Caitlin Williams – författare

If the proverbial career ladder feels more like a treadmill, it’s time for a different approach. Besides, who wants to climb a ladder anyway? Wouldn’t you rather learn how to explore, grow, and gain new skills that will lead you to new opportunities? This book, from a career coach who’s been advising library workers and other professionals for more than 25 years, is your new toolbox. Alongside plenty of encouragement to help you cultivate a positive mindset, it offers techniques for self-reflection and concrete strategies that will ensure you keep growing regardless of where you are in your career. Teaching you how to recognize opportunities for growth and then leverage them, this resourcelooks beyond traditional moves into management positions to emphasize alternative career growth options;discusses trends in librarianship and how they should guide your own growth plan;includes inspiring interviews from a wide range of library professionals who have successfully jumpstarted their careers by seizing opportunities; andfeatures worksheets that will guide you as you take action, using a combination of exercises, a customizable timetable, and other related tools.This book will give you the tools you need to sustain an ongoing, self-directed growth plan, the hallmark of a lifelong successful career.

This Life Poem collection is based on TRUE events from Caitlin from grade school to college. Dealing with mental illnesses like Depression, Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Agoraphobia, self harm and dealing with grief and trauma. This is based on true events and is not to be romanticized. These were stories based on life and trauma growing up in foster care and having a mental illness. This book also features talk about the different forms of abuse witness as well. This shows the side not many talk about behind closed doors, and to show others that they are not alone. Please if you are feeling sad and feel like there is no way out, there are resources near you to help you get through this. Please stay safe when reading this.