Transition is Tough!

I've worked with dozens of clients during life transitions. Each person has had his or her own unique circumstances, of course. One thing they all have in common is that the need to CHANGE is staring them down, as if daring them to cooperate or fight the inevitable.

I've worked with the brave souls, those that go peacefully, welcoming this metamorphosis, looking forward to their 'new life', relishing in the chance to create a new living situation. Then the opposite, of course, those who dig in, try to control the uncontrollable, and defy the ugly reality they are creating. These Transition Resisters move slowly, kicking and stomping, sometimes not just figuratively, crying, making excuses, getting passive aggressive, blaming everyone for how it is. Like 4 year olds. Scary stuff, making changes.

We all know someone like that, at some time during our lives. Goal is not to have it be us!



Regardless of the personality of the human being(s) I use the same steps to tackle, or massage, the transition, and the result is always that my client goes forward.



I start forward (planning the exit date) and work backward. Step by step we plan, implement, attack and handle the place and the things, and in the process, underlying issues surface, stories are told, emotions bubble up, decisions are made, breakthroughs occur and the person, now my accomplice in progress, not just a client who once was a stranger, gets un-stuck from their past, maybe just a little, or a lot.



My client is either relocating, or can staying in their home, but, whether in the existing or new space, it has been simplified, organized, purged of junk, and depending on the situation, I have sold their unwanted valuables, collections and household goods and made them cash, which more than pays them back for the money they have paid me.



They can reflect on the work and the process and know the pain of change was all worth it.




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