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Some chapters of life arrive without permission.

In this episode of Your Next Success, Judy Pearson shares her story of resilience, reinvention, and what it means to keep moving forward when life does not go as planned.

Judy opens up about the chapters she never would have chosen, including divorce, cancer, and starting over, and how those experiences shaped her perspective, her writing, and the way she now serves others through the stories she tells.

This is a grounded, honest conversation about courage, second acts, and the truth that even life’s hardest moments can carry something forward.
If you’ve ever found yourself asking, “Now what?”—this episode will meet you there.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• What resilience looks like in real life, not in theory
• How unexpected challenges reshape identity and direction
• The role of writing in processing and moving forward
• How perspective evolves through difficult seasons
• Why meaning can still emerge from life’s hardest chapters

Connect with Judy at https://judithlpearson.com/

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What if burnout is feedback?

Meggi Rombach has spent over 20 years leading teams and driving change across the private and humanitarian sectors, from Procter and Gamble to UNICEF and the ICRC. Constant high performance eventually led to burnout and health challenges that forced her to pause.

That pause reshaped her definition of success.

In this episode, Meggi shares how external validation can quietly drive leadership identity, how a formative teenage experience shaped her authority patterns, and how closure opened the door to a more sustainable way of leading.

Now she coaches leaders and teams through transitions with presence, depth, and courage.

You will hear

• How burnout can signal an identity shift
• The hidden cost of needing to feel seen
• Why marking endings matters in transition
• How small experiments create real movement
• What the Mindful Rebellion means in practice

Connect with Meggi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meggie-Rombach

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You can have a retirement plan that works on paper and still feel uneasy about what comes next.

In this episode of Your Next Success, Dr. Caroline Sangal talks with Chris Pollard, West Point graduate, U.S. Army veteran, and principal of Great Path Planning, about retirement planning beyond the spreadsheet.

Chris shares his personal story, including the early loss that shaped his awareness of time, the pressure and intensity of West Point and Iraq, and how those experiences inform the way he now helps families plan for retirement. With over 15 years guiding high-net-worth clients, Chris has seen that financial readiness doesn’t automatically bring peace.

This conversation explores why worry can linger even when the numbers check out, why spending often feels harder than saving, and how real retirement planning includes identity, purpose, relationships, and how you actually want to live your days.

What You’ll Hear

• Why retirement worry persists even with a solid plan
• Chris’s story: early loss, West Point, Iraq, and transition into financial planning
• The emotional side of spending after a lifetime of saving
• What it means to plan for time, structure, and meaning in retirement
• Why “enough” is not only a number

Great Path Planning:
https://www.greatpathfp.com

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