Category Archives: Defining Your Dream Work


From accountant to green tourism: Kate’s story

By Sarah Cooper | Published April 4, 2011

One of the best pieces of being a coach is seeing the initial germ of an idea become something tangible.
Kate Rodde took part in one of my first Find Work You Love group coaching programmes. I’m so pleased to share with you here the story of how a passion for travel has translated into a [...]

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ONE space left for Get A Career You Love 8 week programme

By Sarah Cooper | Published January 27, 2011

Just a quickie to let you all know I’m running a great programme for Careershifters, together with fellow coach Sonia Lakshman. Over 8 weeks we will help you move from stuck and fed up to inspired and liberated! Find out more here http://www.careershifters.org/coaching
It’s run over the phone so it doesn’t matter where in the world [...]

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Please accept my free coaching gift

By Sarah Cooper | Published October 1, 2010

It’s a disgustingly rainy Friday morning as I write this - I hope it’s better in your neck of the woods!
Hopefully this post will add a little sparkle to a dreary day. I’ve cooked up a brilliant project (if I say so myself!) that is rolling out over the next few months - the Do [...]

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NEW Find Work You Love course Sept 29th

By Sarah Cooper | Published September 17, 2010

Hi everyone
Just a quick note to say I’m running another Find Work You Love group coaching programme.
FWYL starts Wed Sept 29th and runs for 8 weeks up to and including 17th November.
You can find out about the impressive career changes made by past participants, and more details of the programme here:
http://www.cowsfrommywindow.com/findworkyoulove
I hope to be [...]

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Why this may not be your last career change - and that’s ok

By Sarah Cooper | Published August 12, 2010

If you’re contemplating or mid-way through a career change, you’re probably putting a lot of pressure on yourself to “get it right” this time around. So you might not want to hear that you may be back this way again.
But fear not (!), I think this is a GOOD THING.
For we are not the [...]

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Who am I? Answering the eternal question

By Sarah Cooper | Published July 5, 2010

I’ve just taken a look at the first answers back on my Summer Newsletter Reader Survey. I realise I forgot to place the link on my blog , so here it is if you would like to take part:
Click here to take survey
I’ll post a full breakdown of your responses and what I’m going [...]

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What are your dreams for a life off the beaten path?

By Sarah Cooper | Published June 8, 2010

I’m so excited to have just finished recording the latest podcast in the 20×20 Your Money Or Your Life series.
I’m interviewing someone who nurtured a dream of an off-the-beaten path life for 12 years…and has finally made it happen.
I’ll be sharing it next week so do sign up to the series if [...]

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Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

By Sarah Cooper | Published May 23, 2010

…not too sure where I have been to not have watched this before now, but for those of you that have also not seen it, here is the powerful and touching Last Lecture - on Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams - by Randy Pausch, Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon.
Randy Pausch gave [...]

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Don’t wait for an epiphany before making a change

By Sarah Cooper | Published February 8, 2010

“How can I be sure that this time I’ve got it right?”
One of the fears that keeps would-be career changers paralysed is that the new direction will prove no better than the last. Having got it wrong before, we don’t trust ourselves to be wiser the second (or third) time around.
That’s why I [...]

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One of my favourite reads

By Sarah Cooper | Published July 31, 2009

This might sound a little implausible, but reading a 70 page e-book curled up on my sofa one morning last week was honestly one of my favourite experiences since starting my coaching practice two years ago. (Clearly I don’t get out much).
Some of you may know that I’m a coach, writer and workshop leader for [...]

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