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Key Questions at Moving Time

by MJ Ryan, Silverplanet.com

Moving from one home to another is such a big transition. It's more than just a change in physical location. Are you embracing this change with enthusiasm or fear? Perhaps a little of both? Let's first look at how to cope with fear and then how to generate more excitement.

Taming fear

Recently, I read an article by Ruth Buczynski, president of the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine. She wrote, "Fear means that the brain perceives that it doesn't have the resources it needs to handle a given situation." That's it exactly, I thought. We become afraid when we don't believe we can cope.

That's why it's so important to assess your resources for dealing with a move. One of the benefits of age is that you have accumulated a treasure trove of knowledge and experience between your ears. The key to accessing those riches is to ask yourself three important questions:

* When I've faced challenges before, what's helped me cope? We often forget past strategies of success that can help us now.
* What inner resources of mind, body, and spirit have I grown in my life? For instance, are you more patient, generous, kind, and/or resourceful than when you were younger? Whatever qualities you now have, ask yourself how they can help make this change.

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