Tough Transitions: Navigating Your Way Through Difficult Times

By Elizabeth Harper Neeld

Book Overview

In her highly acclaimed previous work Seven Choices, Dr. Neeld helped thousands deal with mourning and loss. Now, with Tough Transitions, she teaches us how to take on challenges of all kinds . . . and offers a new path that leads to happiness and growth.
Life is constantly handing us opportunities, challenges, and changes: a new baby, retirement, a new job, new stepchildren or in-laws, a move to a new community.
Using a life-map created exclusively for this book that, at a glance, shows the unfamiliar territory ahead, she guides us through the four R's, the nuances of every transition: Responding, Reviewing, Reorganizing, and Renewing.
Then, blending the latest scientific research, real-life stories, and the wisdom of many traditions, she reveals what experiences you're likely to encounter and what positive actions you can take to move forward.
Discover:
What issues you're likely to face with different kinds of change How your body, mind, and emotions are affected by transition New thinking and new behaviors that can transform your life The difference between surviving and thriving -- and the secrets that will make you a thriver.
Facing the unknown can be scary. But Tough Transitions comforts and inspires-and illuminates the path ahead.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044669455X
• ISBN13: 9780446694551
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Incredibly helpful book!

This book has been incredibly helpful to me during a particularly difficult time in my life. After losing 75 pounds in the last year and a half, my life has dramatically changed. However, that kind of change can be more traumatic than people realize....I was not prepared for how intensely it would affect me (especially in a negative way). I have been working my way out of a pretty deep depression for over a year now and trying to figure out a new way of life and new self-image for myself (which is not as easy as one would think). This book has given me hope as I have been finding my way out of the "black hole" I have been in. It is very "user-friendly" and easy to read, and is written by someone who has experienced first-hand many of the things that she talks about. As I read, I've been able to see myself in each of the stages (right now, I feel I am in the Reorganizing (third) stage....slowly working my way to the last stage - Renewing) and it's so comforting to have my feelings validated....to realize that what I have been feeling is very NORMAL and I'm not going crazy! The book has helped me do lots of thinking and soul-searching as I deal with my situation. She gives good ideas for things to do to help sort out thoughts and feelings. I have recommended this book to many people....and have just bought several more copies to give to friends who I think could be helped by reading it. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is dealing with any kind of major change or transition in their life. I LOVE this book!!

Tough Transitions

I thought it was a great book. I am a recent widow and need all the help I can get. This was very interesting.