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July 27, 2019

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Embracing Change: Smith College Students Participate in Designing Your Life

By Savannah Peterson | Uncategorized | No Comments

In an increasingly complex world with an increasingly uncertain future, students need all the tools their toolboxes can fit. A new program from the Smith College Lazarus Center for Career Development by Patricia Woods and Margaret Lamb aims to help...

July 27, 2019

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A Different Summer Reading List – Personal Development

By Savannah Peterson | Uncategorized | No Comments

Natalie Mellin of Ericsson curated a thought-provoking list of personal development books for you to read over the summer. Like us, she likes to reflect on her goals and her life this time of year. We're grateful she included us...

July 22, 2019

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Advice to a Younger Me: Susan Burnett

By Beanie Brady | DYLW Featured, Uncategorized, Women, workshop | No Comments

Our very own Susan Burnett was a guest on the podcast Advice to My Younger Self, hosted by Sara Holtz. Susan talks about how women can use a design thinking mindset in work and life to prioritize, discover what provides…

May 10, 2019

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Susan Burnett on Talent Development

By Beanie Brady | DYLW Featured, Podcast, Uncategorized, Women, workshop | No Comments

“Women are 51% of the population. What would it look like if 51% of the leaders of the world were women?” –Susan Burnett Hear more from Designing Your Life for Women’s Susan Burnett in her interview on The Talent…

March 26, 2019

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In Her Own Voice: Rediscover the Magic of Play

By Susan Burnett | DYLW Featured, Uncategorized, Women, workshop | No Comments

In the DYL for Women workshop, we hear from many women that sharing their individual story is an important step in being accountable to the process of Life Design. Nicole Ralston shares her experience after participating in the San…

February 21, 2019

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Brit+Co: 8 Non-Fiction Titles to Shake Up Your Reading Routine

By Savannah Peterson | Designing Your Life Book News, Uncategorized | No Comments

Brit+Co contributor Alli Hoff Kosik curated a wonderful list of eight non-fiction books to get you out of a reading rut. We are delighted to find Designing Your Life in such excellent company. See the full list here!

January 16, 2019

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Have You Ever Thought of Taking a Break from Your Current Life?

By Susan Burnett | DYLW Featured, Life Design Community, Uncategorized, Women | No Comments

When Jacqueline Kennedy attended the Designing Your Life for Women Workshop, she was two months into a one-year sabbatical-style career break she had taken to focus on her daughter who was in her last year of high school. Having made...

October 22, 2018

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A Gap Year for Grown-Ups – Debbie Weil’s Story

By Kathy Davies | DYLW Featured, Life Design Community, Uncategorized, Women | No Comments

Exciting Update Debbie's podcast is now launched! To learn more and subscribe go to http://debbieweil.com/podcast Both Debbie Weil and her husband Sam Harrington dreamt of taking a gap year when they were eighteen, but their parents put the kibosh on the idea....

October 3, 2018

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Shuffling the Algorithm – Donatella’s Story

By Kathy Davies | DYLW Featured, Life Design Community, Uncategorized, Women | No Comments

Donatella Caggiano was born in Buonalbergo, a small town in the south of Italy, grew up in the North, and went to college at Luigi Bocconi university in Milan. She started working in the corporate world right after graduating from University....

September 6, 2018

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Jennifer Dubow: Creating a Connected DYL Community

By Kathy Davies | DYLW Featured, Life Design Community, Tips for Designing Your Life, Uncategorized, Women | No Comments

One outcome of the retreat is the conviction that community and radical collaboration are hugely helpful as women support each other in making changes in their lives. Another is the realization that we need that community to continue to hold...

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