Starting Over: Renewing Life in Transition

Will Ellis

Nov 2009 · iUniverse

About this ebook

Starting Over shares the wisdom of successful life and career transitionhow to navigate the grief in letting go of the pastto move on to a better life. It recounts the universal human story of major life evolution. Its about having faith in getting to the other side and finding the right path there.

The new economy has put a lot of us in the same boat. Corporate downsizing, organizational restructuring, layoffs, early retirementmany people are left to wonder about their futures. Whats next? The world of work has changed dramatically. For most people, there is no going back.

There comes a time in every life when we are challenged to start over. We leave a life that we know and where we are comfortable for an unknown future. A significant part of our identity fades away as we begin a new journey. Voluntary or not, the world invites us to begin again, to renew.

We leave deep fingernail tracks in the doorframes of life, a testament to our struggle to cling to what we know, hoping to stay where we are. Life, nonetheless, boots us through to the other side.

Its time to start over.

About the author

Will Ellis, PhD is the founder of Common Ground Consulting, specialists in managing transition and leadership team development. He is the author of Finding Personal Balance and has worked with thousands of senior managers from Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, and non-profit organizations. Will lives with his wife, Shirley, near Ann Arbor, Michigan.