Career Paused? Rebuilding Your Business? This Is Where You Start Again.
Led by Afito Chiu — I support professionals in transition.
Welcome
Welcome to The Balanced Professional Works LLC — a space built for career professionals and service-based business owners navigating the uncertain middle.
Whether you were recently laid off, stepped away from work, or feel stuck between “what was” and “what’s next,” you’re not starting over. You’re starting from experience.
And you don’t have to do it alone.
My name is Afito Chiu, and I’m a Career & Business Reset Facilitator with The Balanced Professional Works LLC, and former higher-ed leader turned business owner after being laid off in 2024. I created this space because I know what it’s like to hold big goals while holding your breath.
Who This Is For
This space is for you if you’re:
- Navigating a career transition after a layoff or life change.
- Trying to restart or grow a small service-based business.
- A professional leader who’s ready to lead again with more clarity.
- Craving accountability, structure, and small group support.
- Looking for action, not just mindset shifts.
Through small group spaces, community-rooted leadership tools, and momentum-based coaching, I help professionals turn a pause into real, guided progress, with structure, clarity, and consistency that fit the season they’re in.
This isn’t about endless to-do lists or personal development hype.
It’s about creating movement that matches your life, backed by systems, support, and space to be seen while you rebuild.
Where to Go Next
Explore the community space I Lead (Mango Momentum)
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Why This Work Matters
Why This Space Works (When Others Don’t)
Most career support in our communities focuses on the surface:
Résumé writing, job boards, LinkedIn tips.
And while those tools matter, they don’t rebuild what a layoff, career pause, or business burnout shakes at the core:
your confidence, your consistency, and your clarity.
What’s missing?
- A space that holds both strategy and self-trust.
- A consistent group to process, reset, and take real action.
- Accountability that’s not pressure, it’s partnership.
Backed by What We Know:
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According to Gallup, 70% of laid-off professionals report a significant drop in self-confidence, even months after reemployment.
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A McKinsey report shows that traditional career services often leave professionals feeling “transactional, not transformed.”
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Community-based support models increase follow-through, motivation, and mindset resilience by 40% more than solo efforts. (Stanford Behavioral Lab, 2022)
Why Mango Momentum Works:
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We meet before the résumé, at the root: mindset, clarity, and confidence.
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We focus on what most systems ignore: how you feel while trying to rebuild.
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We stay small on purpose. This is guided momentum, not a mass workshop.
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This space is designed to help you take your next brave step, even if it’s quiet.
Kind Words
So thankful for these accountability sessions with Afito Irene Chiu. Taking the time to walk, reflect, and talk through my goals in a supportive space was incredibly helpful. Her guidance is steady, clear, and encouraging—just what I needed to stayfocused and take the right next steps. I highly recommend The Balanced Professional Works to anyone looking for consistent support and real progress in their business or personal goals.
Afito Irene Chiu is wonderful & has an inspiring story! I HIGHLY recommend her if you are looking to improve your ‘work health’ (mindset, motivation & just balancing it all!).