Author · Speaker · Human Transition Guide
Jan Mayfield
Author · Speaker · Human Transition Guide
The space between who you have been and who you are becoming
I write and speak about identity, human transition and what happens when the life you have known no longer fits, but what comes next has not yet fully formed.
The Longest Hallway
How to navigate life’s biggest transitions without losing yourself
Navigating the transition between the life you’ve outgrown and the life you’re ready to create.
When the life you’ve always known no longer fits, the next chapter can feel uncertain.
By the end of this webinar, you will:
- Understand why your old life no longer fits, and why that does not mean you have failed.
- Recognise which stage of transition you are currently moving through.
- Stop trying to force yourself back into an identity you have already outgrown.
- Identify what is keeping you suspended between the old life and the new.
- Leave with a practical next step towards greater clarity, confidence and direction.
You don’t have to navigate it alone.
For more than 30 years, I’ve helped people through some of the biggest turning points in their lives. Today, I help people find clarity, confidence and direction when they’re standing at a crossroads and asking:
“What’s next?”
Whether you’re facing retirement, an empty nest, redundancy, the end of a relationship, a major career change, a spiritual awakening, or simply know you’ve outgrown the life you’ve been living, my work is here to help you move forward with clarity and purpose.
About Jan
For more than 30 years, I have supported people through grief, change, uncertainty, awakening and new beginnings.
I came to understand that people were rarely looking for predictions. They were trying to make sense of a life that had changed, and find themselves within it.
Then I entered my own profound transition. I released identities, beliefs and ways of living that no longer fitted the person I was becoming.
That experience gave me the language for the space between one life and the next.
I call that space
The Longest Hallway.
- It can feel lonely.
- It can feel uncertain.
- It can even feel frightening.
- But it is also where clarity is born.
I don’t believe your best years are behind you.
I believe many people are standing at the doorway to an entirely new chapter, even if they can’t see it yet.
Because the hallway isn’t the end of your story.
It’s where your next life begins.
The Longest Hallway
A new book by Jan Mayfield
There comes a point when the life you have built no longer feels like the life you are meant to continue living.
The Longest Hallway explores the space between identities: when the person you have been is falling away, but the person you are becoming has not yet fully emerged.
Part personal journey, part exploration of identity, belonging and transformation, this is not a book about fixing yourself. It is about recognising what has ended, understanding what still holds you to the past, and learning to trust the space in which your next life is forming.
Published 1 November 2026
How I Guide People Through Transition
The SoulTechSoul Approach
Soul
Reconnect with the deeper knowing that becomes difficult to hear during periods of change.
Human
Make sense of what is happening through honest conversation, lived experience and practical guidance.
Technology
Use AI intelligently as a reflective and organisational tool, without outsourcing your intuition, identity or authority to it.
SoulTechSoul brings these three forms of intelligence together to help you understand where you are, clarify what comes next and begin moving towards it.
If you’re standing at a crossroads and wondering what comes next, I’d love to welcome you to The Longest Hallway.
How to Navigate Life’s Biggest Transitions Without Losing Yourself.
What Happens Next?
The Longest Hallway webinar is more than a single evening of inspiration.
It introduces a deeper six-week journey for people who are ready to move beyond understanding their transition and begin actively creating what comes next.
During the webinar, I’ll share details of the founding programme and invite a small group to continue working with me.
There is no obligation to join. Come to the webinar for the clarity it offers, and if the deeper journey is right for you, you’ll have the opportunity to take the next step.
Join me for this free live webinar
Tuesday 25 August 2026 · 7:00 pm UK time · Live on Zoom
Media, Podcasts and Speaking
I am available for podcast interviews, magazine features, panel conversations and speaking engagements exploring identity, reinvention and the human experience of transition.
My work brings together more than 30 years of supporting people through profound turning points, alongside my own lived experience of releasing identities, beliefs and ways of living that no longer fitted the person I was becoming.
Suggested conversation topics
- Why major transitions can create an identity crisis
- The space between the life we have outgrown and the life not yet formed
- Why people remain attached to identities that no longer fit
- Reinvention in later life
- Spiritual awakening without abandoning practical reality
- What decades of listening to people taught me about what they are really searching for
- Using AI as a reflective tool without surrendering human authority
- Why your best years do not have to be behind you
Contact Jan
For media enquiries, speaking engagements, collaborations, programme questions or general enquiries:
WhatsApp Jan on +447772967578
