Episode 1: When the Ladder Disappears

✨ A Truth-Telling Series from Inside Transition ✨

It’s been a week since the announcement. Your role has been eliminated. Your last day is approaching.

You’ve handled it. Updated your profile. Had the coffees. Spoken with search firms. You’re moving, at least externally. But something underneath doesn’t feel quite right.

You haven’t failed. You’re not broken. But you're out of the frame.

And for someone who’s spent years being central, holding budgets, leading teams, setting strategy, that absence of structure hits hard.

There’s a disorienting mix that can follow. A sense of flatness, then sudden waves of urgency. One moment, you feel calm. The next, you’re spiralling through contingency plans.

Not because you lack clarity or resilience, but because something foundational has been removed.

The rhythm. The cadence. The part of your identity that was tied to being the one others looked to.

You may know, logically, that you’ll be fine. But it’s not just about the next job. It’s about how this moment reorders your life right now, how others see you, and how you see yourself.

This is the nature of the liminal space.

It’s not failure. It’s a dislocation. You’ve left one reality, but haven’t landed in the next.

You’re not falling. But you’re not grounded either.

There’s often pressure to get moving. To package the story. To answer the question, “What’s next?” before you’ve had a moment to ask yourself anything real.

Here’s my advice: This isn’t a gap to rush through. It’s a necessary place to pause.

Let it sit. Let your system catch up. Let the emotion and the insight settle.

You’ll make better decisions when you’re not rushing to outrun the discomfort.

As your talent coach, I offer you this practice:

Right now, in this moment what do you know to be true? About who you are. About what matters to you.

Let that be enough for now. The clarity will come when it’s ready.

Today, just breathe. Let the thoughts come and go.

This pause isn’t passive. It’s part of how you reset. Trust the process.

 💬 Over to you:

What part of this landed with you? If you’ve been in this space, what helped you hold it?

📷 For those contemplating joining us in London on 22 June for the HEADSHOT workshop, this series is a window into how deeply we understand the reality of transition. Thoughtfully, practically, human to human.

📅 Registration opens 10 May. Only 8 spots available. We’d love to have you there.

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