Seven years ago, I made the leap from traditional employment to running my own business. From the outside, you might be tempted to make up a story about how brave and confident I was to make this leap. But it definitely didn't feel that way at the time.

One of my clients anonymously shares her quitting journey, including five key takeaways that can guide your next job transition…

Often, when we quit a job or have a big change in our lives, we are told to “take good care of ourselves.” But what does that look like? I reached out to my friend, Shannon of Harmony on Hope Massage, and resident self-care expert, her thoughts. What I received completely changed the way I think about self-care.

Exiting a job gracefully can be one of the hardest parts of any job transition. Here, Serena Manna dives into how she handled the guilt associated with leaving, strengthened the connections she was worried about losing, and actually improved her sense of self in the process.

In this edition of #CareerDiaries, we'll hear from a 30 year-old nonprofit professional who, after seven years with her organization, is talking herself through the roller-coaster of putting in her notice and launching her own business.

Wondering how to know if it’s time to move on from your current position?

Here’s a guide to deciphering that feeling in your gut: The Scale of Loathing from Pamela Slim…

The Great Resignation: that's what they're calling this time, when 30-40% of the workforce is expected to leave their current positions.

I’ve heard from so many of you who are asking yourselves: Should I stay or should I go? (And if I do go, how do I face those unknowns?)

To help you navigate these career moves, I'm planning a full week of tips, resources, and tools for making a job transition—it’s called Quit Week. (In my head, it has all the hype of Shark Week plus the practicality of a how-to handbook.)

One thing that all of my career coaching clients have in common: Whirlwind minds.

Everyday, they're playing a game of mental ping-pong, trying to figure out what the heck they want, how or if they can make it happen, and whether they deserve it.

One day, a possibility sounds promising. The next, they're...not so sure.

Navigating career questions is confusing and lonely. You can't be open with everyone around you about your dreams, doubts, and desires.

When you do share your dreams with others, you get advice and guidance that is often well-meaning but misguided.

Even within your own mind, it's a constant dialogue of tamping down the self-doubt.

It can make you feel like you're out of your mind…

this time, when 30-40% of the workforce is expected to leave their current positions.

After my last essay about burning out from my nonprofit position, I heard from so many of you that the story resonated.

And right now, so many of my clients are asking themselves: Should I stay or should I go? (And if I do go, how do I face those unknowns?)

These conversations are bringing me back to a book that I read around the time I was thinking of leaving—David Whyte's Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity.

There was this one idea from one chapter that felt like it was written just for me.

I felt called out and called forward at the same time.

I think that it might do the same for you:

Four years ago, I quit my job as the associate director of a statewide nonprofit to work at the front desk of a massage therapy studio. It made no sense. You won't see it on my resume. But it's the most meaningful career move I've made. Here’s why.

I've seen so many mission-driven leaders dive headfirst into new jobs in a hurry. If their last day at one organization is on a Friday, they'll start the new job on Monday. And why not? They're excited to step into new challenges and the organization needed them there yesterday.

But something I've noticed during is that these rapid transitions don't give us what we truly need. Here’s why it’s essential to take time off between jobs.