I left a long, successful, and secure academic career without any plan at all. Several things converged, including: Rising dissatisfaction–the work was feeling increasingly stale and unfulfilling; Covid, which made my job extremely difficult; and the untimely deaths of some friends, colleagues, and family.

I began to realize in a visceral way just how short life really is. I was tired of settling for “good enough.” I left and never looked back.

Among many other things, I worked with a master coach and completed rigorous and intensive training programs to learn how to transform my own life and help others transform theirs.

Along the way I repeatedly discovered that many seemingly happy, successful people are in fact hurting and feeling unfulfilled.

“I’ve got nothing to complain about,” they often say. “Look how much worse things are for so many others!” 

I’ve been saying this myself for most of my life. I still do. And it’s true. And it’s a poor excuse to avoid taking an honest look in the mirror, trying to find and do the best work we can, be our highest and best self, and live our best life. 

I would love the chance to learn more about how you would really like to spend your one wild and precious life, and what might be holding you back. If you’ve made it this far, I suspect that we might have some things in common, and at the very least have an honest and interesting conversation.