Dr. Barb offers

advice about career planning that begins with the end in view–retirement–and includes all work stages including the first job.

Planning begins with naming:

0 the problem, what is to be changed

0 what is wanted instead of the problem

0 how life will be when what is wanted exists

0 what others will notice when the desired life is lived

The most important thing about planning is the clarity and security it brings.

Why talk with Dr. Barb

For many years Dr. Barb has had online conversations with people living in many parts of the world. The people select the focus of the conversation. Almost always, the chosen subject is some aspect of their work life or career.

Information, guidance and support is given, but something else, something almost magical, also happens.

Via these conversations, people gained:

• deeper understandings of themselves
• knowing the actions they need to take to make their career dreams real
• comfort in knowing that their dreams can become true

Who Comes

Mostly women come.

They come not to have decisions made for them, but to talk about what they might be overlooking or not even remotely aware of.

They mainly come for support because most women, by wanting a career, are breaking long established family and community traditions.

Even though, the wise person asks for help when making these decisions, in their family and community, help usually isn’t available, or if available, it’s too costly.

So. What if:

1. Instead of a mental health worker or counselor or psychologist and rehashing the past, the helper is a teacher or a conversationist like Dr. Barb?

2. Instead of a therapy session, it is a talking session that uses art and ceremony as well as language to make a visual and word picture of what is desired?

3. Instead of an intense meeting between therapist and client, it is an easy-going conversation between two people interested in making a different future.

What Is the Result

When the what if’s listed above happen, the resulting conversation causes:

1. Possibilities, solutions and feeling good shows up.

2. Feeling good releases energy, energy that can be used to create and build.

3. When people feel good about themselves, they can do anything they want.

4. This feeling good helps create mental, physical, emotional, spiritual and financial health.

They can use their many qualities, talents, gifts, and skills to do all the good they have in mind.

Everyone has plenty of these characteristics although often the person either doesn’t know or is afraid to admit that they are overflowing with talent.

Looking at the world, there are very few people who do not need help establishing, maintaining and expanding these four areas of beingness.

Prepare for a conversation with Dr. Barb

Prepare for a conversation with Dr. Barb by doing the things listed in her blogs.

You will need some red yarn, colored pencils or pens or crayons, a black pen and plain white paper like copy paper.

Art talent and skills aren’t needed or wanted.

The goal of the blog work is not to create something beautiful or perfect; the goal is to bring clarity.

For personalized help send your name and email to bslucas@bellsouth.net. We will meet on Zoom for one hour. The cost is $50 us. I will send the Zoom link and the payment link.

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