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Small Things for Big Dreams


This is a cozy collection of things I’ve created and curated to help you smile, breathe, and remember who you are — especially when you’ve been too much in your head.

Everything here is intentionally simple, soothing, and slightly magical. You just need a few items to regain your confidence and maybe something cute sitting on your desk 🐼

Close-up of cherry blossoms on a branch against a soft pink sky.

OFFICE ZEN

A woman lies on her back on a yoga mat, using a green bolster pillow to support her head and hips, with a foam roller under her knees, practicing a yoga pose indoors.
Open box of Yogi favorites gift set with 12 tea packets inside and a red and gray box cover with a colorful fruit and flower design.
Multiple green stalks with panda-shaped decorations on top, resembling pandas, some holding small green leaves.
Two brass handbells with engraved numbers and symbols, connected by a metal handle, and a colorful fabric bag with embroidered patterns.

MONEY ZEN

Book cover of 'Happy Money' by Ken Honda, with a yellow background, featuring the titles and subtitles in red, green, and black text.
Book cover featuring a smiling woman with dark hair in a bun, wearing a green dress and matching bracelet, with the title 'Get Good with Money' and author's name Tiffany Aliche.
Book cover of 'Secrets of Six-Figure Women' by Barbara Stanny, with orange and pink text on white background.
Book cover with a colorful watercolor circle background, featuring the title 'Choose Wonder Over Worry' and subtitle 'Move Beyond Fear and Doubt to Unlock Your Full Potential' by Amber Rae, with a quote from Deepak Chopra at the top.

DIRECTION ZEN

Book cover of 'I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was' by Barbara Sher with Barbara Smith, featuring a yellow background, red and green text, and a purple section with white text.
Book titled 'Refuse to Choose!' by Barbara Sher with subtitle about using interests, passions, and hobbies to create your life and career.
Cover of a book titled 'The Great Work of Your Life' by Stephen Cope with a blue background and an orange text box. The subtitle reads 'A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling' and there's a quote from Dani Shapiro.
Book cover for 'Finding Your Own North Star' by Martha Beck. The background is blue with a quote at the top, the title in large yellow letters, and a yellow band at the bottom with the author's name.
Cover of a book titled 'The Layoff Playbook: What To Do Right Now' with a subtitle 'A Step-by-Step Recovery Guide' by Dr. Binta Y Brown, LPC, CCC.

MINDSET ZEN

Book cover titled "48 Days to the Work You Love" by Dan Miller, celebrating its 10th anniversary edition, with a predominantly orange background and a calendar icon showing the number 48.
Book cover for 'Over 40 & You're Hired!' by Robin Ryan, featuring a blue background and a photo of an open laptop, a notebook, and a cup of coffee on a desk.
Book cover titled 'Playing Big' by Tara Mohr with subtitle 'Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead' against a soft background with sunset hues.

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RESEARCH ZEN

  • Feeling lost and unsure where to start?

    I love this narrative approach to career discovery! Download this free workbook.

    Video collection of a wide range of careers based on the US Dept of Labor.

    Perhaps the most comprehensive career database. It’s not fancy but it’s great content!

    Searchable site for career exploration based on your interests, industry, or keywords.

    Volunteering is a great way to give back to the community, get experience in a new industry, and add to your resume!

  • You might be a scanner :) Here's a talk by Barbara Sher, and a great TED Talk about multipotentialites. People who are open to lots of ideas, love learning everything, and never want to choose or limit their options. You might like Sher's book "Refuse to Choose."

    Learn about Bento Boxes, aka portfolio careers! The idea that you can have multiple jobs, hobbies, personal pursuits that combine to form the variety and fulfillment you crave. Here are some helpful articles: By FlexJobs and ‍Forbes.

  • Want to see how your past skills might translate to new jobs? Check out this website.

    You have more skills than you realize! The key to pivoting from one industry to another is transferable skills .

    Gain new skills and experience to list on your resume when you volunteer for meaningful causes.

    Catchafire – Matches volunteers with short-term, skills-based projects in areas like marketing, HR, tech, and strategy.

    AmeriCorps Volunteer Search – Though it feeds some listings from other networks, it’s a useful national service database and includes organized programs.

    Virtual / Online Volunteering Portals like UN Volunteers, Smithsonian Digital Volunteers, Taproot+, Be My Eyes, etc., offer remote opportunities with global reach.

  • With 500,000+ job titles, career tests are not designed to tell you what you “should do.” Rather, they point out patterns and possibilities. You determine if it feels accurate and where to go from there. Here are some of my favorites:

    Sparketype

    O*NET Interest Profiler

    MBTI-based Personality Test

  • How much do you really need to make in order to live comfortably?. This is a nice calculator for Texas salaries.

    Are you negotiating salaries and want to compare what others are making and understand the range? Research with this site.

    Here are more tips on how to negotiate your salary!

  • Want to find meaningful work? Start with a company with a positive work culture! Interested in working remote? Here’s a list of companies to consider.

    ACC is offering free job search classes and coaching to the public! Highly recommend this service.

    Launch Pad Job Club in Austin is a free way to gain support, talk with recruiters, and learn how to job search!

    PurposeWorks in Austin is another free job search club that offers wonderful support and community as you find your next chapter

“It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parents and teachers tell you. That is a safe and easy way of existing; but that is not living... To live is to find out for yourself what is true.”

Jiddu Krishnamurti