After nearly 30 years in healthcare communications, Geoff Curtis faced a sudden loss of professional identity when a corporate acquisition eliminated his role. What followed wasn’t a story of immediate reinvention, but a deeply uncertain season of questioning, grief, and rediscovery that inspired his new book, Embracing Your Own Purgatory.

In this candid conversation, Geoff shares his journey through professional loss, identity, and the difficult but transformative space between endings and new beginnings. Drawing from his own experience and the stories of others navigating life’s unexpected transitions, he explores how achievement can become emotional armor, why losing a title can feel like losing a part of ourselves, and how embracing uncertainty can lead to greater authenticity, purpose, and meaning.

Rather than offering a formula for reinvention, Geoff invites us into an honest discussion about the courage to remain unfinished and the quiet growth that can emerge during life’s in-between seasons. Whether you’re facing a major transition or supporting someone who is, this conversation offers reassurance that you don’t have to have all the answers to move forward.

Guests are invited to attend a post-event book signing and reception in the Brown Hall Atrium.