How Do You Manage Change?

“The more things change, the more they remain the same” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

How many times have you heard that quote? The only constant in life is change, I think we can agree. Sometimes we can just roll with it, but other times it rolls us.

You can’t avoid it

Change is inevitable. When you try to avoid it, it’s likely to be even more stressful than it would have been if you had just embraced it in the first place. By trying to avoid change, you set yourself for stress and anxiety. Feelings of being overwhelmed may overtake you.

You can’t always be prepared

Even if we think we’ve prepared for impact, a big change in our lives can knock us to our knees. A sudden loss for instance, can knock us down in ways we never expect.

A medical diagnosis that changes the way we will live our lives going forward can be overwhelming, terrifying and isolating.

Even a good change, like a new relationship, a new job or a sudden financial windfall can be very stressful.

Honor your feelings

Whatever you feel in the moment, give yourself grace and the space and time to feel those feelings. Don’t try to deny or minimize them. Burying your feelings can lead to those feelings surfacing at a most inopportune time and in a way that doesn’t serve anyone.

Resilience

You should allow the feelings to come forward and be felt but you don’t have to live in them. Feel the feelings and then take steps to move forward.

Too often, people try to avoid or ignore the change and in so doing, can cause more harm than good. It’s important to acknowledge the change but then take steps to deal with it. Typically, people react and respond to change in the following steps:

• shock
• anger or other strong emotion
• acknowledgment
• acceptance

Once you get through the steps, you can move forward and possibly imagine something even better for your life. Of course, much like the stages of grief, the progression through these steps is not usually linear and movement through them will take as long as it takes.

It’s a good idea to seek help if you feel yourself stuck in the emotions and unable to move through them. Even if you talk to a friend who can help you gain the perspective that might otherwise elude you, it may help you move forward.

Coping

Once you reach the acceptance stage, it’s important to find ways to embrace your new situation. Moving forward into the new “normal” is necessary.

• consider the change an opportunity rather than a problem
• feel the fear but still move forward
• accept the fact that change is inevitable
• give yourself grace if you stumble

The only constant in life is change. Sometimes it’s good and other times, not so much. The important thing is how you manage change as it happens in your life. Control what you can, but let go of what you can’t and leave it up to the universe to handle. Listen to your intuition. your gut won’t steer you wrong if you pay attention to it. Just know that even when change is good, it can be unsettling. Know that and move forward through all the change that comes into your life.

My Story

Since June 2019, I decided to hold myself accountable for walking my talk. Several years ago, I was able to take off 135 pounds and essentially save my own life. I regained some of that weight in the last couple of years and I’m working my way back down. I’ve lost over 40 pounds since I began in June and have exercised nearly every day since August.

If you choose to join me on this journey, I hope I am able to impart some nutritional and lifestyle wisdom. Even though I may have gone off the rails temporarily I can still share some of my first hand experience as well as my acquired knowledge and training to help you make the right changes to live your best life.

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As a health coach, I work with women who are facing serious health challenges like heart disease, metabolic syndrome and diabetes or who have been diagnosed as having a precursor to a serious health issue such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol or high blood sugar. I help them make food and lifestyle changes so they can get healthy, live longer and enjoy a fuller, happier, more energetic life. If you would like to have a free consultation about the health challenges you have and the improvements you would like to see in your health, click here to schedule a no strings attached call.