I used to live next to a man named Steve, a physician in his early fifties.  He was long since divorced, and his kids were fully grown.  On his fifty-third birthday, he resolved to make the change in his life he’d been putting off for the last ten years.  He closed up his medical practice, [...]

My friend, a highly-paid financial professional, often complains about her job.  She doesn’t like the long hours, the difficult people, the office politics, and so forth.  Usually, I just sit and listen to her concerns, because it feels like she’s more interested in a sympathetic ear than anything else.  But one day, I couldn’t help [...]

I do a lot of writing and coaching on the issues of finding one’s life purpose and transitioning to a career aligned with that purpose.  I don’t write as often about exploring new ways to experience the career, and the life, one already has, but I think it’s equally important.
I know a number of people who have [...]

I want to tell another story about my friend, the computer programmer who wants to be an interior designer, because my conversations with her raise so many fascinating questions about the challenges surrounding career transitions and pursuing your calling.
My friend is fully ready to start her interior design business—she’s got the ambition, the capital, and [...]

I have a simple question for you.  Are you involved in your current career, relationship, and other activities because you actually find them fulfilling?  Or is it because you think they’re the best way to avoid others’ disapproval?
Unfortunately, for many people, the answer seems to be the latter.  Many of us picked our career paths [...]

When I told people in my life that I was going to leave my old career as a lawyer and set off on my current path, some of them were pretty distressed.  I predicted that this would happen.  But I didn’t quite predict the kind of concerns they’d raise.  I thought people would argue that [...]