The Recalibration Years began with a simple observation.
A career that once felt meaningful begins to raise new questions. Health changes. Relationships evolve. Priorities shift. The world moves faster than expected.
And somewhere in the middle of it all, a quiet voice asks:
Is it just me?
It isn’t.
What TRY is about
When something feels uncomfortable, we naturally look for an explanation in the most obvious place.
But what we're experiencing is often bigger than any single issue.
A career question may be intertwined with identity.
Changes in health can influence confidence, relationships, priorities and purpose.
What appears to be one challenge is sometimes the accumulation of many small shifts happening at once.
When multiple parts of life change together, the impact compounds. The connections between them aren't always obvious, especially when we're in the middle of living them.
What feels personal is often also shaped by the systems, expectations and environments around us.
The Recalibration Years exists to help people see that bigger picture.
Not to hand them a plan.
But to create space for better questions, clearer thinking, and more intentional choices about what comes next.
Because clarity usually arrives before answers do, and small, considered shifts often matter more than dramatic reinvention.
Why I started TRY
TRY was founded by me, Mischa Douglas, after several years of significant personal and professional change.
Like many people, I found myself navigating multiple transitions at once. Career changes, health challenges, shifting priorities, family responsibilities, a move across countries, and bigger questions about identity, purpose and what comes next.
Individually, none of those experiences were unusual.
Together, they felt like something worth paying attention to.
“It wasn’t one thing.
It was the accumulation”.
My professional background spans HR, organisational development, recruitment, leadership, technology transformation and coaching. I hold a Bachelor of Commerce and a Graduate Diploma in Psychology, and for more than two decades, I’ve worked at the intersection of people, technology and transformation - helping individuals, teams and organisations navigate change.
I’ve coached people through career transitions, led transformation programmes, built high-performing teams and supported organisations through growth, uncertainty and reinvention.
Across very different industries and environments, I kept noticing the same thing: when multiple parts of life or work shift at once, people often find themselves trying to make sense of what’s happening and feeling off-kilter - even when they’re capable, resilient and successful.
The people navigating the greatest change weren’t lacking ability.
They were trying to navigate change without a way to make sense of what was happening and why.
The more I reflected on both my professional experience and my own life, the more I realised these patterns were connected.
People from different backgrounds, industries and life stages were asking remarkably similar questions.
Why does something feel different?
Why doesn’t this fit anymore?
What comes next?
The Recalibration Years grew from that intersection - where personal experience meets professional insight.
It’s a place to explore change honestly, ask better questions, share what we’re learning, and create greater clarity in complexity.
Because these experiences don’t belong to any one generation, gender or profession.
They’re part of what it means to be human in a rapidly changing world.
And while none of us have all the answers, we can navigate change more effectively when we understand what’s happening and know we’re not doing it alone.
What TRY believes
Recalibration is not about becoming someone new. It’s about understanding who you are now and choosing what comes next.
You don’t need to have it all figured out.
You just need a place to begin.
Creating clarity in complexity.
