Powerful Transitions
I have many superpowers. I can calm colicky babies, craft hand-made birthday cards and maintain decades-long friendships with people who live continents away.
However, just between you and me, I’m no superhero when it comes to transitions. I “lost” my car in three different parking lots after trading in one gray car for another. I moped around the house when my youngest daughter moved to her first apartment. I cried on my husband’s shoulder when I received a scary diagnosis.
I grumble and bleat while standing on the edge of situations that feel unmanageable. It’s only after I’ve managed them – survived them – when I realize they were valuable growth opportunities.
The brain likes routine. It’s understandable that we react when our habits are threatened, even if the change is something we have been expecting. Run-of-the-mill change is hard enough, but catastrophic change tests every part of our being – brain, body and soul. It’s understandable that we come unglued when our world shifts suddenly. How can we live in this new reality?
There is rarely just one right answer to a change-related question. But there’s one right approach: the ability to sway with the winds of adjustment while standing firm about who we are and who we want to be.
When I consciously think, create and discover … ahh, now that’s when I begin to bend within the transition instead of push against it. Life begins to make sense when I take great care to involve my whole brain and body in the evolution I’m experiencing. I ponder and make lists. I splash paint around and create art in my studio. I reach out in all directions and find anchors to tether myself while I seek a new balance that calms.
Thinking Brain Arts opens its studio doors to those who want to explore the realm of change. We use our hands to create. We use our minds to tap into individual and collective strengths. We reach below the surface and into a place where we may not be super-human, but where we are experts in our own lives. We learn how to celebrate transitions as opportunities for joyful self-discovery.
Deborah
