Free Career Advice
Discover free career advice and strategies from Barb Garrison with Internal Groove.
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Make a Career Transition Without Neglecting Your Basic Needs
Are you ready for a career transition? If the answer is yes, then a big part of your strategic career planning will have to include how you are going to meet your basic needs through the transition process. I hope you will find the information in this audio clip encouraging and helpful for executing your success plan.
Career Strategy is Always Important
Is there ever a time in your career when career strategy is no longer a concern? In this clip, I’ll explain why career strategy should always be a consideration.
What is the Best Job For Me?
What is the best job for me? It’s a question that brings many clients to me. Could it be that the answer is right under your nose?
An Example of the Non Violent Communication Process
If you’ve never heard of the non violent communication process, coined by psychologist, Marshall Rosenberg, and you’ve experienced communication breakdown (who hasn’t?), you’ll want to listen in on this wise protocol for how to communicate effectively.
Are You A Career Wise Entrepreneur?
Are you a secret entrepreneur? If so, you may not even be admitting it to yourself, but somewhere deep inside you are wondering… This audio clip will help you work through one of the most common questions many aspiring entrepreneurs have, so you can be career wise from the beginning.
Mapping Your Career Trajectory
Best career options, career alignment, career strategy, career trajectory…. Are these topics that occupy a big portion of your thoughts? If so, you’ll love this strategy for getting your career trajectory aligned with your life fulfillment.
Building Your Self Confidence with the Observer Self
Are you interested in building your self confidence? If so, it’s important to have as many tools as possible to facilitate the process. In this video clip, I’ll introduce one of the most versatile and effective tools for self-empowerment.
Prioritizing Your Personal Values
Do you struggle with prioritizing your personal values in the midst of a to-do list that never seems to end? Here, I’ll share a simple methodology for making your personal values an integral part of your routine.
You Can Be True to Yourself and Still Make Money
Do you have a dream job? Are you able to be true to yourself and still bring home a paycheck? If your answer to these questions is no, I would like you to know it is possible to do both.
Questions to Ask Yourself to Start Living In Your Purpose
What’s your life purpose? If you want to start living in your purpose, there are some key questions to ask yourself. In this audio clip, I’ll demystify the process of discovering your life purpose.
Career Pathways and Habitual Patterns
Career pathways are created (to a large degree) through habitual patterns. Learn how I help clients identify and transform habitual patterns they didn’t even know they had in this audio nugget.
Cultivating Balanced Energy for Your Job Search
Losing a job unexpectedly can leave you with a pile of negative emotions. Here, I will share an effective strategy for cultivating balanced energy before starting a new job search. (Of course, it’s a strategy that can be used anytime you’re feeling overwhelmed with negative emotions).
Is Celebration One of Your Coping Skills?
How do your coping skills measure up when you’re feeling stressed out, overwhelmed, frustrated, or otherwise compromised? In this audio clip, I’ll give you a simple and fun formula for upleveling your coping skills.
Self-Management Skills for Making Work Fun
How are your self management skills? If you are an entrepreneur, then you know how important it is to have good ones. In this audio clip, I’ll clue you in on two of my best strategies for cultivating the entrepreneurial mindset and making work fun.
Creative Solutions, Personal Strengths and Natural Gifts
Creative solutions abound when you use your personal strengths and natural gifts. In this audio clip, I’ll give you some great questions to ask yourself to discover your innate gifts and get on the path to career satisfaction.
How to Trust the Process When Bad Things Happen
Knowing how to trust the process when life throws you a curveball is an indispensable life skill. Take a listen here and get a wonderful nugget of insight into how you can see the bright side of any situation.
One Step At A Time
Doing new things can bring up fear and excitement. Test this effective perspective for understanding these emotions, and learn to use them as fuel to propel you toward your goals.
Optimizing Your Strengths and Talents
Are you optimizing your strengths and talents? Chances are, you have overlooked these two simple ways to increase your productivity and your life satisfaction.