| |
| |
Acknowledgments | |
| |
| |
Preface | |
| |
| |
Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
Approaching Change | |
| |
| |
| |
The Transition Process | |
| |
| |
Transitions: A Definition | |
| |
| |
Today Is Not Forever | |
| |
| |
Approaching Change: A Perspective | |
| |
| |
Your Transition | |
| |
| |
| |
Transitions: Their Infinite Variety | |
| |
| |
Elected Transitions | |
| |
| |
Surprise Transitions-When the Unexpected Happens | |
| |
| |
Non-Events: When the Expected Doesn't Happen | |
| |
| |
Life on Hold: The Transition Waiting to Happen | |
| |
| |
Sleeper Transitions | |
| |
| |
Countertransitions: It Never Rains but It Pours | |
| |
| |
The Nature of Transitions | |
| |
| |
Types of Transitions: A Summary | |
| |
| |
Identify Your Transition | |
| |
| |
| |
Taking Stock | |
| |
| |
| |
Taking Stock of Your Situation | |
| |
| |
Your Evaluation of Your Transition | |
| |
| |
Your Ability to Plan | |
| |
| |
Timing | |
| |
| |
Control of the Transition | |
| |
| |
Previous Experience | |
| |
| |
The Permanence of the Transition | |
| |
| |
The Rest of Your Life | |
| |
| |
Summarizing Your Situation | |
| |
| |
Your Situation Review | |
| |
| |
| |
Taking Stock of Your Self and Your Supports | |
| |
| |
Your Self | |
| |
| |
Your Supports | |
| |
| |
Putting It Together: The Case of David | |
| |
| |
Your Self Review | |
| |
| |
Your Support Review | |
| |
| |
| |
Taking Stock of Your Strategies | |
| |
| |
Strategies to Change or Modify the Transition | |
| |
| |
Strategies to Change the Meaning of the Transition | |
| |
| |
Taking Stress in Your Stride: Managing Reactions to Stress | |
| |
| |
Using Many Coping Strategies | |
| |
| |
Your Coping Strategies Review | |
| |
| |
| |
Taking Charge | |
| |
| |
| |
Your Action Plan for Mastering Change | |
| |
| |
Weathering Change | |
| |
| |
Initiating Change | |
| |
| |
Let's Recap | |
| |
| |
| |
Taking Charge of Your Non-Event Transitions | |
| |
| |
Understand Your Non-Events | |
| |
| |
The Dream Reshaping Process | |
| |
| |
Specific Strategies for Coping with Non-Events | |
| |
| |
And in Conclusion | |
| |
| |
Your Non-Event Review | |
| |
| |
| |
Taking Charge of Your Work/Life Transitions | |
| |
| |
Handling Work and Family: Some Cases | |
| |
| |
Work/Life Transitions: Moving In, Through, and Out | |
| |
| |
To Summarize | |
| |
| |
Your Work/Life Review | |
| |
| |
| |
It's Your Turn Now | |
| |
| |
The Transition Guide and Questionnaire | |
| |
| |
Putting the Parts Together | |
| |
| |
Moving Forward-Your Action Plan | |
| |
| |
Afterword: My Final Word: Make the Most with What You Have | |
| |
| |
Chapter Notes | |
| |
| |
About the Author | |