Let me explain what I am sharing in this book. For the past 10 years, I designed various tools to help people be at peace with their relationship with work. Then, I took the most successful of those tools and crafted them into The Work Relationship Healing Process that I’m sharing with you today. I...
In this next section, I want to take some time to share with you five tell-tale signs that indicate when our relationship with work is unhealthy and not serving our needs. As you read through this section, think about what resonates with you, what feels familiar. Take notes if you can. We will use this...
Let’s take some time to discuss how we got here. How did your relationship with work get so messed up? Actually, this is an easy question to answer. Society did not prepare you to have a good relationship with work. In other words, you were not set up for success. While society emphasizes the need...
I promised you a journey from the dark into the light. Right now, we need to spend a little bit more time in the darkness. In this next section, we are going to take a deep dive into our pain. Though John Mellencamp sang that it “hurts so good” when it comes to love, when...
Next, let’s examine the feeling of powerlessness. Powerlessness is the sense that you cannot change a circumstance in your life. It feels like you don’t have the ability to influence your direction. It is the feeling that others around you have more power and influence over your life than you do. When we experience a...
We have looked at feelings that negatively impact our relationship with work. Feelings of oppression, powerlessness, hopelessness, boredom, and doubt. But these feelings didn’t fall out of the sky and bonk us on the head. They didn’t just pop up out of nowhere. They aren’t communicable. They have a root. They have a trigger. In...
For the remaining three Culprits, I refer to them as the “Lack Trifecta”. These Culprits represent areas of lack in our relationship with work that bring terrible pain with them. Let me tell you a bit about what I mean by lack. Lack is the “absence of something needed.” As I have said, we need...
We’re getting into the good part of our journey. We have moved through the darkness of a damaged relationship with work. We have looked at the type of pain we feel when our relationship with work is damaged, and we have looked at the causes for the pain we experience. Now, we are going to...
The third element in a healthy relationship with work is Fulfillment. Years ago, when I was still working in the staffing industry before I transitioned into coaching, I began to lead “Healing Your Relationship with Work” seminars covering the same principles I’m sharing with you today. When I started down this path, I was terrified...
Let’s review our journey thus far. We have spent the necessary time identifying the Culprits that are damaging our relationship with work. We examined the feelings that manifest from a damaged relationship with work. We spent time reviewing the elements that create healthy relationships with work. Along the way, we stopped to answer questions in...
