When the job ends, the real work begins.

“What I began to discover, slowly and quietly, was that my value wasn’t tied to a title. That my strength didn’t come from being busy or in control. That my real contribution might lie in something less obvious — helping others navigate their own turning points, with presence, empathy, and grounded clarity.”

A personal reflection

After nearly two decades in corporate leadership roles, I found myself suddenly without a title, a team, or a plan. What followed was one of the most disorienting & ultimately, most meaningful – chapters of my life. This is the story of what I learned.

So many people are losing their jobs right now. The market shifts, roles disappear, restructures happen and yet, we still treat job loss like a line on a CV instead of a rupture in a life.

But it is a rupture. I know because it happened to me.

After 18 years at Givaudan — a place where I gave my energy, my loyalty, my ideas — I was asked to leave. No misconduct. No warning. Just a shift. A business decision. I had always supported others through these transitions with care, helping leaders and teams navigate the “people side of change.” But this time, it was personal.

And what no HR manual prepares you for is the hollow, disorienting space that opens up after the goodbye.

Yes, I had a severance. Yes, I had a network. But I also had a sense of loss.

A quiet, shameful kind of emptiness that crept in under the door and asked, Who are you now?
Not a Senior HR Leader. Not a PMO working with “Global Leaders.” Not Peter from Givaudan.

Just… Peter — or Jigme, as my Tibetan name is. And that name became a quiet mirror, reflecting something I had long ignored. Jigme means courage — a quality I often felt I lacked over the years.

The days that followed were a blur. I filled the emptiness with practical tasks — gardening, shopping, cleaning… but inside, something deeper was stirring. And after the shock wore off, the silence started to speak. Not with answers, but with questions: What if this is an invitation? What if this loss is a beginning disguised as an ending?

It took time, and a lot of humility, to listen.

What I began to discover, slowly and quietly, was that my value wasn’t tied to a title. That my strength didn’t come from being busy or in control. That my real contribution might lie in something less obvious — helping others navigate their own turning points, with presence, empathy, and grounded clarity.
That’s how ClarityNext was born. Not as a business plan, but as a response. A response to my own inner calling. A space to reconnect with who I am, what I believe in, and how I want to contribute.

You can’t out-garden, out-network, out-yoga or out-workout. You have to move through it.
By moving through it, I found something more honest. More aligned. More me.

Maybe it’s not the end — but the moment you come home to yourself.

One that’s more aligned, more alive, more you.

If you’re going through a professional rupture, or quietly wondering what’s next, you’re not alone.

✨ I offer 1:1 coaching for people navigating change and looking to reconnect with their own clarity and purpose.

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