6. Living in the Liminal Space: Befriending Fear at the Crossroads

In Episode 6 (Living in the Liminal Space: Befriending Fear at the Crossroads) of Emotional Intelligence: Your Greatest Asset and Key to Success, I discuss transitions, which begin with the end, take us to the middle or liminal space, and end with a new beginning. Changes usually bring fear, and I encourage you to make friends with and accept fear as a part of the human experience. I share how our Judge and saboteurs want to hijack us and keep us in the space we're in while the Inner Sage helps us to navigate the way forward. I offer suggestions for doing some PQ reps at the PQ gym to activate the Sage path. Ultimately, ask yourself what makes you happy, and ask, "what would Love do?"

Show Notes:
Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes, DeCapo Lifelong Books, 2004.

ISBN: 073820904X

Synopsis: Transitions takes readers step-by-step through the three perilous stages of any transition, explaining how each stage can be understood and embraced. The book offers an elegant, simple, yet profoundly insightful roadmap to navigate change and move into a hopeful future: Endings. Every transition begins with one. Too often we misunderstand them, confuse them with finality -- that's it, all over, finished Yet the way we think about endings is key to how we can begin anew.The Neutral Zone. The second hurdle: a seemingly unproductive time-out when we feel disconnected from people and things in the past, and emotionally unconnected to the present. Actually, the neutral zone is a time of reorientation. How can we make the most of it?The New Beginning. We come to beginnings only at the end, when we launch new activities. To make a successful new beginning requires more than simply persevering. It requires an understanding of the external signs and inner signals that point the way to the future.