During a transition phase we can feel hazy and confused. We hold on to what we have and are uncertain about what the future brings. At every stage and every age of our lives we live challenges, and life changes.

Everyone experiences transitions in life. And in today’s world, this happens more quickly and more often. Life is always evolving, changing, and growing. We just faced a universal challenge during the pandemic where the whole world felt insecure and had to survive and adapt to this “new” life, but each of us faced and adapted to this transition differently…

During a transition phase we can feel hazy and confused. We hold on to what we have and are uncertain about what the future brings. At every stage and every age of our lives we live challenges, and life changes.

Everyone experiences transitions in life. And in today’s world, this happens more quickly and more often. Life is always evolving, changing, and growing. We just faced a universal challenge during the pandemic where the whole world felt insecure and had to survive and adapt to this “new” life, but each of us faced and adapted to this transition differently…

Everything that happens in our lives get stored in our brain. A smell of Jasmin can bring us back to our grandma’s house. The sound of a door slamming can stop us in our tracks. What we expect to happen in the present tells us instantly what has happened in our past. A trigger is when something happens to our senses, a smell, something we see, hear, touch, taste, which evokes a feeling that takes us directly back to a memory. That memory can elicit fear, stress, joy, frustration, anger, or anxiety.

When I’m triggered my heart races, I feel a knot in my stomach, energy runs through my whole body, and my emotions feel bigger than me. When I’m triggered, I’m afraid, angry, hurt, stressed.. The emotional activation of these emotions changes how I relate to myself and everyone around me. When I’m triggered, I’m not me anymore, I let my emotions get the better of me and stop thinking clearly. When I’m triggered it affects my ability to remain present in the moment. When I’m triggered my nervous system is on edge.

Notre vie est ponctuée de manière incessante de décisions petites ou grandes : quoi manger, quelle série démarrer, quoi porter, quoi étudier, quelle offre d’emploi choisir, quand décider de faire ou ne pas faire des enfants… En moyenne, un adulte prend chaque jour plusieurs milliers de décisions conscientes et 226 uniquement sur la nourriture.

We make thousands of decisions a day. What to wear. Who to see. What series to start watching. What to prioritize and what to let go of. We make over 200 decisions a day on food alone, and since the advent of the pandemic, we’ve had even more decisions foisted upon us, all of them with an extra dose of anxiety built-in. Go out or stay in? Which vaccine to choose? Go to the store or shop online?   

J’arrête le sucre! Je commence à cuisiner ! La semaine prochaine, je m’inscris à des cours de sport ! Je veux écrire un livre… monter ma boîte… arrêter la cigarette… faire de la méditation… créer un blog… gérer mon portefeuille !

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I’ll stop eating candy! I’m going to learn how to cook! Next week, I’m signing up for the gym! I want to write a book … start my business … stop smoking … start meditating … write a blog … manage my stocks!