Magic 8-Ball: The grief of transitions

<p>It’s time for another “Magic 8-Ball” episode! AKA, where we shake up the nearly-200 episodes we’ve released in the past two years, and the one that rises to the surface has a message that you needed to hear today.</p> <p><strong>Today’s episode is a side chat from September 2018 about the grief of transitions. It’s one of my (Rachel’s) favorite episodes we’ve ever done, and <em>very</em> relevant to what we’re all experiencing right now. Here’s what I said when we first published this one:</strong></p> <p>Hello from the other side … of 30.</p> <p>It’s been a month since I left my 20s, and I’m (Rachel) honestly still processing this milestone. I didn’t expect it to bring up so much <em>grief</em> — anger, frustration, sadness, and waves of anxiety and depression.</p> <p>And while I’ve been riding those waves, it’s become obvious that a lot of people around me are also battling that same current, just for different reasons.</p> <p><strong>So, this mutual experience got me thinking about big life transitions. What do they have in common? How do we ride them out? Why are they so emotional?</strong></p> <p>In this Side Chat we’re talking about:</p> <ul> <li>What counts as a transition (that might not have occurred to you).</li> <li>Why all transitions always come with grief, even when they’re happy.</li> <li>The true purpose of grief, and how to let yourself feel the deep emotions of a transition phase, without bottling them up.</li> <li>Why you don’t need to try to understand your feelings about the transition you’re in.</li> <li>The difference between grief and depression.</li> <li>How you can use the often-chaotic emotions of a transition to help catapult you forward in life.</li> </ul> <p>After you’ve listened, <a href= "http://clarityonfire.com/lifes-big-transitions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leave a comment</a> to let us know how this take on transitions resonated with you!</p> <p>CLARITY IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC</p> <p>If we can help you find some relief, clarity, and direction right now, then that will fe