Career Transition Planning Resources for Today's Professionals

Navigating a career transition isn’t just about landing a new job—it’s about finding meaningful work that aligns with your strengths, values, and aspirations. At Humessence, we provide both free tools and guided processes to help you design a career and life you love.

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What You'll Get from Our Career Transition Services

Our approach to career transition planning goes beyond traditional resume writing and interview prep. We help you explore what truly fulfills you—then align your next move with your inner purpose and professional goals.

Our services include:

✅ Self Discovery Coaching: Guided 1-on-1 or group coaching based on a proven process to uncover your passions, values, skills, and ideal career elements.
✅ Career Components and Possibilities Mapping: Tools to identify the “ingredients” of your ideal work and turn them into concrete career paths.
✅ Resume & LinkedIn Strategy: Modern, strengths-based writing that tells your story with clarity and confidence.
✅ Interview Preparation: Rehearsals and feedback that help you present your authentic strengths with poise.
✅ Decision Support Tools: Coaching methods to help you choose between multiple roles, paths, or industries based on your values and non-negotiables.

Download our free tools or engage in deeper coaching—we’ll meet you wherever you are in your transition.

Explore the Self-Discovery Process

The Self-Discovery Process—developed by The Life Purpose Institute (LPI) and facilitated by LPI-certified coaches like Julie and John—is a powerful, step-by-step journey to help you identify your ideal career and life direction.

Step 1: Self-Exploration

Through guided questions, reflection exercises, and discovery handouts, you’ll uncover:

What you love to do (and why it lights you up)
Unique gifts, skills, and core values
Preferred industries, work environments, and people
Your ideal lifestyle, schedule, and financial needs

You’ll create personalized summary sheets outlining the core Components of your Ideal Career and Life. These serve as your internal compass for decision-making.

"John was instrumental in providing help through the career self-discovery program, which helped solidify what exactly my true career goals are, and aligned my career and life goals to visualize the different paths I could take to succeed. By narrowing down my skill sets and experiences, we could more effectively define roles and responsibilities in my next job that followed a path to success. Thanks to John's coaching I was able to better utilize my network to pursue positions I was both qualified for and passionate about and landed an ideal role in energy software consulting here in Houston! Reaching out to John for coaching was the best decision I made in my career exploration process, and I attribute my success to his commitment to developing a personalized strategy with me in his program."

Griffen Livermore

Management Consultant, evolv

"John was a key player in searching for and landing my new job. After getting laid off from my past position, I needed help defining my career goals, expectations, and needs. I know what I don't want, but I never considered what I DO want in my ideal career, so I went through the career self-discovery program with John. It helped me discover what I want and the important things that contribute to success in my future role. There were deal breakers that I wasn't considering before. It helped me be more patient in landing my ideal job vs taking the next opportunity"

Regina Stickney Sangines

Business Development Coordinator, O'Connell Robertson

Step 2: Possibilities and Choices

With a rich foundation of self-knowledge, we explore viable career paths that match your values, energy, and direction. We’ll help you:

Brainstorm and validate new job or entrepreneurial possibilities
Prioritize and evaluate competing options
Research and test potential career fits
Design a sustainable, fulfilling life and career path

Work With a Professional Career Transition Coach

You’re not meant to figure this all out alone. Working with a certified coach like Julie or John gives you structured support, strategic guidance, and the accountability to move from confusion to clarity.

Our coaching is ideal for professionals who are:

Facing burnout or reevaluating work-life balance
Considering a career shift, but not sure where to start
Seeking purpose and fulfillment, not just a paycheck
Ready to transition out of their current role with grace and confidence

Want to work with a coach? Book a free consultation to learn how our Self-Discovery and Career Transition programs can support your next chapter.

Your Career Self-Discovery Coaches

Julie Johnston, CLC

Leadership Development & Communication Coach

Julie brings a grounded, intuitive presence to career and life coaching, helping clients reconnect with what brings them joy and meaning. With a background in education and holistic development, she expertly guides individuals through the Self-Discovery Process to uncover their unique gifts, ideal work environments, and aligned next steps.

John Marshall, PCC, NBC-HWC

Conscious Leadership Coach & Humessence Founder

John is a leadership coach and facilitator who blends positive psychology, mindfulness, and purpose-driven strategy to support professionals in transition. Through the Self-Discovery Process, he helps clients move beyond burnout or uncertainty to design fulfilling, values-based careers that reflect who they truly are.

The Career Transition Reality Check-in

Before you jump in, ask yourself the question...

is it your job, or is it you?

Listen to our podcast episode with Career Coach, Julia Rock →

If it ends up being your job...

Download Our Free Career Transition Resumé & Cover Letter Development Pack

What you get:

Take your time to thoughtfully review your brand, ensuring it aligns with the role you seek and the life you want. Always be prepared to communicate your value.

Other Free Professional and Personal Development Resources

Are you facing a challenge near the intersection of personal and professional development? If you’re experiencing it, we’ve likely covered it between 70+ episodes of The Present Professional Podcast, Leadership Emotional Intelligence Assessment, and a library of blogs and other publications. There’s also a library of FREE guided meditations led by our founder and experienced mindfulness teacher, John Marshall.

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