Career Counseling for Your Career Bliss | make. believe. for real.

Category: freedom // authenticity

  • define “dream job” before you get it or it may become your nightmare

    In 1999 I was a student on a practicum with the Canadian Government and the new Director of my program came for the site visit. I welcomed her to the role as I was her very first site visit ever, explained my position where I worked and introduced her to my boss. I thought nothing…

  • career bliss is actually all around

    Two tales of how career bliss came to be: I had arrived early to my interview and my hair was a mess. It was raining outside and my hair had configured itself into a a wiry helmet of frizz around my head. I needed the ladies room mirror ASAP. No such luck. Building security was…

  • A to Z for finding your dream job

    It’s a time of year when you’re reflecting on what it would mean to have, to do, and be in your dream job. But what does it mean to stop dreaming and start creating it? That is … to find it. What does your dream job actually look like? How can you make it happen?…

  • career help for your dis-ease

    I am writing to ask (no, actually, maybe, it’s closer to begging) you to cease the following: Don’t meet people and barf out “corporate speak” (so that you can fool yourself into thinking that you’re making a career connection). Don’t tell people what you’re awesome at and expect them to know what you’re saying (because…

  • q&a: two loves but no job bliss

    ::Question:: I have two loves: Public relations and writing stories. The thing is that I am doing these two things in separate jobs, but don’t make much money. I want full-time work with good pay. I see others that I know working at their “dream job” experiencing job bliss doing what I want to do…

  • do you have a ‘poo poo’ person in your life?

    You know what you want to create in your life. You know that if you headed in a particular direction that you’d be happy. You even have supporters, encouragers and people imagining your success. Wanting it for you. Career bliss is possible. But you’re stalling. You’re not growing emotionally towards taking the steps in creating…

  • career of my dreams! wherefore art thou?

    Romeo and Juliet, for what reason are they celebrated? It’s not because their families were feuding. It’s not because they died. It’s because of what transpired while they lived. In all the danger and sweetness of conspiracy, had either Romeo or Juliet failed to show up for their meetings in secret because one was busy,…

  • the need to be real at work is real

    I felt like pulling my hair out and thought I was going blind. Total self-invalidation happening here. I had two orders for signage from the same company that were supposed to look identical in styling because I submitted the same file just a day apart. But the two orders came out looking totally different. Daniel…

  • claim your career bliss: interview with adam king

    “If [overcoming my limitations or myself] were achieved through a pill or some magic ‘big break’ … I would have been piling on another layer of false identity and false pursuits … we must revel in the process [of life]… because if you’re not, [you] miss getting rid of everything that is burdening you as…

  • a simple recipe to change for the better – seemingly effortlessly

    Changing for the better feels hard, and there’s a very good reason why it does. It’s because we cannot be better than we believe ourselves to be. It’s not possible. And what you believe to be true about yourself determines all of your behaviour, which then reinforces your beliefs. Now that you know this, allow…