You can have a career or a “next chapter” you love
(No matter how old you are, how lost you feel, or how much time you think you’ve “wasted”)
Learn exactly how to pinpoint a career that will light you up and create a plan that will make it your new (meaningful and deeply satisfying) reality, without limiting yourself by what’s on your resume.
The Now What?® Experience
Based on a framework developed by pioneer career coach, author, and sought-after speaker Laura Berman Fortgang.
As a driven and inspired person, you’ve always wanted your career to mean something.
To be so much more than a “punch the clock” job, where you while away the hours, dreaming about the weekend.
To be so much more than a paycheck, a way to get health insurance, or one of the “necessary evils” of life.
To be so much more than the excellence awards and “gold watches.”
You can’t stop thinking about making a change — to reinvent yourself and find a career or a “next chapter” that finally aligns your deepest passions into truly meaningful work (even if it’s been decades in the making!)
You know that a well-aligned (and well-worked) career holds so much value and so much potential.
- It can be a potent source of satisfaction and meaning in your life, providing passion and purpose that is energizing and exciting.
- It can be a great source of growth, providing opportunities to learn, change, and develop into the best version of yourself.
- And, maybe best of all, it can be an amazing source of impact, allowing you to help, touch, and transform the people you work with and serve in any number of different ways.
That’s the type of career or “next chapter” YOU want …one that taps all of that potential and really lights you up.
Your only question is: how do you find it?
You’ve been working for a while now and you’ve had some interesting jobs.
You may have tried out a few careers, each time hoping that it would be “the one.”
And you may have even spent years (or decades!) developing and refining a particular set of skills—skills that are incredibly valuable by anyone’s standards.
Yet despite your efforts, or attempts to pivot your career, you can’t seem to find the meaning you’re after.
It hasn’t come from working harder, telling yourself that if you just get this promotion you’re sure to be happier.
It hasn’t come from being patient, convincing yourself that things will certainly get better with time.
It hasn’t come from changing jobs, believing that with a better boss, different co-workers or higher pay you’d finally find that “sweet spot.”
And it certainly hasn’t come by taking the severance package and staring at a blank schedule.
You’re still here—in the same place—with the same nagging feeling that you’re not on the right path. That work should be more.
It’s frustrating, defeating, and (if you have to admit it) even a little scary.
You’ve got one life, and time is ticking. You want to live it (and work it!) on purpose…for as long as you possibly can.
You wish there was a way to find the meaningful career or “next chapter” you were meant to have.
You yearn to experience the inspired excitement when your brain’s buzzing with ideas for all the things you can try, create, or improve with your work.
To feel confident and empowered, knowing that no matter what challenges come up, you’ve got the perfect skills to meet them because you’re so aligned with your purpose.
To know, at the deepest level, that you’re in the right place and on the right path.
And heck, let’s be real—you’d love to just be able to wake up on Monday mornings and not dread going to work!
Good news, my friend: all of that is possible.
The truth is you were given an old, outdated roadmap for career satisfaction—and you’ve been using it ever since.
A roadmap that focuses on what you “like” to do or what you’re “good at”
A roadmap that focuses on your work history or where most of your experience lies
A roadmap that focuses on doing and not at all on feeling.
It’s time to swap out that old, outdated roadmap for a top-of-the-line, fine-tuned GPS—one that’s designed specifically to help you pinpoint exactly where your personal career fulfillment lies.
When you understand what it is that truly lights you up, inspires you, and resonates with your soul at the deepest level, you’ll be able to identify the work that will bring you the greatest satisfaction and meaning—and help you make the impact on this world that you’ve always wanted to have.
Ready to learn how?
Introducing…
The Now What?® Experience
The Now What?® Experience is a 12-module course that flips common career advice on its head.
It does this by focusing on the following revolutionary truths:
What we’re qualified to do isn’t always what we’re meant to do.
Your resume is a great representation of your work history, but not of your deepest passions, motivations, and life experiences. Tapping into your rich life history and marrying it with your current skill sets is what yields the most fulfilling work.
Meaningful work doesn’t come from what you do. It comes from who your job allows you to be.
Many times the coveted job title we chase doesn’t result in lasting happiness. When that happens, it’s because the work we’re doing isn’t allowing us to be (and grow into) or truest selves. It’s only when our work allows this that we feel aligned and fulfilled.
It’s never too late to make a change that transforms your life.
No matter how long you’ve been working at your job or in a certain field, you deserve a deeply satisfying career. The sooner you identify what that looks like and embrace the necessary changes to make it happen, the more time you’ll have to live it (and love it). Meaningful work is highly transformative, in all aspects of life!
Learning about—and embracing—these truths through the Now What?® Experience will set your GPS to its true north of career satisfaction success!
Hi, I’m Laura Berman Fortgang
…a Career Reinvention Analyst who wrote the book (literally!) on how to successfully transition to deeply meaningful work. I’ve been featured on The Oprah Show, gave a TEDx Talk that’s had nearly 1.5 million views, and have been a sought-after speaker, author, and coach for almost 30 years.
Through it all, I’ve learned this: change is only scary when you
don’t have a plan. When you know how to create, navigate, and embrace change, you free yourself to step into a career that’s aligned with your deepest values and passions, and infuse your entire life with more meaning and purpose.
You can find a job you love—and The Now What?® Experience is designed to show you how.
Here’s how the Now What?® Experience works…
During the 12-module course, you’ll be led step-by-step through the Now What?® Program process.
You’ll receive the following …
- Recorded video lessons (46 total) that cover crucial steps in the Now What?® process
- A chapter of my book Now What?: 90 Days to a New Life Direction to read
- PDF downloads with exercises to support your learning
- Includes 4 coaching sessions with an Authorized Facilitator
- Access to the Now What?® Experience Facebook group to ask questions and participate in discussions with other Now What?® members
“When I came into this process, I was fairly aware of the block I was experiencing and knew I needed help to get me beyond it. The program helped me connect the dots from my past actions, experiences, passions and intentions.
Within weeks I could feel the shift happening for myself, my perspective changed and I could see possibilities for new directions for myself. Having Laura’s guidance and input through our private coaching sessions was extremely synergistic for my journey. Thank you, Laura for your brilliance and wisdom. My VIP Experience was worth every penny!”
“I cannot recommend Laura highly enough! She is an incredible human being who seeks to see you and support you. Her methods really work. In four months of working with Laura, I have launched my business with total joy and success. I went from feeling really lost, and even a little bit dark about my career goals, to feeling joyfully alive and confident. Laura will change the trajectory of your life and your career, and it will happen with more ease than you thought possible!”
“Laura provides a kind of lateral thinking in her approach to career coaching that is very refreshing. She works around and through her client’s own thinking to provide interesting insights that are actionable week after week.”
“Laura’s coaching vastly exceeded my expectations. I was open-minded but skeptical. I worked hard, followed Laura’s guidance and am blown away by the results. I can’t tell you exactly how it worked — I can only tell you that it worked very well for me. Laura is very empathic and intuitive. She’s an excellent listener and leverages all of her experience with each of her clients. I now have more confidence, an increased ability to focus on what’s important to me, and a clear picture of what I want to accomplish in the next phase of my life.”
The Now What?® Experience Breakdown
The Now What?® Experience is comprised of two key parts:
Part One
Understanding who you are
Part Two
Getting what you want
Here’s what you’ll learn in each lesson:
Module 1
What You Hate Gives a Name to What You Want
We’ll kick off the program by analyzing what isn’t working in your current reality, so we can start the search for what’s next.
By the end of Module One, you’ll have a firm grasp on what is the real problem in your work and life—and a much truer, clearer vision of what you do actually want.
Module 2
With Every Gain, There is a Loss
The second module focuses on the important recognition that with any change, you need to give something up—and that may cause fear, guilt, or other tough feelings…even if you hated the job or situation you were in.
By the end of Module Two, you’ll understand what you’re ready to leave behind, what the realistic process will be when you leave it, and the structure you’ll need to support your transition.
Module 3
Most Limits are Self-Imposed
Next, we’ll explore your limits—all those things you say to yourself to talk yourself out of making a change. You’ll dig into which of those limits were chosen by you or society, and which ones have been really limiting or simply self-imposed.
By the end of Module Three, you’ll see your limits in a whole new way—and have a plan to get past them.
Module 4
The Past Holds the Clues to the Future
It’s now time to examine your past—and not the work experience that’s sitting on your resume. You’ll explore your personal history and recognize patterns, outdated motivation and the true meaning of old dreams.
By the end of Module Four, you’ll understand yourself from a fresh vantage point, and be well on your way to reading the clues about what kind of work might finally light you up.
Module 5
Your Purpose in Life is Right Under Your Nose
In Module Five, we’ll tackle the “purpose” question that you’ve probably asked yourself a million times recently, or in the last several years. You’ll begin to explore not just you and your goals, but the global reach of how your life impacts the world for the better. When you do this, it’s quite simply transformative!
By the end of Module Five, you’ll understand how your past indicates your Life Blueprint® for the future and the types of actions and behaviors you can take to bring real meaning and purpose into your life.
Module 6
Your Purpose Needs a Vehicle
The time has come to start putting some form to all of the discoveries you’ve been making this far so we can start determining your next path. You’ll complete a series of exercises that will make the process streamlined and manageable, not overwhelming or confusing.
By the end of Module Six, you’ll have a solid idea of what your “now what” could be, as well as a realistic outlook about whether it’s doable and/or desired.
Module 7
Your Criteria for Happiness: Is this Really “It”?
In Module Seven, you’ll uncover what makes you happy. It sounds simple, but it’s something that you must do in order to know how to BE happy—in work and life. To do so, you’ll spend time exploring your needs and your values, and what you need to do to make sure both of them get proper weight.
By the end of Module Seven, you’ll have defined a happiness criteria that will allow you to see what paths you could take that would truly feel good.
Module 8
The Bottom Line is the Bottom Line
Part Two of the program begins in Module Eight, and is all about money. You’ll take a deep look into your finances so you can assess what you need in order to pull off the change you seek—and what is and isn’t realistic. You’ll also explore the limiting beliefs you may have about money that are holding you back.
By the end of Module Eight, you’ll see your financial situation clearly and be able to assess—realistically and with zero guessing—what you need to make your next chapter possible.
Module 9
Life Often Does Imitate Art: Write Your Own Fiction
In this module, you’ll spend time doing a little day-dreaming, fiction-style. You’ll use the creative side of your brain to write fictional scenarios about how you might get from where you are now to where you ultimately want to be.
By the end of Module Nine, you’ll be well on your way to seeing what’s possible and start germinating the seeds that will grow into real opportunities.
Module 10
Put Yourself in Opportunity’s Way
Up until this point, you’ve prepared the landscape by doing the imaginary work, and in Module Ten you’ll begin to put yourself in opportunity’s way and start moving into your new direction. You’ll learn how to look for synchronicities, pay attention to your intuition, and—most importantly—take action on what it’s telling you to do!
By the end of Module Ten, you’ll start to act on your vision and ideas for your new path and will most likely already have seen some amazing changes!
Module 11
You Don’t Have to do It Alone
Module Eleven focuses on ensuring your success. You’ll think about the support system you need to have around you when challenges arise, as well as how to set boundaries and keep naysayers at bay.
By the end of Module Eleven, you’ll understand what support looks like and feels like to you—and how to design it to ensure your success.
Module 12
Following Your Life Blueprint®
In this last module, you’ll prepare to continue the momentum you’ve built throughout the course, so you can keep transitioning onto your new path.
By the end of Module Twelve, you’ll take all of the clarity you’ve gained—as well as the strategy following your life’s unique blueprint—and be ready to implement it into your life, again and again.
If you were to hire me for private career coaching to take you through the Now What?® framework, my current rate starts at $9K per coaching package.
When you join The Now What?® Experience, you get all of the same tools, exercises, and expertise I use with my private clients for $1497!
That’s an amazing savings—all while completing the course without setting foot outside your front door.
The next Now What?® Experience – join us!
“I reached out to Laura at a point in my career/life where most would be content: I was receiving career recognition and, on paper, everything was going to plan. However, I inherently knew that I wanted something different/broader, I was just afraid of the (perceived) risks of acting on such knowledge.
Over the course of our sessions, Laura helped to bring clarity to the Jackson Pollock-sate of my thoughts, in a personable way that gave me the structure of analysis that I was missing/avoiding (but desperately needed) – I finally acknowledged some root causes of my past career decisions, and started to gain the courage to address them.
I’m now on a path that I feel is more aligned with my wants and values, and I feel more optimistic about my future than ever before. Thank you, Laura, for shaking off the cobwebs of angst from my mind!”
“The online course materials and book, combined with your own dedicated coach and group sessions with Laura is an excellent way to discover your ‘Now What’ as in the title of the course. I have searched for many years to uncover my ‘purpose’, for this to be at the heart of my life and align to this and with the breakthroughs made through the process, now feel excited to start to live and be the real me of ‘who I am’ in the next stage of career and life. A very unique, effective and exciting course!”
“Laura saw who I was! My thoughts were so clouded in confusion, but Laura revealed things about me that I would have never thought about. She did this just from reading my Life History. In our first meeting, I was so moved by her talent in revealing the essence of my dream that I started crying with joy! And I am not one to cry at all. I highly recommend the path I took: get the book and take one-on-one coaching sessions with Laura. Both avenues complement each other and will steer you toward finding ‘who’ you are built to be.”
“I now have a deep sense of what I contribute into all the work I do, and why it’s so important to me to acknowledge that for myself … I wake up in the morning now with a sense of contentment and curiosity rather than gloom and doom!”
“I see now that doing something aligned with who I am is critical. I could no longer accept wasting hours and hours of the one life I get on stuff I care nothing about. The epiphany was realizing that my thought patterns were negative, unproductive, irrational, and avoidant of change. I had not realized how deeply foundational those patterns were until my time with Laura and the Online Experience broke me open to new possibilities for myself.”
“I began working with Laura when my employer was being sold, and I needed to start a job search in case there was not a suitable position with the purchasing company. I needed a job search plan that was feasible while holding down a full-time job, as well as regular accountability to make sure that I was staying on track. I also needed strategies and a push to take some uncomfortable steps like extending my networking contacts by seeking people out on LinkedIn. I knew from hearing Laura speak and from taking part in some of her group calls that she was the ideal person to work with to help me accomplish all of the above. Laura was a great coach. We created a doable job search plan, and our weekly calls helped me stick to it. As a result, I conducted an efficient job search, and I found another job by the time my employer was sold.”
“After many years of thinking about a career change I found Laura. Her philosophy about how it’s not about what we do but who we get to be instantly resonated with me. Laura helped me to have the courage to take action, to inquire, to get out of my head, to overcome my fears. She guided me with her experience, good humor, kindness and intelligence. I am very grateful to her and to myself for having done the work and having found new opportunities. “
“Laura systematically unraveled my “demons” and in doing so identified the reasons why I keep falling into the same patterns!”
“My coaching with Laura exceeded my expectations. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but Laura’s expertise, nurturing, and wisdom literally changed my trajectory.
It may sound cliche to call Laura’s program “life-changing”, but it is. This was my first time going through a process like this, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. Laura systematically unraveled my “demons” and in doing so identified the reasons why I keep falling into the same patterns. It was there under my nose for my entire life, but until I worked with Laura, I was blind to these behaviors that sabotaged my success.
I went from settling for jobs that I didn’t find satisfying and denying my talents to breaking out on my own with multiple ways to make money as a designer and a creative person.”
Ready to finally find a career or “next chapter” you love and feel fantastic about your work?
The Now What?® Experience – join us!
COVID has had a lot of us re-thinking our priorities.
Ask yourself:
What does it cost you emotionally to stay where you are?
What is it worth to you to find your perfect work that’s meant for you?
What would be an ideal outcome of our 12 week experience?
Let’s bet on you and get you moving!
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- 12 video modules with over 46 instructional videos (6-10 mins each)
- Most up-to-date handouts and exercises (not available in the book)
- E-book of Now What? 90 Days to a New Life Direction
- Private Facebook group for this cohort only
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includes 4 Coaching Sessions with Laura Berman Fortgang
- 12 video modules with over 46 instructional videos (6-10 mins each)
- Most up-to-date handouts and exercises (not available in the book)
- E-book of Now What? 90 Days to a New Life Direction
- Public Facebook group for additional resources and to ask questions
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