The Roller Coaster Effect: Why Women Say No to the Opportunities They’ve Attracted
The Roller Coaster Effect: Why Women Say No to the Opportunities They’ve Attracted I’ve seen this dynamic in many of the women I’ve coached where they get clear on something they want, and then it walks into their life, and all of a sudden, they freeze up, get scared, and think I’m not ready. This […]
Go Your Own Way: How To Use Touchpoints To Silence Your Inner Critic and Find Your Own Path To Success.
Go Your Own Way: How to Use Touchpoints to Silence Your Inner Critic and Find Your Own Path to Success “You just make everything really complicated,” Frank told me. Frank was my ‘buttmate.’ And no, that’s not as racy as it seems—your ‘buttmate’ in design school is the person you sit ‘butt to butt’ with […]
Naome’s Story: How to Build Your Confidence and Go for Next Level Jobs
Naome is a client of mine who started working with me before the coronavirus was a twinkle in anyone’s eye. She came to me with bruised confidence after being let go from a job she enjoyed. She was able to find a new job but it wasn’t something she loved. It didn’t feel like quite […]
Moving Towards Your North Star in Action
Two years ago, Kerry worked with me to define longer-term creative goals for her life and career. She was able to: -Ease herself out a catchall-for-everything volunteer role that she had been feeling done with for some time. -Find a long-term accountability partner (shoutout Annette!) that she’s still in touch with. But most importantly, Kerry […]
8 Women in Design Doing Great Things
8 Women in Design Doing Great Things If you’re familiar with Build Yourself, you know that we’re a community of women in design careers looking to unleash our potential to excel in our careers. So today I want to let you in on what the great women of Build Yourself are doing. I want to […]
Guest Blog: Where’s My Map?
By Tamara M. Roy, AIA Leed AP Early on as an architecture student I started to look for women mentors to provide a metaphorical ‘map’ for my professional life. I thought if I could follow them, I’d learn the way to success. What I found surprised me. The map I was looking for was […]
Three Habits, Three Ways: Part 3
So…here’s the thing about goals: sometimes we don’t reach them. Or at least, we don’t always reach them to the level we wanted. This is something that I – a recovering perfectionist – really struggle with. But in 2018 I had the chance to be reminded that sometimes almost perfect can be valuable, too. Last year I made a […]
Are You In Love With Your Career?
If you’re lucky enough to be in love with your career, the fall can be an exciting time. It’s the time of year when we settle back into work, life, and school routines and reconnect with our goals. If you’re like many of my clients, this time of year can be a little less shiny. […]
Confidence Hack #3: Make the Investment
When I first started my business, I found myself staring down an empty work calendar. I was totally unbooked–except for one tiny little workshop gig. I didn’t know how to get work, I didn’t know what I what I was selling. I had no clue what to say at cocktail parties. I felt like an […]
What’s Clothes Got to Do with it? Confidence Hack #2
If you looked in Jae’s closet, you would have seen a scene straight out of those movies where the main character needs to loosen up–rows of the same shirts, pants and jackets–all in black and white.
