The Both/And of Transformation ...

​“Change is inevitable, but transformation is by conscious choice.” – Heather Ash Amara

I’m in a season of big changes. In the last month and a half, I moved two of my four children to their next adventure, one son to Colorado State in Fort Collins, the other son to Northwestern University in Evanston. My oldest son has been adulting in Chicago for over a year now, so this was the first summer without a full family vacation. My youngest daughter is now the only one living at home (she misses the brothers). It’s a lot of change and that’s just my family change. In my business I’ve hired a new assistant (welcome Josie!) while facilitating National Women’s Impact Leadership Institute (NWILI), the leadership program Stephanie Shivar and I launched in February of this year, and I am continuing to grow my coaching and consulting practice. All this change has got me thinking about transition and transformation.

Transitions are ongoing, happening in almost every moment. They involve micro-decisions (is now the time to grab a bite to eat or stay the course with plowing through email or writing this blog post or is it time to take the dog for a walk or maybe even get the Wordle done 😀) and while it seems like they should be easy or at least get easier, I’ve found that’s not the case.

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