Tough Transitions: Navigating Your Way Through Difficult Times - Softcover

Neeld PhD, Elizabeth Harper

Softcover

ISBN 10: 044669455X ISBN 13: 9780446694551

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

In TOUGH TRANSITIONS, Dr. Neeld takes the formula from her successful book Seven Choices and expands it to focus on adapting to changes of all kinds, from promotions to retirement, a new baby to empty nesting. Using a life map of her own creation, Neeld demystifies and illuminates the choices individuals will need to make to navigate the four Rs-Responding, Reviewing, Reorganizing, and Renewing. Through a thoughtful blend of scientific research, real-life stories, and wisdom of numerous traditions, she assists readers in gaining perspective and bringing a sense of equilibrium back to their lives as they learn the difference between surviving and thriving.

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Harper Neeld, Ph.D., is a natioanlly respected authority on the subjects of persoanl and organizational change.
Dr. Neeld lives in Austin, Texas with her husband.

From Publishers Weekly:

Neeld, a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and a former professor at Texas A&M, offers useful guidance on handling difficult life passages, like divorce, illness and the death of a parent or spouse. She also includes transitions that blend joy and challenge, such as retirement, the birth of a child or a desired career change. Her program is well thought out, incorporating four steps—responding, reviewing, renewing and reorganizing—illustrated by inspiring personal testimonies (including her own). For instance, in responding, which means handling emotional swings, the author recommends, among other things, slowing down and seeking the help of a professional. After emotions have subsided, it's time to review by exploring hopeful possibilities, and reorganizing means beginning to find a new sense of purpose. This stage flows directly into renewing, a period of new creativity and celebrating a stronger self. Throughout each stage, Neeld (Seven Choices: Finding Daylight After Loss Shatters Your World) strongly advocates listening to music as an escape, an aid to meditation or simply a soothing activity (she even recommends specific works for particular needs). Neeld's wise advice will help many through life's inevitable transitions.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 044669455X
• ISBN 13: 9780446694551
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320