Resources to inspire, equip, and encourage gentle rebels, deep thinkers, and highly sensitive people
Change
Change can increase the volume of a highly sensitive nervous system. Even small and desirable shifts might feel noisy to navigate, often because of the added weight from the baggage we've picked up along the way through life, such as people-pleasing, perfectionism, and other adaptive behaviours.
In The Haven, we explore two sides of change:
Your Relationship with Change
Our internal scripts relating to change were crafted early in life, and we've refined them ever since. How do you respond to the prospect of change when it arrives or when something needs to shift?
Whether you embrace it or resist it, how you meet the moment is deeply personal, and understanding this relationship helps guide your actions when change is inevitable or necessary. We explore ways to shift the scripts over time to meet change in all its forms in the way we want to choose.
The Changes Alive for You Right Now
Perhaps you’re facing a natural change—an ebb and flow of seasons, growth, or ageing. Maybe there’s a desire to initiate change, such as creating space for new opportunities, breaking through stagnation, or addressing a challenge. Or, perhaps you’re absorbing a sudden, unexpected shift, like the loss of a job, the loss of a loved one, or something positive, like receiving an unexpected gift or opportunity.
We create and hold space for whatever you need right now.
The Change Quiz
It can be hard to know where to focus your energy and attention when responding to life’s changes. Maybe you’re ready to make a change but are uncertain about what to do next. Or perhaps you’re undergoing an undesired change and struggling to find footing.
The Change Quiz is designed to help you understand the overall landscape in your current relationship with change. This will help you consider simple, manageable, gentle steps to take as you move into this season of change. Take The Quiz
Change Archive
Postcards From Serenity Island | Coming To Our Senses
Do you enjoy journeys to imagined lands? We’re travelling to one of my favourite places in this issue of Coming To Our Senses. I’d love…
Dealing with Unpredictable Changes (In The Courtyard With Charlie Jones)
I invited Charlie Jones to join me in September 2023 to explore the topic of dealing with unpredictable changes in life and work (and the…
Is This a Time To Push or Pause?
There is a time to pause and a time to act. We explored this distinction in last month’s Kota. In this episode of The Gentle…
What is Your Cornerstone For The Season?
A cornerstone is a core around which everything else takes its shape. It’s the primary reference point, which determines the position and character of the…
What Can You Do If You Feel Like You’re Drifting Through Life?
Sometimes drift comes through the endless pursuit of goals we hope will make us happy. Or it might come as we passively float along the…
Fear of Success – Why Desired Change Can Be Hard To Implement
Perfectionism and a fear of failure can hold us back from doing what matters to us. But what about fear of success? In this episode…
Unwanted Change and Collective Grief
Unwanted change is an inescapable and challenging fact of life. Change comes in different forms. There is the kind that occurs because time delivers us…
Ever Wish You Could Stop Time? Embracing The Inevitability of Change
There are three types of change in life. First; there’s the kind we know is coming but can’t stop. Secondly; the kind we make happen…
