Start Where You Are. Move From There.

Unfold is a space for people in transition—those rethinking ambition, identity, work, relationships, or what it means to lead a meaningful life. It’s a body of work that invites you to move through change with clarity, language, and agency.

This isn’t advice.

It’s perspective, presence, and pattern-breaking.

It’s essays, reflections, and questions that meet you where you are—and offer a way through.

Series You'll Find Here

  • ✴️ The Disillusionment of “Work” — When success doesn’t feel like success, what comes next?

  • 🌿 Lead Yourself First (paid series) — Tools and truths for navigating change with clarity and self-trust.

  • 🏞 National Parks & Questionable Decisions — Metaphor and movement as a path toward reinvention.

Plus: weekly essays, reflection prompts, and the kind of writing that stays with you long after you’ve read it.

If you’re mid-unraveling—or just beginning again—this space is for you.

About Me

I’m Liz Holtzinger—writer, entrepreneur, and longtime professor who’s spent over two decades helping people shape words into meaning and ideas into momentum. I’ve worked in classrooms, boardrooms, healthcare startups; in heartbreak, loss, and love.

I don’t teach answers. I build language for what we already know—but haven’t said out loud yet.

My work blends the clarity of rhetoric, the grit of entrepreneurship, and the bridge of lived experience. What unites it all is a desire to help people move forward—not from hype, but from truth.

Why Subscribe

Because something’s shifting—and you want to meet it with intention.

Because you’re tired of surface-level advice and ready for language that sticks.

Because the story you tell next should sound like you.

Free subscribers receive weekly essays and reflection tools.

Paid subscribers receive weekly essays and reflection tools and get access to the full Lead Yourself First series, early access to courses, and deeper engagement as this work continues to unfold.

Want Help Writing Your Way Through It?

I occasionally offer 1:1 support for folks navigating real-life transitions.

That might look like:

  • Reframing your story for clarity and confidence

  • Rewriting your resume or LinkedIn profile with intention

  • Crafting a pitch or personal statement that actually sounds like you

  • Using AI tools to overcome blocks and save time

If you're reshaping how you show up—or what you’re building—I can help you write your next chapter into being. Call me. We’ll chat.

But first—subscribe. I don’t give my number to just anyone. ;)

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Unfold is a space for self-navigation, where we explore identity, ambition, and what comes next—without apology. It’s a place for clarity, insight, and small doses of truth that go deeper than "advice."

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Writer, educator & strategist helping people navigate change, gain clarity, and lead effectively in complex systems.