Coming from a background in psychology, counselling and career development Fanie Zis is a Professional Certified Coach with the ICF and a Certified Career Development Practitioner with the BC Career Development Association. She is a Certified Grief Educator (from David Kessler's Grief Educator Certification program) and a volunteer with the Vancouver Hospice Society Bereavement and Hospice Home services. As a LifeSmart Coach for Homewood Health’s EFAP program, she specializes in career coaching, career counselling, relationship coaching, family support, parenting, grief and loss, stress and burnout management, and pre-retirement planning. Fanie also works as a freelance Life, Grief and Career Coach. Fanie recently completed her certification in the EQ i-2.0 and EQ 360 and looks forward to incorporating this into her coaching.
Divorce. Death of a spouse. Death of a pet. A health diagnosis. Losing one’s home in a natural disaster. Job loss. These are often called “primary losses” – often the...
In Part 1 of this two-part series, I explored six common interferences that can potentially get in the way of a client having a successful stress leave. Identifying problems is...
A stress leave from work is a huge transition and can be a stressful, scary and uncomfortable experience. But it doesn’t have to be this way. As a career development...
“I’ve put 10 hard years of work into that company, I can’t just go work somewhere else.” “I studied management for two years to get to this position. What was...
At first, work from home (WFH) functioned well for many. For some, it meant staying in their pyjamas all day, being in the comfort of one’s home, saving on gas...
In Part 1, I explored seven common myths with the intent of bringing awareness to the importance and function of strong emotions in career coaching. Acknowledging that strong emotions come...
As an Employee & Family Assistance Program Life Coach and Career Counsellor, I have noticed the following assumptions about career coaching and career counselling. Since the area of support is...
The Great Resignation. Epiphany-quitting. The Big Quit. We’ve all seen these phrases pop up in recent headlines. As a career development professional, you may be hearing about them in your...
No, Sunday Scaries is not the name of a horror movie – although for some, it may feel this way. This term refers to: “Anxieties one experiences on Sunday when...
We are in a constant state of career development. Sometimes this is at a subconscious level – i.e. not knowing that our action or inaction is affecting our career; other...