Work friendships are good for your mental health. Work environments that support positive relationships among employees tend to be fun places to work, with laughter, inside jokes, and shared purpose and goals. There is power in feeing like you belong and in knowing that people care about you – and you care about them.

How exactly do we pull the trigger on major decisions such as what school to attend, what to study, what job to take, when to take a new role, switch careers, or move away from the paid workforce?

When your work life is no longer fulfilling and you’ve lost that sense of purpose, it takes tons of energy just to do your job every day. You wake up with a pit in your stomach, dreading the day of work ahead of you. If you are one of the many people out there whose work no longer feel purposeful (or maybe it never did), do not despair. The answer may not always be to follow your passion and make a major job or career change.

Losing your job just sucks. Even if you know it’s coming. Even if you hated the job. Even if your whole team was downsized. Even if you took early retirement or the voluntary leave package. Whether it gets called a reorganization, restructure, downsize, redundancy, reduction in force, layoff, transition, or some other euphemism, it is still difficult. Job loss tops those lists of most stressful life experiences, right after losing someone you love.

Wonderful coworkers make your job easier – maybe even make work fun. But those difficult colleagues can make meetings tense, team projects a nightmare, and increase your stress so much you consider leaving your job. So what do you do when you have to work with difficult colleagues?

Make 2025 the year to improve your relationship with your work life. The beginning of a new year is a great time to reflect on how your relationship with your work is going. It may feel strange to think about having “a relationship” with your job. But just like any relationship, your relationship with work can go through periods of ups and downs, and get a little stale if not given attention.   

Here’s a quick (and unscientific) test to see if you are burned out on your job - and if so, what to do about it.

There are many different ways that work can knock people down. I work with many people who have been knocked down by bad experiences in their jobs and I help them recover and move forward in their lives.

In order to make an informed decision about they might want to do after high school, your teenager first has to explore their interests and possible career paths. I’m sharing my best tips for helping teenagers make career plans.

How to use your strengths as an introvert and take control of your job search.