Where are you right now?
As a coach, I talk a lot about thinking about where you want to be in the future work-wise. But just as important is taking the time to...
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victorialouisekirk
- May 7, 2021
- 3 min
What's important to you at work?
Values. The thing that coaches, especially career / work coaches talk about more than any other thing. But I promise you there is a good...
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victorialouisekirk
- May 5, 2021
- 2 min
What to do when you're feeling stuck in your career
We've all been there - its 3am and your brain's in overdrive.... It can't be work again tomorrow....why am I not asleep? How am I going...
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victorialouisekirk
- Mar 16, 2021
- 3 min
Head full of ideas? Here's how to create the headspace to start taking action
I'm a logical person - a science background, followed by being an accountant for 10+ years means there's no escaping that facts and data...
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victorialouisekirk
- Jan 29, 2021
- 4 min
No time to think about your career...?
Right now, with everything going on, it’s understandable if thoughts about your career have slipped down the priority list a bit. After...
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victorialouisekirk
- Dec 2, 2020
- 3 min
Looking back to look forward – using career reflection to build the work life you want
So how are you feeling right now about the prospect of heading back to work in January? Are you still hoping that somehow the Christmas...
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victorialouisekirk
- Dec 2, 2020
- 3 min
My top 5 books this year
As many of you will know, I am a bit of a self-development geek, and I’m at my happiest when cosy-ed up with a book and something good to...
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victorialouisekirk
- Nov 16, 2020
- 6 min
5 tips for changing career in a pandemic
It goes without saying that this year has been a nightmare in so many ways, and for so many people. But if we can take one positive away...
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victorialouisekirk
- Oct 30, 2020
- 6 min
10 things I wish I'd known when changing career
I knew work wasn’t supposed to feel like this – living for the weekend, only to spend it dreading Monday morning - I enjoyed what I did...
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victorialouisekirk
- Oct 20, 2020
- 5 min
Why you should be making time for career conversations (and how to have good ones)
Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash How many times have you spoken to your manager about your career in the last year?...
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victorialouisekirk
- Oct 14, 2020
- 4 min
Just another bad day? How to work out if it’s time to do something else.
It can be hard to work out when it’s time to try something new, but when the bad days are starting to outnumber the good (or even ok)...
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victorialouisekirk
- Jul 24, 2020
- 3 min
Making the switch from work-life to home-life: why a shut down ritual is key when working from home
As much as I didn't enjoy my hour plus commute home from the office everyday, it did give me something that I'm now missing in my working...
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victorialouisekirk
- Jul 14, 2020
- 6 min
How to set goals so that you’ll actually achieve them.
I was talking a friend recently about what I hoped to do over the next 3 months – both work wise and some personal goals as well. His...
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victorialouisekirk
- Jul 6, 2020
- 4 min
From Surviving to Thriving in the new work 'normal'
How are you doing? Like, really? How are you doing? These last few months have pushed us all into roles and situations that we couldn’t...
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victorialouisekirk
- May 12, 2020
- 2 min
The Kingston Work Life Festival
You know how people say they have their best ideas in the shower? Well, I generally have mine while out running. A week or so ago, I was...
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victorialouisekirk
- May 6, 2020
- 8 min
5 Reasons You Should Hire A Career Coach Today (And How To Find a Good One)
So you are still plugging away in a job that you hate, that’s just not right, or even just a bit ‘meh’. But the idea of asking for help...
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victorialouisekirk
- Apr 21, 2020
- 4 min
Rev up your resilience
Resilience has become something of a buzzword recently – but given all that is going on right now, I thought it would be useful to...
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victorialouisekirk
- Apr 1, 2020
- 3 min
Are your basic needs being met?
We are finding ourselves in a massive period of uncertainty right now, with many of the things we took for granted, freedom of movement,...
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victorialouisekirk
- Mar 23, 2020
- 5 min
10 ways to look after yourself right now
2020 eh? Shaping up to be a bit of a tricky one, isn't it? First Brexit, now Covid-19. Life as we no it, the ordinary daily grind that we...
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victorialouisekirk
- Feb 19, 2020
- 3 min
Be more you at work
“It’s like there’s 2 of me – ‘home’ me and ‘work’ me. And I’m not sure the 2 of them really get along….” Maybe you don’t really feel like...
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