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The Great Unraveling

The Silent Crisis of High Achievers and the Path to Career Harmony

What happens when the very qualities that help us succeed begin to make our lives harder?

In The Great Unraveling, Dr. Angélica Pérez-Litwin explores why accomplished professionals can struggle with the psychological and personal costs of achievement—and how they can develop a healthier relationship with work.

Drawing on decades of professional experience, the book offers a new way of understanding career distress and a path toward greater career harmony.

Cover of The Great Unraveling by Dr. Angélica Pérez-Litwin

A broader conversation about work, health, and success.

For more than two decades, Dr. Pérez-Litwin listened to accomplished professionals describe the complicated relationship between work, ambition, identity, and well-being.

The Great Unraveling names a pattern that burnout language often misses and offers a path toward a relationship with work that supports a lighter, richer life.

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