Finding Purpose Through Life’s Challenges – Trail Marker #1
Momentum isn’t purpose. Trail Marker #1 is about naming what matters—three values that anchor you when life snaps hard.
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Page Three: Sitting With It
After the checklist comes the pause. This post explores the sacred stillness between knowing and moving — and why it matters.
Page Two: The Inventory of Impact
Page Two explores the emotional and practical aftermath of a major life disruption—like a layoff—through a five-part self-inventory. It guides readers to reflect on:
1. Tangible Losses (income, identity, routines)
2. Invisible Costs (confidence, control, future vision)
3. Residual Strengths (skills, values, resilience)
4. Emotional Landscape (grief, fear, conflicting emotions)
5. First Truths (honest realizations about where you are now)
“The Layoff Survival Guide Doesn’t Cover This”
If you are new, the Start Here page is the best place to get oriented. It explains the Trail Markers and the larger journey behind this work. The funny thing I am finding out about writing like this is that my ideas of the direction I will be taking shift fairly frequently. I think … Read more
Cortisol – The Thief of Joy
We talk about hustle like it’s heroic. But sometimes, the body has other plans. This poem is part of a series exploring the emotional chemistry of midlife changes, especially unexpected and unwelcome ones — where ambition meets biology, and healing begins with honesty. —————————- Cortisol – the thief of joy My ambition has wanedNo longer … Read more