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What You Believe About Yourself Influences Your Career

What You Believe About Yourself Influences Your Career

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." -Carl Jung When I was 10 years old, I entered a split Grade 5/6 class. I remember the homework being challenging. I also remember crying a...

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A New Way to Look at Career Planning

A New Way to Look at Career Planning

"Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it." - Katherine Whitehorn     A few weeks ago, I listed several theories or approaches when searching for a job or career.   Well, while my family and I were out on our annual...

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Why You Need to Choose a Career that Suits Your Personality

Why You Need to Choose a Career that Suits Your Personality

“Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.” – Johnny Carson...

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Why Work and Career are Important for Mental Health

Why Work and Career are Important for Mental Health

“Work to become, not to acquire.” – Elbert Hubbard   In my first year of graduate school, one of the mandatory courses in the counselling psychology program was career counselling. I remember rolling my eyes when I first heard it was a required course. The reason...

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What I Learn From Taking a Day Off

What I Learn From Taking a Day Off

“A vacation helps to relieve stress and boredom, gives us a change of scenery, provides us with adventure, and helps to bring us closer to the people in our lives.” E. S. Woods   July 1st is a long weekend here in Canada (Happy Canada Day!). It's also a long...

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How Work can Build or Break a Balanced Life

How Work can Build or Break a Balanced Life

“The wise rest at least as hard as they work.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana   The central premise of my book on balanced living is about balancing the different areas of your life to experience more positive emotions and improved emotional health.     Spending...

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Why Forgiveness and Tolerance are Important in Relationships

Why Forgiveness and Tolerance are Important in Relationships

"Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon." Nelson Mandela     A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on the five qualities that are typically found in healthy, long-lasting relationships, whether these relationships...

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Why Work and Love Represents Psychological Health

Why Work and Love Represents Psychological Health

Here is one way to tell if you’re psychologically healthy. It has to do with whether or not you are able to hold a job – to be reliable, trustworthy, focused – and whether you’re able to have healthy relationships.

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