This is the final article in our 6-part series on the DARE™ method, EvolveMe’s framework for career reinvention. If you're just joining us, start with our intro piece, You Didn't Leave. You Were Pushed. Now What?, then move to the Discover phase in You're Not Starting Over. You're Starting From Here, and the Amplify phase in Confidence Isn't a Personality Trait. It's a Practice and the Refresh phase, Same You. New Story. Refresh Your Resume, LinkedIn and Personal Brand and fi

This is Part 5 in our series on the DARE method, EvolveMe’s framework for career reinvention. If you're just joining us, start with our intro piece, You Didn't Leave. You Were Pushed. Now What?, then move to the Discover phase in You're Not Starting Over. You're Starting From Here, the Amplify phase in Confidence Isn't a Personality Trait. It's a Practice and the Refresh phase, Same You. New Story. Refresh Your Resume, LinkedIn and Personal Brand. This article will be here wh

This is Part 4 in our series on the DARE method, EvolveMe's framework for career reinvention. If you're just joining us, start with our intro piece, You Didn't Leave. You Were Pushed. Now What?, then move to the Discover phase in You're Not Starting Over. You're Starting From Here, and the Amplify phase in Confidence Isn't a Personality Trait. It's a Practice. This piece will be here when you're ready. You've done the inner work. You know what you bring to the table. You can

You know more than you think you do. You've done harder things than this. You have skills, experience, and a point of view worth owning. And yet. When it comes time to talk about yourself professionally, something happens. You hedge. You over-qualify. You say "I was just" or "it was really a team effort," or you trail off right before you get to the part where you did something impressive. You know the version of yourself you want to show up as. And then you're in the room

This article is Part 2 of our latest series on career reinvention — if you missed the first piece, start here. You've done the hard part by admitting something needs to change. Maybe you left a job that stopped working. Maybe the job left you first. Maybe you've been in the same role so long you've lost track of who you are outside of it. Whatever brought you to this inflection point, you've arrived at the same place a lot of women find themselves in midlife: standing at the

There's a version of this story that gets told a lot. A woman reaches her breaking point. She walks away from her career on her own terms. Then, she discovers herself and launches something amazing. That's a great story. It's just not the whole story. Because for a lot of women right now, it hasn't felt that clean. Maybe the return-to-office mandate came down, and the math stopped working. Maybe a layoff landed while you were on maternity leave, or your aging parent needed yo

If you've been paying attention, you've noticed something shifting. Women's formal networking events, sponsored conferences, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), and other support systems that help to level the playing field are quietly disappearing. DEI programs are being scaled back. Budgets are drying up. Support that felt like a given a few years ago is no longer guaranteed. We felt this close to home recently when a colleague had to cancel what would have been her 10th women

There's a certain kind of person who, when the world piles on, doesn't crumble. They bend. They feel it. They cry a little. And then, almost impossibly, they look up and find something to look forward to. Our EvolveMe co-founder Linda Lautenberg is that person – and this month, she turned 60! It would be easy to write a breezy piece about reaching this milestone. But the truth is, she walked into this birthday carrying a lot. The kind of weight that’s specific to this midlife

If you can't see it, you can't be it! EvolveMe's How She Did It series features inspirational women who've reinvented their careers in midlife. Learn how they did it and take away usable tips from their professional journeys. We're thrilled to introduce Sherry Springer, AVP Business Banking Relationship Manager - a woman who proves that the only person who can stop you…is YOU! Read on to learn How She Did It!

Judy's 88-year-old mother-in-law recently attended an AI workshop at her retirement community. When it was over, she tracked down the instructor and asked them to come back and teach more. Now she's meeting with her AI workshop group every other week this spring! She wasn't afraid of looking silly or getting it wrong. She was curious. She leaned in. And her brain lit up – because that's exactly what brains do when you give them something new. Neuroscience backs this up: nov

"AI is coming for your job!" If you're thinking about a career transition, you've probably seen the headlines. Maybe you've felt the panic creeping in. But here's what we've learned after guiding hundreds of women through career pivots: While everyone's worried about what AI can do, the real opportunity is focusing on what AI CAN'T do. And what can't AI do? It can’t access your intuition. It can’t build trust in a room when the stakes are high. It can’t exercise seasoned jud

The job market in 2026 feels…complicated. According to recent research, 75% of professionals want to stay put in their roles at least until 2027 – because they're afraid to move. It's called "job hugging": staying in your role not because it fulfills you, but because it feels safe. And even among those who are open to new opportunities, 76% don't feel prepared to make the jump. People want something better. They're just afraid to reach for it. Here’s what nobody’s saying out