Koretz believes the reason so many of her clients feel this ambiguous sense of disappointment is because they’ve spent their adulthood so focused on climbing ladders that they feel lost when there

All accomplishments came at someone else's expense. The corporate world fuels this non-zero-sum anxiety: if others are working late in the office, you convince yourself to stay late too. When others get promoted “ahead” of you, you feel insecure and envious because you think it means you aren’t good enough. But when you find a path that is uniquely

As a result of this journey, I now choose to first follow what I believe is best for me, instead of putting everyone else before me. And if it means I “go against the grain” sometimes, then so be it.