Working With Intention

I was recently supporting a client who has a lot going on right now. Work is especially busy. They have several trips coming up, both personal and professional. They also recently started a passion project that matters to them and is taking up a meaningful amount of time. They were feeling scatte...

by Erica Mattison — Apr 23, 2026 career clarity leadership development life transitions meaningful work professional development

How to Make a Job Search Feel More Sustainable

Job searching can be exhausting. Even when you are doing all the “right” things, the process can still feel uncertain, discouraging, and hard to sustain over time. That is one reason I keep returning to this reminder: a job search does not only need to be effective. It also needs to be sustainabl...

by Erica Mattison — Apr 09, 2026 career clarity career development career transitions job search meaningful work professional development

Get organized at work without doing more

You can be organized on paper and still feel overwhelmed. Your to-do list is full. Your calendar is packed. And yet, the work that matters most does not always get your attention. That is not a failure. It is a signal. This time of year often brings conversations about spring cleaning. Not just c...

by Erica Mattison — Apr 02, 2026 burnout prevention career clarity executive coaching leadership development

When Career Uncertainty Affects More Than One Person

A career transition often reaches beyond the person directly living it. For some people, this season means navigating a job search, a layoff, a career pivot, burnout, or the pressure of not knowing what comes next. For others, it means caring about someone who is moving through that uncertainty a...

by Erica Mattison — Mar 30, 2026 career development career transitions meaningful work

Women’s Visibility, Leadership Presence, and the Joy of Discovery

After speaking with Kimberly Paulk, founder of Purple Thread Strategies, on Conversations with Erica, I kept thinking about the relationship between visibility, clarity, and trust. What stayed with me was not a formula. It was a way of approaching growth. Our conversation was about more than ca...

by Erica Mattison — Mar 20, 2026 career clarity conversations with erica executive coaching leadership development

Are You in the People Business?

After meeting an experienced entrepreneur, wealth manager, and longtime finance professor, Kashif Ahmed, at a Suffolk University event in Boston, I invited him to join me for a conversation on the podcast. What stayed with me was not a tactic. It was perspective. After decades in financial planni...

by Erica Mattison — Feb 19, 2026 career growth entrepreneurship leadership networking

When talents become strengths, progress follows

It’s common to focus on what feels lacking or underdeveloped. That focus can limit how we see ourselves, how we make choices, and what possibilities we allow ourselves to explore. Experienced professionals often reach moments where they question what they truly excel at or how to name what they b...

by Erica Mattison — Feb 10, 2026 career reflection decision-making leadership growth self-awareness strengths-based approach working with intention

You do not need to see the whole path

I’m trying out a new format for my e-newsletter. You’ll receive a couple of these from me each month, sharing reflections and pointing you toward new writing, podcast conversations, or other work I’ve published that you might want to explore. Snow started falling here in the Northeast this mornin...

by Erica Mattison MPA JD — Jan 25, 2026 career reflection decision-making self-employment working with intention

Reflections on your approach to work, mindset, and direction.

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Working With Intention