Dr. Victoria spoke with Debra Cooper about the importance of nurturing children to be who they are and guiding them on a path to discovering their joy and living it through meaningful work they choose. Debra powerfully shares about her parenthood experience and pivoting from paving the path for her child to learning her child's interests and guiding her towards it. She shares about her journey of self discovery and inside-out transformation that led to a breakthrough in her relationships as well as a career that helps many. Debra can be reached at www.yourcareerdesignlab.com.  

Debra Olshan Cooper founded Your Career Design Lab to help be a GPS for college students as they go on their journey of self discocvery to find, craft and sell their story and tell it with confidence and conviction to potential employers. Our mission is to curate each of our clients passions and turn it into a paycheck. Debra has experience in helping each client craft their perfect pitch. In addition, to crafting, telling and selling a client's story she is instrumental in guiding the client through role-playing, branding a resume, crafting a killer cover letter and networking. Once the client is ready for their close up, we open doors to hundreds of businesses that we work with. We guide the client step by step through the career land mines and into their perfect career. We give parents a break on asking the questions,"Did you send out your resume?" "Did you follow up with...? We let parents be the support and we take on the work. It's a win-win for parent and young adult ready to take ownership of their journey, but do it smarter not harder.