coaching for clarity and courage
I am currently involved with a project on refugee access to quality education. It’s a good project, and I am glad to be part of it. That doesn’t make it easy, though. I was researching minimum education standards for children […]
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1 – Don’t sign a lease if you don’t have a job. Also don’t take out a car loan or run up your credit cards. You’re going to be living on savings and broke until you have a paycheck coming in. […]
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You can’t fight every fight. That is not how fighting works. Not even if you actually are right, every time. (Spoiler: you’re not. You are human and humans make mistakes. I myself once thought the hippo roller was a useful […]
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The excellent GHD Online community has just published a nice summary page of advice and approached for finding a global health job. I’d also suggest subscribing to at least one of their communities if you are interested in global health.
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I have worked for three years in women’s rights advocacy, and I’ve always wanted to do aid work. Of particular interest to me is disaster relief – refugee situations, climate disaster. Women tend to be the most affected in these […]
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You can look at this post as an extended metaphor for changes in your own life if you want to see it a a coaching post. It’s really just a rant about disaster relief, though, no hidden meaning needed. Let’s […]
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Lifehacker suggests asking for a reference letter when you leave a job. Because they think it’s 1973? No one uses reference letters anyone more. Having them won’t get you a job; it will make you look ridiculous. Career advice that […]
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If you’re like most of the people I know, you’re desperately worried and afraid. And you feel helpless. What the hell does any individual person do about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? I’ll start with what not to do. Stay off […]
I refuse to live in fear forever is the kind of thing you say when your life has been so comfortable you’ve never had to look at the world straight on In my own community I keep hearing people say, […]
A lot of American systems were one big shock away from disaster and this is that disaster 1. A lot of American systems were one big shock away from disaster and this is that disaster. Healthcare, but also public education, […]