Work Life Remix - by Ronnie Dickerson Stewart (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

What do you do when the formula for success you've followed for years no longer works?

For many of us, the path once seemed clear: get a "good" job, climb the ladder, earn the title, and repeat. That formula works--until the way you operated and what you prioritized in the past no longer aligns with the future you want. The truth is, the old contracts are broken. Loyalty no longer guarantees security, balance is a myth, and brilliant leaders are exhausted by chasing a version of success that doesn't feel like theirs. And all of this is unfolding in an era of mass layoffs, disengagement, and automation--forcing you to renegotiate what fulfillment, alignment, and security truly mean.

In Work Life Remix, career navigation and life design coach Ronnie Dickerson Stewart offers a way through. A remix is not about discarding everything you've built--it's about keeping what serves you and releasing what doesn't. You will learn to clarify requirements, enforce boundaries, create rhythms, and strategize for the life season you are in and the ones to come.

Drawing on two decades of leadership and coaching experience, Stewart shares career strategy reframes like how to become the chairperson of your own life (You Inc.) and the Five Work & Life Seasons: Growing, Sowing, Glowing, Going, and Woah-ing. Through provocations, prompts, and candid stories--and by naming larger forces of technology shifts, inequity, and cultural change--this book makes designing your remix practical and possible.

Whether you're at an inflection point or sensing it's time to stop settling for what looks good and start creating what feels right, Work Life Remix is your invitation to stop performing and start consciously designing the rest of your life and career.

You can't rewind or redo what's come before--but you can remix it.

Review Quotes

"The old social contract with work is evolving, and most people know it. Ronnie Dickerson Stewart offers leaders frameworks, permission, and a path forward to create provision, outlast disruption, and leverage the wisdom they've learned and earned to design what's next. Work Life Remix is honest, provocative, and exactly what seasoned professionals need right now." --Minda Harts, USA Today bestselling author of Talk to Me Nice, The Memo, and Right Within

"Work Life Remix is a timely and powerful invitation to stop living by default and start designing a life that actually fits. Ronnie Dickerson Stewart blends honesty, wisdom, and practical insight to help readers rethink success, reclaim their agency, and build a life aligned with who they truly are." --Dorie Clark, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of The Long Game

"Ronnie Dickerson Stewart is a powerful force for good in the world, and this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to live with greater intention. Through thoughtful questions, practical frameworks, and reflective prompts, she invites readers to pause and reconnect with what truly matters." --Jessalin Lam, author of The Visibility Mindset and co-founder of Badass Mamas

"Work Life Remix's message is simple but profound: You are allowed to live the life YOU want. And if 'can'ts' and 'shoulds' pop into your head when you read that, Ronnie Dickerson Stewart 's expert coaching skills will guide you toward an expansive new way of designing your life." --Bree Groff, author of Today Was Fun

"This book will shake loose everything you thought success meant and hand you the tools to build something better." --Kimberly Brown, author of Next Move, Best Move

"Bold. Brilliant. Powerful. Work Life Remix provokes us to embrace the tension between need and agency, then redesign a life of purpose worth living." --Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard, author of Power Reimagined

About the Author

Ronnie Dickerson Stewart rose from ad agency intern to C-suite executive, and then walked away from it all to help evolve how we think about work, life, fulfillment, and success. As founder of OhHeyCoach, she is a career navigation and life design coach who supports organizations and leaders across advertising, media, PR, creative, and tech in designing the work experiences they each deserve.
With over two decades of industry experience, Stewart has coached executives and high-capacity leaders from some of the world's most award-winning ad agencies and across brands like Microsoft, Reddit, Adobe, and Google.

Stewart has been recognized by Adweek, The Advertising Club of New York, She Runs It, and ADCOLOR. Her insights have been featured on Forbes.com, Essence.com, and 21Ninety. Through her coaching, speaking, and as host of The Career Clinic Podcast, she challenges conventions about work, life, and leadership, helping leaders design careers and lives that fit them--not the other way around.