Feeling like a square peg in a round hole? Don't forget to try and find your agency So, you've braced yourself for change, stepped out of that comfort zone and said yes to a new opportunity. But you're finding it tricky to adapt to all the newness and your system, on every level, is slamming on the brakes. You're stressed, reactive and the internal messages are strong saying "this isn't right for me", "it'll never work", "I'm not good [...]
Using a beginner's mind might be the key to overcoming resistance to change How many times do you reject the idea of something because you've done it, or something similar, before? Where you think there's no point because you know it, it didn't work, you won't get anything new? Or you're doing something familiar on autopilot and not getting the same benefit as you used to?I know I'm terrible for this! But I also know that means I can miss out [...]
Are you slamming on the brakes? Change is hard. Did you know we are hard-wired to resist it? Our wonderful amygdala, the part of our brain responsible for our survival instinct, perceives familiarity as safety and difference as danger. And it therefore activates the body's fear responses when there's something new. So new things; different things can induce resistance. And that's what I've been talking about this week with those who have been noticing this cropping up (sometimes in [...]
