People in the messy middle of transition often describe feeling like they are trying to see through fog or swim through mud. Yuck. No wonder learning to love liminality feels like a tall order!
Two reminders I find helpful at this stage:
Continue reading “Paralyzed by Possibility”(The next instalment in our series called Learning to Love Liminality)
You get to learn to love liminality in your own way.
Here’s what I mean:
You don’t get a choice about whether to adapt to your new reality or not. But you do get a choice about how.
Continue reading “Pick Your Pathway”Satisfaction is a function of expectations, right?
So when it comes to loving liminality — a threshold between two seasons — one helpful first step is setting our expectations realistically.
Continue reading “What do you expect?”How high is your mess tolerance?
You can gauge your answer personally — how do you feel about clutter in your house? Unfinished tasks on your to-do list? Uncertain outcomes?
You can also gauge it collectively — how well does your team or organization do with staying the course amid noise, volatility and curveballs? Or even just coping with threads left dangling at the end of a meeting?
Continue reading “Mess Tolerance”Beauty.
Wisdom.
Exposure to interesting people and ideas.
Good company.
Space to breathe.
I’m just back from a retreat we called “Take Time.” It combined tools for self-awareness and navigating transitions with professional coaching, casual conversations, delicious seasonal food, time in nature, and a hands-on workshop making botanical “fire cider” — all in the company of women who were open, supportive and willing to dive into an experiment.
Continue reading “Don’t Wait”