The opportunity in closure
What are the practices and mindsets that can be helpful to navigate loss, grief, change and transitions? And what does it mean to make good compost as we close ideas, forms, collective creations that no longer serve us?
What Are the Practices and Mindsets That Can Be Helpful to Navigate Loss, Grief, Change and Transitions? And What Does It Mean to Make Good Compost as We Close Ideas, Forms, Collective Creations That No Longer Serve Us?
Feeling frustrated because you can’t break that pattern you want to be free from? Can’t close a chapter in your mind, body, or spirit?
Create a ceremony around it.
Ceremony brings closure.
Kate Van Hornsubstack.comBefore we can move forward, we have to make space for what’s ending and sit in the uncertainty that follows. That uncomfortable, in-between space—the neutral zone, the abyss—isn’t a problem to solve. It’s where change and realignment happens.
Sitting in lostness can feel excruciating for ambitious types who are so used to doing. But when you’re lost... See more
Sitting in lostness can feel excruciating for ambitious types who are so used to doing. But when you’re lost... See more
3 Ways to Make the Most of Uncertain Times
Losing a job, taking on a new challenge, preparing to launch a project, moving to a new country – these transitions create what anthropologists call “liminal spaces” – the fertile but uncomfortable in-betweens where transformation happens.
Liminality (from the Latin word līmen, “threshold”) is the ambiguity
... See moreNow I accept that this is going to happen, and when it does, I acknowledge it and then look for something else to get absorbed in, something new to learn. I seek out my support network and try to let it all go.