Your Next Clear Move

As a busy professional with both personal and professional commitments, fitting in professional development can be problematic, if not non-existent. With so much that you juggle every day, how can you possibly carve out time to learn and grow in your career?How can you not, is my reply. So here are five tips to help you do just that!

I wish that it was as effortless as, "Here are the 5 steps you need to take to find the right career choice for you." It isn't. It will require effort from you, but it is entirely achievable and well worth it when you are willing to explore your next steps, next level, or next chapter.But it is easy, so to speak, because the answer to this question already resides within you. You have far more power and influence over making the right career choice than you think you do; you have to be willing to explore. If there is one thing that you need to do to make the right career choice for you, it's to find Clarity. Your kind of Clarity. Tune in here to find out how.

Who you are as a person affects every area of your life, especially the impact you can make in your career, business, or leadership journey. Why? Because it's the foundation of who you are and what makes you uniquely you.Think about it, who you are, and bringing that authentic self forward into your work determines the gifts you share and cultivate, how you show up in your organization, what you ask for, how you create and enforce your standards - all of it!How can you possibly expect to contribute and serve others in your organization, from either a leadership perspective or as a high-potential employee, if you don't know who it is "walking in the door"? Tune in here and find out what to do about it!

I used to think being an interior designer was the best thing in life—then I got married, started ERREZ Design Studio with my husband, had my son, James, and became a part-time professor for Florida International University. Now, as an interior designer, mommy, wife, professor and entrepreneur, I know for certain the best thing in life is my ability to wear multiple hats so naturally, and I love every part of it!

Throughout our lives, there will be times when we don't have enough.We want a new car but likely don't have the funds to purchase it outright, so we take out a loan. It could be that we are buying a new house and have enough money for the downpayment, but not the whole purchase amount, so we take out a mortgage. As a matter of fact, most of us usually expect to borrow when making large purchases. These are socially acceptable practices because we see the need or the vision for what we are investing in. But what about for ourselves - to move forward? To play bigger? To stop hiding? Sometimes, that's exactly when we need to borrow belief from others until we find it in ourselves. Tune into this episode to discover the strategies to help you do just this!

Many of us view self-care as time that would be better spent on getting things done. But self-care is actually key to professional and personal success. Katie McDonald learned the hard way. The process of mastering a high-intensity career came at a huge cost, followed by the responsibilities of motherhood after leaving corporate life. Katie’s chronic self-neglect led her to the depths of overwhelm, depression and illness. By creating the b.nourished program, Katie has curated proven practices from her personal recovery and decades of study into an executive wellness program that fosters mindfulness, peace-of-mind and productivity. A dynamic self-care strategist with clients across the nation and abroad, Katie McDonald helps executives and entrepreneurs to get things done — without coming undone— while envisioning and achieving the best versions of themselves.

How would you like an easier way to your next steps, next level, or next chapter in your professional (and personal) life? Maybe find a shortcut to having fulfilling and rewarding experiences, not defined by anyone else, but defined by you? Work that is meaningful, where you feel valued, and can make an impact.A focus on taking care of yourself, so you have energy and feel great! When you are showing up as your best and highest self!Relationships that are in sync with each other and not operating from whatever spare time you have leftover from work.If you're all in on this, then get curious because I will tap into a shortcut here.

Christin Collins is a magnetic, thought- provoking influencer inspiring thousandsto connect with their purpose, ultimate joy and love.As a former health care executive, she thought that she was doing everythingshe could to live a vibrant and healthy life; still her health struggled.Her relentless pursuit to improve herself has led her to open her heart to the worldand share the lessons she has learned along the way - from better health andhealing, to connecting people through her creative charity and communityinvolvement.In her new book, Christin takes us on her non-traditional journey to uncover theroot cause of her ailments. Along the way, she discovers that knowing and lovingherself is essential to good health; and the foundation for optimal well-being.

It is one thing to be in the feeling of overwhelm, and it's another to recognize that is where you are and not know what to do about it. As busy, accomplished professionals, we certainly have a lot going on at home and at work, not to mention a global pandemic that just hasn't gotten the message that it's time to go!We have been shoring ourselves up with the message that "I can handle this," "I'm a strong woman, and I've been through worse," or telling ourselves that "It will pass." And it will pass, but that doesn't mean that there aren't some adjustments that can be made in the meantime to help you out. If you are to the point that you know you are overwhelmed and don't have the bandwidth to keep up the pace, then what can you do?Glad you asked! Tune in and discover what you can do for yourself.

Gail Lowney Alofsin is a national keynote speaker, workshop leader, author, adjunct professor, career coach, radio show host and business development executive.Gail serves on several nonprofit boards focused on education, hunger, health, and business. Additionally, she has been hands-on volunteering in Haiti for the Haitian Health Foundation since she was 19 years old.She lives in Newport, Rhode Island with her husband and son.