Lisa Renee Anderson is a Portland, OR Career and Life Coach, offering life and career coaching in Portland, Salem, Eugene,Ashland, Oregon, North America

Lisa Renee Anderson, MA Life and Career Coach

You Can Create Work You Love

You don’t have to know exactly what comes next.

Maybe your work no longer fits who you are.

Maybe you’re successful on paper but find yourself wondering, Is this really what I want to keep doing?

Or maybe you know you’re ready for a change, but you have no idea what that change should look like.

That’s where career coaching can help.

Find clarity about what you want next

I help people step back from the immediate question of “What job should I look for?” and explore the bigger questions:

What kind of work would I actually enjoy?
What am I good at, and how do I want to use those strengths?
What matters to me now?
What possibilities am I overlooking?
How can I create work that fits the life I want to live?

Together, we sort through the ideas, questions, possibilities and practical realities until a direction begins to emerge.

This isn’t about finding one magical “perfect career.” It’s about understanding yourself well enough to make thoughtful choices about what comes next.

Create Work YOU Love

For more than 30 years, I’ve helped people navigate career decisions, transitions and reinvention.

Some clients come to me knowing they need a change but having no idea what they want to do.

Others have several possibilities and need help deciding which direction makes sense.

Some want to make their current work more satisfying rather than leave it.

And sometimes a client knows exactly where they want to go and needs help figuring out how to get there.

Our work is shaped around you, rather than a predetermined program or formula.

How I Can Help

Career Direction & Exploration

Clarify what you want from your work, identify possibilities that fit, and move from “I don’t know what I want to do” toward a direction that feels both exciting and realistic.

Career Change

Explore how your experience, strengths and interests could translate into something new without assuming you need to start over.

Career Development

You may not need a new career. Sometimes the better question is how to create more challenge, meaning, flexibility or satisfaction in the career you already have.

Turning Direction Into Action

Once you know where you’re going, I can help you figure out how to get there. That may include job-search strategy, networking, positioning your experience, LinkedIn, your résumé, interviewing or negotiating an offer.

The practical pieces matter. They’re simply much easier when you know what you’re aiming for.

 

Board Certified Life and Career Coach

Lisa Renee Anderson, MA

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A Little About Me

I’m Lisa Anderson, a career coach with more than three decades of experience helping people create work and lives that fit who they are.

My approach combines thoughtful exploration with practical action. I’ll ask questions, challenge assumptions, notice patterns and help you see possibilities you may not have considered.

I’m not here to tell you what you should do.

My job is to help you uncover what matters to you, evaluate your options honestly and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.

What It’s Like to Work With Me

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What Could Work Look Like If It Really Fit You?

You don’t need to have the answer before we talk.

In fact, figuring out the answer is often the reason we talk.

If you’re wondering what’s next in your career, I’d be happy to have a conversation and see whether working together makes sense.

Schedule a Complimentary Conversation

Click Here to request your Your True Calling Strategy session. Or better yet—pick up the phone and call me right now at 541-484-6785 (Pacific time).

In this powerful session you will:

  • Create a sense of clarity about your true calling
  • Find out the essential building blocks of your ideal work
  • Identify what may be getting in the way from knowing and doing your life’s work
  • Identify the most powerful actions that will move you towards the livelihood you desire
  • Complete this strategy session with the excitement of clear, specific next steps of what to do next to create a career you truly want

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.” — Goethe

What would you love your work to be?

Imagine doing work that reflects your values, interests and abilities. Work that gives you energy rather than draining it. Work that lets you use more of who you are and contribute in ways that matter to you.

That might mean changing careers. Starting a business or nonprofit. Finding a new way to use the experience you already have. Earning more. Making a difference. Or simply waking up and looking forward to what you do.

You don’t have to know yet what that work looks like.

Figuring that out is where we begin.