by Meredith Walters | Jul 12, 2016 | Blog, Career Change, Common Challenges, Fear
I’m anxious. Most of my clients are anxious. Some of the most intelligent, loving, and talented people I know are anxious. As if our natural inclinations weren’t enough, career change is basically a breeding ground for anxiety. Change is by definition new and...
by Meredith Walters | May 24, 2016 | Blog, Career Change, Common Challenges
“After observing O Sensei, the founder of Aikido, sparring with an accomplished fighter, a young student said to the master, ‘You never lose your balance. What is your secret?’ ‘You are wrong,’ O Sensei replied. ‘I am constantly losing my balance. My skill lies in my...
by Meredith Walters | Apr 26, 2016 | Blog, Common Challenges, Fear, How to Make Decisions
“My mind is a bad neighborhood that I try not to go into alone. –Anne Lamott I know how easy it is to get stuck in your head. When my brain isn’t churning with thoughts, memories, worries, plans, analyses, or trying to figure something out, it’s attempting to...
by Meredith Walters | Mar 29, 2016 | Blog, Common Challenges, Uncategorized
I recently realized that I’ve been missing something my entire life. It’s stopped me from doing the things I dreamed of. It’s made me feel a lot less capable than I really am. And I see now how it’s gotten in the way of achieving the things I most wanted for my entire...
by Meredith Walters | Feb 2, 2016 | Career Change, Common Challenges, Fear
I realized yesterday that I’m terrified. Rattled. Completely unnerved. Though it’s not something I’m thrilled to admit so publicly, I wanted to share because it’s helped me realize something important. It started when I woke up yesterday morning from an uneasy sleep...
by Meredith Walters | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog, Common Challenges, Fear
“Anxiety, heartbreak, and tenderness mark the in-between state. It’s the kind of place we usually want to avoid… Becoming intimate with the queasy feeling of being in the middle of nowhere only makes our hearts more tender…By not knowing, not only hoping to know, and...
