We all go through change, but the stress of the transition during this time, often leaves us stunned and numb. My role as coach is to help you move through this time of transition so that you can get to the next place and new chapter. I am the first step in the process and I do this as a co-creative process with you. I ask the questions, and you provide the answers. The insights that come forth are amazing and create many aha moments. See my column below. 

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As you end one phase in your life, a new one begins. And so it goes with life's transitions. The challenge with transitions, exciting as they can be, is that you do not know what's on the other side.

When change comes suddenly, it's important to get support and to hold on to routines and structures that work for you. Keep that exercise routine, classes, group activities that feel supportive

In many situations, we have a sense change is coming and when we do, this is best time to take action.   Spencer Johnson, M.D. author of the bestselling Who Moved My Cheese? writes about the styles of four mice who have to adapt to the cheese being moved. The message is that those of us who perceive that change is coming and prepare for it, adapt most quickly to change. Those who become angry or deny that change has arrived and do nothing, do not adapt well to change and pay the consequences. Those who eventually adapt to change have to work through their denial and procrastination in order to see something better.

Here are some ways to ease the stress of the end of projects, situations and relationships:

*As you see change coming or know it is in the near future, seek new opportunities.

*Grieve what you are losing and appreciate and give thanks for the positives of the experience.

*Identify things that did not work and ways to do them better in the future.

Successful navigators of transitions understand change and take advantage of new situations. They transform obstacles into opportunities by finding ways to use their strengths and build on them. Change and transition is inevitable. It can work in your favor when you have tools to move through it.