Sean Cook, M. Ed., Certified Life Purpose and Career Coach

This blog is currently on hiatus as I prioritize my efforts on my other site, HigherEdCareerCoach.Com.

I am looking for regular guest contributors and will be setting up an “article submission” process and a more detailed page of subjects and writing prompts soon. If you would like to be notified, join the Higher Ed Life Coach mailing list.

If you work in at a college or university, are a student leader, or are a speaker, coach or consultant with ideas about ways to help college students and their supporters (family, friends, etc.) make successful transitions to, through, and out of college,  please contact me at sean@higheredcareercoach.com

In the meantime, here are some great sites I recommend you visit instead.

• The Opportunities Project (by Coach Tracy Brisson) http://opportunitiesproject.com/
• HallieCrawford.Com
• University Parent
• Declaration of Interdependence (by Mallory Bower)
• Mickey Fitch’s website

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When I first launched HigherEdLifeCoach.Com in August of 2009, I was focused on creating a blog that would help s students and their families manage the transitions that are a normal part of college, and to create opportunities to craft a brand name for myself as a coach that could help them in navigating these difficult journeys.The idea seemed to resonate with higher ed professionals, especially those in student affairs.

I started networking with others, and several talented writers stepped up and wrote regular guest posts for the blog, most notably Mickey Fitch and Mallory Bower, two of the nicest people I’ve met in a long time, and who I know support the ideas behind this blog, and me, and I am grateful for all the support I received from other guest bloggers, including Shonda Goward, Lee Skallerup, Sarah Howard, Andrew Henck, and Brian Fisher, and from my periodic guest hosts on my podcast, Bryan Koval, Mickey Fitch and Dennis Charles.

I’m also grateful for the many readers who have stopped by and for their comments and feedback. I still get between 600-1000 visitors in a given month, but  I’m not reaching the audience I was hoping , and honestly, my interests have changed. As my coaching practice started to get going, career coaching clearly became my focus. I have been a part of the national conversations about employment and professional preparation in student affairs, and I’ve gained a few paying clients.

But, in reality, my attention to this site has trailed off, and I can’t spend the time here that would be necessary to really have it gain the kind of traction to make it feel worthwhile. I need more clients, and I need the regular income that comes with them, so I am going to follow the money, and spend time focusing on HigherEdCareerCoach.Com, my clients, my podcasts and webinars, and place HigherEdLifeCoach.Com on “pause” for a while, while I seek partners who can help bring the content up to par, and help manage it better.

I’ve reached out to some of these people (or they’ve reached out  to me) in the last few weeks, and I am going to try to work on getting some regular contributors and maybe some interns and advisors.  Until then, this blog is officially on hiatus.

Thanks for reading and for your support.

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College can be just as much of an adjustment for parents as it is for college students. It’s important to give your student the support to make it through challenges, but to resist “saving” them from everyday decisions that come along with becoming healthy, functioning adults.

That’s why I will be teaming up with Monica Moody, a fellow Life Purpose and Career Coach, to facilitate a free webinar for parents of college students at 3 PM EST on Wednesday, January 26.

To register, use the registration widget below!

Sean Cook is  a Certified Life Purpose and Career Coach and the publisher of Higher Ed Career Coach and Higher Ed Life Coach. Monica Moody is a Certified Life Purpose and Career Coach from Macon, GA. Her website can be found at IgnitePurposeNow.Com

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Today, as I was online looking for inspiration about last-minute gifts, I came across a neat little gadget that I wish I had in college: a pen that will record audio as well as capturing the notes you take during your meetings, lectures, or brainstorming sessions. It’s called the LiveScribe Pulse Smart Pen.

Back when I was at Penn State, I had a staff member who had a similar product that was made for kids, but he used it religiously and it really seemed to work for him. I have a college student client with ADD and I can see this pen being a great tool for him. After reading up on it this morning, I sent him an e-mail telling him to check it out. And I am totally placing this on my wishlist.

Besides being a cool way to capture your notes and audio, it’s a great content creation tool. You can make and share “pencasts” of your notes, lectures, mind-maps, brainstorming sessions, or even art and poetry.

Check it out at Amazon.Com today. They have the 2G model for just under $100 and the 4G model for about $140. On the Amazon page, you can watch some short videos to learn more about how the pen works. It’s pretty amazing! I’ll be really surprised if I hold out until the new year on getting this gizmo. If and when I give in, I will share some information with you on how I like it, and you’ll likely see “pencasts” begin to appear on the site.

Have you used the LiveScribe or a similar pen to help you with your note-taking, brainstorming, or mind-mapping?

If so, please share your thoughts on the pros and cons of using one in the comment section!

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The “Let them Choose” webinar recently announced on this blog is being rescheduled for sometime in mid- to late-January. Please check back for a new date soon.

Thanks to all of those who expressed interest in this program! We are looking forward to your participation in the new year.

Happy holidays!

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