Valerie Young

Current

• Dreamer in Residence at ChangingCourse.com

Education

• University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Recommended

3 people have recommended Valerie

Connections

113 connections

Industry

Internet

Valerie Young’s Summary

I am an expert on “Outside the Job Box Careers” and the founder and Dreamer in Residence at http://ChangingCourse.com, a company designed to provide resources, tools, perspective, and inspiration to help discover and follow your dreams of a more fulfilling life, working at what you love.

Following the sudden death of my mother Barbara in 1993, I left my corporate job and 90-mile-a-day commute to pursue my own dream of launching Changing Course. I am an internationally known workshop leader and public speaker. My insight and humor have made me a popular guest speaker at such diverse organizations as Intel, Daimler Chrysler, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CIGNA, American Women in Radio and Television, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Women’s Jewelry Association, Society of Women Engineers and more.

My career change tips have been cited in such publications as Kiplinger’s, Inc., The Wall Street Journal, USA Weekend magazine, Entrepreneur, Woman’s Day, Reader’s Digest, Redbook, Self, Glamour (UK), Cosmopolitan, The Executive Female, The Globe and Mail, The Edmonton Sun, The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Oregonian, The Ventura County Star, and The Dallas Morning News. I have produced 10 Steps to Escaping the Job World and am the contributing editor to Finding Your True Calling.

In addition, I have delivered my How to Feel As Bright and Capable As Everyone Seems to Think You Are on the Impostor Syndrome program at numerous colleges and universities including Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Cornell, California Institute of Technology, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Boston University School of Medicine, Amherst College, University of Illinois, Texas A&M and many more.

I earned my doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst where my research focused on understanding and eliminating the psychological barriers preventing women from achieving their full potential.

Valerie Young’s Specialties:

career change, self-employment, work at home, entrepreneur, impostor syndrome, overcoming self-doubt, feeling like a fake

Valerie Young’s Experience

• Dreamer in Residence

  ChangingCourse.com

  (Internet industry)

  Currently holds this position

Valerie Young’s Education

• University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  EdD , Education, Impostor Syndrome

  I am an expert on “Outside the Job Box Careers” and the founder and Dreamer in Residence at ChangingCourse.com, a company designed to provide resources, tools, perspective, and inspiration to help discover and follow your dreams of a more fulfilling life, working at what you love.
  
  In addition, I have delivered my How to Feel As Bright and Capable As Everyone Seems to Think You Are on the Impostor Syndrome program at numerous colleges and universities.
  
  I have been cited in numerous publications as Kiplinger’s, Inc., The Wall Street Journal, USA Weekend magazine, Entrepreneur, Woman’s Day, Reader’s Digest, Redbook, Self, Glamour (UK), Cosmopolitan, The Executive Female, The Globe and Mail, The Edmonton Sun, The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Oregonian, The Ventura County Star, and The Dallas Morning News and many more...

Additional Information

Valerie Young’s Interests:

career change, self-employment, interesting ways to make a living without a job, overcoming self-doubt

Valerie Young’s Contact Settings

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