Transition Literacy Coach · Author · Nairobi, Kenya
You Are Not Stuck. You Are in Transition.
There is a specific reason why your life can look successful and feel incomplete at the same time. It has a name, a framework, and a way through. Sebastian Njagi is a Transition Literacy Coach and the author of fourteen books. He helps professionals aged 35 to 55 navigate the most defining phase of adult life — using their own personal story as the map.
14 Books Published | 2 Memoirs | Founder, Read & Lead Publishers
Does This Sound Familiar?
This Is the Phase Nobody Prepares You For
You have worked hard. You have met your obligations — career, family, the responsibilities that come with being an established person in your community. By most visible measures, your life is a success.
But there is a question that keeps returning. Quiet, persistent, and harder to ignore than it used to be:
"Is this the life I intended to build — or the life that simply happened to me while I was busy being responsible?"
If that question is familiar, you are not in crisis. You are not ungrateful or confused. You are in a transition — the Legacy Phase transition — and it begins not at fifty, but at thirty-five.
What you are feeling is not a problem to fix. It is a signal to understand.
The 3-Phase Personal Awareness Model
Life Moves in Three Phases. Most People Only Know About the First Two.
Understanding the 3-PPAM changes how you see what you are experiencing — and what to do about it. Once you know which phase you are in, your restlessness stops feeling like a character flaw and starts making sense.
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Phase One — Foundations
Who Am I?
Teens to late twenties
The phase of identity. You are discovering who you are, where you belong, and what you believe - often while navigating family expectations and economic pressure.
⚡ When stuck: Identity crisis - "Where do I fit?"
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Phase Two — Clarity
What Can I Do?
Late twenties to mid-thirties
The phase of achievement. You are building your career, establishing your household, proving your value. This phase is driven by accomplishment and rightly so.
⚡ When stuck: Quarter-life crisis - "Am I on the right path?"
★ You Are Here
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Phase Three — Legacy
What Does It All Mean?
Mid-thirties to fifties and beyond
The phase of meaning. You have proven yourself. Now your system is asking a harder question: does this life align with who I am becoming? What is my unique contribution? What will I leave behind?
⚡ When not navigated: What society calls the "midlife crisis"
"The Legacy Phase does not begin at fifty. It begins at thirty-five. If you are in your late thirties or early forties and feeling this way — you are not early. You are right on time."
— Sebastian Njagi, From Chaos to Peace: Transition to Midlife
The MyStory MyPower Experience
Your Personal Story Is the Map
Most coaching helps you set goals or manage your emotions. Sebastian's approach goes deeper. After writing fourteen books including two memoirs and working with individuals through their most defining transitions, he has found that the most reliable path through a major life transition is not a generic process. It is your own story, read with the right framework.
Discover
Use your story to uncover your personal meaning. What actually matters to you at this phase of life not in theory, but in practice? What has your experience been pointing you towards that you have not yet had the language or permission to name?
Organise
Use that meaning to reorganise the practical architecture of your life your relationships, your finances, your time, your priorities. Clarity without reorganisation stays abstract. This stage brings your external life into alignment with your internal truth.
Design
Use that clarity to design a lifestyle that is genuinely fulfilling. Not one that meets someone else's definition of success. One that reflects who you are now built on what you have created, no longer limited by what others have defined for you.
Start Here
Understand Where You Are in 10 Minutes
Seven reflective questions that will help you identify which phase you are actually in and what comes next.
- Which life phase you are actually in — most people get this wrong
- What the Legacy Phase is specifically asking of you right now
- Where the real misalignment is between your current life and who you are becoming
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About Sebastian
The Work Comes From the Journey
Sebastian Njagi is a Transition Literacy Coach, the founder of Read & Lead Publishers, and the author of fourteen books — including two memoirs that document his own navigation of life's most defining transitions.
The first memoir, From Chaos to Peace: Critical Moments of Transition, traces his journey from a period of personal chaos — carrying unresolved baggage and chronic uncertainty — through a process of genuine self-examination to a place of clarity and purpose.
"I thought I had found the map and arrived. Then life moved to the next phase."
The second memoir, From Chaos to Peace: Transition to Midlife, documents his navigation of the Legacy Phase — the quiet, persistent restlessness that arrived even after he had built something real. The 3-Phase Personal Awareness Model and the Discover-Organise-Design process emerged from living through it deliberately.
Sebastian studied at Alliance High School and the University of Nairobi's School of Business. He is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Work With Sebastian
Navigate Your Transition With Proper Support
Sebastian works with professionals aged 35 to 55 who are in the Legacy Phase — people who have built something real and are now asking what it means, where they are going, and how to design the next chapter with intention.
Discovery Call
45 Minutes · No Obligation · Real Clarity
A focused conversation to understand where you are in your transition and what the path forward could look like. Sebastian will help you identify which phase you are in, what your story is currently revealing, and what the next steps are. This is a genuine working session, not a sales call.
MyStory MyPower Experience
The Core Coaching Programme
A structured engagement that takes you through the full Discover-Organise-Design process using your personal story as the primary material. You will excavate your narrative, identify your meaning, reorganise your priorities, and design what comes next with Sebastian's guidance throughout.
Speaking & Workshops
For Organisations & Events
Sebastian speaks and facilitates workshops on Transition Literacy, the Legacy Phase, and the role of personal narrative in professional development. Available for corporate organisations, professional associations, and private events.
Books by Sebastian Njagi
Fourteen Books Across Six Categories
Memoir
From Chaos to Peace: Critical Moments of Transition
His first memoir from personal chaos through self-discovery to genuine peace.
memoir
From Chaos to Peace: Transition to Midlife
Navigating the Legacy Phase — how he averted the midlife crisis through deliberate transition.
Relationships
When the Going Gets Tough
A couple's guide to navigating the hard seasons of long-term relationships.
Purpose-Driven Life
Thrive: Purposeful. Meaningful. Living.
A practical guide to living your purpose as an everyday reality, not an abstract goal.
Self-Employment
The Light Inside
How to unlock extraordinary business value from your ordinary everyday activities.
Novel
Natasha: Clarity
A young Kenyan woman navigating identity, decisions, and becoming in modern urban Africa.
"The Legacy Phase does not begin at fifty. It begins at thirty-five. If you are in your late thirties or early forties and feeling this way — you are not early. You are right on time."
Common Questions
What People Ask Before Getting Started
If you have a question not covered here, write to Sebastian directly at hello@sebastiannjagi.com
Can Sebastian speak at our organisation or event?
Can Sebastian speak at our organisation or event?
Can Sebastian speak at our organisation or event?
Can Sebastian speak at our organisation or event?
Can Sebastian speak at our organisation or event?
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Can Sebastian speak at our organisation or event?
Common Questions
MyStory MyPower Youth Programme
Sebastian also works with schools and youth organisations through the MyStory MyPower Youth Programme — a structured programme that equips teens and young adults with the tools to navigate the Foundations Phase of life.
Using the 3-Phase Personal Awareness Model, participants learn to reflect on their personal story, build resilience, and make more intentional decisions about their education, relationships, and early career direction.
The programme is available to secondary schools, tertiary institutions, and youth organisations. Sessions range from one-day workshops to multi-week engagements.