Episode 88: Navigating Transitions—What to Do When Change Stirs up Anxiety, Uncertainty, or Confusion

What do you do when life feels disorienting or uncertain? Maybe a relationship ends, you change jobs, or your children no longer need you in the same way.

Change is disorienting. We don’t always recognize the value in slowing down to process these in between places—when we’ve left something (or someone) behind but aren’t yet sure what the future is going to look like.

This next series is all about navigating transitions. I've invited spiritual director, Rowena Day, on to discuss. . .

1. Normalizing liminal spaces (2:50)

2. Do we ever "arrive" at stability? (9:11)

3. Fascinating research on the pain of uncertainty (26:25)

4. The 3 stages of transitions (27:13)

5. The surprising value in endings (28:28)

6. How your body can become your ally (41:25)

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Related Episodes:

Episode 49: Personality, the Big Five Traits, and Why Are We So Obsessed With Personality Types?

Other episodes with Rowena Day:

Episode 31: Peace-Keeping, Anger Avoidance, and How to Start Using Your Voice

Episode 44: Why Anger is a Surprising Friend, What Happens When You Avoid It, and How to Create Space for Healthy Expression of Anger in Your Family

Episode 63: Spiritual Direction, the Power of Listening, & How to Attune to Yourself and to Others

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