14/03/2026
We all feel waves of uncertainty in the world around us. Many of us have been personally affected by the changes and upheavals in our workplaces and economic stability. We may bring this tension home, affecting our sleep and our ability to enjoy our downtime pleasures.
Stepping out of our comfort zone, even when we recognize we need to make a change, is like old slippers that fit well but need to be replaced with something new. Familiar patterns may keep us stuck in a well-worn groove, and breaking free to find a new way takes both courage to face our fear and determination to move forward.
Resistance to change and fear of the unknown will trigger our stress patterns. I call this our emotional soup- we stew in our emotional soup, which is spiced up with disempowering inner dialogue and sabotaging patterns that distract and numb us from reality.
We need to arm ourselves with an attitude and approach that makes us feel unshakable, especially in no-control situations and with people whom we cannot change.
We need tools to support how we navigate through arenas in life that we can change.
One basic principle about change and endings. When something ends or comes to completion, the energy of what we knew will always transform into a new energy. Death is not the end of something, but the beginning of something new. A new energy will emerge from what was lost. When we are attached to something that is going out of our lives, it will pull us out of presence and into the past, ruminating on the “what if scenarios.”
When letting go of something/someone in our lives, it is essential to be curious about what is coming next. There will never be a void, as new energy will always replace what was there. The metaphor that when one door closes, another will open is true.
How can we engage with the new emerging energy to adapt to our new reality? Our nature is to go into fear of the “What ifs” that trigger resistance to change. The solution is to stay curious about what is unfolding. We can ask “What is possible?”
Harvesting what we gain from loss is an essential step. If we stay in the circle of loss, we will be stuck in the past and ruminating on the old story or blaming ourselves or others for the change. An essential integration step for loss is to accept our personal gains from the experience. Ask ourselves, “How did I grow from that?” or “What did that experience provide for me to learn?”
Adversity teaches us self-authority. We are in self-authority when we don’t look outside ourselves for validation but trust our own inner truth. Fear keeps us stuck in the past or creates false narratives about ...
Read full article written by Sara Regester here:
https://dtmms.org/facing-change-without-letting-fear-stop-you/
