Healing at Work: A Guide to Using Career Conflicts to Overcome Your Past and Build the Future You Deserve
Did you grow up in a dysfunctional or chaotic childhood that made you feel uncertain, unloved, unsafe, anxious, never good enough? Are you shocked to discover that you’re still feeling that way now that you’re a professional adult? Are limiting beliefs getting in the way of the career success that you deserve? Do the stress and worry you suffer at work rob you of your joy and self-acceptance? You don’t have to be imprisoned by your past. No matter how bad it was. And you’re not alone!
Healing at Work: A Guide to Using Career Conflicts to Overcome Your Past and Build the Future You Deserve, by career experts Susan Schmitt Winchester and Martha I. Finney, gives you the skills and insights you need to thrive in your career and in life. Building on the principles that “damaged is not doomed” and “the rest of your life is yours,” Winchester and Finney incorporate world-class career advice, principles of positive psychology and the latest research in neuroplasticity to help you see how you can use your career and workplace experiences to build the life of happiness and success that you desire. In Healing at Work, you’ll learn how to create the life and career that you deserve, based on joy, optimism, meaning, and a healthy sense of being welcomed and appreciated. Joel Manby, Author of Love Works, 7 Timeless Principles of Effective Leaders. Former CEO, SeaWorld Entertainment and Saab Automobiles USA Featured in Undercover Boss “I picked up this book and could not put it down…. Healing at Work shows adult survivors of a damaged past how to reclaim their lives and use their work-life experiences to build a life of love, starting with themselves.
This is a must-read for anyone who struggles with their past while trying to build a better future.” Joel Manby, Author of Love Works, 7 Timeless Principles of Effective Leaders. Former CEO, SeaWorld Entertainment and Saab Automobiles USA Featured in Undercover Boss Laurie Shakur, Head of People, Rakuten Advertising I picked up this book and could not put it down. It captivated me. I have led in business for 40 years and have seen first-hand that there are many ways to express and experience love in the workplace. Yet, the best way to start is through self-love, which comes from self-acceptance. But that’s not an easy task when you build a career with a wounded heart. Healing at Work shows adult survivors of a damaged past how to reclaim their lives and use their worklife experiences to build a life of love, starting with themselves.
This is a must-read for anyone who struggles with their past while trying to build a better future. Dave Ulrich, PhD, Co-Author, The Why of Work: How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organizations that Win Rensis Likert Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Partner, The RBL Group In Healing at Work, Susan and Martha shine a light on unconscious fears and ingrained responses that trap us in the past, rob our joy in the present, and limit our growth in the future. This is a courageous book—one I wish I had read 20 years ago. For anyone with an ASDP story, it is a compelling invi- tation to confront the pain in our past in a new, constructive way and a wonderful encouragement to use the workplace as our everyday training ground to practice the awareness, healing, and growth that brings freedom and joy. Shay Rowbottom Marketing Guru and Social Media Influencer With her gripping, and sometimes harrowing, stories, Susan courageously opens her soul to the vivid and life-damaging events that would have de- railed anyone. Her journey of reflection and healing is a great reminder of the secret all great leaders know: Understanding and investing in yourself must come before you can truly help others.