It might relieve you to know
Career transitions can feel chaotic and disorienting, but they all follow a recognisable shape. You are not lost. You are in a process.
What it is
For an identity shift, not a CV polish.
Most career-change resources help you find a better job match for the person you were. They tune your CV, enhance your LinkedIn, drill your interview skills. Useful — when you already know what you want next.
If you're going through an identity shift, there's essential internal work required first. This workbook doesn't optimise for a job that fits your old self. It helps you discover an aligned career for who you want to become.
Drawing from behavioural science, life design, physics, psychology, philosophy, mythology, poetry and somatic practice.
What's inside
A complete process, in six parts.
Preparation
01
Making sense of what's happening
A map for the terrain: the three phases of a transition, the difference between a change and a transition, and frameworks for why it can feel so disorienting.
Emotions
02
Moving through (not around) what you feel
Grief for an old identity, worry about the future, excitement about what's next. Tools to develop a better relationship with all of it — not rush past it.
Emergent Self
03
Separating who you've been from who you actually are
Identify your new values, passions and strengths — not the ones that defined you before — for genuine insight into directions that feel authentically yours.
Ideation
04
Exploring what might be possible
Treat uncertainty as an invitation to experiment. Envision possibilities you couldn't have predicted, and discover unknown-unknowns.
Experimentation
05
Moving from thinking to doing
Small, low-stakes experiments that generate enough information to decide. Aim for a good-enough choice now, to avoid being delayed by perfectionism.
Direction
06
Bringing it all together
Practices to maintain the changes you've set in motion — so you keep going when doubt or uncertainty returns.
A look inside
Sample exercise: Active daydreaming.
Daydreaming gets a bad reputation. But it's one of the most powerful tools available when you're trying to access what you truly want — precisely because it bypasses the practical, 'be sensible' voice that usually runs the show.
How to do it
Find somewhere comfortable. Put on gentle music if it helps. Close your eyes. Let your mind wander to the future — and let it roam freely.
PROMPTS TO GUIDE YOU
If the next three years were the best of your life, what would be happening?
If a situation you're worried about turned out in the most extraordinary way — what would that look like?
If you were living in your ideal way, what would a Tuesday morning feel like?
Follow the daydream in rich detail. Notice emotion, symbols, metaphors. When you're ready, gently open your eyes and write down what emerged.
What clients say
In their own words.
— Nita · course participant
"This provided a firm framework of what a transition looks like, but also required me to dig deep, be reflective, be vulnerable and be patient. And daydream often."
— Mel · course participant
"Looking at things as an experiment makes me feel a lot more open to trying new things — and maybe finding something I didn't think I would do."
— Anon · course participant
"I'm proud of making small steps I'd been putting off for months — updating my CV, putting in applications, being curious and making time to think deeply about what I enjoy."
Ready to begin?
Your transition is already underway.
The question is whether you navigate it with intention.
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