Ever have life pull the rug out from under you—and your first thought is, “Okay. RUDE.”
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You lose your job. Get the promotion. Get divorced. Leave something behind. Start something new. Or life simply grabs the Etch A Sketch and shakes the crap out of the picture you had of yourself.
And somewhere between “Well, THIS isn’t what I expected…” and “What the hell do I do now?” an even weirder question sneaks in:
Wait…who am I now?
Because sometimes the hardest part of change isn’t figuring out the new plan...It’s realizing that the old version of YOU doesn't fit anymore.
Enter Elaina Carpino, leadership alchemist and founder of Change is Heartwork. (https://changeisheartwork.com/) Her own career has taken her all over the place, arming her with the tools to help others with their own reinvention.
Together, we tackle that delightful “I’m not who I was, but I have NO FREAKING IDEA who I’m becoming” problem so you can stop demanding that Future You immediately show up with a name tag and a five-year plan.
Because that weird space between what WAS and what’s NEXT might not be a problem to solve.
It might be where the transformation is actually happening.
Along the way, we poke at:
- Why major change totally messes with your identity
- What happens when your job title gets a little too tangled up with who you are
- The strangely productive awfulness of the messy middle
- Why self-trust gets especially important when you have no freaking clue what happens next
- What you may need to let go of before there's room for something new
So if life has recently shaken your Etch A Sketch and you’re staring at the blank screen thinking, “Well…shit.”
Good. Because the blank isn't the problem. The blank is THE POSSIBILITY!
Want more from Elaina? Go to https://changeisheartwork.com/
Elaina Carpino is a Leadership Alchemist and the founder of Change is HeartWork, an executive coaching practice for leaders in transition. Over 25 years she learned that transitions are identity events, not logistics. Her HEART Work Model guides leaders through the passage: back to themselves, forged for what's next.
Anne Bonney helps organizations stop waiting for people to “get on board” with change and gets them moving through the discomfort and into action. Your host is a change keynote speaker and emcee specializing in the human side of personal and organizational change.
