Welcome to our new blog.  Here you’ll find articles and essays from members of The Transition Network, a community of educated women over 50 who support each other in exploring later life career and other transitions.  They’re putting their energy and skills to good use and have joined forces as they navigate the transitions of life over 50, to whatever is next.

OK I’ll admit it — I became a Winter Oympics junkie, sitting in my living room totally into watching the amazing feats of these athletes. One athlete in particular captured my imagination, Lindsey Vonn the women’s downhill skier.

As I listened to her story and watched her compete, I couldn’t help but get a few life lessons from Lindsey and her gold medal victory.

No matter how much you prepare. No matter how good your self-knowledge is, no matter how compelling your value propsition is, you will most like bump into some tough interviewers.

So let’s take a look at the most common and annoying styles and how to handle them.

I’ve been fretting and fumbling around with a situation with seemingly no easy solution.

Last night a solution appeared in the form of a dream. My dream was about Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and she was clicking on her ruby slippers three times.

Winter tends to get a bad rap! Everyone is always into Spring and Summer with buds bursting open, greenery everywhere, and a feeling of newness. Winter just doesn’t have these energies.

I am currently volunteering in an after school program and mentoring two eleventh graders who are getting ready to take SATs as well as preparing for college decisions and interviews. Needless to say, it’s a time of uncertainty and pressure for they have to make some big decisions and compete with thousands of others.

Last week I had a coffee date with a childhood friend last week and we got to talking about our kids growing up and the inevitable question of “what’s next”. So many women that I talk to, both clients and friends, seem to be wanting to put themselves in a new direction rather than go back to their professional life before kids.

Recently, as part of a job search discussion group, an interesting resume question was posed. Should you downplay your resume in these hard times?

At this time of year, everyone talks about their resolutions, or aspirations. I hear people also wishing for things in ways don’t always achieve the feelings they seek.