Dr. Harkness predicted the current workplace turmoil three decades before it happened, and has worked with more than 10,000 clients by looking at the realities of today's workplace in light of her intuitive eye for what's next. Today's typical client can be either a recent college graduate or a "Baby Boomer". While everyone seems to be looking for more meaning from life, Boomers are more likely to be looking for a way to move "from misery to meaning at midlife.""More than ever before, if your career is not under your control, you are headed for an immediate crisis," says Dr. Harkness, whose new model is called the "Yo-Yo " model — "You're On Your Own!"The author of four books after age 67, Dr. Harkness continues to identify and address career-related needs through presentations, teaching, workshops, individual and group counseling, she has assessed, inspired, encouraged, prodded and provided more than ten thousand client and public participants with an ageless perspective on work and meaningfulness in an era prone to chaos. She encourages professionals, students, and stay-at-home moms to evaluate, research, rejuvenate or change to suitable careers.Her mantra "Freedom is knowing your options" echoes throughout the comprehensive four-step CDA career model she created:1) Looking Inward to identify options, skills, interests, values, aptitudes, and Success Criteria - those un-droppable Glass Balls versus the less important rubber balls. 2) Looking Outward to identify which options best fit their Glass Balls. 3) Looking Forward to determine their focused future image - the match-up of inward and outward searching. 4) Taking Strategic Action necessary to achieve their future career goals. Her life's work shatters countless myths about aging and models her focus on functional rather than chronological age. She recommends finding one's purpose and meaning to pursue with passion, perseverance, and a plan as the best anti-aging strategy.Specialties: As a Career Change catalyst, futurist, teacher, and entrepreneur, Helen Harkness has worked more than 30 years with adults experiencing career and life chaos. A former academic dean, she founded Career Design Associates, Inc., at the age of 50 and has authored four books on career change. After completing a dissertation, she obtained a U.S. Department of Labor grant for and served as Director of the Community/Social Resources Program for the City of Garland, Texas.