Here's how you can use mindfulness techniques to discover transferable skills for a career change.

indfulness is all about being present and aware of your thoughts, feelings, and surroundings without judgment. When you apply this practice to exploring your career options, it can help you tune into your passions, strengths, and values. Start by taking some time each day to quiet your mind and reflect. Find a comfortable space, maybe with some calming music or in nature, and allow yourself to simply be. As you become more attuned to your inner thoughts and emotions, pay attention to moments when you feel most engaged and fulfilled. What tasks or activities bring you joy and a sense of accomplishment? These are clues to your transferable skills.

Mindful reflection is a great way to cultivate and discover transferable skills in professional settings, and honestly even in life. In our society, we are expected to just do, do, do and keep going, with no room to pause. A sacred pause helps us to reset, and of course reflect in what has gone well and what needs improvement. While it can be discouraging to come face-to-face with our own shortcomings, it's helpful to shift our perspective and look at it as an opportunity to grow. When reflecting on our skills, we take the time to really acknowledge ourselves, and create a game plan on how to showcase those skills when moving into a new career!

L'introspection nous permet de nous poser les questions auxquelles nous n'avions pas de réponses jusqu'ici. Il existe de nombreuses techniques pour y parvenir, la méditation guidée, le coaching, la sophrologie, un bilan de compétences etc. J'aime parler de pleine présence, plut?t que de pleine conscience. Ces moments où je cuisine, je suis en forêt, je conduis etc. et mon esprit est pleinement présent sur ce que je fais. Même si cela semble contre-intuitif, cela me permet d'accueillir pleinement ce que la vie m'offre et sont des moments de révélations et de transformations. J'aime préparer le terrain par de la réflexion active, le coaching, la méditation et ensuite laisser mon conscient et subconscient faire leur chemin.

One way to use mindfulness techniques for career exploration is to engage in a self-reflection exercise. Find a quiet space, take a few deep breaths, and ask yourself the following questions What tasks do I enjoy doing? What achievements have I been proud of? What skills come naturally to me? What values are important to me in a work environment? As you answer these questions, pay attention to any recurring themes or patterns. Once you have identified your transferable skills through mindfulness and self-reflection, the next step is to leverage them in your job search or career change.

Visualization is powerful, it's how so many people get to where they want to get by visualization. Athletes, musicians, and so many more all visualize themselves, and you can do the same with your career. Not only visualize and paint an image in front of closed eyelids but add all of your senses, what can you hear, smell, touch... Do this daily and watch your dreams unfold in front of you.

To me, this is one of the most helpful ways to see your strengths. When we're thinking of our own strengths and skills, we can either be too modest, or a little unrealistic. When we ask others for feedback, they can (hopefully) give us an objective view on what we're good at and what we're not. There are bound to be some things that come up that you didn't think of, or didn't even realize were skills you could transfer to other jobs. Using mindfulness, we can remain open and fully engaged in what people are telling us, and can easily implement in our next step.

In My experience Reflecting on your career to find those projects/roles- personal or professional where you felt most alive is key to understanding who you are at the core. Mindfulness practices and silence without keeping busy with some or other tasks also help. also work with an executive coach to discover who you are at the core- Life Purpose, Values, and natural gifts and talents. all these would help discover skills and purpose to create a consciously aligned life and career