Introducing the Create Change blog

Introducing the Create Change blog where I’m finally putting out there all I’ve learned about creating and navigating personal change.  I’ll get to what this blog’s really about in a moment, but first let me tell you the story of how I came to gathering what I could about personal change.

Like anyone, I’ve been through change: relationship break ups, loss of jobs, moving house, choosing to extract myself from jobs I really didn’t like, and navigating life ‘wake-up calls’ that I was on a path that didn’t really fit anymore.  My first experiences of change were, for want of a better word, messy.  The shock, fear, anxiety, emotions, and the need to make decisions were all too much.  I didn’t know where I was going or what I wanted, all I was focusing on was getting away from the oh-so-uncomfortable feeling of not liking where I was and being out of control. 

After surviving the messiness of change a couple of times, I started to wrap my analytical brain around it because one thing I can’t stand is inefficiency…and the way I was ‘managing’ change (haha – or should I say not managing!) was so all over the place it wasn’t funny.  I knew there had to be a better way.  So I studied it.  I looked at my reactions and responses, when I got frustrated, why I got frustrated, and worked on ways to smooth out the ride.  The result was frameworks I’ve created for my own survival.  I can’t control change.  No one can.  BUT by putting scaffolding around the change experience I have a process I can follow.  It doesn’t take away the discomfort of change – that can still be really tough – but at least I can guide my direction or know when to step back and take a break.

Bit by bit I’ve been introducing parts of my processes and models to my kinesiology clients and workshop participants, and now I know I need to push this stuff out further so more people can access it.  In blogs to come, I’m going to break down change as I know it and take you through the change processes I’ve put in place for myself and now apply to all parts of my life.  Simple strategies, insights, practical solutions, whatever I can share to help make your experience of personal change easier.

Because order in the middle of chaos is a beautiful thing!

If change is something you struggle with and you want to know when the next blog post comes out (I’m aiming for fortnightly), email me at gillian@soulexperience.com.au and ask for your name to go on the blog mailing list.  (Eventually there’ll be somewhere on my website you can opt-in – but until then the process is old-school 😊)

Thanks for reading,
Gillian