“They’re probably ones that I would have said at some point in the last six months or ones I could say tomorrow or next week,” shared a focus group participant. She and her co-participants had just discussed adjectives that ‘characterize transition.’ The surprise? Regardless of the reason for the transition – job loss, divorce, career change, or life events related to parenting – the adjectives were all the same. Scary. Rewarding. Embarrassing. Liberating. Freeing. Confusing. Exhilarating. Uncomfortable. Unnverving. Overwhelming. Shameful. Empowering. Have you ever surfed transition’s emotion buffet? Continue reading…