Life Transitions

Mar 11

Experiencing anxiety or mixed emotions about your upcoming wedding? Graduating and worried about what’s next? Struggling with entering the dating world again after a divorce or ending a relationship? In between jobs and losing hope? Adjusting to a major life change such as retirement of loss of a loved one?

We experience so much change over the course of our lives. Some changes happen gradually, feel natural and elicit a lot of positive emotions. Some are abrupt, anxiety-producing and can cause a significant amount of stress. Adjusting to change can be very difficult as even positive life transitions have a tendency to cause some stress and difficult emotions. Transitioning to college, new jobs, marriages, births, buying a home or graduating are experiences that can often be filled with excitement and positive emotions, however they can also be accompanied by their own unique challenges. Other transitions such as moving, loss of a job, divorce, retirement or loss of a loved one can cause significant distress and may bring about various painful emotions, anxiety, depression, grief. Learning to cope with struggles resulting from significant life transitions has many benefits. It provides you with a set of skills that can be applied to various situations, inspires personal growth, brings about greater awareness and yields strength, confidence and resilience.