CDA Insights

Summertime often involves travel by car, which requires navigating roads and the inevitable road work. Orange construction barrels have come to symbolize both progress and hazards, including delays and detours. Every individual’s life faces orange barrels at some point, often unexpectedly in one’s career journey. Effective responses may mean shifting direction, increasing attention and of course remaining patient! Doesn’t that sound just like the guidance given by a career de

For many, the holidays are celebrated as a season of joy. Given the challenges in the world today, some people are struggling find enjoyment in life. Can work be a place of joy? A CDA Insights article entitled, “ Optimism ” (2020) included a focus on choosing joy. Perhaps people just need a little reminder of the value of seeking joy, much like Scrooge needed to visit his past, present and future to learn about appreciation, kindness, compassion, and generosity - all sources

Emotions can be, well, an emotionally charged topic. Identifying, managing, engaging emotions may occur at any point in the counseling...

The 10th anniversary of CDA Insights could generate a desire to look back, however, that topic was already covered in the December 2021...

While no one would argue that 2020 made it difficult for even optimists to feel positive, one role of the career professional is to...

Marie Kondo, the organizing consulting and author of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” emphasizes the rule to keep only those...

The definition of sustainability is the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed (dictionary.com). There is no ego is...

Counselors and Coaches: are you increasing your skills so as to be a good model for your clients? Are you mindful of your weaknesses so...