Five Questions for Thavma Phillips

Thavma Phillips is an actor living in New York City who loves her job. She studied with Terry Schreiber, who is known to be one of the best living acting instructors.  Her work has been seen on stage, in independent films, television series, commercials and industrials. Her resume is available online.

 1. What do you love

Painting A Vision: The Canvas of Real Life

The following is a guest post by Stephanie Haladner, who has recently launched Women in Law, a global networking and consulting organisation based in London designed to help lawyers bring balance into their lives and enthusiasm into their careers.

Painting a Vision

by Stephanie Haladner

Friend and fellow woman in law Jen Bird recently directed me to her blog ‘Painting a

By |March 29th, 2010|Discovering Passions and Interests|Comments Off on Painting A Vision: The Canvas of Real Life

LYJ Five Questions for Suzanna Tharian

Suzanna Tharian is an architect working in New York City who loves her job. She has worked at the mid-sized firm PM Architecture for over 10 years, focusing on residential projects from apartments to corporate interiors. She grew up in India where she completed her Bachelors in Architecture. She received her Masters in Architecture in

By |March 16th, 2010|Discovering Passions and Interests, Five Questions Q & A, Interviews, Job search, Purpose, Workplace|Comments Off on LYJ Five Questions for Suzanna Tharian

LYJ (Love Your Job) Search in DC Starts March 2!

I’m excited to offer my second class for women job seekers in DC beginning March 2 for five consecutive Tuesdays. See all of the details here. I look forward to working with talented women in DC on their job searches. Please email me at alyssa@alyssabest.com for more info and to secure a spot.

Here are a couple of testimonials from participants in

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LYJ Five Questions for Katja Kullander

I am pleased to kick off a new LYJ series with people who love what they do. We begin with Katja Kullander, a Swede who moved to New York a decade ago to pursue a career in music. Katja is the owner of Sing From Your Heart Music Studio where she teaches voice to people

By |February 7th, 2010|Discovering Passions and Interests, Five Questions Q & A, Inspirational Quotes, Interviews, Purpose|Comments Off on LYJ Five Questions for Katja Kullander

LYJ (Love Your Job) Search Starts February 1!

I’m excited to offer my fourth class for women jobseekers beginning February 1 for five consecutive Mondays. See all of the details here. I know that 2010 holds much opportunity in store for jobseekers and I’m glad to be able to work with talented women in NYC on their searches. Please email me at lyjnow

By |January 21st, 2010|Discovering Passions and Interests, Enhancing career skills, Events, Job search|Comments Off on LYJ (Love Your Job) Search Starts February 1!

Painting a Vision

I was talking to a good friend the other day who recently had a baby and is really loving her life at the moment. In addition to enjoying every moment with her adorable son, she and her husband are both working part-time and so have time to spend with each other and with their

Five Imaginary Lives

As I head into Week 4 of my LYJ Search Class, I am posting what I will be asking students tonight to consider. This is an exercise that comes straight from Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. It’s a tool that gets you to think freely about possibilities for joyful work, without self-imposed limitations. Here goes:
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CakeLove – From Lawyer to Baker

I showed an episode of Roadtrip Nation this week to undergraduates in my career development class including one of my favorites, the interview with Warren Brown, founder of CakeLove bakery in Washington, DC.  I first heard about him in Po Bronson’s book, What Should I Do With My Life? Brown was a dissatisfied public interest

By |September 25th, 2009|Discovering Passions and Interests, Purpose|2 Comments

What I’m Reading This Week

Here’s what I read this week that made me think about career choices and finding work you love:

Great interview in the Sunday New York Times Magazine with director Spike Jonze. I liked how he used all of his quirky interests such as skateboarding to create a career path that brings together all sides of himself, including