Coping with Change
Emily Rust
Navigating Life's Inevitable Shifts
The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, “There is nothing permanent except change.” It’s an unavoidable reality—nothing stays the same forever. Relationships, jobs, finances, health, context, lifestyles, and good fortune, they all evolve at some point.
Some life changes might be uncomfortable or frustrating but still manageable, like a flight delay or a work deadline being moved up. Other changes, however, can completely throw us off course, like the upheaval COVID-19 caused in how we work, being made redundant, a major health condition, or financial misfortune forcing wholesale lifestyle changes.
Change can also be as simple as something not going the way you’d hoped or planned.