The Day I Sold My Business, I Lost My Identity

People think selling a business feels like crossing a finish line.
But for most founders, it feels like a suddenly arriving at a vacation destination without a map or passport.
A mix of relief, exhaustion, and a quiet, uncomfortable question:

“Who am I now?”

It shows up fast.
One day you’re the decision-maker, the pace-setter, the person everyone comes to.
The next day, you’re not.
Your name disappears from the decisions that once relied on you.
And that shift lands hard, even when the sale was planned.

Many post-exit entrepreneurs tell me this is the part no one warned them about when the “new life” begins.
It comes in the silence after the deal completes.

Why This Moment Matters

Selling a business moves you out of the centre of your own story.
You don’t just step away from operations.
You step away from a role you lived and breathed for years.

You lose structure, purpose, and the familiar buzz of solving problems.
You lose the team you built.
You lose the constant urgency that shaped your days.

Many founders describe it as “untethered.”
Others call it “having too much time” or “a strange kind of quiet.”

Most feel guilty for feeling this way, especially when everyone around them says, “Aren’t you lucky”

But here’s the truth:

An exit reshapes your inner world far more than your outer one.
And most people are not ready for that.

What I Do

I support founders after they sell.
My work focuses on the human transition that follows the legal one.
I help you make sense of your identity, purpose, and next chapter.
You get clarity, calm thinking, and a clear path forward.

Who I Help

I work with:

  • Founders who recently sold their business

  • Sellers navigating a painful earn-out

  • Entrepreneurs who feel lost without their old role

  • Family business owners handing the reins to the next generation

  • Leaders who expected freedom but feel strangely empty

All are capable, driven people.
All are surprised by how deeply the exit affects them.

The Problem I Solve

After a sale, many founders face:

  • A sudden loss of identity

  • A feeling of being “unanchored”

  • Emotional fatigue or grief

  • Strain in post-sale relationships

  • Pressure from earn-out targets

  • Uncertainty about what comes next

  • Fear of making the “wrong” next move

The deal team handles the paperwork.
I help the person who signs it.

The Outcomes I Deliver

My Aftercare for Sellers programme helps founders:

  • Regain clarity and steady thinking

  • Rebuild purpose and direction

  • Strengthen post-sale boundaries

  • Navigate earn-out pressures cleanly

  • Create a practical plan for their next chapter

  • Reconnect with identity beyond the business

  • Settle emotionally after the intensity of the sale

Founders often say:
“You helped me land, after the deal.”

That’s what Aftercare is about.
Not the transaction—
the transition.

If This Is You…

If you’ve sold your business and your inner world feels unsettled, you’re not alone.
This first phase of life after exit is rarely discussed, but it can be handled with thought and support.

If you want clarity, perspective, or a gentle structure around your next steps, I’m here.

You completed the deal.
Now let’s steady the person behind it.

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