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The Change Laboratory partners with organizations and individuals to help them build workplaces and careers that thrive. The Change Laboratory offers a full suite of Career Development, HR, and Business Consulting services, including resume writing and LinkedIn development services.
Build A Life You Don't Need A Break From
WE DID IT. WE LIVE IT. WE SHARE IT.
(SO YOU CAN, TOO)
Welcome! We’re Kent and Caanan.
We broke the mold in order to build a life of everyday fulfillment—one where we front-loaded all of our “later in life” goals and never looked back. We call it a No Vacation Required life.
Now it's your turn.
Drawing from our professional expertise, academic insights, and lived experience, we've created practical tools to help you design a life you don't need a break from. Starting right now.
Ready to feel fulfilled every single day?
OUR APPROACH
REAL
We’re all looking for good days in complicated times.
That’s why our approach is grounded and built for the realities of right now – not some perfect version of life.
PRACTICAL
We all want to feel better without blowing up our whole life.
That’s why our approach is doable and designed to work with the life you’re currently living.
STEADY
We all want consistent progress in a world that keeps swerving.
That’s why our approach helps you build everyday habits that feel grounding, not overwhelming.
YOU’VE GOT OPTIONS
Practical tools and steady support to help you build real-life fulfillment — one step at a time.
Our blog offers a unique perspective, fresh ideas and actionable tips for building a life you love. Our podcast challenges outdated traditions by asking, “Why are we still doing that?”
COMING SOON! Our Substack for paid subscribers is all about Everyday Fulfillment. It provides actionable content designed around our Pause, Prioritize, Practice framework, and it introduces readers to the power of Personality.
Our services help you tackle big changes, clarify your goals, and unlock your potential. We support individuals and teams in adopting a deliberate, fulfillment-forward mindset – starting with figuring out you.
COMING SOON! Our book, No Vacation Required, details how we built and maintain a deeply fulfilling life – and shows you how to do the same. It’s full of robust tips and exercises to guide you toward creating your own No Vacation Required life.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
You are a natural wonder.
Every person is a natural wonder – deep, multifaceted, and vibrant. But unlike ancient prismatic pools, every person has a brief time on this planet.
With so much potential and so little time, your life shouldn’t be something you escape from – it should be something you design. That’s why everything we do is about helping you build a life rooted in purpose, aligned with your values, and free from outdated expectations.
That’s where our LIFE philosophy comes in. It’s a framework to help you define success on your own terms and live in alignment with what actually matters to you.
Let go of outdated ideas about success. The old rules don’t apply here.
Invoke your agency. You have the power to choose and shape your path.
Figure out you. Get clear on what really matters to you.
Embrace new measures of success – real, personal, and built for your life.
No Vacation Required isn’t one-size-fits-all. It’s a reflection of who you are, and a commitment to living like your life is your own.
Because it is.
