transitions: making senses of life's changes

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William Bridges wrote the first edition in 1971 and is an ex-literature teacher. The difference between change and Transition change is situational (new job, move, birth, death); transition is psychological first are events, but latter has inner reorientation and self-redefinition modern society focuses on change, but if the change doesn't "take" it won't work Other societies had rituals ("rites of passage") to help individuals manage transitions at specific times.## Part 1 The Need for Change Americans thrive on transition. All transitions are composed of 3 phases: 1.an ending: the difficult process of letting go of an old situation 2.a neutral zone: suffering through the confusing nowhere in-betweenness, 3.a new beginning: launching forth again in a new situation.