Career Counseling and Coaching in Issaquah, Washington.

You do not need to feel stuck and unhappy. If you are struggling with finding the right career, panicking at the thought of interviews, feeling traumatized from past rejecting experiences, or wanting to discover what makes you feel passionate at work, you deserve to give us a call. We can help you connect with those parts of yourself that can create what you want in your life. Merrie Day, PhD or Ken Drummy, MSW bringing over 30 years each of creativity, passion, knowledge and training to help you get what you want. After all don't you deserve to get the best in your life?

Our careers can often define us, give us purpose, sustenance and direction. When a career ends for any number of reasons, it can leave people feeling lost, alone and stuck. My work with you begins with understanding who you are and how you got where you are. Together, we will talk about what makes you happy and work on a plan to help get you there.

I'm a certified coach (ACC) and quite often, especially around career, we hold ourselves back and don't see our own potential - whether it be a promotion, sharing an idea or making a career change. I help you examine your own inner critics and develop a stronger sense of confidence in trying to make the changes you desire in career. Whatever is holding you back, let's figure out what that is and get you on your way to the changes you desire.

Do you feel like lack of social confidence, anxiety, and poor social skills are keeping you back at work? Or maybe you are just starting your career and selecting jobs that won't require talking much to others or socializing, because you just feel so anxious even thinking about that. Do you dread group work, social events, speaking out in meetings, parties and networking? I have good news for you! Social confidence is a learned skill, one you can learn just like any other. You just need the right information, some support and feedback and the drive to try some new things. The rewards are potentially very large, especially at work. Level up your career and your life!

Is your career not going as you hoped or had planned? Often we are not able to really see or understand how all the various aspects of our lives effect and affect each other. If you feel like you are not where you want to be in terms of your career despite your constant efforts, seeking out career counseling can help you gain a better understanding of why. With that knowledge you will be able to better know where you really want go, and how you are able to get there. If you are not performing as you think you should be, if you are not advancing as fast as you feel you should be, please don't hesitate to contact me to see if career counseling can be helpful to you in reaching your goals

Our work together will help • remove obstacles that keep you from manifesting work that is meaningful • develop the enthusiasm to create opportunities • support following the heart's desire in work and career • encourage determined and positive intention and attention • motivate positive and productive action • discovery of deeper happiness and meaning in work, life and relatonships

Careers are integral to the identities of many people, while for others careers are simply means for attaining a happy life. Whether you’re developing your first career or looking to switch careers, I use a combination of assessment batteries and counseling to explore my clients’ goals, preferences, and aptitudes to identify their career path and develop a plan for achieving it.

Career/life transitions are a pivitol time in all of our lives. It can be a great source of excitement, anxiety, and stress. Counseling can offer a safe, third party place to explore your goals, values, and needs in making a transition without any outside pressures. You are more than your career and in counseling, we can work to identify how your career helps you.

Work. We all have to do it. Yet it inevitably brings challenge and struggle. Are you tired of your job, feeling trapped, or uninspired? Let's work to explore what is going on, and find the key to resolving the conflicts and igniting your passion. If you're putting as much time and effort into work as we typically do in America, let's make sure things are working the best that they can.

Are you in life transition? Stuck in a career that is sapping you emotionally or spiritually? Do you need guidance to find a better path? I can help as I enjoy working with professional men and women who are in transition and want a more fulfilling career. Don't let anxiety, peers, or others hold you back from striving after your dreams and goals.

Life coaching can help you as you consider what direction you will take with your career. I will help you become more self aware so that you can get clear about what your values and strengths are and so that you can move in the direction of your best options for a career. Learn to assess and take action toward what is truly possible for your self-fulfillment. You have a contribution to make!

Are you feeling stressed everyday you get up for work? Are you realizing that your work environment is not the right fit for you and is feeling like a heavy burden on your shoulders? We can help you uncover what is most important to you and help you gain the skills necessary to make really difficult changes in your life? We work alongside you setting goals to increase your happiness in life and processing though any barriers that are preventing you from taking those next steps.

While most career counselors love to give you capacity based profiles of what your talents and interests are for your best bet career choices, Grey Matters international believes that most people make predictably irrational decisions and then after making them learn way to make them fit into their identities using various types of rationalizations and strategies. We are able to assist folks in career counseling type settings by giving a deeper look at their decision making profile so they can better understand where the core frustration or desire is coming from in the world of work. Contact kevin@kevinflemingphd.com or 877-606-6161.

Whats next? Maybe you've worked in the same field for decades or are just getting started after college. How do you find work that is meaningful? In some ways its an age old question, in others the extent of that question has never been so broad in today's modern culture. I offer a helping hand in the journey towards meaningful and life giving work.

Are you seeking a deeper sense of fulfillment, purpose, and engagement in your life; have the desire to step up to the next level of potential, awareness, authenticity and mastery that is available to you; and/or have that intuitive feeling that there is a calling that you are not quite manifesting? Using a holistic approach bridging the worlds of shamanic practice and life coaching. The blending of these modalities recognizes and works with the invisible energies, the non-ordinary realities (however we each individually perceive these forces), and the physical world experiences and choices influencing our wellbeing and our authentic expression of our power and purpose in the world.

Nothing can keep a person more stuck and confused and frustrated than not being clear about what you want to do with your life, or finding yourself in a career that doesn't quite fit you, or where you have simply (and painfully) "burned out." I can help you sort through your current situation - to help you better understand what you truly want for yourself, help you let go of those things that are holding you back, and then work with you to find the courage you need to step into what is your natural "calling" - a practical yet profound place where you can experience joy in your work, peace in your soul, and a deep satisfaction that money cannot buy.

One of my areas of focus is workplace stress and trauma. I work with many clients who are experiencing everything from low level stress to PTSD as a result. I partner with my clients to help them understand their current work dynamic. They are often able to then decide if they would like to change the way in which they are currently working and relating in the workplace or if it's necessary to make a career move or change.