Rising from the ashes

orious, should have reveled in his success. At thirty-eight, he had reached the pinnacle of his career in finance. Senior Vice President at o

lt a heaviness settle in his chest. He had everything-yet nothing felt fulfilling. His

renaline of work wore off, Nathan couldn't

hts. He glanced at the caller ID-his ex-wife

," she said, her voice s

the divorce-Sarah had always been the one to manage the difficult conversatio

," Nathan said, alrea

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at the small table in the apartment they once sha

lence. "Emma-she's been struggling, and I don't think she

eetings and deadlines-they had taken him away from her, and now his daughter

tears in her eyes. "But I think it's time for you to re

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hip with Emma that was falling apart. It was everything. His marriage had ended in bitterness, leaving

ght-hand man, Ethan, had been caught in the scheme, and Nathan was left to deal with the fallout. It wasn't just

ts and calls from the media. Nathan had spent his entire caree

couldn't shake the overwhelming sense of loss. His career was over. His fam

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e firm's PR team, each day more hopeless than the last. The walls seemed to c

as a

hen he m

mentor without an agenda. A man who had experienced loss and failure of his o

ntil you embrace what's been lost," he said one night, after a long talk about the mea

in his voice-something in the way he saw the world-that made him willin

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lmost unrecognizable. But he knew, deep inside, that this was just the

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