Where you probably are right now
Maybe you’re thinking about leaving an industry you’ve been in for years. Maybe you were laid off or you can see it coming. Maybe the work once mattered deeply and now it costs more than it gives.
You’re not behind. You’re not broken. You’re responding to real conditions in a market that keeps moving.
Most people wait too long to respond strategically. They research, they think, they circle. By the time they move, the pressure is higher and the options feel narrower than they needed to be.
This page exists to help you take one grounded step before any of that happens.
What I do
I’m Cristin Downs, a career pivot coach for experienced professionals. People with complex, mission-driven careers who need to move without losing ground on income, credibility, or who they are: these are my clients.
This isn’t about reinvention. It’s about translation, strategy, and disciplined forward movement through a transition that deserves to be handled carefully.
Career transitions are structural moments. They deserve structure.
Most people who work with me were sent by someone who already had.
The one thing to do next
The best first step isn’t choosing an offer. It’s getting oriented.
Where You Are is a short intake I built specifically for this moment. It helps me understand where you’re actually stuck, how you tend to move under uncertainty, and what kind of support would actually help before we talk about anything else.
I read every response personally and follow up within a few days. No pressure. No expectation that you already know what you want.
You don’t need certainty to begin. You need structure.
Career change is no longer a rare, once-in-a-lifetime event. In an unstable economy, navigating transitions well is a baseline skill. Getting support for it isn’t indulgent.
It’s infrastructure.
If you’re here, you’re already paying attention. And that makes a difference.