Individual Career Coaching
You have spent years building a career. Is it the one you actually want?
Career coaching for mid-career professionals who feel stuck, stretched, or quietly done, and are ready to find work that fits the life they want. Structured, human, and built around you, not your CV.
Sound familiar?
Does this sound familiar?
The Sunday Dread has stopped being occasional. You are good at what you do, maybe successful on paper, and yet something is off. You cannot quite name it, which makes it harder to fix.
Maybe you feel held in place by the salary and the lifestyle it pays for. Maybe a redundancy or a return from leave has forced the question. Maybe you just know you have more in you than your current role will ever ask for.
You have tried updating the CV. You have scrolled the job boards. You have told yourself to be grateful. None of it has moved you, because none of it started in the right place.
Being stuck mid-career is rarely a capability problem. You have the experience. What you are missing is a clear read on how you are built, a way to package that for the market, and a plan that fits your real life.
Most career advice starts with the CV. The Blueprint starts with you.
When you separate the person from the situation, being stuck stops feeling like a personal failing and starts looking like something you can solve. With a map.
The system
Introducing the Career Alignment Blueprint
A nine-step coaching system, in three stages, that takes you from stuck and unsure to clear, positioned, and moving. Proven since 2013, across more than 100 professionals and many industries.
It works in three deliberate stages. First inward, then outward, then forward.
Discover · The Foundations
Discover
Know who you are and what you are built for. We map your strengths, your values, and your patterns, so your decisions get easier.
Your Reality · Your Wiring · Your Vision
Position · The Strategy
Position
Package your experience for the work you want. We turn your years of experience into language the market understands, across your value, your story, and your profile.
Your Value · Your Story · Your Presence
Drive · The Momentum
Drive
Build the plan and keep moving. We set a realistic roadmap, bring in the right tools, and support you to put yourself forward with confidence.
Your Roadmap · Your Engine · Your Launch
The outcome
What you walk away with
By the end, you will have:
- A clear picture of how you are wired, and what energises you rather than drains you.
- A one-year goal and a five-year vision you actually believe in.
- One or two master CVs, built around where you are heading.
- A LinkedIn profile that brings the right opportunities to you.
- A phased, realistic plan, sized to your life and your finances.
- The structure and support to keep taking confident action toward the right role, not just any role.
The right fit
Who it is for
- You are mid-career and sense it is time for something different.
- You are successful on paper but no longer lit up by the work.
- You know change is coming, through redundancy, return from leave, or your own choice, and you want to lead it rather than react to it.
- You have real responsibilities, so you want a structured plan, not a leap of faith.
Who it is not for
It is probably not the right fit if you already know exactly what you want and only need accountability to get moving. That is a different, shorter program, and I am happy to point you to it. It is also coaching, not therapy, and it is not a recruitment service. You do the work. I give you the map and walk beside you.
Your coach
Meet Emmy
I have changed careers, industries, and countries myself, so I know how disorienting it is, especially when there is more at stake than there was at 22.
I am a certified career coach based in Melbourne, originally from Sweden, and I have lived and worked across the US, UK, and Australia. I have been coaching people through career change since 2013, and I host the Career-Defining Moments podcast.
I work with a small number of clients at a time. That is deliberate. This work deserves attention, and so do you.
In their words
What clients say
Emmy supported me to understand my strengths and values, and to see how I can use them within both my work and home life. I’ve been able to get a new position which is playing better to my strengths, and has given me back my energy.
Jo, New ZealandWe put a plan together, and in much shorter time than expected an opportunity opened up for me. I love how it is not about the short term, but a long-term view on your own career.
Pedro, AustraliaI had reached a point where I felt I could progress no further. Since working with Emmy I have taken the steps to change careers and move towards a life of increased fulfilment, both personally and professionally.
Casey, AustraliaEmmy helped me deconstruct the issue and identify the tools I needed to progress. We worked through an action plan, with short and long-term goals.
Stuart, AustraliaBegin here
How to start
You do not have to commit to the whole journey to begin.
Start with a Career Audit. It is one focused session, low cost and low pressure. You will leave with a clear read on where you are now and the first thing to work on, whether or not you continue into the full Blueprint.
Book your Career AuditWays to work together
The program
Two ways to work together, both built on the same Career Alignment Blueprint, delivered through online 1:1 coaching sessions with full support between them.
Full Experience
The Career Alignment Blueprint
The complete 12-week journey, from inward clarity through to confident action. Includes a 90-minute intensive, four strategy sessions, four momentum calls, all your deliverables, and unlimited email support throughout.
Focused Sprint
The Career Jumpstart
A focused 6-week sprint for clarity and the market-ready essentials, when you need to move faster.
Not sure which fits? We will work that out together in your Career Audit.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How often will we meet?
Every 10 to 14 days works best. It gives you time to act on what we covered, reflect, and prepare for the next session, without losing the energy we have built together. Leave much more than two or three weeks and the momentum starts to slip. And if something significant comes up in your life, we adjust the schedule around you. This is your program, not a conveyor belt.
Do online sessions work as well as meeting in person?
Yes. We meet online, so you can join from a calm space of your choosing and give the session your full attention, with no commute either side. I have coached hundreds of people this way. The only real variable is how much you put in, to the sessions and to the work between them.
How do I book my sessions, and when are you available?
Once we begin, you get your own calendar link and book the times that suit you. I hold availability on weekdays, across both standard hours and evenings, so we can find slots that fit around your work and life.
What if I don’t know what I actually want yet?
That is exactly who the Blueprint is for. Most people arrive able to feel that something is off, but unable to name it. The first stage of the work, Discover, is built to give you that clarity before we touch a CV or a plan. You do not need the answer to begin. You need a starting point.
Am I too late to change direction at this stage of my career?
No. Your experience is the asset, not the obstacle. Change at 40 or 50 carries more weight than it did at 22, and the generic advice rarely honours that. The Blueprint is built for exactly this stage, where the stakes, and the upside, are higher.
Is this just help with my CV?
No. A sharper CV is one outcome, not the point. We start with who you are, then position that across your story, your CV, and your LinkedIn, then build the plan to move forward. The CV is one of nine steps.
Will you guarantee I get a new role?
No, but what I can promise is a proven structure, real support, and a clear plan. The clients who do the work between sessions and take consistent action are the ones who move. Many have, and you can read how they felt about working with me here.
What if I am still in my job and short on time?
Most of my clients are. Sessions are online and flexible by design, with evening times available, and the work between them is focused, not busywork. The Blueprint is built to move you forward without blowing up the life you already have, but you need to be prepared to invest time in yourself and in this process to see results.
Do you work with people outside Australia?
Yes. I am based in Melbourne and work with clients across Australia, New Zealand, and across the globe. Sessions are online, so we find times that work across your time zone.
Your next chapter is not going to write itself.
But you do not have to figure it out alone. Start with a Career Audit. One session. A clear first step.
Book your Career Audit