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Your Career
Had a Plan.

Your Second Act Should Too.

Your financial plan covers the money. I help you design everything else: purpose, identity, relationships and how you'll spend your days.

About Tammy

Tammy Martins is an executive leader, author, and speaker who helps people plan the next stage of their life and work with greater clarity and purpose.

 

After more than twenty-five years leading transformation and strategy in complex organizations, she now supports others in navigating their own transitions with confidence.

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Her approach blends practical tools with thoughtful reflection. She guides people to understand where they are today, imagine what could come next, and take small steps toward a life that feels aligned and meaningful.

Tammy Martins

25 + Years Leading Transformations

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Deep Insight Into Life Transitions

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Practical Tools for

Real Change

Designing Your Second Act™

Available Now

Designing Your Second Act is a practical guide for mid-career professionals ready to rethink their relationship with work and intentionally shape what comes next. Unlike traditional retirement books that focus almost entirely on finances, this one treats the second act as a full life phase, defined by purpose, wellbeing, creativity, contribution, identity, and freedom.

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Drawing on design thinking, Lean principles, and real stories, the book offers a structured Life Design framework for people aged 40 to 60, one you can use to imagine, prototype, and implement a second act built around your own values and strengths.


Published by Routledge | Productivity Press

I wrote this book because I kept hearing the same thing from talented, accomplished professionals: they had planned carefully for retirement financially, but had no idea who they were becoming or what would give their days meaning when work ended. This book is the framework I wish had existed when I started asking those questions myself.

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Speaking on Purpose and Change

Tammy speaks at conferences, leadership events, and professional gatherings about purpose, transition, and designing what comes next. Her talks are warm, engaging, and grounded in real experience.

Designing Your

Second Act

Turning Mid-Career Restlessness into Purposeful Reinvention

Beyond

Financial Planning

Designing the Life You Actually Want

The Power of

Small Experiments

One Percent Better, Every Day

Supporting

Purposeful Transitions

Helping Organizations Support People Through Change

If you are interested in speaking, collaboration, or learning more about Tammy’s work, reach out using the form below. Tammy reads every message personally.

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