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What can retirement make possible?
For Cheryl St. Onge and Joan Sheary, retirement from long careers in education led somewhere neither expected: entrepreneurship.
In the newest episode of Conversations with Erica, I talk with Cheryl about how she and Joan went from Worcester Public Schools to co-founding No Strings Attached Lemo...
by Erica Mattison MPA JD —
Sep 28, 2026
career transitions
conversations with erica
entrepreneurship
retirement
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
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
Working With Intention