by Laurie Swanson | Nov 16, 2020 | Career Blog
Last night I woke up at 3:30 am. That happens. Sometimes I go right back to sleep. Sometimes I go to the bathroom and then go right back to sleep. Sometimes I read for 20 minutes then fall back to sleep. And sometimes, this time, my mind is racing. Sleep is not in...
by Laurie Swanson | Nov 9, 2020 | Career Blog
I am not even finished with the book Burnout: The Secret of Solving the Stress Cycle and I’m already planning it as a topic in the Unstoppable Series for the “IT” Community (What? You haven’t joined yet? Sign up now. It’s free ya’ll). The book’s subtitle: The Secret...
by Laurie Swanson | Nov 2, 2020 | Career Blog
Every year for over 20 years a small group of friends and I have been getting together around the Christmas Holiday. I started the tradition after the birth of my first child. I wanted to make sure that, even though the cadence of our lives was changing, we would...
by Laurie Swanson | Oct 26, 2020 | Career Blog
I have 3 vision boards. I write my career goals every January and post them on my bulletin board at work. I am a Passion Test Facilitator who works with people on aligning their passions with the work they are meant to do in the world. And I give myself the Passion...
by Laurie Swanson | Oct 20, 2020 | Career Blog
I am currently working with a high-level software engineer in Silicon Valley who has had enough! She has been with her current employer for 3 years and consulted with them for almost 2 years before that. She thrives when solving the hard technical problems. She is...
by Laurie Swanson | Oct 12, 2020 | Career Blog
I have been struggling these past few weeks. I wake up many mornings with this low-level sadness and anxiousness that requires me to use every tactic I have to get level: Prayer, journaling, walking, doing something productive, talking with my husband, listening to...
