Laureen Quick: Beyond Who I Was
Loss and transition stripped away the labels Laureen once lived by, leaving her in unfamiliar emotional territory. What emerged from that space wasn’t immediate clarity, but an invitation to hear a voice she’d long ignored—her own.
Bio
Laureen Quick is a navigator, coach, writer, and speaker for women 50+ navigating seasons of change, reinvention, and renewal. With an MBA and a background in adult learning and leadership, Laureen brings a steady, thoughtful approach to moments when an old identity no longer fits and rushing forward would mean leaving oneself behind.
She is the host of The Next Chapter Summit, a virtual gathering created to offer women a witnessed, unhurried space to orient themselves during life transitions, and the creator of Brilliant Beyond 50, a weekly e-newsletter exploring identity, self-trust, and what becomes possible in the second half of life. Laureen also hosts the Unscripted & Unstoppable podcast and writes the Your Next Chapter blog, where she blends insight, lived experience, and poetic clarity.
Known for her calm authority and relational depth, Laureen helps women stop fixing themselves and start listening for what is quietly emerging — so they can move forward with honesty, steadiness, and self-trust.
Topics
- Identity beyond roles
- Widowhood and self-redefinition
- Navigating life after children leave home
- The emotional impact of “quiet loss”
- Learning to sit with emptiness
- Joy as a compass for decision-making
- Late-life self-discovery
- Creativity as emotional processing
- Self-worth independent of achievement
- Listening to inner guidance
Guiding Questions
- What changed for you when the roles you identified with began to fall away?
- How did the experience of loss differ when it happened gradually instead of all at once?
- What was it like to sit in the emptiness rather than rush to fill it?
- When did you first realize you needed to listen to yourself differently?
- How did joy become a guiding principle in your life?
- What surprised you most about who you became during this season?
- How did physical adventure play a role in your emotional healing?
- What has poetry given you that nothing else could?
- Why do you think so many people tie their worth to what they do?
- What would you tell someone who feels invisible after a major life transition?