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What To Do When You’re Laid Off: Tips For Generation X, Millennials, and Gen Z

February 1, 2023 / By Allison Task

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Job loss is no easy thing, especially when a person has been laid off by an employer. This type of job loss is almost always unexpected, leaving newly let-go employees reeling. If you’ve been laid off recently, you’re not alone. Mass layoff situations have been sweeping the United States in different industries, pushing thousands of …

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Find a Job You Love; Co-Create The Job You Want

April 15, 2021 / By Allison Task

Would you like to find a job you love? Too many of my clients quote their parents with the familiar, “If you loved it, they wouldn’t pay you to do it.” Or, “Nobody likes their job. What makes you think you can?” Oy! This conventional wisdom also suggests that we make ourselves into what the …

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It’s Time To Grieve: A Review of the Five Stages

April 14, 2020 / By Allison Task

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We are ankle deep in the global pandemic. It is the second week of April. There are over two million people now tested to have COVID-19. Over one hundred thousand people have died. It’s time to grieve. So let’s talk about grief. Lately, when I go for a walk people and see other people, they’ll …

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What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger: Resilience Roundup

November 13, 2019 / By Allison Task

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I remember sitting with my stepdaughter over breakfast when she was about 8. She told me that she was frustrated about her parent’s divorce, that she was now different from her friends and had to schlep her stuff back and forth between two residences. I am sure that she was frustrated about a lot more …

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When Is It Too Late To Change Your Life?

October 16, 2019 / By Allison Task

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This question is asked in 80% of my coaching engagements. The client might be in their 20s, 30s, 40s, or 50s. And they can be questioning a relationship, a career choice, parenting, or returning to school. Does this apply to you? Is there an area of your life where you wondering if it’s too late, if you’re …

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How To Change The Story You Tell Yourself

August 21, 2019 / By Allison Task

Storytelling is an ancient art and a hot new thing. It was the talk of Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (theme: Re-imagining storytelling), is all the rage with SEO optimization, and your Ted Talk to-be; it’s in the air. I frequently discuss storytelling with clients; our brains like a complete story. That’s part of why it’s hard to make …

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How to Help Your Spouse Find A Better Job

July 12, 2017 / By Allison Task

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If your spouse is looking for a change, follow these 4 steps to recalibrate their career trajectory. There are few things more heartbreaking than someone hating their job. Work is where most people spend the majority of their waking hours. And if your spouse is the breadwinner, they feel this responsibility—they have to work, they have to make money, …

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“I’m a Single Mother by Choice—and I Love It”

June 28, 2017 / By Allison Task

a woman holding a little girl in her arms.

Are you considering becoming a single parent by choice? Here’s how one single mom did it all on her own—from selecting sperm to becoming pregnant to having two children—and she’s sharing all her top secrets on how you, too, can become a parent. Have you always wanted to be a mom? Kate McNeil did. She …

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8 Secrets No One Tells You About Returning to Work After Maternity Leave

June 14, 2017 / By Allison Task

two women sitting in chairs talking to each other.

These are the little things that every new mom realizes eventually, but no one really talks about. 1. You may pump in some crazy places. While it’s wonderful that companies are now required by law to provide lactation rooms and breaks to nursing moms, you may not be pumping there all the time. Have you ever …

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