I write about what happens when something important changes or is lost, and life doesn’t work the same way afterward.
Much of what gets labeled as burnout, disengagement, or leadership failure is really a response to unacknowledged loss. Not just loss through death, though death makes this unmistakable. Loss also shows up when roles shift, expectations change, support disappears, or a future you were counting on no longer exists.
When loss isn’t recognized, people often draw the wrong conclusions. They assume something is wrong with them, or something is wrong with someone else, instead of recognizing that something real has changed.
That lens shapes everything I write here.
My interest in this work is not only academic. It comes from lived experience with grief, leadership, and change. And from watching how often people are asked to keep going without anyone accounting for what has been lost along the way.
The purpose of this work is orientation. I’m not trying to fix people, guide them through their situations, or tell them what to do. I’m trying to help people see what’s actually happening so they can make their own decisions based on that reality.
Some of what I write here will leave questions open. That’s intentional. This isn’t advice, therapy, or motivation. It’s a way of thinking about change and loss that doesn’t pretend things are simpler than they are.
If this perspective helps you make sense of your own experience, or understand someone else a little more clearly, it’s doing its job.
Your friend - Jason
