How To Cope With Life Transitions: The Challenge Of Personal Change (Series in Death Education, Aging and Health Care)

This is a treatment of the personal and normal, expected, changes in people's lives - for example, birth, death, illness, marriage, divorce, unemployment, moves, job shifts, graduation and promotion. The book focuses particularly on those short, sharp changes that we call life transitions - the term meaning to "journey through" (usually to something hitherto unknown). The author emphasizes two points, the first being how we can cope with change in a comfortable and productive manner and the second being how we can welcome change as an energizer and as a defence against boredom. Some of the topics covered are, viewing change as a positive event, changing negative thoughts, methods for managing stress and choosing and prioritizing activities.