This is in conversation from Apple News. I'm Shemeita Basso. Today we kick off our

think again series all about life's big transitions.

Over the past few years,

over the past few years, I've gone through a lot of transitions, some of the major ones.

I got married, I had really close loved ones die. I started a new job, this one, remotely and in a pandemic.

I moved a few times and I've got some big transitions coming up to.

I'm pregnant and excited and suddenly

feeling this rush of momentum into the next chapter of my life. The thing about

moments of transition is they can feel challenging, destabilizing, even scary,

but they can also be really clarifying.

They're a chance to take stock of where you are, what matters to you,

and who you want to be moving forward. That's why this year, for our Think Again series, which is all about how to rethink your deeply held

notions and rewire your brain, we're focusing on the big pivot points in life, starting

with figuring out your purpose as a young adult, with psychotherapist Satya Doyle Biyab.

The tricky thing about being in quarter life is we are doing this dance all the time to both find ourselves and to survive day by day.

All the changes that come with parenthood, with journalist Jessica Gross.

I never want to look at these massive changes as all bad or all good.

Anderson Cooper on the surprising comfort he's found talking to people about grief and death.

All around us, there are hearts that are broken and there are hearts that are mending and there are people who feel alone.

And we'll revisit my conversation from earlier this year with LA Times columnist

Steve Lopez about retirement.

If you are in that transition and thinking of retiring, find out whether what you think you

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