After working with Lucia, Lester had clarity. He understood the key elements he needed in his working life, the problems he wanted to tackle, the Kryptonite to avoid and the Superpowers he wanted to use more.

But as Lester puts it: the design is not the house. You still have to build it.

For him, that has meant finding more ways to use his Superpowers, experimenting alongside other people, learning the difference between simply spending time and using it with focus, and taking small steps that create momentum.

And that momentum matters. Because one of Lester’s biggest discoveries is that progress sustains joy.

When Lucia asks what work feels like now, his answer is wonderfully tangible: he’s relaxed. His shoulders are down. He’s learning, using his Superpowers and smiling in a way that reaches his eyes.

Lester’s story is a reminder that career design isn’t about finding one perfect answer. It’s about getting clear on what you need from work — and then having a way to keep building towards it.

Want to discover what work designed around you could look like? Explore Lucia’s career design programmes and find the right next step for you:

https://www.midlifeunstuck.com/work-with-me

We like to think we can keep our personal lives separate from our working lives. But when something big happens — divorce, grief, redundancy or another major life change — it can affect how we show up at work long before we fully recognise it ourselves.

Divorce and identity coach Jonathan Burston knows this firsthand. During his own divorce, compounded by the death of his mother, Jonathan believed he was still functioning at work. Looking back, he realised he was barely surviving — and carrying uncertainty, loss and fear into his meetings, decisions and relationships at work.

Jonathan joins Lucia Knight to explore what happens when the weight of what we’ve been through starts shaping how we work — and how a difficult chapter can become an opportunity to reset rather than something we continue carrying into the future.

You’ll hear:

• Why major life events can affect our work even when we think we’re coping
• How career and identity can become intertwined
• The “invisible baggage” we can keep carrying long after something has happened
• Why a reset isn’t about pretending the past didn’t happen or trying to become who you were before
• The simple question Jonathan uses to shift attention toward what comes next
• Why meaningful change rarely begins with one enormous decision

Not sure what needs to change in your own working life?

Take Lucia’s free Boost Your Joy at Work Quiz to discover your Joy Readiness Score, your easiest quick win and the biggest blind spot getting in the way of work you might want to do forever:

https://lucia-trqb5gnw.scoreapp.com/

Going through divorce?

Jonathan’s free RESET Quiz is designed to help you identify where you are in your divorce journey and what you need most right now:

https://reset2breakthrough.com/ready/

You can spend decades getting good at your job without ever really understanding yourself at work.

That’s what Bridie discovered after 20 years in corporate roles. Through her work with Lucia, she began to see things about herself that had been hiding in plain sight: she was an introvert who could happily command a room, a natural networker who built relationships one person at a time, and someone whose time was far more valuable than she had been treating it.

Those discoveries didn’t just give Bridie a better understanding of her past. They changed what she wants from her work going forward.

In this episode, Bridie shares the three things she never wants to forget about herself at work—and why knowing how you work best can change the choices you make about your time, your relationships, and the environments where you can truly be yourself.

If you’ve spent years learning how to do your job but aren’t sure your work still fits who you are, explore the ways Lucia can help you design what comes next:

https://www.midlifeunstuck.com/work-with-me