Transferable skills are the key to your next career transition
When you are trying to name your skill sets, it can be difficult. It makes it harder to find the right job. Without this clarity, you may find yourself in a mismatched role. Identifying your favorite skills is one of the best ways to make a successful career transition and ensure role alignment. When you know your skillset, you are ...
More travels along the Southeast Coast in NC, SC, and GA
After starting 2023 with travels in FL & GA, we went back to Marietta for a short stay and then set back out on travels along the Southeast coast from Wilmington, NC, to Brunswick, GA. At the start of this stretch, the weather was still a little cold and wet, but as we drove along the coast, it warmed up, ...
Why women struggle with naming their superpowers and how to move past this
We’ve all struggled with naming our best talents. Superpowers can be elusive for many reasons. Yet, if we can’t express our strengths to others, how will they understand where we excel? And if they don’t know what we do well, why would they hire us or send appropriate opportunities our way? As we continue this blog series (this link will ...
What’s your Natural Disposition and how does it affect your career?
This is the fifth blog in a series related to my publication, The Purple Parachute: A Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Winds of Career Change. If you’ve been following this series, skip the next paragraph. If you’re new to this series, here’s a quick recap. I am sharing information from the book chapter by chapter. Early in the book, I ...
Starting off 2023 along the Gulf Coast and touring through Florida
After having a great family Christmas holiday in Marietta, GA, the beginning of 2023 brought us time with family, friends, colleagues, and clients, along with more traveling. Shortly after the new year, we headed south to the Gulf Coast. After one night in Montgomery, we arrived at our destination of, Gulf State Park in Alabama (AL). This waterfront park offers ...
What’s the connection between your interests and your career?
Hello everyone, This is the fourth blog in a series related to my new publication, The Purple Parachute: A Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Winds of Career Change. If you’ve been following this series, skip the next paragraph. If you’re new to this series, here’s a quick recap. I am sharing information from the book chapter by chapter. Early in ...
Returning to my hometown for the book launch & other moments of joy and sorrow during the fall season
In late fall, we ventured north again from our Georgia home base. For the first time in our motorhome travels, we went as far north as lower New York (NY). These months were filled with beautiful scenery as we rode the wave of fall from south to north and south again between late September and early December. Besides the splendor ...
Know your values: The first step to an aligned career path!
Hello everyone, This is the third blog in a series related to the content of my new book, The Purple Parachute: A Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Winds of Career Change. Last time we covered the introduction of the book, including the A.S.T.E.R. Career Model and discovering your V.I.N.E.S along with the importance of assessment (Chapter One). Now we will ...
Exploring Tennessee before returning to Georgia
We left off the last travel blog as we were heading south after enjoying the WV/VA area. We made haste and stayed one night at Stony Fork campground in VA (again) as we made our way to Tennessee (TN). Our first stop in TN was Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Instituted in 1934, it’s the most ...
The importance of career assessments from Paula and the Purple Parachute
Hello everyone, Welcome to 2023! This blog will be the first in a long-term series related to the content of my new book, The Purple Parachute: A Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Winds of Career Change. My book is designed to take the mystery out of career transition and help midlife women make informed decisions. I wrote this book with ...
