Archive for March 2022

Transitions have an ending; it’s often called the New Beginning. When the New Beginning starts to show up, you are starting on the end phase!  We’ve been talking about the three phases of transition: the ENDING, the MESSY MIDDLE, and the NEW BEGINNING. These phases can overlap or feel more like loops than a linear…

Ah, the joys of uncertainty! Which way forward? Don’t really know? What’s the plan? So fun! No, that’s not actually true. 😂😂  Nobody likes uncertainty. I’m pretty “certain” of that.  We talk about some of the most misunderstood parts about transition: the fact that the discomfort is necessary and not necessarily a sign that “something’s…

We think of life as unfolding chronologically. A story with a beginning, and middle, and an end.  Life, however, will bring us what we don’t expect from time to time. Sometimes that involves an ending.   The ending might be eagerly anticipated, like retirement, getting rid of THAT boss at THAT job, ending your life…

I (Curtis) went my adult life without knowing or thinking about transitions as a “thing.” Sure, I understood that changing jobs or getting married is a big transition. But it never occurred to me that there were stages to a transition, or that some approaches to them were better than others. But now it seems…

What’s up with these people? That’s the question.  Actually, there were a few questions because we took turns asking them of each other.  One of the more interesting ones was: What advice would you give your younger self?  It’s surprising how much you’ve LEARNED since you were 20, or 30, or 40, or “beyond.”  One of…

We are SO excited to bring you The Catholic Midlife podcast.  It’s our Episode Zero!  THE inaugural episode.  What have been some of YOUR episode zero’s?  Those times where you did something for the very first time, and you knew that it marked a new plot thread in your life. It opened up new possibilities.…