Greatest Hits Vol. 11 - Change is Inevitable

<p>This week I’m bringing one of my most popular episodes to you as a greatest hit! This week is all about how change is inevitable – and how embracing it levels up our resilience and joy. I chose this topic because we’re in the midst of change: we transitioned relatively recently into a new year, we are about to head into Spring and another change of seasons…and for some damn reason, we crazy humans try to either convince ourselves that things shouldn’t change and that they should stay the same when we are happy, and that things should change faster if we aren’t happy.</p><p> </p><p>But we forget that change is inevitable. We are so surprised when a job changes or when a  relationship shifts, when someone we care about dies or when something breaks…but really, it is the nature of things to change.</p><p> </p><p>It would be awesome if, when something good ends, we can try to consider that perhaps nothing has gone wrong. Perhaps that’s just the way things are to be.</p><p> </p><p>Or that when we are suffering, maybe we can remember that hey, we can do it, we can make it through, because it WILL end. Everything changes.</p><p> </p><p>Because when we remember this and embrace it, we actually can ride these changes - which will happen no matter how hard we resist change - and are a whole lot happier, with much less unnecessary suffering.</p><p> </p><p>The inevitability of change and your ziji – your inner radiant confidence that you will be able to handle what comes – are inextricably linked.</p><p> </p><p>Surely we’ve all experienced lots of change in the past few years thanks to the pandemic. But there has been – and continues to be – constant change beyond the pandemic. There are fires, storms, and earthquakes. AND daily life offers lots of change as well with new jobs, relationship changes, or loss of a loved one. And let’s not forget the ways we try to fight change as it relates to aging, or our bodies changing. </p><p> </p><p>Life is constantly unfolding, and we look for stability in it. We hold on to wanting t