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There IS a way to make change work.
Job change, retirement, a second career, an avocation, a move ... Any change can be turned into an eyes-open and often meaningful transition with a new perspective on how we think about change. TransitionWorks Workshops and Dialogue Groups offer a practical and stimulating place that can help make the way to better change possible.
TransitionWorks grew out of John Harvey's efforts to facilitate career transition dialogue and workshops in the Maplewood/South Orange, NJ, area. As the original Career Transition Network community grew to over 300 members, and the dialogue continued, the need also for a broader, more developed approach led to one simple idea: Change of any sort ... not just getting a job with a reworked resume, or a more developed network, new connections, etc. but a new perspective and framework for dealing with change, most especially a new way of thinking, and something we call "practical self-examination" could provide lasting insights and tools that could be used over and over again in every aspect of life.
To this end, John teamed up Alfred Milanese, a recent New York City transplant to Maplewood who helped develop a new approach for CTN. The new venture became TransitionWorks ... and a series of Workshops and continuing Dialogue Groups. All founded on dynamic conversation and discovery, the real fuel for effective and meaningful transition.
The starting point for T-Works emerges from the William Bridges book, Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes, which we highly recommend reading. For those who sign-up we will supply a copy.
The Women's Sojourn - an opportunity to learn and live!
To all my female TWorks friends - Nancy Reller is a good friend and a colleague. My transitions interest, Nancy's Women's Sojourn work, along with another colleague, David Oldfield's Personal Renewal efforts has us
researching and creating a family renewal/transition body of work that will bring under-privileged and over-privileged families together. I can share more on this later, if you are interested.
In the meantime, I am learning more about Nancy's Women's Sojourn Work and I am incresingly energized by the positive impact I see it having on participants.
With this said, I thought some of you might be interested in joining the Women's Sojourn blog (there is no cost to participate) - see below for more details. In the meantime, be well - John
Dear Friends, Family and Colleagues,
Have you ever stopped and really listened to the conversations women are having? There's not much about sharing recipes these days, but there's a ton about how to manage relationships, how to balance it all, how to help our children in this overly competitive world and how to find things that are personally rewarding. Let me take a wild guess - you're having the same talks! Funny thing is, at Sojourn we are, too. So, we're pulling together the conversations outside our office with the ones we are having here at Sojourn. We've launched a new blog:
http://www.thewomenssojourn.com/blog
...and we want you to join our conversation.
On the blog , here's some of what we'll be talking about:
*Ways we can explore what makes us content and feel good about our lives.
*New and interesting research we've heard about and how it applies to our lives.
*Ways our physical bodies and energy affect how we manage stress and interact with others.
*How to let go and make room in our lives for the things we really long for.
Visit www.thewomenssojourn.com/blog, get involved and tell us what you are talking about.
My best,
Nancy
Nancy Reller
President
Sojourn Communications
8618 Westwood Center Drive
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Vienna, VA 22182
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