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12 Weird but Wonderfully Effective Ways to Turn Your Quarter-Life Crisis Into a Quarter-Life Adventure Setting the Scene At 26, Tyler hit what he would later refer to as “The Quarter-Life Catastrophe.” It started late afternoon on a Tuesday, in...

Making Sure Our Friendships Survive Major Life Changes Your friends are your anchors during periods of change. When everything else is in flux – whether it's moving cities, changing careers, starting a new business, or going through a divorce –...

Finding Yourself in the Strangest Places Life Quake Series They say travel broadens the mind, but here’s a lesser-known secret: it also closes doors. Yep, the ones that need closing—like the door on a marriage that’s run its course. Forget...

Life Quake Series Enraged. Terrified. Adrift. Betrayed. Losing a job isn’t just losing a paycheck; it’s watching a piece of your identity slip away, too. There’s the gut-wrenching sting of rejection, the ever-echoing fear that asks, Was I not good...

Focus on what matters most to You Sometimes life feels like an out-of-control carnival - especially to us introverts - lights flashing, crowds pushing, the whole place buzzing with deafening noise. Somehow, you’re supposed to stay balanced, find your way,...

The Anti-Ageing Benefits of Travel Forget the wrinkle creams and kale smoothies. If you really want to stay young, start packing your bags. Travelling isn’t just about sightseeing—it’s a full-on youth serum disguised as an epic adventure. Why jet-setting and...

The Search for Meaning During Life Transitions Alright, so here you are—smack in the middle of a life transition. Maybe you’ve just left a job you had thought would be the job of all jobs. Maybe the relationship you’d bet...

Why Introverts Are More Susceptible to Burnout (and How Self-Awareness Can Help Them Avoid It) Burnout is something more and more of us have to face sooner or later in today’s fast-moving, always-connected world. Especially if we are introverts. As...

For many years, I have been encouraging my Camino de Santiago Walking Retreats guests to practice both walking meditation and breathing meditation, alternatively, while they are walking the Camino. Most of my guests found this hugely beneficial and continued both practices when...

Life transitions and major life changes, like losing your job, starting a business, ending a relationship, relocating to a new country, becoming a parent, coping with the loss of a loved one or an empty nest, retirement, or a significant...

Acknowledging Our Desperate Need to Belong What Is Relocation Depression? Relocation depression is a type of emotional distress caused by a major life change, that occurs when we move to a new country, often characterised by feelings of sadness, loneliness,...

How do you start over after a life change as life-shattering as a divorce? By radically reinventing yourself. So you survived the divorce. Gone are the compromises, the silent resentments, and the half-lived dreams. As it fades into the distance...

What I learned from going through one Life Transition after another I might have mentioned (about a hundred times so far) that I have been through more life transitions than I care to count. Looking back, I decided to review...

The Art of Reinventing Yourself Life transitions are often chaotic, unpredictable, and, frankly, seriously unnerving. In these make-or-break times, feeling stuck in a rut is practically a rite of passage. For many of us, this overwhelming uncertainty leads to stagnation....

You don’t have to go through life’s toughest challenges alone. Feeling stuck in a job that drains your energy or struggling to move forward after a relationship ends? The key to thriving through life’s biggest changes isn’t willpower—it’s having the...