If you feel like you don’t have time to volunteer, that doesn’t mean you can’t engage in service. Engaging in service doesn’t have to mean volunteering at a soup kitchen, animal shelter, or for some other non-profit. Instead of seeing service solely as volunteering...
A friend recently mentioned how she’d done a project with our mutual friend Amy Wood, an executive coach and author of Life Your Way. This woman said how much she enjoyed working with Amy and then paused, reflecting on their interaction. She noted how thoughtful it...
Regardless of what kind of work you do, being more creative makes you more valuable. Whether you come up with innovative ways of doing things or find new approaches to solve a problem, you’re providing value that could more than pay for your whole year’s salary. It...
Open mind, open heart, and opportunity At a recent recovery job fair in Biddeford, a young man walked up to the Paradigm Windows table and introduced himself to Lark Pitts, the company’s human resources and safety coordinator. He told her about his background and...
If you want to create a supportive, encouraging and nourishing community, start by looking at how you “show up” in relationships. Do you do that in a way that fosters caring, open-hearted connections? To explore how to do this, I want to share a simple, yet...
When Jen Horton interviewed for a human resources position at The Holy Donut earlier this year, she met with CEO Jeff Buckwalter in its Scarborough store. While talking with him, she could hear laughter, joking and singing coming from behind the counter as employees...
Go to where you could embarrass yourself, but without hurting yourself,” said Rebecca, the yoga instructor, as we moved into the yoga pose called Half Moon. She had just given us three different variations of the pose, from easiest to hardest, and left it up to us to...
Get Well Jobs can play an important role when you begin the recovery process and are in “starting life over” mode. A Get Well Job is any job that does not cause undue pressure and bring too many intellectual or emotional demands, compared to the profession you were in...
One of the most common challenges I see job seekers and career changers struggle with is identifying their skills and abilities and figuring out how to translate them into a job or career that works for them. Often the more immediate concern is how to do this for an...