This is me, Annie (my hair is longer now). I created this programme and facilitate the courses. 

 

Ten years ago I stepped back from the work scene to parent three children. It was a choice and I know I was privileged to have this choice. But my self worth took a hit and when it came to the idea of job hunting I was anticipating failure given the scarcity of work and quantity of job seekers. I felt stuck and uninspired to do anything. And I realised that a big part of the problem was that I had some mean thinking, an inner critic who would go something like this:

 

"Why would anyone in their right mind employ ME?"

"There's just no point, it's too competitive. The job market is too tight"

"I've lost my market edge"

"I'm irrelevant"

"I'm just not good enough".

 

I knew this internal scrap was a big hurdle to overcome before anything else. If I didn't back myself, who would?

 

And what I discovered is there are loads of folk like me. This is a common challenge. And most bog standard employment programmes just don't cut the mustard. Read more about this here.

 

The Wholehearted Work programme gets to the guts of who you are, exposes the negative self talk, gives you the tools to dispel this thinking, focuses on what you like doing, what you're good at and where you want to head. Wholehearted Work teaches you to see your fundamental values and motivations, and without a doubt this is a critical starting point if you're going to head into a job search. My mission is to help you get in the space where you're backing yourself and ready to take on that job app.

 

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People have said some nice stuff about me, read this here