447: Navigating The 7 Stages of Life Transition. Craig Cooney Unpacks Hitting a Wall and The Other Side of Burnout No One Talks About
Win Today: Your Roadmap to Wholeness
Christopher Cook
4.9 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
You've hit the wall. You've circled the same fears, same failures, same question: Now what? This week, Craig Cooney joins me to map out the 7 Stages of Life Transition—that spiritual, emotional, relational journey we all face when momentum crashes into burnout. He's walked past every threshold: loss, disillusionment, plateau, crisis. And he understands what happens when you blitz through "surviving" and find… something new on the other side. In this episode, Craig names the pain of transition: the loneliness of midsize dreams, the temptation to spin in place, the hidden grief behind "I'm tired," and the silent desperation of burnout nobody talks about. And he exposes the breakthrough waiting when you refuse to stay stuck at the wall. If you're in the pause, the plateau, the painful "In-Between"—this episode will help you understand what stage you're in, give language to the hardship you're living, and show you the transformation lurking on the other side.
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| 0:00.0 | A significant transition at lifequake in one area, even though it may be related to your job or your marriage or your faith or whatever that is. |
| 0:13.1 | The ripples and the ramifications of that affect every other area of your life. |
| 0:22.6 | Helping you design your roadmap to wholeness from the inside out. |
| 0:27.6 | This is Win Today. |
| 0:30.8 | And now, here's your host, Christopher Cook. |
| 0:35.1 | Hey, you guys, welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:37.0 | Thanks for tuning in. Listen, it's been a week. Anybody else? |
| 0:42.2 | I just want to get after it because there's a space between what was and what's next. Many of you, |
| 0:46.7 | me included, are right smack dab in the middle of the in between, where nothing feels certain |
| 0:53.3 | and most things probably just feel quiet. |
| 0:57.6 | You're not who you were, but you're not sure who you're becoming either. |
| 1:01.9 | This is a real experience for a lot of people, especially right now. |
| 1:06.6 | The prayers that used to move mountains seem to just echo in silence. |
| 1:11.6 | And the rhythms that used to bring clarity to your life now feel like a fog. |
| 1:16.9 | Maybe you've started asking questions you didn't dare to ask before. |
| 1:20.5 | Like, Lord, is this burnout? |
| 1:22.7 | Because I feel like I'm at the end of myself. |
| 1:24.8 | Or maybe, Lord, did I miss this? |
| 1:26.8 | Where are you? |
| 1:29.2 | Did I completely miss what you had spoken to me previously? Because I'm out here in the weeds and I feel all alone. |
| 1:35.7 | And maybe another question is, okay, if this is the wall, because it feels like it, what's on the |
| 1:40.9 | other side? Well, this week, my friend Craig Cooney joins me for one of the most timely and clarifying |
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