The Anchor in the Storm
It all begins with an idea.
How to Navigate Life’s Transitions with Calm Confidence
We are told that change is the only constant, yet our human spirit forever seeks the solid shore. We yearn for stillness, but life is a current, always moving. Just as we think we’ve found our footing, the tide shifts, and a new journey begins.
The Ground Shifting Beneath Our Feet
This feeling of being unmoored is a universal part of the human experience. It is the heart of every transition, whether it’s a new home, a new role at work, or a profound change in our health or our hearts.
I know the feeling of the ground shifting beneath your feet. I have learned it not from a map, but from having walked the terrain myself. I learned it from a late-in-life diagnosis that re-wrote my own story, from a home that emptied and a family redefined by loss and love, and from the courage it took to begin an entirely new career when others were planning their endings.
The Lesson of the Tide
Through these experiences, I have learned, the hard way, that we cannot command the tides.
Our struggle, our anxiety, our exhaustion—it so often comes when we try to fight the current. We can't control the people or the circumstances that arrive on our shores. We exhaust ourselves trying to build walls against the waves, instead of learning to become better sailors.
Learning to Navigate Your Own Vessel
The work of transition, then, is not about learning to control the storm outside. It is about learning to navigate our own vessel with a steady hand.
This is the heart of my coaching practice.
It begins with a profound turning inward. We stop reacting to the wind and the waves and instead listen for our own inner guidance. We focus on taking action not from a place of fear, but from a deep awareness of who you are at your core—what you value, what gives you strength, and the person you are in the process of becoming.
Finding Your Anchor Within
When you navigate from this place of deep self-awareness, the transitions of life don't disappear. The storms still come. But the journey becomes smoother. You learn to move through life’s many tempests not with fear, but with a quiet, calm confidence, knowing your truest anchor is within.
If you find yourself in the midst of a transition and seek a steady presence to help navigate it, I invite you to connect.