Hillary Hutchinson
M.A., MEd
SC, USClients will learn how to:
- Embrace change with resilience;
- Deal with stress;
- Build confidence
- Organize day-to-day life for best results;
- Create a vision;
- Set achievable goals;
- Focus on strengths;
- Manage career transition; and
- Write clearly on demand
My Story
I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Because we spend so much of our lives working for money, I believe it is crucial that we love and find meaning in what we do for a living. I have overcome some major personal hurdles in my life (see next paragraph) and finally found happiness in my own chosen career as a change strategist, focusing on how to make big transitions. In my own life, I have had at least seven distinct careers including market researcher, political lobbyist, non-profit journalist, legal assistant, manager at three different academic institutes, professional business organizer, and career change strategist. Embracing transition instead of resisting it can be the key to moving from surviving to thriving in your career and the rest of your life.
After financing my husband’s graduate degree and moving across the country for his first tenure-track job, I sadly became the sole support of our two small children when my young husband was tragically killed in a car accident that nearly claimed my life as well. I physically and figuratively had to recreate myself, and regain a sense of trust in the universe that all would be well. I would not be where I am today, or be the person I am, without going all the places I’ve been, and doing all the different things I’ve done. While I might not have said it at the time, I am now grateful for every challenge I have faced and overcome.
Experience
I can help you cut through the mental clutter of negative self-talk and increase your confidence to share your unique gifts with the world. If you suffer from intense overwhelm and chronic disorganization, my professional organizing skills can help you to see what is really important. I have a specialty in working with academics in higher education, and I see the fear that change brings even to clients with extensive education and training. If you are the main financial support for your family, there can be a lot of pressure not to create changes that could—even temporarily—lessen income, rock stability, and stress familial relationships. You deserve support and encouragement with major life transitions such as relocation, coping with marriage and parenthood, life-threatening experiences, or changing careers (especially in the case of academics who may have put years into getting to a place they thought they wanted to be, only to discover otherwise) precisely because they are difficult. My job is to help illuminate the road, step by step, to make change manageable, exciting, and fun.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from George Washington University (1982). Two masters degrees from the University of Texas at Austin: a Master of Arts in Social Anthropology (1984), and a Master of Education in Higher Education Administration (2006).
Clients will learn how to:
- Embrace change with resilience;
- Deal with stress;
- Build confidence
- Organize day-to-day life for best results;
- Create a vision;
- Set achievable goals;
- Focus on strengths;
- Manage career transition; and
- Write clearly on demand
My Story
I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Because we spend so much of our lives working for money, I believe it is crucial that we love and find meaning in what we do for a living. I have overcome some major personal hurdles in my life (see next paragraph) and finally found happiness in my own chosen career as a change strategist, focusing on how to make big transitions. In my own life, I have had at least seven distinct careers including market researcher, political lobbyist, non-profit journalist, legal assistant, manager at three different academic institutes, professional business organizer, and career change strategist. Embracing transition instead of resisting it can be the key to moving from surviving to thriving in your career and the rest of your life.
After financing my husband’s graduate degree and moving across the country for his first tenure-track job, I sadly became the sole support of our two small children when my young husband was tragically killed in a car accident that nearly claimed my life as well. I physically and figuratively had to recreate myself, and regain a sense of trust in the universe that all would be well. I would not be where I am today, or be the person I am, without going all the places I’ve been, and doing all the different things I’ve done. While I might not have said it at the time, I am now grateful for every challenge I have faced and overcome.
Experience
I can help you cut through the mental clutter of negative self-talk and increase your confidence to share your unique gifts with the world. If you suffer from intense overwhelm and chronic disorganization, my professional organizing skills can help you to see what is really important. I have a specialty in working with academics in higher education, and I see the fear that change brings even to clients with extensive education and training. If you are the main financial support for your family, there can be a lot of pressure not to create changes that could—even temporarily—lessen income, rock stability, and stress familial relationships. You deserve support and encouragement with major life transitions such as relocation, coping with marriage and parenthood, life-threatening experiences, or changing careers (especially in the case of academics who may have put years into getting to a place they thought they wanted to be, only to discover otherwise) precisely because they are difficult. My job is to help illuminate the road, step by step, to make change manageable, exciting, and fun.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from George Washington University (1982). Two masters degrees from the University of Texas at Austin: a Master of Arts in Social Anthropology (1984), and a Master of Education in Higher Education Administration (2006).
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