Step 2 Career Reinvention: Be Honest with Emotions

Step 2 Career Reinvention: Be Honest with Emotions

For the past three weeks, I have been riding one crazy emotional roller coaster.  A friend helped me to understand that I am actually experiencing grief.  It was sad to leave the department we built…my students…and my friends.  Some of the friends I work with were also families we raised our children together.  One day…

Step 1 Career Reinvention:  Appreciate the Past

Step 1 Career Reinvention: Appreciate the Past

As I go forward with a major part of my reinvention and seek a new career at 61, I believe it is important you understand all sides of this journey.  So we begin with what I leave behind…. Teaching was never part of the plan.  In fact, the original plan was to take Barbara Walter’s…