Embracing Personal Transitions Module

8 Sessions

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What have been the major transitions that you have faced thus far in your life? Which transitions do you feel you have managed successfully? Which have been more challenging for you?
How do you tend to approach uncertainty? Does uncertainty tend to make you anxious or fearful?
What inner motivations, emotions or shadows are relevant for you as you consider your reaction to transitions?

How natural is it for you to embrace or accept “endings”? Looking back at previous personal transitions in your life, what “endings” can you identify? What do you remember about how you felt during the time?
Which of the five “Dis-” states resonated most deeply with you (Disengagement, Dismantling, Disidentification, Disenchantment, or Disorientation)? Why?
Is there anything that God may be nudging you to let go of presently? Is there an ending or a transition that He may be calling you to? If so, how do you feel about it?

Can you recall experiences you have had in the “Neutral Zone”? Can you recall how these experiences felt to you at the time? How do you think about those experiences now?
Bridges encourages us to embrace the need to surrender to the emptiness and discomfort of the fallow period of the Neutral Zone. Does that make intuitive sense to you? How might you frame that to help you to embrace it in future transitions you might face?
Are you currently in a Neutral Zone in any way? How are you embracing this experience?

As you reflect on previous personal transitions you have experienced, what “new beginnings” do you now recognize? How did you experience or recognize them at the time? How has your perspective developed over time?
What “new beginnings” might you be sensing presently? What are you feeling and experiencing as you identify or embrace these new directions in your life?

Of Feiler’s three stages of transition (“Long Goodbye”, “Messy Middle”, “New Beginning”), which is your “transition superpower” and which is your “transition kryptonite?”
What lifequakes have you experienced in your life or are you currently experiencing?
How has your Life Story or narrative changed as a result of the lifequakes you have experienced? What “shape shifting” do you recognize as you reflect further on key transitions in your life?

Have you experienced “lifequakes” or transitions where you can now identify Feiler’s findings regarding creating a new life narrative?
Are you currently experiencing or processing a “lifequake” or transition? How have you noticed your life narrative changing at this point?
Which of the seven processing “tools” that Feiler identifies are most natural for you? Which are most difficult or challenging?

What “hinge moments” can you recognize in your life thus far? How did you respond to them at the time?
What meaning do you now place on those transitions? How has God used your hinge moments to transform you?
How might you prepare yourself for future hinge moments that may arise or present themselves going forward?

How have you noticed your shadow motivations impacting your attitude or approach to transitions you have faced? How have they impacted your outlook during these times?
Have you experienced “lifequakes” or transitions where your shadow or dualistic thinking have contributed to the underlying challenge of moving forward?
How have you noticed God’s redemptive work through even the most difficult or unwanted transitions in your life?