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Posts by Carol McClelland Fields
By Carol McClelland Fields, PhD, BCCwww.CarolMcClellandFields.comYou are finally ready to step into a new phase of your life. Perhaps you’ve landed a new job, started a new relationship, moved to a new area, or you are coming back to life after a divorce or the death of a loved one.A part of you is filled with anticipation. This is exactly what you’ve been working toward for months, if not years. You...
5/20/2025 1:05:48 PM
Changes happen in life – for all of us. There’s no getting around that.Growing up, you may have been taught to minimize any signs that something was not working, encouraged to avoid making waves, or told to keep on keeping on. As a result, you now do your best to ignore the signs that it’s time to make a change.Unfortunately, this approach to change puts you at a disadvantage because all of these strategies...
4/8/2025 4:37:29 PM
During any life change or career transition, you may have periods when you struggle to see a way to move forward. Even though you feel inspired to step forward, you just can’t get started. When you don’t have a vision of where you are headed or you don’t feel comfortable committing to the vision you’ve been holding, you naturally feel stuck. Rather than waiting for your big vision to come into focus...
3/5/2025 6:19:15 PM
Have you ever noticed how nature changes every day? With small incremental shifts, the natural world responds to the change of seasons. Sure, there are moments of dramatic change, but for the most part one day leads to the next and before you know it, summer has turned into fall, fall into winter, winter into spring, and spring into summer.I had this realization a few months after my father died. At...
2/20/2025 6:25:32 PM
6 Ways to Honor Your Own ExperiencesWhen you are going through a transition in your personal life or professional life, it’s normal to feel a bit vulnerable. You feel uncertain about what’s going to happen next and what’s going to unfold in the future. Depending on the circumstances of what has happened, you may feel shaken, unsettled, and worried. Holding it together and keeping the rest of your life...
1/29/2025 5:00:00 AM