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Uprooting and Starting Over

applying for jobs, mental healthBy Emily FrankApril 23, 2025

We had a bit of a gardening accident this week: some weeds had gotten so established and deep-rooted that to dig them up, we wound up killing a beloved old peony. It struck me as an apt analogy for what I’m seeing happen with increasing frequency: one career path ends unceremoniously through things like layoffs,…

Work Hard, Rest Hard: Taking Time Off Should Be Non-Negotiable

Career Advice, mental healthBy Emily FrankMarch 19, 2025

When your computer glitches or won’t open something, what’s the first thing you do? (Okay, the second thing, after cussing it out.) You reboot, right? Humans need rebooting sometimes too! I’m as guilty as anyone of failing to take vacation time, but I’m learning my lessons. When I worked for a university, I would personally…

The Art of Saying No

Career Advice, mental health, Take a standBy Emily FrankJanuary 29, 2025

Earlier this month, I wrote about how saying no can be a valuable part of self-care, but in a world that has conditioned us to yes, it can be incredibly hard to identify, let alone voice, our objections. How can you find and use what author Sunita Sah calls your True No? As is often…

Resilience and Gratitude: Seeing Light in the Darkness

job search, mental health, moneyBy Emily FrankNovember 27, 2024

Is anyone else struggling a bit to find reasons to be celebratory and thankful right now?  I feel you.  And I suggest that this might be the most important time to do so, as the dark days ahead loom.  Gratitude will help us focus on finding ways forward and avoiding capitulating before the fight has…

Balancing Work and Chronic Illness: Strategies for Success

Career Advice, job search, mental healthBy Emily FrankJuly 24, 2024

I am a migraine sufferer.  Not the vague “kind of bad headache” migraines that people talk about casually, but the real deal: lying in a dark room, feeling like someone is trying to squeeze out one of my eyeballs, assaulted by rolling waves of nausea, terrified that a new smell is going to waft in…

Help! I Don’t Know Where to Start!

Career Advice, job search, mental healthBy Emily FrankMay 29, 2024

Choosing a career path can be so overwhelming!  Where do you even start looking?  Sure, we all know what elementary school teachers and doctors and cops do, but what about everything else?   Well, start by taking a nice deep breath.   Then, when you’re in a good headspace, try a free online career assessment…

Disclosing a Disability: Do or Don’t?

Career Advice, mental health, wellbeingBy Emily FrankMarch 20, 2024

Should you disclose a disability when you apply for a job?  How about after you’ve accepted a role?  People often fear that disclosing such a thing will either get them disqualified or make the employer hold certain opinions about them.  Some also feel they need to disclose this info or they’re being dishonest. So let’s…

5 Powerful Tips to Build your Confidence

Career Advice, mental healthBy Emily FrankSeptember 13, 2023

If you’re feeling really nervous about something, you’ve probably been told to be confident.  But how are you supposed to do that?  These 5 steps, when practiced regularly, will help you move your confidence needle so you will do better in interviews and feel more comfortable with challenges. Adopt a growth mindset. A growth mindset…

The Secret to Building Your Emotional Strength

Career Advice, mental healthBy Emily FrankAugust 9, 2023

I don’t know about you, but I try to spend a couple days each week doing strength training as part of my fitness routine.  Working with weights helps strengthen bones, maintains a greater range of motion, and helps protect against heart disease and injury.   So how can we do the same thing for our…

Uncomfortable Conversations

Career Advice, mental health, Take a standBy Emily FrankJuly 19, 2023

Are you conflict-averse?  If so, you have probably found yourself in work situations that make you super uncomfortable.  Do you choose to be THAT person who points out that the hurtful joke wasn’t funny?  Do you sit quietly and suffer?  Do you listen to cruel “jokes” at the expense of one person and then afterwards…

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