2026 is the Year of the Horse—symbol of movement, power, momentum.

 But momentum without direction doesn’t create meaning. It just creates speed.

 For those in career transition or retirement, this may be the first time you get to choose without pressure.

 Before running forward, pause.

Retirement isn’t the end—it’s a sacred opportunity to reconnect with our soul, offer our wisdom forward, and choose who we want to become in this next chapter.

What if finding your Purpose isn’t a final destination, but a journey that evolves with you?

In 2025, the Lunar New Year features the Wood Snake. The Snake teaches us to trust our intuition and transform from the inside out. Learn the skills of transition and let 2025 be your year of wisdom and growth.

Life rarely goes as planned, and transitions can feel overwhelming, leaving you stuck in place. But what if you could design your way through change instead of just reacting to it?

When life knocks us down, we often feel lost. Yet, if we approach change with intention, we can harness disruption to create new possibilities.

Transitional intelligence means understanding and embracing our "what's next" as a source of curiosity, wonder, and awe, relying on core strengths and inner values as a compass north and a growth mindset to learn new skills. Change is inevitable and Transition is a skill that can be mastered by anyone if they do the work.

“Liars don’t heal.” — Caroline Myss
The harsh truth? Your mindset is either holding you back or helping you grow. Change, loss, and disruption often hit us like a tsunami. No one is immune to it. Life happens. Don’t let fear hold you back. Life’s unfairness is a call to become fearless. Read more and discover how to navigate your own transition with purpose and resilience.

In the midst of stress and uncertainty, especially during times like COVID-19, it’s easy to lose touch with the present moment, much like a skipping vinyl record. As a leader, it’s crucial to maintain calm and clarity, but negative thought patterns can quickly take over, leading to emotional reactions and poor decisions. The solution? Mindfulness. By practicing moment-by-moment awareness of your thoughts, feelings, and sensations, you can break the cycle of stress and anxiety. This practice helps you remain centered, make better decisions, and lead effectively—even when challenges seem overwhelming. Mindfulness is not a quick fix but a tool for ongoing self-awareness and emotional resilience, helping you lead with confidence and clarity, no matter the circumstances.

After graduate school as I began my career in the HR world, I was continuously involved in culture change initiatives. I noticed that resistance was the natural order of things for most employees, and communication from the top rarely survived intact as it cascaded down through the ranks.  I wanted to help make it better.

One of the largest impact areas in my career came about rather unexpectedly. You see, I barely made it through my math and science courses in high school — clearly STEM work was not my unique talent; so when I was asked to work with a team of some of the most brilliantly sourced STEM Employees in the world, I was intimidated, to say the least.

John Dewey, American Philosopher believed that the modern mind, since Descartes, has been caught up in a hopeless “quest for certainty” that is hopeless, simply because certainty does not exist in the world.