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Field Guide Through The Transformation Blues
Transformation is one of those things that sounds really good in theory. And that’s because what people are focused on is what happens on the other side of a change they are envisioning. They get excited thinking about how fabulous it’s going to feel to be at the end of the transformational journey. But they forget about the GETTING to the other side part. Not anticipating that a big chunk of that process includes some pretty rocky places along the way between where you are now and where you want to be. What I’ve observed in my long career as a workshop leader and creative guide is that transformation usually happens in three different stages. So I thought it might be helpful to lay out the map of those stages as I understand them so that you can navigate them with greater grace and ease. Stage One: To Infinity and Beyond! In this phase you get strong intimations that transformation is actually possible. There is a sense of excitement, possibility, even liberation. You experience yourself in a powerful new way as how and who you want to be. Inner doors fly open and it seems […]
Chris Zydel