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A career coach blog filled with evidence-based articles to help women overcome burnout and create fulfilling, balanced careers. Whether you’re a female leader or a working mom, this actionable advice will help you thrive at work AND at home.
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Stress & Burnout Recovery
Reduce your stress, burnout, and overwhelm with these evidence-based strategies.
Life-Work Balance
Create more work-life balance so you can reclaim your time & energy.
Mothers at Work
Advice for working moms who are burnt out from juggling demanding jobs and little kids.
Career Satisfaction
Increase your fulfillment and satisfaction at work– without having to quit your job.
Career Change
Choose a new career path, transition industries, conduct a job search, and land your next great role.
Women in Leadership
Leadership & leadership development advice for female executives and women in leadership.
Most Popular Blog Posts
Too Many Meetings at Work? Try These Ten Solutions
Drowning in back-to-back Zoom calls? Learn how to fix your calendar, reduce burnout, and escape the trap of too many meetings at work—without losing impact.
Looking for a Career Change? Start Here to Find Clarity and Confidence
Feeling stuck in your career and craving something more? You’re not alone. This guide helps high-achieving women navigate career change with clarity and confidence — without burning it all down. Discover mindset shifts, simple next steps, and real stories of women who’ve made the leap.
Recent Career Coach Blog Posts
How To Heal Human Giver Syndrome: A Guide For Women & Moms
Human giver syndrome is the internalized belief that you have to unconditionally serve and please others. Women and moms in particular are often forced into role of people pleasing to the extreme, and it is often one of the root causes of our stress, overwhelm, and burnout.
Salary Negotiation Tip: Use Anchoring Bias To Get More Money
Use anchoring bias to your advantage during your next salary negotiation to get a higher salary offer. Read the article for free career advice for women and working moms.
I Feel Statements Make Managing Up Easy
I feel statements are your magic formula for influencing your bumbling boss and managing up so that your needs can be met at work.
Are Anchor or Gravity Problems Keeping You Stuck in Your Career?
Anchor and gravity problems are two sneaky ways we let poor problem solving skills stop us from designing a fulfilling career (and life!). Learn how to overcome them.
The Catastrophe Scale: A Simple Tool for Matching Stress to the Size of the Problem
I’m betting you’ve done incredibly hard things that take incredible willpower, self-control,...
3 Reasons Why We Fall Prey To Faux Self-Care
Learn the 3 reasons why we often fall prey to the ineffective, performative faux self-care practices. Inspired by Dr. Pooja Lakshmin’s book Real Self-Care.
Impact-Focused Job Boards: Finding a Career that Makes a Difference
If you want to do more good with your career, bookmark these need-to-know impact-focused job boards (e.g., effective altruism jobs, non-profit, impact roles)
Toilet Breath: A Weird, Remarkably Effective Stress Management Strategy
Ready to learn a handy, 30-second stress management strategy that I learned from… my doula? Yep,...
The Catastrophe Scale for Adults: A Simple Tool for Matching Stress to the Size of the Problem
The Catastrophe Scale is a tool for emotional regulation for kids… that can be a game changer for adults too! This easy hack can help you better regulate your emotions during stressful problems at work and home.
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I’m Lydia Johnson, MS. I’m an expert in using evidence-based tools and psychological research to improve people’s lives at work.
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