Navigating Transition: A Focus on Identity

This discussion will focus on major life transitions regarding identity. Major life transitions can be very unsettling and can shake us to our core, leaving us with doubt, a lack in confidence, shame, and fear about the future.



Some questions to consider:

1. What major life transitions have I faced in the past, or am I in the midst of one now?
2. How do draw confidence from what I have overcome before to get me through today?
3. How do I navigate and/or how have I navigated these transitions before? Will my old ways work during this new transition in my life?
4. What are common doubts, fears, and negative thought patterns surrounding these transitions?
5. Do I associate my identity with my achievements, or with a deeper, innate sense of self?
6. How does my ego impact/influence my identity, behaviors, and relationships?

There are any number of common transitions that can be difficult to navigate. Here are some examples, but feel free to bring your own.

• The Early to Mid 20’s: Getting started in building autonomy (independence) in a life that is yours; a life that you build on your own. A developing pre frontal cortex can leave you asking yourself questions you’ve never thought to consider before.
• Mid-life crisis: Or as Brene Brown so wisely says, it’s an unraveling rather than a crisis. “It’s a time to embrace who you are rather than who you think you should be.”
• Major Relationship Changes: Death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, children moving out or moving back in, divorce, dating for the first time in ages, changing careers or jobs, sobriety, etc.

Maybe you’ve simply become discontent with who you used to be (or currently are) and want to step into a newer, better, or more improved version of yourself.

Perhaps you’ve navigated these times already. Or maybe you are in the midst of a challenging transition right now. Either way, you may find some wisdom and comfort in sharing and relating to others about these experiences and the human struggle. Or maybe you just need someone to hear you out as you process out loud where you are with your feelings and identity currently. Come with your stories and thoughts or come to listen.

Everyone is welcome!

We look forward to seeing you there!