Change Happens in our careers. To deal with change we need resilience.Resilience is a critical life skill that everyone needs to develop in order to thrive in life. Resilience describes one’s ability to recover from the challenges faced in life. Someone who is resilient does not let difficulties defeat them but rather pushes through hardships until they overcome them, no matter how hard and no matter how long. Resilience is an absolute necessity because adversity is completely unavoidable in life.

The number one reason why most people are not happy at their jobs is that they made the mistake of failing to link their life purpose to their career choice when choosing a profession. You may have taken up the job offer because you are well paid or because you wanted something to help put food on the table, pay the bills, or send the kids to school. While there is nothing wrong with being concerned about any of those things or accepting a job offer as a way of addressing such concerns, you have to consider your calling or life purpose when choosing a career, if you are to remain happy in life or if you are to live a satisfying life.

Compassion fatigue is defined as is a condition characterized by emotional and physical exhaustion leading to a diminished ability to empathize or feel compassion for others, often described as the negative cost of caring. It is common with professionals dealing with issues of trauma and stress in people’s lives. It is common with professionals in health care but also with people in the helping professionals. The constant bombardment of coping with individuals suffering in different aspects of life can take a toll on even the most resilient counselor or Social Worker. It can carry over in your own life with feelings of anger and sadness.

The number one reason why most people are not happy at their jobs is that they made the mistake of failing to link their life purpose to their career choice when choosing a profession. You may have taken up the job offer because you are well paid or because you wanted something to help put food on the table, pay the bills, or send the kids to school. While there is nothing wrong with being concerned about any of those things or accepting a job offer as a way of addressing such concerns, you have to consider your calling or life purpose when choosing a career, if you are to remain happy in life or if you are to live a satisfying life.

Purpose. It is defined as have as one's intention or objective. We all have a purpose or different purposes in life. We may be aware of this or simply not aware of it on the surface.

There are times in life when our purpose may be altered or changed. We may even need to adjust our purpose when things come up in life. There are also things that happen in life that make us blind to what our purpose is. We may be overwhelmed with things that cause stress. Or we engage in actions that take over our lives. One of these is the use of alcohol or drugs to the point of becoming addicted. It may have been a trigger or series of triggers that have caused this to happen. It may be a way to cope with something like a mental illness where this takes place. The addiction can steer us from our purpose to the point where cravings become what the individual needs. But this does not mean the individual cannot change or re-define their purpose. When in recovery or coping with addiction on daily basis a purpose in career can be defined.

From the time we are children, we are taught to play fair, divide things fairly, and treat other people with fairness. But life isn’t always fair. There are times when everyone feels that they don’t deserve what they get or that everything is going wrong. How does someone best deal with situations when life seems unfair? This episode looks at things to remember when you need to deal with life’s unfairness.

Everyone doing the nine-to five grind has to deal with similar issues at work, the office politics, the great or not so great boss, hierarchical challenges, conflicts of interests, and miscommunication.

Expectations, deadlines, achievements, and goals can all add up to a bucket full of stress, more than you’d like to be carrying.

Choosing ways to reduce the load is a great way to work smarter rather than harder.

A growth mindset is defined as the belief that one has the ability to learn and grow. Those who possess a growth mindset essentially believe that

through hard work, good strategies, and input from others, their talents can be developed. In this episode we discuss how to go about cultivating such a mindset.