More about Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome's Valerie Young

Valerie Young is a lifestyle career counselor and the founder and Dreamer-in-Residence here at Changing Course. Following the sudden death of her mother Barbara in 1993, Valerie left her corporate job and 90-mile-a-day commute to pursue her own dream of launching Changing Course.

Valerie's career change tips have been cited in such publications as Reader’s Digest, Redbook, Entrepreneur’s Business Start-Ups, The Executive Female, The Wall Street Journal, USA Weekend, The Guardian (London), The Edmonton Sun, The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), The Chicago Sun, The Boston Globe, The Oregonian, The Ventura County Star, and The Dallas Morning News.

She has been a guest on People Are Talking (ABC), the Canadian Broadcast Corporation’s The Current, Chicago’s WMAQ, and The Wall Street Journal’s nationally-syndicated program “Work & Family.” She joins Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Natasha Josefowitz and others as a contributing author to Not As Far As You Think: The Realities of Working Women and contributing editor to Finding Your True Calling.

Valerie is also an internationally known workshop leader and public speaker. Her insight and humor have made her a popular guest speaker at such diverse organizations as Bristol-Myers Squibb, CIGNA, American Women in Radio and Television, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, National Association of Bank Women, National Association of Insurance Women, Women in Federal Law Enforcement, Association of Women in Science, Inside-Outside (attorneys), Women Rainmaker’s Roundtable (law firm partners), Connecticut Bar Association, Zonta, Professional Secretaries International and American Society for Training and Development.

In addition, Valerie has delivered her How to Feel As Bright and Capable As Everyone Seems to Think You Are program at numerous colleges and universities including MIT, Cornell, California Institute of Technology, Boston University School of Medicine, Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Northern Arizona University, University of Colorado, University of Wisconsin, University of Texas, University of Iowa, University of Connecticut, University of Washington, and Texas A&M.

Before founding Changing Course, Valerie was a cubicle dweller in the strategic marketing department of a Fortune 500 company. She earned her doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst where her research focused on understanding and eliminating the psychological barriers preventing women from achieving their full potential.

Learn more about how Valerie quit her job... and how you can too by clicking here.

Valerie’s 2006 Schedule

January 10^th, Outside of the Box Career Planning, Federal Government Retirees, Reston, VA

January 12^th, Time/Design’s The Power of Focus Management in-house seminar for L'Oreal, Scottsdale, AZ

February 7^th Time/Design’s The Power of Focus Management public seminar, Boston, MA public seminar

February 10-12^th, The Changing Course Opportunity Bootcamp, presented at The Lucrative Traveler Conference, San Antonio, TX

February 16^th, Time/Design’s The Power of Focus Management in-house seminar, SoftSheen-Carson, Destin, FL

March 7^th, Time/Design’s The Power of Focus Management public seminar, New York City, NY

March 21^st, Outside of the Box Career Planning, Federal Government Retirees, Reston, VA

March 23^rd, Time/Design’s The Power of Focus Management in-house seminar for L'Oreal, New York City, NY

April 11^th, Outside of the Box Career Planning, Federal Government Retirees, Reston, VA

May 5^th, How to Feel as Bright and Capable as Everyone Seems to Think You Are benefit for NEARI, Holyoke, MA

May 10^th, Outside of the Box Career Planning, Federal Government Retirees, Reston, VA

May 18^th, How to Feel as Bright and Capable as Everyone Seems to Think You Are, Oregon State University, Portland, OR

May 23rd, Time/Design’s The Power of Focus Management public seminar, Philadelphia, PA

June 27^th, Outside of the Box Career Planning, Federal Government Retirees, Reston, VA

August 1^st, Outside of the Box Career Planning, Federal Government Retirees, Reston, VA

August 8^th, Time/Design’s The Power of Focus Management in-house seminar for L'Oreal, New York City, NY

August 11-13^th, Work at What You Love, public workshop, Northampton, MA

September 22^nd, Outside of the Box Career Planning, Federal Government Retirees, Reston, VA

To learn how you can book Valerie for a speaking engagement for your organization, college, or next association meeting call (413) 367-0222 (EST).

To learn more about How to Feel As Bright and Capable As Everyone Seems to Think You Are click here.

To learn more about Valerie's Career Change Workshop, It’s Never Too Late to Be What You Might Have Been: What Your Guidance Counselor, Career Counselor, and Even Your Own Mother Never Told You About Making a Successful Mid-Life Career Change click here.

If you would like to set up an appointment with Valerie for her one on one career consultation, click here.

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