About The Second Journey
About the Book
The Second Journey explores the profound inner shift many people experience as they move from building external success toward seeking deeper meaning, wholeness, and purpose.
Drawing on spiritual wisdom, psychological insight, and practical reflection, the book presents human life as unfolding in two broad phases. The first is focused on establishing identity – building career, family, reputation, and place in the world. The second invites individuals into a deeper process of integration, self-discovery, and connection to something larger than the individual self.
At the heart of The Second Journey is a framework for inner transformation built around three essential movements: stillness, letting go, and cultivation. Together, these practices support readers in developing greater self-awareness, releasing limiting patterns, and intentionally shaping a life grounded in compassion, authenticity, and meaning.
Rather than offering quick solutions or prescriptive formulas, The Second Journey invites readers into a lifelong process of growth. It addresses the questions many encounter in seasons of transition, success, loss, or spiritual awakening: Who am I beyond my roles? What gives my life meaning? What does it mean to become whole?
Accessible, reflective, and grounded in lived experience, The Second Journey speaks to readers who sense that achievement alone is not the destination, and who feel called toward a deeper way of living.
About Don
Don Morrison is a business leader, philanthropist, and advocate for ethical leadership and human development. His career spans global business, social impact work, and initiatives focused on values-based leadership and spiritual development.
He serves as Chairman of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is a board member of Laconic Global Inc. in Chicago. He is also the Founder and Chair of The Thomas Merton Centre in Toronto, reflecting his long-standing interest in the intersection of spirituality, ethics, and human transformation.
Earlier in his career, Don held senior leadership roles in the technology sector, including serving as Chief Operating Officer at Research in Motion (maker of the BlackBerry), where he helped scale the company globally during a period of significant growth and international expansion.
Alongside his business career, Don has been deeply involved in philanthropic work through the Morrison Family Foundation. The foundation supports asthma and respiratory research at Toronto’s SickKids Hospital and has funded global initiatives including the creation of a nursing college in rural Kenya.
Don’s writing in The Second Journey draws from decades of personal reflection, research, and conversations across North America and Europe, exploring the inner path that often emerges when external success no longer satisfies deeper human longing.
Through his work, Don brings together insights from global spiritual traditions, psychology, and lived experience, with a focus on helping individuals and communities pursue meaning, wholeness, and ethical living.