You're done inside but still showing up outside.Every morning you walk into the building performing someone you're not anymore. Meetings about futures you won't be part of. Nodding along. Pretending to care about outcomes that stopped mattering months ago.You're not burned out. You're complete. The professional identity you spent forty years building is finished. And nobody warned you this would feel like grief.The retirement industry will sell you financial planning and bucket lists.This book is different.The Conscious Exit is about what's ending now-the internal territory between deciding to leave and actually walking out. The identity shift that succession planning ignores entirely.You'll learn: Why this transition is different from every career change before itWhat the "void" is-the 6-12 months after exit when the old identity is gone but nothing has replaced itHow to distinguish completion from burnout (they require opposite responses)Integration work that prevents dragging your old identity forwardHow to stop performing what's complete while still finishing with integrityTools for navigating the shift from central to peripheral before you leaveThis book is for you if: You're 6-24 months from exit and sensing this transition requires different workYou've been "the expert" or "the leader" and don't know who you are without the roleYou want to finish with integrity instead of resentmentYou're willing to examine what's ending instead of pretending it doesn't matterWritten by a transition coach who works exclusively with accomplished professionals navigating late-career crossroads, The Conscious Exit offers honest acknowledgment of difficulty-not golden years cheerleading-and practical frameworks for navigating the most significant identity transition of your adult life.The void is coming. You can stumble into it blindsided, or you can enter with your eyes open.