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Have some creative ideas for job hunting? Need to deal with feelings of anger and powerlessness around a down economy? Trying to get up the nerve to network, look for the job that's right for you, or redefine your own feelings about work in general?

Join us for Working Lunch Wednesdays on KXAN.com, where you can chat live with our local Work/Life coach Melissa Schenker , as well as others in our community who are dealing with these and other job-related issues.

That's each Wednesday at noon on our Recession to Recovery page. Come and join the discussion, or just watch and get some insight. Whatever your level of participation, we know you'll get something out of our insightful discussions with Schenker each week.

Melissa Schenker, owner of Work/Life , has combined an MBA with psychotherapy training to create an unusual consulting practice focused on individuals, organizations and the larger environments within which they operate.

Her coaching practice areas include working with individuals to create satisfying work situations. Her organizational consulting work enables businesses to identify and overcome barriers to growth and continual improvement.

Melissa has opened Work/Life in 1996. Previously she worked as an internal management consultant for the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, as an operations consultant for Deloitte & Touche, and in a variety of capacities in city government in Austin, Texas and New York City. She has served on several nonprofit boards and as President of Family Connections.

She has an MBA from the Sloan School at M.I.T. and an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Texas at Austin. She also completed an intensive year long public affairs leadership training fellowship offered by the CORO Foundation in New York City.