Kathy Caprino

What My Five Careers Have Taught Me: Top 10 Lessons of Career Reinvention

I’ve significantly revised my career numerous times over my 25 years of working, and each time, I’ve learned some powerful, surprising lessons -- about myself, my capabilities, perceptions, misconceptions, and about what it takes for me to attain what I w... Read >

The Top 10 Things Coaching Marketers and Training Schools Won’t Tell You

This week, I had a fabulous conversation with Starla Sireno – Founder of www.Fearlessnessinc.com and the Fearless Women Entrepreneur Network – an empowering forum for women entrepreneurs in San Francisco and beyond, providing the knowledge and support wom... Read >

The 12 Hidden Crises of Entrepreneurial Women

Several years ago I conducted a yearlong research study with over 100 working women across the country about professional crises in women and how we can reclaim our lives to overcome them. I was astounded by the findings, and felt they were so universal ... Read >

The New Rules of Marketing – Five Key Principles of Care, Credibility, Connection, Clarity and Calli

As many of my friends and community members know, I'm a huge fan of Scott Stratten, President of Un-marketing (www.un-marketing.com). Almost every word this guy says and writes resonates 100% with me, and reflects my views and feelings about what it means... Read >

Committing to Finding Inspiration

I realized yesterday that it’s been a month since I’ve posted on my blog, and I wondered on that for a bit. Folks have advised me to blog on a regular schedule – say, twice a week on Mondays and Fridays. But I find that approach doesn’t work for me, bec... Read >

Powering Up Your Relationship With Money - 7 Signs of Money Trouble

In the past several years, I’ve worked with hundreds of women entrepreneurs, executives, consultants and small business owners who are, as I was at one time, in complete denial about their money situation. They know they’re not earning nearly enough or t... Read >

How Career Coaching Gets It Wrong: Tips For Choosing a Career Coach Who Won’t Waste Your Money

What are the easiest ways to spot an ineffective career coach who won't be helpful in moving you forward? This week I heard from a lovely woman in another state who shared with me a story about a career coach she hired this year. This coach, in the ... Read >

Increasing Your Success Isn't As Hard As You Think It Is

As a career coach and researcher of working women's work-life issues, I've embarked on a national research study on Women Succeeding Abundantly, in order to learn first-hand the essential ingredients in thinking, beliefs, choices, and behaviors that creat... Read >

What Do You Really Want - a Job or a "Calling"?

In coaching people to achieve a true breakthrough in their lives and careers, I've observed (and also personally experienced) the powerful impact of asking yourself the question, "Am I longing for a job or a calling?" - and answering it with brutal honest... Read >

Naming and Claiming Your True Niche: What to Release – and Embrace – to Success in Your Sweet Sp

Part I: What to Release I've had a long, bumpy journey on the road to finding my true niche as a professional. From years of inauthentic (and unappealing) corporate work, to becoming a psychotherapist and coach yearning to find my true "sweet spot," ... Read >

Can You Make a Good Living Being a Life Coach?

Running a coaching and consulting company dedicated to helping women achieve breakthrough in their lives and work, I meet thousands of folks each year who want to reinvent, many of whom are considering launching a coaching or consulting practice, or other... Read >

Breaking Down - It makes breakthrough possible.

ARE YOU A PROFESSIONAL A woman longing for a change? You're not alone. Seven out of 10 women today are facing a major turning point. After devoting years to building successful careers, they feel that their lives and identities no longer work. As a result... Read >

6 Essential Steps to Career Breakthrough: Navigating Through Change Successfully

There are so many people today in dramatic career and life transition, and also thousands of coaches and consultants offering help. I've discovered, however, that recommending simple, straightforward tactics and strategies does not work unless there has ... Read >

Are You Empowered in Your Career? 12 Strategies to Gain Strength, Confidence, and Clarity

Professional women have made tremendous strides in terms of drawing on our strengths, abilities, and confidence in the workplace in recent years, but it's clear that we have a long way to go before we are using our female power with self-assurance and eas... Read >

Breakdown Breakthrough

Overcoming the 12 hidden crises of working women Are you a professional woman longing for a radical change? You are not alone. According to my researchâ€"a yearlong national study in partnership with the Esteemed Woman Foundationâ€"seven out of ... Read >