Britt-Mari Sykes

Consider “change” for a moment. What is your first reaction? What changes have you experienced in your career life? At what stage of your...

Burnout is all around us. If you have experienced burnout and have taken a leave of absence from work or left a job to focus on health...

Retention is becoming tricky. What does retention mean when a career life is now multi-staged and includes having different work...

Britt-Mari Sykes Ph.D., CDP is a career counsellor and founder of CANVAS Career Counselling working remotely with clients across Canada.

We often use the words stress and burnout interchangeably to describe periods in our lives when we feel overwhelmed...

Acknowledging and accepting our experiences of burnout can be challenging.

Career change is the most frequent topic of conversation I have with my clients.

We often assume that fulfilling work, work we feel enthusiastic about, and work we are fully engaged in

Many of us will have several careers in our lifetime. This has become an accepted reality.

Career maintenance is a proactive approach that keeps us connected to our work experiences and more engaged with the development

Many clients I work with take pride in their chosen careers, in their professionalism, and in their work ethic

Career change is the subject of the most recurrent conversations I have with clients.

Burnout is all around us.

How can we draw meaning and insights from the changes and challenges we experience throughout our career lives?