Embracing Hope in the Unknown

I feel like a common theme surrounding me lately has been transitions, the leaving of one part of life or self and moving into another. This seems to be happening all over, with my clients, friends, family, and within myself. If you are experiencing a transition right now also, know that you are in some great company.

The people I surround myself with in my personal and professional life are people who don’t hold back. These are people who really get invested, and some of the transitions my people are working through are really hard. They are leaving parts of their life, parts of themselves, and other people that they have really poured into.

One of the trickiest parts of transitions can be leaving the ‘known’ and moving into the ‘unknown’, which can be very uncomfortable and challenging. Yet, I’ve been picking up on a pattern (if you’ve worked with me you know my brain loves finding patterns). Person after person has been approaching this unknown by taking on the discomfort, allowing themselves moments to feel their emotions, and moving through them to take steps forward.

When we are faced with the unknown, it can be a time we really get stuck in either our emotions or our thoughts. Sometimes we may sway towards getting stuck in emotion we can’t escape from and other times we may completely ignore the emotions and live only in our problem solving brains. So what is surprising to me is seeing this overabundance of people embrace moments of emotion (not their norm) in addition to using their logical, problem solving brains.

I am seeing a repetitive pattern of recognition and hope.

As we are moving into this new year, this is my wish for you, that you may hold onto the hope as you move through the challenges.