Work, worth and wellbeing. Happy almost Friday 🎉 This week I learned a profound – and probably obvious – lesson. Releasing expectations is the key to releasing suffering (of all kinds.) Disappointment, frustration, anger…so much of it is connected to wishing things or people were one way, rather than accepting the reality that is another way. We create elaborate stories about how life should unfold, then suffer when reality has the audacity to write its own script. The gap between expectation…

Work, worth and wellbeing. Hi hi! Claire, here 👋 Exciting news: I’m starting a Substack! It will include insights from real client coaching sessions plus weekly habit building plans to turn advice into action. It’s my dedication to the three things that I think are often – and sorely – missing from the career conversation: Micro-actions that are actually achievable Your mental health is not separate from your work/money Transparency about what it takes to make change (it’s hard!) Speaking of…

A digestible deep dive into a better work-life Really Good Work Advice Hey friend, Jen came to coaching feeling completely scattered. At 40, she had an impressive resume: engineering leadership roles at top tech companies, yoga teacher certification, meditation instructor training, board-certified structural integrator, and she was currently studying coaching. To outsiders, she looked incredibly accomplished. To herself, she felt like a mess. “I don’t know what to do with all these pieces,”…

A digestible deep dive into a better work-life Really Good Work Advice Hey friend, Meet Taylor (name changed). She came to coaching feeling completely stuck. At 32, she was questioning everything: her corporate consulting job in Chicago, whether to take a role at her family’s business, even whether she was the person she thought she was. Recent performance reviews mentioned she was “too direct” and “inflexible” – words that felt completely foreign to someone who’d always seen herself as…

Building a better work-life. Happy Friday 🎉 I just dropped what might be our most important Hire Ground episode yet, my new show for job seekers and the career-curious. We cover three game-changing topics that are reshaping the entire job market right now: 🤖 The AI Career Revolution: Everyone’s panicking about AI taking jobs, but I show you the 11 million new careers it’s actually creating. While others worry about being replaced, you’re going to position yourself to become irreplaceable….

Hey Reader, “I know I need to make a change, but I’m not sure which direction to go.” “I’m torn between two options – how do I decide?” “I want to work with you, but I need some clarity on my situation first.” I get emails like this every week from you all – brilliant, capable people who are stuck at crossroads, overthinking their options instead of moving forward. And it drives me BONKERS. So I’m introducing something new: Power Half Hours. You don’t need months of coaching to get unstuck….

A digestible deep dive into a better work-life Really Good Work Advice Hey friend, Earlier this month, I attended a book event for my dear friend and fellow coach Amina AlTai and she did something that struck me in the moment — and left me pondering it for days after. She received a compliment from someone in the audience, and instead of quickly thanking her and moving on, Amina paused. Sat with it. Relished in it. Truly absorbed it. And it was fucking powerful. So powerful, in fact, that I…

Building a better work-life. Happy Monday 🎉 You know that frustrating moment when you leave a big professional opportunity knowing you had something valuable to contribute, but somehow didn’t capture your true worth? Whether it’s a networking event where you felt invisible, a meeting where your brilliant idea got ignored, a presentation that fell flat, or an interview where you couldn’t showcase your expertise… Here’s what’s really happening: Your energy is having a conversation before you…

A digestible deep dive into a better work-life Really Good Work Advice Hey there, A few days ago, I read this thoughtful Atlantic piece about the limits of self-knowledge and our culture’s obsession with defining ourselves. It made me reflect on a recent self-coaching session that seemed to contradict everything the article was saying—until I realized it was actually proving its deeper point. Speaking of self-coaching, I’ve been running a little experiment the past few weeks that’s unlocked a…

Building a better work-life. Happy Monday 🎉 I just witnessed a client do something that made my heart sink. We were role-playing the dreaded “Tell Me About Yourself” interview question and despite her brilliance at her job, it simply did not translate into her answer. See, Sarah has 8 years of experience, has led multiple successful launches, and genuinely loves solving complex problems. But when I asked her to tell me about herself, she launched into a chronological recitation of her resume…