Why does change get a bad rap?
Our cells are dying and being replaced continuously. I think the skin on your pinky finger will completely slough off by the time you finish reading this post. Okay, I admit, I just made that metric up and this post isn’t THAT long. But generally speaking, we’re always changing, right?
David Eagleman, a neuroscientist who teaches at Stanford, says our brains are constantly rewiring. For example, we are powerfully influenced by the five people that we spend the most time with.
Speaking for myself, I think change makes me uncomfortable for two reasons. First, because we aren’t in charge of many changes we face and secondly because change involves adjusting our self-image. Cognitive scientist, Maya Shankar said, “We don’t like change because it almost definitionally involves a loss of identity and that’s very destabilizing. I think we humans we often attach ourselves to specific identifies as we move through the world because it gives us a sense of security.”
And yet, what if there is one change we could make that would truly change our lives for the better? I’m not suggesting that my one change would be the same as your one change…but just that there might just be one change that could substantially shift everything else.
Maybe it’s adopting a different eating strategy from Cristiana
Undertaking sacred journeys like Parisa
The secret seems to be continuing to seek out the changes we choose and learning how to be resilient with the ones we don’t. Like the hint from my recent tea bag message.
In two weeks, Dr. Vicki Atkinson and I are taking on a new challenge by teaching a free workshop with our friends at RevelEleven about Cultivating Resilience Through Creativity on 1/31 at 9am Pacific time. We’d love for you to join us. Because we resonate with the Revel Eleven question – “What if one small thing — a story, a conversation, a person, an adventure — could change your life for the better?”
I’ve published a related post on my personal blog: About Me
Please check out these other items of interest:
More about Wynne Leon and her story-telling journey
Workshop about creativity jump start that I delivered with Dr. Vicki Atkinson
Speaking and workshops on leadership through creativity to build resilient teams
Podcast about the how and why of creativity
Articles and corporate creativity resources
Corporate evaluate your team needs for creativity
Individual creativity survey for individuals
My book about my journey to find what fueled my dad’s indelible spark and twinkle can be found on Amazon: Finding My Father’s Faith.
You can find me on Instagram and Twitter @wynneleon
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