Tag Archive: resources for setting up on your own

Deviation From The Norm – My Different Kind Of Work

Today I’m delighted to welcome Linda Wolf. Linda writes Insanely Serene, a blog devoted to her passion for peace of mind and serenity. Through her blog, she offers practical suggestions for moving from low self-esteem to powerful self-confidence,  carved from honest and touching reference to her own, real experiences. Here she shares how personal crisis…

Paving Your Own Path

When I asked Jen Smith to write for me a few weeks ago, she could not have known that I was thinking of running an occasional series of guest posts, profiling people who are finding their own “different kind of work”. But serendipity being what it is, this is the theme that she herself chose….

Upping the ante in 2010

Happy New Year everyone! How were your Holidays? I hadn’t planned to be off-air for almost two weeks, but that’s how it has worked out and, boy, did I have a ball. One of the most amazing things about living in the heart of the English countryside is, well, the countryside. Yes, it’s been freezing…

Health warning: blogging can seriously change your career

It was just an experiment at first. I had no intention of becoming hooked. All I can tell you is that, after a while, something else took over. My first introduction to blogging was by accident. I was doing some online research for a coaching skills course I was running and stumbled upon Mark McGuinness’s…

Risk-averse freelancing

This is the third in a series of three posts on quitting paid employment and reinventing your life and work. It’s based on my own experience of having exited a so-called top job twelve years ago, and having subsequently made a good living from doing what I love. What could I possibly sell? Long before…

The journey to freelancing confidence

This is the second in a series of three posts on quitting paid employment and reinventing your life and work. It’s based on my own experience of having exited a so-called top job twelve years ago, and having subsequently made a good living from doing what I love. One of the things I really struggled…