Embracing Your Own Purgatory: Finding Meaning in the Space Between Who You Were and Who You Are Becoming featuring honored guest Geoff Curtis
Sep 2026
16
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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.
On Campus Accessibility Accommodations:
Contact Kirsten Schramm at 847-735-5167 or kschramm@lakeforest.edu at least 72 hours in advance.
