TRANSITIONS ARE INEVITABLE Like birth, marriage, divorce, health changes, retirement, empty nesting, moving, loss of loved ones, beginnings, and endings. All are a natural part of life and learning.
I bought this purple wig for Halloween to shape shift into someone else, if just for a night. I discovered that my purple alter ego is actually me. Without the judgement and mores of society breathing down my neck, I embrace my wild spirit and tender heart. Who or what inside of you wants to come out and play?
We might not like it... But, according to "Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change" by Bruce Feiler, transitions and disruptions occur around every 12-18 months. Feiler reports that about one in ten disruptions becomes a "lifequake," or massive transition. Such as a serious illness or accident, divorce, career change, job loss, or death. Ugh! These lifequakes will happen three to five times in a person's life, last an average of five years, and result in spending roughly