“Oh, I can’t do that,” shared an interviewee with a soft laugh. We were talking about the internal barriers to transition. Have you ever heard a similar voice in your head? She’d transitioned before. She could easily see – in hindsight – the walls erected by her own assumptions. Those walls restricted her ability to envision what ‘might be.’ She went on, “I knew that I had to stop doing what I was doing. I didn’t know where I’d end up.” She seemed stalled by the simple question, ‘What’s next?’ Continue reading…
Your wish?
“I want to work on policy for the federal government,” replied a bubbly twenty-something friend at a holiday-themed cocktail hour. She and I were talking about her career moves. Within the past thirty days she’d pivoted from wanting to attend law school to enrolling in a masters program for paralegals. I have to admit this pronouncement rocked me. Her spirited response came after I finally asked, “what is your dream?” Continue reading…