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What you can expect and how to best engage with me to get the support you’re craving
WHAT THIS SUBSTACK IS ABOUT
If you’re looking for practical wisdom to navigate the high highs and low lows of your career, you’re in the right place.
I combine strategy with grounded spirituality and smart tactics so you:
Grieve career setbacks so you’re lighter and energized
Discover what truly lights you up, so the next steps are clear
Make meaningful career transitions grounded in what’s most important to you
Feel empowered, decisive and flowing
And for leaders, learn how to inspire and empower your teams to reach not only their potential, but yours as well.
WHAT YOU’LL FIND HERE
You’ll find a supportive community with lots of love, learning, and laughter.
Here’s what that looks like:
Weekly Resources:
Tools, strategies, and insights for growth
Podcast versions of posts to listen to on the go
Journal prompts to deepen your insights
Guided meditations tied to the theme of the blog post
Monthly Connections:
“Ask Me Anything” live sessions (with access to replays)
Career Grief Lesson (video + worksheet)
Career Coaching Live with Laverne
*Free subscribers get access to weekly posts (and the podcast version) and the “Ask Me Anything” sessions.
“Moonshot Mentor is a Monday morning gift, reliably delivered, full of the deep understanding and reverential acceptance necessary to integrate the ins and outs, highs and lows, ups and downs of human existence. Grief, an emotion most people sweep under the rug, with Laverne’s healthful acknowledgement, becomes an empowering springboard forward into a better and more balanced future. Laverne McKinnon embodies the yin and yang of our private and professional selves.”
Lisa Guest
WHERE TO START?
You’re here, so give yourself a high-five because you have started!
The first thing I recommend is downloading the Substack app so you can join live sessions, read the Notes I post daily, and take part in ongoing conversations through comments.
Next, there are four categories of posts that I write:
Career Grief
Transitions & Pivots
Confidence & Leadership
Career Wellness & Fulfillment
Depending on what you feel you need at this moment, below are my recommendations of which blog to read or listen to next. If you’re a paid subscriber, there are journal prompts after the written blog to help you take the insights and apply them to your life.
Career Grief: If you’ve been laid off, downsized, or fired, my heart is with you. If this is you, you may be grieving this disruption — and that’s normal and perfectly human. Read this post to have a better understanding of your experience and what you can do to lessen the pain of your loss.
Transitions & Pivots: If you’re contemplating a pivot, you may have a range of emotions from excitement to fear and everything in between. You may also be wondering if it’s the right time and how to make this decision. Read this post for practical tools and spiritual insights to support you.
Confidence & Leadership: If you’ve been successfully building your career, but are feeling a little empty, read this post. You’ll learn the distinction between achievements and accomplishments and how a little recalibration will bring you a greater sense of satisfaction and fulfillment.
Career Wellness & Fulfillment: If you’re feeling stuck in your career, you gotta read this post about hugging the bear. People refer to it all the time, and it’s become shorthand for the Moonshot community to help get things moving again.
Laverne’s writing sneaks up like a ninja. Her insights are so encouraging and based in everyday life, they seem obvious and commonplace. Until the wisdom hits you. She is like that herself and, even in the face of all her accomplishments and success, her heart is so available.
Julie Snider
Wherever you are in your journey, you don’t have to navigate it alone. This space was created to remind you that growth isn’t linear, clarity takes time, and community makes it all a little easier.
Welcome to Career Strategy with Laverne McKinnon — I’m so glad you’re here.
