The question is — what do you want to do with a life that still has so much runway?
Because rest is not the same as done. And deep down, you already know that. You're here, reading this, which means something in you is already looking forward.
That's where we come in.
You might be five years out. You might be five months in and wondering what just happened. You might be running a business you built with your bare hands and starting to think about what handing the keys actually means.
Wherever you are in that process — Nexters is the place people like you figure out who they're going to be now.
Not the financial version of that question. Not the medical one. The real one.
Who are you when the calendar clears?
Even when you're not in a group coaching session, the community is moving. There are rooms for every season of this transition — getting ready, just launched, savoring, building something new. Weekly discussions, courses, member spotlights, honest conversations about what this actually feels like.
Because nobody figures out what's next alone. And the people you meet here will surprise you.
One-on-One Coaching with Karen
Sometimes you need a private conversation — just you and Karen, no audience, no agenda except yours. One-on-one coaching is for the person who has a specific transition in front of them and wants focused, personalized time to think it through.
20 minutes, free, to see if it's the right fit. No pitch. No pressure. Just a real conversation.
I've spent 62 years asking two questions: What do I need next? And what can I offer the world next?
I built Canvas Creek Team Building — a mobile collaborative art studio that has put 80,000+ people into creative problem-solving over 12+ years. I've written six books on goal setting and leadership. I gave a TEDx talk. I've sat across the table from dozens of executives on the edge of a transition they didn't quite have language for yet.
And then I got there myself.
That's the thing nobody tells you — knowing the theory doesn't make the feeling easier. Standing at the edge of your own Next, wondering who you are when the calendar clears, is disorienting no matter how smart you are or how many transitions you've coached other people through.
So I built Nexters because I couldn't find what I needed. And because I knew I wasn't the only one looking.
Welcome. I'm really glad you're here.
You spent decades becoming someone. Built the team. Held the title. Ran the meeting. And somewhere in all of that, the door started getting closer than it used to be — and the question on the other side got bigger than you thought.
This book is not a financial guide. Not a list of hobbies. Not a soft landing. It's a real framework for the real question: who are you when the calendar clears, and what do you actually want to do with a life that still has runway?
Inside: the ten things that keep us up at night, the Gawoosh method for moving from overwhelm to action, 100 things to circle without apologizing, and honest conversations with people who have been exactly where you are.
You deserve your Next.
These aren't books about slowing down.
Karen is incapable of writing that one.
Each of these books is ready for you, but I've not landed on the delivery system just yet. So, if you need one of them, shout out to Karen@nexters.life
The Intentional Exit
For corporate leaders, executives, and founders navigating a professional exit.
The title goes away. The team moves on. The calendar — which has defined every day for thirty years — goes quiet. And then someone asks what you do, and for the first time in decades, you pause.
The Intentional Exit is a five-module guided experience for the leader who wants to leave well — with clarity about who they've been, honesty about what they're letting go, and real intention about what comes next.
There is a difference between can't leave and won't leave.
Knowing the difference is leadership.
Before You Let Go
For business owners navigating a sale — and everything that comes with it.
You didn't just build a business. You built an identity, a purpose, a reason to get up at 5am. Selling it — or handing it over — is not just a financial transaction. It's a reckoning. And most of the books about business exits skip that part entirely.
Before You Let Go is a three-part journal for the founder who wants to honor what they built, grieve what they're releasing, and step into what's next with both eyes open. It's the guide nobody handed you when you signed the papers.