When people change roles, they don’t just switch jobs—they renegotiate identity. In this session, Kelly George, Ph.D. (former university professor turned coach) shares a strengths-based framework for supporting students, postdocs, alumni, and mid-career professionals through career transitions. Using her shift from faculty to coaching—plus brief case vignettes—Kelly will demo advising scripts, activity templates, and experiments that build momentum without overwhelm. Attendees leave with tools to normalize identity grief, surface transferable strengths, and set small next steps that stick.