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"We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end."  – Blaise Pascal Humankind has always struggled with uncertainty despite its omnipresence in our lives. Our...

“Will my offer be rescinded?” “What happens if I lose my job?” “Will this affect my ability to graduate?” “Am I able to go home?” These are just a few...

Whether they’re being accused of killing whole industries or cheered for reducing the price of wine, there are a lot of “hot takes” about millennials and how, as a generation,...

Since 1975, I have been studying and working on career questions. Now retired, I want to draw attention to some insights that arose from these 45 years. Problems in career...

Often, when we discuss the ways people narrate their lives inside their heads, we refer to their internal monologue. But is it really a monologue? Don’t we in fact "hear”...

Just as in the visual arts, counselling can capture a beautiful moment. This moment, in my definition, arises out of the encounter between the client and the counsellor – and...

Believe it or not, yes they are. Research study after research study have shown that negative career thinking affects a number of career decision-making outcomes such as career indecision, goal...

One aspect working in career development I love is the opportunity it provides to build hope. In my experience working primarily with university students, there have always been opportunities to...

If I had my life to live over I’d like to make more mistakes next time. I’d relax, I would limber up. I would be sillier than I had been...

The chair across sits vacant but your voice has not left me while I write, you visit me as I work, you read along you still speak your wisdom not...