Begin Again Coaching | Advice from a MN Career & Life Coach

19 Jun

Reinvent Your Career

By Freda Marver Career, In the MediaNo Comments 0

I’m sharing an article from Monday’s Minneapolis StarTribune where I was quoted on Second Careers. The reporter captured my focus on managing the emotions and anxiety that can come with a career exploration, as well as the creativity and strategy I use to help clients figure out where they want to go and how to get there. “Most people, when coming to a career coach, don’t know what they want. They know what they DON’T want . .

11 Aug

Time mgmt tip: 15 min or over an hour?

By Freda Marver Coaching TipsNo Comments 0

“I love deadlines; I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” ~Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Time management tip. Though not specifically about career coaching, I found this tip so helpful I wanted to share (from the book Switchers by Dawn Graham.) 15 minutes or over an hour? Graham says: Most of the items on our to-do lists either take under 15 minutes or over an hour

17 Jun

Daily Quotes Ending – What’s Next?!

By Freda Marver Career, Covid-19No Comments 0

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” ~ Seneca the Younger. When I began sending these daily wellbeing messages over a year ago, the world was in a scary, precarious place. We knew a terrible storm was coming, but had no idea how bad it would be or how to protect ourselves and our loved ones. My goal was to find a way to connect and support each other as we were plunged into

11 Jun

B is for Backwards.

By Freda Marver CareerNo Comments 0

“By far the biggest mistake people make when trying to change careers is to delay taking the first step until they have settled on a destination.” ~ Herminia Ibarra in Working Identity. True story of my friend’s brother: he decided at a young age he wanted to be a doctor. He went to college, took all the right classes, went to med school, started doing his residency, and realized: Ugh! I don’t want to do

11 May

A is for Anxiety.

By Freda Marver Career, Coaching TipsNo Comments 0

“It’s like I’m waiting in line for like a roller coaster and that stupid like butterflies-in-your-stomach feeling you get. I get that all the time. And then I never get the feeling after you ride the roller coaster.” ~ Kayla, a teen describing her anxiety in Bo Burnham’s feature film, Eighth Grade. Over half of my clients report that they experience anxiety, and many have worked with a therapist to help manage it. When clients

07 Apr

Today Marks One Year …

By Freda Marver Career, Covid-19No Comments 0

On the other side of a storm is the strength that comes from having navigated through it. ~ Gregory S. Williams Today marks one year of my sending out daily quotes and mini-tips. On April 7 last year, New York’s death toll was staggering, Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care, and we still couldn’t find toilet paper. George Floyd was unknown but alive. Sending out quotes was my way of trying to make a

18 Nov

Feeling sloggish?

By Freda Marver Career, Covid-19, Life ChangeNo Comments 0

Are you feeling like things are more of a slog these days? Even more than they were a week or two ago? If so, you’re not alone. Many of my clients and colleagues feel it’s taking longer to make decisions, longer for tasks to get done, and projects are moving slowly, if at all. They find this happening in both their personal and professional lives. Between COVID cases skyrocketing and the continuing uncertainty following the

10 Oct

Holding on, letting go …

By Freda Marver Covid-19, Life ChangeNo Comments 0

“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”

~Havelock Ellis

30 Jul

Decision fatigue

By Freda Marver Covid-19No Comments 0

Since the structure of our days has changed so dramatically over the past few months, many (myself included!) are overwhelmed by the number of decisions we face. Whether it’s how to structure working from home, exploring how to pursue causes that matter to us, or weighing options for staying at home with re-emerging outward again, we are flooded with choices to make, and can have trouble distinguishing between what’s an important decision and what really

21 May

Quick Check: What’s changed for you?

By Freda Marver Career, Coaching Tips, Covid-19No Comments 0

Here are 10 questions to answer, yes or no. What’s changed for you – professionally and personally – as a result of the pandemic? I feel the work I do (or did) has little impact and would like to feel that my work makes more of a difference. I have a very clear idea of a new project / venture / change in my routine where I would like to focus my energy, but I struggle