LETTING GO HURTS: "Working Through Resistance
“Change is something that happens to people, even if they don't agree with it. Transition, on the other hand, is internal: it's what happens in people's minds as they go through change. Change can happen very quickly, while transition usually occurs more slowly. People are often quite uncomfortable with change, for all sorts of understandable reasons. This can lead them to resist it and oppose it. This is why it's important to understand how people are feeling as change proceeds, so that you can guide them through it and so that – in the end – they can accept it and support it.” William Bridges
A problem that we often experience is the inability to understand others or why we respond the way we do when confronted with change. There’s an internal process that is often overlooked and as such, we become confused with why we respond the way we do and why it takes longer for some than others to process and move forward.
Not only is it important to know the “Stages of Change,” it is more important that we acknowledge our internal responses and identify where we are in the “Stages of Transition.” Understanding our internal response gives us an opportunity to effectively work through those responses so that we are best equipped to deal with the external changes. This training workshop addresses those issues.