Career Transitions

You don’t have to do this alone, and you don’t have to apply to hundreds of jobs on LinkedIn. Having the support of a coach can make a career transition smoother and faster:

  • Experience. Alan is a veteran of several career pivots of his own, and left full-time employment to start a successful business shortly before a global pandemic. He has since guided many clients through their own transitions.

  • Thought partnership. You can test your thinking and examine your assumptions, to get closer to what you really want.

  • Momentum. You’ll take specific steps and build on your successes, pausing to celebrate your wins.

  • Accountability. You’re more likely to take action if you’ve committed to doing so in front of another person.

Displaced federal workers (or others affected by an unexpected career change): Alan is offering free career clarity office hours in March, April and May. Get more details and register here.

How Alan Can Help

  • Free Resources

    A collection of free resources to get you started on your path to career clarity.

  • Office Hours

    Alan is offering free career clarity office hours in March, April and May.

  • Coaching Session

    An extensive, clarifying organizer and a 60-minute one-on-one conversation with Alan.

  • Designing Your Transition

    A three-month journey of one-on-one conversations with exercises and workbook

A little support: Career Clarity Coaching Session

Get 1:1 support for your career transition with a single, 60-minute coaching session. Alan will ask you to prepare by filling out a career clarity intake form. During the session, Alan will help guide you to clarity on what you want and need from your next position — or from starting your own business. You’ll walk away with immediate, tangible next steps.

Career Clarity Coaching Sessions are $199.

More support: Designing Your Transition Coaching Package

NEW: Lower price for 2025!

Ready to change jobs? Careers? Industries? Start here.

Change doesn’t have to be as hard as we think it is. We often have more choices than we realize. This package is designed to help you navigate change and find your way into clarity and choice.

Thinking about making a change, and looking for some direction? Not sure what to do first, or next? Alan can help you find your way into career clarity. See below for more information.

  • Transitions are more effective with a coach at your side, for reframing situations, curating materials, challenging assumptions and providing accountability.

    Alan is a certified Designing Your Life coach and has helped many of his clients through professional transitions since 2020.

    Alan has also learned countless valuable lessons through his own journey of leaving the highest-paying job he’d ever had (with amazing benefits) to devote his full time and attention to his coaching practice.

    The Designing Your Transition package is the result of Alan’s own experience and his work with clients.

  • The three-month Designing Your Transition package is a structured engagement that walks you through imagining, testing and executing your professional transition. It includes one 60-minute and five 30-minute individual coaching sessions by Zoom with Alan, plus:

    • A print or digital copy of Designing Your New Work Life

    • Planning worksheets to complete between sessions

    • Unlimited 15-minute “refills” between sessions

    • Unlimited access to Alan via email during the course of the engagement

  • The client investment for the Designing Your Transition package is $2,699, payable over two invoices at the beginning and midpoint of the engagement.

    Peaceful Direction accepts ACH (bank accounts), PayPal and all major credit cards.

  • “With Alan's helpful guidance I was able to effectuate a smooth resignation and less than a week later already had an offer for a new job that lined up with the positive aspects of my old job without any of the negative baggage. I would never have had the confidence and perspective to have achieved this without Alan's guidance, suggestions, and advice.”

    Past participant

    “Alan is a thoughtful guide who will lead you to ask yourself the hard questions you need to move forward. He adapts to each individual based on their needs, strengths and blind spots. Alan listens, processes and then acts with intention to understand each client and to help each client understand themselves.”

    Past participant

Free Resources

  • Ideal Job Description

    If you'd like to give up certain aspects of your job to be more successful, or you're thinking about training a successor, use this worksheet to sort out your responsibilities.

  • Designing Your Career

    A free, brief video course on career changes and networking from the creators of Designing Your Life.

  • Career Clarity Workbook

    This tool will help you get your thoughts in order as you begin the search for your new job or career.

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