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The Seven Year (Sw)itch

Why We Get Restless in Work, Life, and Love—and What to Do About It

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The Seven Year (Sw)itch

By: James E. Crawley
Narrated by: James E. Crawley
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The Seven-Year (Sw)itch is a smart, plainspoken guide for anyone who feels stuck, restless, or quietly questioning whether their current life still fits. Drawing from behavioural research, personal experience, and two decades of coaching leaders and entrepreneurs, James reframes the so-called “seven-year itch” not as a cliché or crisis, but as a predictable human rhythm, a natural signal that it’s time to evolve.

Covering everything from career dissatisfaction and relationship ruts to parenting, ageing, money, and identity, this book helps readers understand why their inner wiring rebels against sameness and how to respond without torching their life. Through laugh-out-loud honesty, practical reflection points, and five optional workbooks, Crawley shows how small shifts, not dramatic leaps, often hold the key to lasting change.

Whether you're on the verge of quitting your job, rethinking your marriage, or just tired of pretending “fine” is enough, The Seven-Year (Sw)itch will help you decode the itch, start meaningful conversations, and make changes with clarity, not chaos.

©2025 James E. Crawley (P)2025 James E. Crawley Career Success Motivation & Self-Improvement Personal Development Personal Success
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This isn't really a business book. It's like sitting down with a friend who sets you at your ease and then asks some difficult but empowering questions to help you figure out your life, love, relationships, work and you.

James isn't here to give you the answers - that's up to you. This book is about helping you to adapt all aspects of your life so they continue to work for you. And change is actually empowering. It does not need to be destructive, sudden or always necessary.

I listened to this in one session (then replayed in smaller sections). Whether you are feeling your life is broken or you think all is fine, this is the 'chat over coffee' you owe it to yourself to have.

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