A big geographical move. Starting school. Leaving school. A job changes. A relationship starts – or ends. A baby is born. Someone we love dies. Life happens. If we’re lucky, it keeps happening. Sometimes, though, it hits hard, and a major change, expected or not, is like a meteor that throws our entire system out of orbit. We’re left feeling both injured and adrift as we try to find our footing. Acclimating to our new normal can be hard. Change, even positive change, involves something akin to a grieving process, and we must often navigate depression and anger as we tread the path toward acceptance of our “new normal” state.

Navigating change is about learning to put our feet on the path one present-centered foot in front of the other. You are stronger than you might now think, more capable than you might now feel. You are capable of finding your way through this meteoric shift, this metamorphosis–which is good, because the only way out is through.

A therapist can be your guide in this period of change. Through connection and support of another, you can find connection to the internal support system that is your best and truest guide. No one knows better than you how to best and most joyfully find your way through this period of change, and a therapist can help you come into contact with this wise and knowing self, within.