemployment Overworking or busyness Disconnection and exclusion Eating to live, access to healthy food, spending time in nature, connecting with the earth, workforce skills development, entrepreneurship, education, hobbies, self-care, collaboration, and
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You’ve often heard (read) me say, “It’s GO Time”. And it IS go time! When I think about transformation, I simplify the steps/concept in my mind with the phrase “GO, DO, BE”. GO = Make a firm decision to move from where you are to where you want to be. Success begins with a decision. Go is
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One of my favorite entrepreneurship books ‘Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways for Creating Work That You Love’ is by Barbara Winter. I attended Barbara’s workshop decades ago and recommended her book for years to almost every budding entrepreneur I encountered. Yes, even social workers who are not interested in running businesses of their own
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Social Work is Political! Resource: CNN Original Series See It Loud: The History of Black Television Series Trailer ‘Are y’all watching See It Loud on CNN? As centuries of our history is intentionally being rewritten with attempts to erase it, it is even more important that we are the keepers and tellers of our
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As a Social Work Career Empowerment Coach, integrity and transparency are important to me. We talk a lot about procrastination as a form of self-sabotage. Want to know how else my self-sabotage has shown its head over the years? Overthinking, over-researching, and over-planning without taking calculated risks and concrete actions. I’ve given them up!
Revisiting and Refreshing Our Social Work Purpose and Goals Read More »
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Social Worker and Career Coach Jennifer Luna for The New Social Worker Magazine’s Conversations on Social Work Careers. Grateful that I was able to share my ideas and strategies for building a successful, long-term social work career as well as encourage other social workers to embrace
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Do you have a social work niche or specialize in working with a specific population? The notion that every social worker should work in child welfare to gain experience and really understand social work is flawed. Staff turnover and social worker burnout are prevalent due to issues like high caseloads, vicarious trauma, and lack
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Strategic Career Management is the lifelong process of investing resources into your career to maintain or increase your value in the workplace, undertake work that is personally satisfying, strive for work/life balance, and achieve financial security. The 3 pillars in my strategic career management framework are clarity, credibility, and congruency. Pillar 1 Clarity: What
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Many years ago, as I was caught in the cycle of wanting to leave my job but not sure where I wanted to go, I created a false narrative that held me back for months and months. I was working in a small nonprofit that had become a rapidly growing nonprofit, but I questioned
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