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Helen Horyza reposted thisHelen Horyza reposted thisYou don’t have a "war story," so you may think you don’t have a "leadership story." If you served 4 years in a technical or support role and never saw a combat zone, you might feel like an imposter when someone says, "Thank you for your service." You might even skip the Veterans Day discounts because you feel you didn't "sacrifice enough" compared to the person next to you. Research shows that 50% of post-9/11 veterans never deployed to a combat zone. Yet, our culture has a tendency to only recognizes the "Warrior" archetype. This can create a "Hero Narrative Vacuum." When you don't see yourself as a hero, you stop seeing yourself as a leader. You start settling for A job because you don't think you’re qualified for THE job. At Reframe & Rise, we know that leadership isn't defined by a combat action ribbon. It’s defined by the radical accountability you practiced every single day for four years. The Reframe: You weren't "just" a mechanic or a technician. You were a steward of multi-million dollar missions before you were old enough to rent a car. Have you ever felt like an "imposter" in the veteran community because of your MOS or deployment history? Let’s talk about it in the comments.
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Helen Horyza shared thisFinding a good listener can be a challenge. You are surrounded by people who talk over you, change the subject back to themselves, and develop their answers while you are still talking. It’s frustrating and rampant. But what if you turned this lack of human connection into an opportunity? Let’s look at the benefits of making your living as an exquisite listener: You Get Paid for Your Emotional Intelligence: Listening isn’t passive. It’s a high-value skill. Professionals who listen well help others process their emotions, make decisions, and resolve conflicts. In our noisy, distracted world, professional listeners are an indispensable resource. The coaching industry in the U.S. is large and growing, estimated at around $18 billion in revenue in 2025 and slated to exceed 20 billion in 2026. You Develop Deep Emotional Intelligence: When you actively listen every day, you naturally improve. You refine your empathy, patience, emotional regulation, and nonverbal awareness. People Trust You More: Being known as the person who really listens builds stronger personal relationships and professional credibility. Holy cow, it’s profitable, helps you grow, and inspires trust. I would add one more thing that means the most to me. Listening for a living is deeply rewarding. At the end of an initial session with a new client, I often hear that they now have hope. I’ve given them space to access their own wisdom. I encourage you to focus on your listening skills and find ways to improve them. Start by remembering people’s names when you meet them for the first time. I know—you are terrible at that. We all are. Prove you can do better, and you are on the road to being a genius listener. #coach #careercoach #careercoachacademy
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Helen Horyza shared thisThe first evening at coaching school can be unsettling. The biggest surprise comes when students learn the role of a coach, as distinct from a consultant or a therapist. For many, they feel lost, stripped of their accumulated knowledge and expertise. Here are some definitions to help you understand what the role of an ICF (International Coaching Federation) credentialed coach is: Coach: A credentialed professional who partners with clients in a structured, ethical, and competency-based process to unlock awareness, action, and sustainable growth. Consultant: An expert providing advice, solutions, or recommendations based on specialized knowledge in a particular field. Therapist: A licensed professional who addresses psychological, emotional, or mental health issues, often focused on healing past trauma and resolving dysfunction. In presenting the three definitions, it’s important to honor and respect each role. The key is to understand the difference and stay in the optimal lane to benefit the client. This can become even more confusing as a career coach because we integrate aspects of consulting and therapy into our work. Let me be more specific. Many clients come to a career coach feeling anxious and discouraged. They may be stuck in a toxic or unrewarding job. This has real emotional consequences. A great career coach honors those feelings. If the client is severely distressed, then a referral to a therapist is warranted. Additionally, career coaches offer expertise and information. They administer career assessments, assist with resumes and LinkedIn profiles, and teach job search strategies. The key is integrating coaching with consulting, so the client owns the process and is accountable for it. If you have been thinking about becoming a career coach, this mini tutorial will help make your first day in class much easier. The next cohort of the Career Coach Entrepreneur Academy starts March 17, 2026 🍀🍀🍀Please reach out to me directly to learn more about our program. Visit the Academy website (link in comments) to schedule a call to get your questions answered. #coach #careercoach #careercoachacademy
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Helen Horyza shared thisWhen it comes to networking to find a job, I find it best to be blunt. You benefit from controlling the conversation, the impression you leave, and, perhaps most important, your follow-up. Your number one goal is to make each person you meet feel successful. Most people want to help, but the way you frame your strategy and approach to your job search can limit or eliminate their ability to help you. Let’s break this down: Control the Conversation: If you don’t guide the conversation, it can drift into small talk. To avoid this, ask targeted questions that reflect the excellent research you have done into your desired industry and role. Keep the exchange focused on your career goals and strengths. Address any Baggage Directly: If you are meeting with someone you have a history with, be sure to clear up any past conflicts or misconceptions. Leaving them lurking in the background will undermine your efforts and theirs. Control the Impression you Leave: Position yourself clearly by sharing relevant achievements. Frame your experience strategically. People are more likely to help someone who seems purposeful. Control the Follow-Up: Here’s where the biggest pitfalls lie. Many people you network with will offer to send your resume to an influential person they know. They think this is helpful, but it’s not. You lose control. You don’t know if they sent it, and you have no good way to follow up. Ask them to call the influential person and pitch your amazing qualifications. Then you send the resume to a warm lead. Things go much more smoothly, and you remain in charge. If you are trying to find a job, you already know that applying for listed jobs is mostly useless. Online job sites make it easy for hundreds or thousands of people to apply. At some point, humans need to narrow the pool down. Their favorite default is to hire someone they already know and skip the overwhelming listed job scenario. So, focus on networking and be a control freak about it. You will save time and improve the quality of your outcome. #jobsearch #networking #career #careercoach #elevateyourcareer
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Helen Horyza shared thisAffirmations work well when they are aligned with a strategy. For example, if you are heading into an important interview, you might be willing to say positive things to yourself to improve your performance. You are not lying to yourself; rather, you are leveraging your intelligence to elevate your self-esteem. The science behind affirmations is compelling. Here are a few reasons why they work: Your self-concept shapes your perceptions and behavior: Your brain is constantly filtering reality. What gets through that filter depends on your self-concept (your internal story about who you are). Affirmations can reinforce positive identity beliefs, such as “I am capable” or “I belong here”. Thoughts are not just abstractions—they’re neural activity: Repeated thoughts strengthen specific neural pathways. Thus, certain interpretations and emotional responses become more automatic over time. Affirmations are repetitive mental exercises. Eventually, they rewire your brain. You create the expectancy effect: Beliefs change physiology and behavior. If you genuinely expect to handle challenges well or believe you can learn new things, you will persist towards your goal for longer periods of time and interpret setbacks as temporary. In the midst of a career transition or a job search, many factors are out of your control. But you can choose to manage your thoughts and add self-statements to your daily routine that increase your confidence and creativity. I think that’s worth doing. #affirmations #career #careercoach #elevateyourcareer
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Helen Horyza shared thisCareer violations like layoffs, power-hungry bosses, and toxic workplaces are real—and can be devastating. If they persist over time, you begin to feel wronged and powerless. If that’s not bad enough, there is a secondary impact. You shut down mentally. Let me break it down for you. Here are ways the victim perspective narrows your thinking: · Limits perceived options: Your focus shifts to asking, who caused this or why is this unfair? This reduces attention to questions like, what can I control right now or what small action can I take to improve my situation? · Shifts responsibility outward: You may, in fact, have experienced a real external threat or violation. But focusing on outward causes reduces your sense of personal agency. As a result, problem-solving may stall because action feels pointless or impossible. · Increases emotional load: Feelings like anger, fear, shame, or resentment take up mental bandwidth. You may resort to short-term venting rather than sustainable fixes. Additionally, you can begin to burn out your support system. These are all problematic impacts. But the one that hurts my clients seeking career satisfaction and success the most is the erosion of creativity. When you feel stuck and victimized, you don’t see options. You can’t think outside the box. The best next step (which might not be that hard) eludes you. For all these reasons, I want you to take back your agency and your brilliance. If you feel victimized by an aspect of your current career situation, I invite you to shift your mentality to massive accountability. Now you are in charge. #accountability #career #careercoach #elevateyourcareer
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Helen Horyza shared thisThe science of stuckness (yes, there is such a thing) has found that when you are stuck, you also feel utterly alone. Newsflash 🔦🔦🔦, the opposite is true. Most people report being stuck in some aspect of their lives. You are far from alone! From a career development perspective, I call this your crossroad. You are not where you want to be and are paralyzed by anxiety. You worry, struggle with self-esteem, and see few options. You stay with your current situation because it’s the devil you know. Also, the consequences of changing your career and making a mistake further thwart your potential progress. Here are some steps you can take to get unstuck: Step One: Calm Down When you feel stuck, your brain interprets the situation as uncertain or risky. This activates the amygdala, shifting you into threat mode, which includes narrowed thinking, reduced creativity, avoidance, and procrastination. As difficult as it might be, you need to start breathing and settle your nerves. Take a long walk, talk to a chicken soup friend, or make an appointment with your career coach. Get support and stop isolating. Step Two: Shrink the Problem to Restore Agency Large goals overload the prefrontal cortex. Small goals work because they reintroduce predictability, create fast dopamine feedback, and rebuild a sense of control. So, identify micro-actions, such as meeting with a colleague for coffee or taking a career assessment. Build on your success and reboot your confidence. Step Three: Change the State, Not the Thought Stuckness is a state of being, not a belief. Some good ways to shift your state include physical movement, novel environments (even a different room), and temperature shifts (cold water on your face). These state-shifting actions reset neural firing patterns and interrupt your thought loops. As you feel less stuck and in the flow of a journey to the next chapter in your career, you can harness your intellect, creativity, and resources to design what’s next. #stuck #getunstuck #career #careercoach #elevateyourcareer
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Helen Horyza reposted thisHelen Horyza reposted thisCareer crossroads aren’t random. They’re often a sign of misalignment - burnout, disengagement, feeling underutilized, or a growing sense that it’s time for something different. The answer isn’t always to make a drastic change overnight. Sometimes the most powerful next step is to pause on purpose, create space, and get clear on what you want before taking action. If you’re looking for more confidence and clarity in your career, reach out. I’d love to help. ❄️ #CareerClarity #CareerDevelopment #CareerChange #Leadership #Burnout #CareerCoach
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Helen Horyza reposted thisHelen Horyza reposted thisYou’ve spent years doing what was needed—mission first, people first, the work in front of you first. But when it comes to your next chapter of work, a different question starts to matter: What do I actually want? In the latest issue of my LinkedIn newsletter, Motivated to Make It (DOABLE), I’m talking about the role of desires in designing your next chapter—especially for military-connected professionals who are used to putting their own wants last. If you’re ready to think beyond “just a job” and toward fulfilling, high-impact work, I’d love for you to read Issue #2. 👉 The Role of Desires in Your Next Chapter: attached Feel free to drop a comment with one thing you discovered—or send me a message if you’d rather keep it private.Issue #2: The Role of Desires in Your Next ChapterIssue #2: The Role of Desires in Your Next Chapter
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It’s been an honor to be a part of your journey. You will be helping so many people as you move forward. I can’t wait to see it all unfold 🥳
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I would just add that asking about current openings narrows the conversation. I like to frame it as, who do you know in campsites you’d like to work for, ask than about the organization and current challenges. The candidate can share how they would address those problems and create opportunities before a job ever gets listed. Just a little twist on the concept.
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Facilitator Training
MG Rush Systems, Inc.
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Nationally Certified Career Counselor
National Board of Certified Counselors
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Myers Briggs Type Indicator Qualified
Consulting Psychologist Press
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Publications
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Elevate Your Career: Live a Life You're Truly Proud Of
Merack
See publication"Intelligent, uplifting and original. This book will help you find your path, reach your potential and achieve your longest held dreams. It addresses all stages of life and offers a much needed contemporary view of achieving career and life success."
Robin Toft - Author of "WE CAN: The Executive Woman's Guide to Career Advancement
Honors & Awards
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Honorable Mention Kops-Fetherling Book Award
Kops-Fetherling Book Award
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