How a Gap Year Will Change You and Your Future

A 2018 study by the American Psychological Association found that 70% of high school students reported feeling burned out at least sometimes, and 20% reported feeling burned out often. A 2019 study by the University of Cambridge found that 30% of European teenagers reported feeling burned out at least sometimes. All indicators point to these […]

Why Executive Presence Matters for Women

Women have been taking the workforce by storm, becoming leaders, and making impactful changes within the labor force. Female entrepreneurship has also been steadily increasing within the past two decades, as approximately forty percent of businesses in the United States are owned by women.  As women continue to pursue entrepreneurship, it can often be challenging […]

Why is coaching a worthwhile investment?

Coaching is an investment in your future. Its outcome is having a full life and wellness. The cost of working with a coach today pays these dividends over a lifetime.   At ideamix, we believe that individual wellness is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being across eight dimensions, as defined by the World […]

4 Lessons for Effective Leadership

Being a leader is no easy task, and this role can often come with heightened scrutiny and daunting expectations. In recent years, leadership turnover is up while leadership tenure is down – this means individuals in leadership roles are in their jobs for less time and organizations go through more leaders.  Leadership turnover and tenure […]

What are the different types of coaching?

What is coaching? Why should I do it? Think of coaching as an effective hybrid between counseling and therapy. Coaching is goal-oriented, and the goals defined up-front serve as the basis for everything that follows in coaching. Like therapy, coaching tends to delve into some of your past, but it is more forward looking and […]