Rose found herself at a crossroads. She had multiple job options in front of her, but every decision felt overwhelming. She could see the pros and cons of each path, which left her stuck in analysis paralysis. She wanted clarity – something to help her move forward with confidence instead of going around in circles.

Alaina felt stuck – worrying she was wasting time in a mundane job that drained her energy while others seemed to be moving ahead in their careers. She wasn’t learning anything, and had a sense she would be suited to something more people focused than her technical analyst role.

When Heather came to see me, she felt she had been too long in the same role and she felt at a crossroads, not knowing which direction to take. She had been feeling anxious about her situation, but not able to find time to focus on how she might go about changing it. She hoped that from coaching she would get a better understanding of her transferable skills and the type of environment she should ideally be working in.

At 43, Barry had worked in the same sector for 15 years and was at a critical point in his career. He could step up to the top role, or change careers completely. His preferred option was the latter, but he didn’t know how to make that happen.

When Karen came to see me, she was feeling burnt out and disillusioned. She had taken on a contract role that required constant fire-fighting, as she’d inherited an underperforming team in a dysfunctional organisation.

Marie had been in the same job for a long time and was ready for a change. She wanted to be challenged and felt like she had more to offer, but was finding it hard to land a new role. With each rejection letter negatively impacting her confidence, she could feel herself going into a downward spiral and beginning to lose hope.

A restructure at work prompted Jack to seek coaching, but he had felt lost in his career for a while. He had been looking constantly for other roles but without success.

Having worked in the same industry for over 20 years, Jack didn’t have a good sense of what he could do or, more importantly, what he wanted to do. So the prospect of redundancy was causing him a lot of concern.

At 39, Stephen had retrained and changed careers twice already but still felt he hadn’t found his ‘sweet spot’. He didn’t feel suited to his current profession – was unchallenged and felt out of place. He was struggling to know what to do and was applying unsuccessfully for roles in areas he suspected might be more fitting.

Lorren was so stressed when she came to see me that she wished she could win Lotto so she never had to work again.

“I was really disillusioned with work in general and I had no idea what I should be looking for or even exactly why I was so unhappy,” she says.

Jacob felt like he was stagnating, both professionally and intellectually having been in similar roles for 15 years. He knew he didn’t want to be doing the same thing through until retirement but he didn’t know what else he might do. He came to me looking for guidance and hoping for insights about where to next. In his own words, he needed “a kick up the backside” to help overcome his inertia and uncertainty about potential change.