Your Work, Your Life, Your Way - 7 Steps to Work-Life Balance by Julie Cohen

What’s on your nightstand now? I’m in a non-fiction phase right now.  One Person/Multiple Careers  by Marci Alboher; Building a Home with My Husband by Rachel Simon; Various Illuminations of a Crazy World by Maira Kalman. 

When and why did you begin writing? I began writing when I knew I had something valuable to share.  I did not have a long held desire to be an author, and never imagined myself able to complete a book.  Once I started developing the concepts around the ‘7 Keys to Work-Life Balance’ the idea of the book and writing it became almost a given. 

Do you see writing as a career? Writing is not my career.  I see writing as a tool to complement my career and further serve my clients, my community and my audience.  I am a Career Coach who writes.

As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up? As a Career Coach now, you would think I would have a clear answer?!  I remember having many career aspirations as I grew up.  As a young child: ballerina, veterinarian, artist, doctor, teacher.  As college came nearer, I thought I would be an engineer or scientist of some-sort.  Through college and many different ‘majors’, possible careers included accountant, economist, actuary.  Once I discover my real ‘passion’ – my career path evolved into the helping professions – counselor, human resources professional and now a Career Coach.