Wayfinding: Navigating Your Personal Evolution and Professional Growth Mountains

by Christy Uffelman

What if the map to your next breakthrough isn't outside you--but already within?

In Wayfinding, reinvention coach Christy Uffelman invites you on a transformative journey across the mountains of your personal and professional growth. Through vulnerable storytelling, real-world insight, and a practical compass of Self-Awareness, Self-Alignment, Self-Trust, and Self-Worth, you’ll learn to navigate your evolution with intention, clarity, and courage.

This is not another self-help book. It’s your field guide for growth, packed with wisdom earned on the trail—and shared from the heart. In these pages, you’ll discover how momentum (instead of chasing elusive “potential”)Reclaim your power through radical self-responsibilityQuiet your inner critic and rewrite limiting beliefsAlign your life with your truest values and desiresFind your guides—and your voice—on the journey home to yourself
Clarity, courage, and connection await—you just have to take the first step!

170 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 14, 2025

Reviews

[Colleen H · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an excellent resource for those ready for or considering any sort of life transition, big or small. Change comes at us all the time and this books gives you thought provoking stories and reflective questions to help you navigate your changes authentically and with purpose.

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have known Christy for six years, first meeting her during the Brené Brown Dare to Lead Certified Facilitator experience. Christy’s one of those rare people who leads through authenticity and care, creating space for others to do the same.

Wayfinding arrived in my life at just the right moment. It felt less like reading and more like being gently guided by a trusted friend who reminds you to come home to yourself. Through the framework of Wayfinding (self-awareness, self-alignment, self-trust, and self-worth), Christy offers both reflection and action. She reminds us that courage and fear can coexist, that rest is foundational, and that beginning again is an act of self-worth.

I always highlight and write in the margins when I read, but this time was different. I found myself adding double exclamation marks (!!) beside passages that resonated so strongly they stopped me in my tracks. Moments of truth, clarity, or insight. By the end, there were more than fifty scattered throughout the book. I closed the book feeling seen, grounded, and inspired to continue my own journey on my Growth Mountain.

[Kimberly Daly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wayfinding is a beautifully written and deeply insightful guide to personal growth, using the metaphor of Mountains to illuminate the journey of self-discovery. As a recent EDGE graduate, I found Christy's "field guides" to be a powerful extension of the lessons I learned in the program, practical, reflective, and inspiring. Her voice throughout the book is both grounding and empowering, offering readers a sense of clarity and courage as they navigate their own paths. I’m incredibly grateful to Christy, both personally and professionally, for sharing her wisdom so generously. This book is a must-read for anyone committed to evolving with intention and authenticity. It’s not just a book. It’s a companion for the climb.

[Claire Thornburgh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book the day it was launched and continue to celebrate and appreciate the work and wisdom Christy has shared. I have gifted this book to several friends and colleagues and have had incredible conversations about so many stories and concepts found in the book. Everyone can find their place on the compass and gain new perspective on places in your life journey where you have been before and even find some new places.

Christy’s vulnerability in sharing her real stories and the wisdom she gained through her successes and failures is relatable and refreshing. She reflects on her journey with a new lens which I found to be a powerful invitation to do the same. The book encourages and gives you “permission” to discover, create and enjoy the life you have created and can continue to create that is consistent with your values and beliefs.

Christy’s encouragement, definition and the need to rest was particularly meaningful for me. I never thought of rest as being critical to my continued growth. In fact what I once thought of as a weakness (rest) has now become a strength. Rest is a non negotiable for me and necessary to build and maintain my momentum.

Regardless of where you are in your life and/or career journey, this book is filled with practical wisdom that you can apply each step of the way.