MEA Foundations
Career Transitions: Your Clear Path Forward
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Who says it’s too late to do something different? Create a Career Blueprint for the work you want next.
Sometimes you choose the career change. Sometimes it chooses you.
A layoff can make the decision overnight. Or the job can keep looking perfectly respectable while you find yourself thinking, “I can’t do this for another five years.”
You’re not done working. You just want your next decade of work to make better use of everything the last few taught you.
World-class accommodations
Tuition starting at $2,100
Intimate group of 28 people max
Meals, snacks, and drinks included
Taught by beloved MEA faculty
Partial Scholarship Available
Without a clear path forward, it’s tempting to go back to what you know
When income and benefits are on the line, making a quick decision can feel like the responsible thing to do. So you apply for the same kind of role, in the same kind of organization, hoping a new boss or a shorter commute will make the difference.
Sometimes it does. Other times, you end up rebuilding the same career you were trying to leave.
The pressure to choose can also make every option feel permanent. You keep researching, comparing, and waiting for certainty before taking a step. Months pass, and you’re still having the same conversation with yourself.
And then there are all the practical questions…
Do I stay and try to make this work, or look for the same role somewhere else? Could I change fields or go out on my own?
How much risk can I afford? Which of my skills will carry over, and will employers see my experience as useful or “overqualified”?
After years in one profession, who am I without the title?
These questions touch on your income, your confidence, and your sense of who you are. It’s a lot to sort through while trying to make one of the bigger career decisions of your life.
Carolina Lasso has made this kind of career change herself. She’ll help you decide what to try next.
Carolina Lasso moved from Colombia to the United States as a teenager with a dream of going to college. She followed all the steps that she’d been told would lead to happiness and success.
She became valedictorian, graduated summa cum laude, earned scholarships, finished graduate school, worked in financial services in New York, and joined Google.
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick.
Then came a divorce, depression at work, imposter syndrome, and panic attacks. During a leave of absence, Carolina realized she didn’t want to return to the same career. Her own wisdom had been trying to get her attention, but she’d been too busy to listen.
After traveling around the world, she became certified to teach mindfulness-based emotional intelligence at Google. She later left, moving into resilience training, coaching, writing, and purpose work.
At Rising Circle Ranch, Carolina will help you pause, listen to your own wisdom, and reconnect with your skills and values. From there, you’ll consider what another role, entrepreneurship, or work of your own could look like.
You’ll leave Santa Fe with a Career Blueprint that pulls it all together: what you’re good at, what you want, what will pay the bills, and what you’re ready to try next.
From confusion to confidence
Carolina’s 5 C’s help you slow the decision down, hear your own wisdom, and choose a new career direction to test.
Clarity
Exploring all of the options available to you can be overwhelming. Carolina will help you map your life and career arc, name what is ending, and get honest about what you want from work now.
Curiosity
When you’re in transition, the mind wants answers. Curiosity gives you room to explore before deciding where things should lead. You’ll practice noticing what your own wisdom is telling you and what feels like a heck yes, a soft yes, or a clear no.
Compassion
Career changes can bring the inner critic out in full force. You should have planned better. You should already know what you want. You’ll learn to meet yourself where you are and work with the doubt and uncertainty that often come with change.
Courage
At some point, the inner work has to meet the outside world. You’ll look at the stories shaping your decisions, including the fear that it’s too late or unreasonable to want something different, and ask if those stories are true.
Confidence
Confidence grows through self-knowledge, honest reflection, and taking action. You’ll bring what you’ve learned into a Career Blueprint and a set of grounded ReSOULutions for your next career move.
Turn your inner calling into a Career Blueprint to guide you forward
By the end of this retreat, you’ll have a working Career Blueprint on paper. It brings the practical and personal sides of a career change together, so you can compare your options and decide what you’re ready to try:
This Workshop Is For You If…
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Meet Carolina Lasso
Purpose Mentor, Certified Life Coach, Author of The Path to Flourishing and The Purpose Reset, Former Google and American Express Marketing Leader
Carolina spent more than a decade building a successful marketing career and leading teams at Google, American Express, Telemundo/ZGS, and Search Inside Yourself. After making several career transitions of her own across industries, countries, and organizations, she began helping others work through the practical and personal questions that come with change.
A Purpose Mentor, Wayfinder, and certified life coach, Carolina brings deep training in purpose, emotional intelligence, mindfulness, and resilience to her work. Her approach helps people move through fear and uncertainty, reconnect with who they are, and shape what comes next with greater clarity and confidence.
Carolina is the author of The Path to Flourishing, co-author of The Purpose Reset, a TEDx speaker, host of the PlenaMente podcast, and a faculty member at the Global Purpose School.
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What you'll gain
Clarity without pressure
A clear understanding of what’s ending, what still matters, and what deserves your energy now — without rushing yourself into premature decisions.
A healthier relationship with work
Get clearer about the work you’d like to spend your days doing, and the life you want it to leave room for.
Discernment you can trust
The ability to tell the difference between choices driven by fear, habit, or momentum and those that are genuinely aligned with who you are at this stage of life.
Grounded next steps
A realistic way forward shaped by experimentation, reflection, and self-trust — so you can move ahead without needing to have everything figured out.
Our Agenda at a Glance
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
4:00 PM: Check-In / Welcome
5:30 PM: Welcome Reception & Dinner
7:00 PM: Orientation Session
9:00 PM: Free Time
Friday:
7:30 AM: Mind + Body
8:30 AM: Breakfast
10:00 AM: Classroom Time
1:15 PM: Lunch
2:00 PM: Free Time
3:00 PM: Classroom Time
5:30 PM: Free Time
6:30 PM: Dinner
Saturday:
7:30 AM: Mind + Body
8:30 AM: Breakfast
10:00 AM: Classroom Time
1:15 PM: Lunch
2:00 PM: Free Time
3:00 PM: Classroom Time
5:30 PM: Free Time
6:30 PM: Dinner, Dessert & Graduation
8:00 PM: Evening Gathering
Sunday:
7:30 AM: Breakfast
9:45 AM: Checkout / Departure
*Please note that not all classroom time activities take place in the actual classroom.
*Please note all times are estimates as some activities go longer or shorter depending on the group. This agenda is meant to give you an idea of the general flow of activities.
Step into transformation in the high desert
Rising Circle Ranch | Santa Fe, USA.
Our spectacular Santa Fe campus is located on an upscale regenerative ranch featuring traditional Pueblo architecture and nearly 2,600 acres of wildlife, hiking trails in the arroyo, and awe-inspiring beauty. Close to historic Santa Fe, an artisan’s mecca.
PLUS: Gourmet from-scratch meals, snacks, and drinks featuring locally sourced ingredients, made by our in-house chefs
Meet the horses of Rising Circle Ranch
Our Rising Circle Ranch spans 2,600 acres of New Mexico high desert, offering guided horseback riding for all experience levels through diverse terrains under the vast Southwest sky
You’ll experience highlights like:
Horseback riding is an optional add-on activity you can book once you arrive on the ranch. Whether you’re seasoned or brand new to horseback adventures, this guided experience lets you discover the ranch’s natural wonders alongside our gentle horses.
Your Workshop Also Includes:
Clarity doesn’t come from thinking harder. It comes from slowing down long enough to hear what you already know.
You’ll work through those questions with Carolina and other people who understand how complicated a career decision can get in midlife.
By the time you leave the ranch, you’ll know which direction you want to explore first. You’ll take home a Career Blueprint, ReSOULutions for the next six months, and the support of people who understand what you’re working through.
Come to Santa Fe, listen to your own wisdom, and make a plan for the work you want next.
Tuition starts at
$2,700
Plus tax & service fees
*Depending on room choice & workshop format