If you are feeling disconnected from yourself – i.e., you’re no longer sure of who you are, what you want, don’t really know what your passion is, or what your contributions to the world should be – here are the books and resources that helped me successfully chart my path forward (and that I have used with my coaching clients).
These four books are full of best exercises, tools and tips I have found in over ten years of intensive searching/researching.
1. Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self by Sarah Ban Breathnach Some of the self-exploration exercises in this book involve making collages under nine different themes; I made my collages from images cut from magazines (mostly “O Magazine”). Reflecting on and interpreting the imagery I selected to express and explore the various themes was instrumental in crafting my eventual career change from government manager to executive coach. |
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2. The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success by Nicholas LoreThis is the “encyclopedia” of finding or changing a career – everything you need to consider and know is all in one place with examples, insights, exercises, and plain how-to examples for choosing or changing a career that will be exactly right for you. And it’s beautifully and thoughtfully written, as well as practical and down-to-earth. |
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3. Take Time for Your Life: A Personal Coach’s 7-Step Program for Creating the Life You Want by Cheryl Richardson This coach is a pioneer in helping women learn to set boundaries and start to say “no” without any excuses, apologies or guilt. Her writing style is engaging and she shares stories from her own life, and the lives of her clients, to illustrate the seven steps that will lead you to getting more of what you want in your life, and less of what you don’t want. |
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4. Stand Up for Your Life: A Practical Step-by-Step Plan to Build Inner Confidence and Personal Power by Cheryl Richardson The title says it all; in this book she gives examples and stories that illustrate the steps to growing and owning your own brand of personal confidence and power. Cheryl shows how to avoid the pitfalls of “playing small” and stresses that nothing good is served from hiding your light under a bushel and pretending to be less than you are in order to make others like you or feel more comfortable. |
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