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Who are you when the roles that defined you disappear?
If your career path just vanished, an important relationship ended, or your role as a parent has shifted dramatically, you might be asking this question right now. Major changes like this can be beyond stressful, especially if they cause us to lose a sense of who we are.
If this is you, know you're not broken. You're experiencing what happens when you finally outgrow the too-small containers you've been trying to squeeze into.
Through my own experience with job loss, divorce, and watching familiar belief systems collapse, I discovered something that changed everything: much of what I thought was "me" came from inherited patterns I never consciously chose.
Beneath those borrowed identities is something more stable—awareness that can observe all changes without being changed by them.
People who navigate major transitions well aren't necessarily stronger. They've learned to distinguish between automatic reactions and conscious responses. They know the difference between inherited conditioning and authentic choice.
My upcoming book "From Reactive to Resilient: Practical Awareness for Major Life Changes" (January 13, 2026) introduces the C.A.L.M. Method—a research-backed framework for building resilience that doesn't depend on external circumstances staying the same.
This isn't meditation instruction or abstract philosophy. It's practical awareness techniques for career transitions, relationship endings, belief shifts, or any major change that leaves you questioning who you are.
About Mike:
I'm a Wisconsin-based writer who developed these approaches while navigating divorce, job loss, and community dissolution. My work combines lived experience with psychological research, written for people who want real tools—not platitudes or quick fixes.
Most advice about emotional stability assumes you have the bandwidth to implement complex systems or maintain elaborate routines. But when you're in the thick of chaos, you need something simpler.