Life Transitions
Moving Cross-Country with Less Stress
Let’s talk about the critical three weeks of moving cross-country: the week before Moving Out day, the cross-country drive with pets and critical worldly goods, and the week after the moving truck arrives as you sort your life into a new abode. I have to start with a disclaimer: This was NOT a stress-free, tranquil,…
Read MoreMindful Moving: Packing with Purpose – Part 3
Countdown app: 10 days until the Moving Truck arrives! My trusty countdown app tells me that it is 10 days until the moving truck arrives to shift our lives from Los Angeles to Boston. Labor Day weekend was an intense packing experience. We made multiple trips to the U-Haul store for boxes, tape, and packing…
Read MoreTransitional Sacred Space Amidst Chaos
Mindful Moving: Transitional Sacred Space (and why you need it NOW) – Part 2 It’s less than three weeks to Moving Day. Our house, which is normally my oasis of calm and relative order, has descended into utter chaos. The books are mostly packed, but the kitchen is untouched. The family room is the primary…
Read MoreLife Transitions: Channel the Power
Why are major Life Transitions such a big deal? Because, fundamentally, humans don’t like change. We like the stable predictability of our world. Granted, we each have different comfort levels around change, but once we decide what degree of predictability is comfortable for us, we like it to stay that way. If you are reading…
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