My partner and I are both going through major career pivots at the same time - I'm leaving academia to start a nonprofit and they're transitioning out of corporate law - and we keep getting competitive about who's being more authentic or brave instead of supporting each other through what are honestly terrifying identity shifts.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people navigating parallel identity transformations are turning mutual vulnerability into a contest for moral superiority.
“Where Are You with Life transitions as identity events?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.