Laura Ogilvie-Jones Career & Leadership Coach

The job is brilliant. But there’s another part of this review I love even more. ❤️

When this client first came to me, she’d finished uni and been travelling, and wanted more clarity about what she wanted to do and how to get into the workforce.

Through our coaching, she started to make sense of the doubts and muddled thoughts, understand herself better and build her confidence.

And then… she got the job! 🙌🎉

A pretty lovely review to receive. And the fact that it happens to be my 125th 5⭐ Google Review makes it even more special.

Hence the chair spinning. 😂

If you’re feeling unsure about what you want next in your career, send me a DM and we can have a chat about whether coaching could help. ❤️

You will never get this year back.

Not next year. Not “when things calm down”. This one.

Most people don’t stay stuck in an unfulfilling career because they lack ambition. They stay stuck because somewhere along the way, wanting a career that actually feels meaningful started to feel greedy or unrealistic.

It’s not. It never was.

The people who make a real career change aren’t the ones with it all figured out. They’re just the ones who stopped waiting for the “right time” to start.

There isn’t one. There’s just this year.

Save this if you’re craving more career clarity. 🔥

Tag someone who’s been waiting for permission to change their career.

Spotted on the Union Canal this week.

And I couldn’t walk past without stopping.

Because this is what I want for every single person I work with.

Not the frantic energy of constantly chasing the next thing.

Not the Sunday dread. Not the knot in your stomach on a Monday morning.

Not the “I should be grateful, but...”

This.

Two swans. One focused, one steady. Both completely at peace with exactly what they’re doing.

Did you know swans mate for life? They don’t constantly question their choices or wonder if they should be somewhere else, doing something different.

They just... commit. Fully. To what feels right.

So many of the people I work with are exhausted. Not because they’re lazy. But because they’ve been pouring everything into work that doesn’t align with who they actually are.

And that misalignment? It’s draining in a way that’s really hard to explain to people who haven’t felt it.

Whatever you choose to do in this life, let it bring you peace.

Not just a good salary. Not just an impressive job title.

Peace.

Save this for the days when you forget it. And if it resonates, send it to someone who needs the reminder too.

Six months is both nothing and everything.

Think back to where you were just six months ago. The things you were worried about. The decisions you hadn’t made yet. The version of you that couldn’t quite see the way forward.

2026 has been a lot for many of us. Loss, grief, uncertainty. The kind of start to a year that knocks you sideways and makes you question everything.

But I found myself walking on Gullane beach at the weekend, feet in the sand, eyes on the sea, and something shifted. That quiet that only fresh air and open water can give you.

Here’s what I know after 1,000+ hours of coaching: most people don’t change because they wait for the right moment. They change because they finally decide the current one is no longer good enough.

If something in you is stirring right now, that’s not restlessness. That’s clarity trying to get your attention.

Save this for when you need the reminder. And if you’re ready to make the next six months count, my DMs are open. 💙