Stew, the repetition of the u-shaped pattern here is pretty astounding. I have to wonder (do you know?) if each of these scientists thought they were coming up with something original.
I've felt for some time that what we are experiencing politically and socially is analogous to giving birth. There is a point in most labors often described as the hardest part. It may cause a sudden loss of confidence, with feelings of being overwhelmed, fearful, or wanting to give up. They call it "Transition." Not long after, the actual work of delivery gets going, giving the mother something to work towards and focus on. With effort and a touch of the miraculous, a new being is born.
My goodness, that is beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to make that connection. There is a change model where “Transition” is the phase between Unfreezing (fluidity, chaos, letting go of the old) and Refreezing (things taking shape again.
I need to read more about the Norwegian Nysgaard and the American Menninger. Their theories are so similar, I wonder if one influenced the other. Or they are just…. similar. Kubler-Ross model on coping seems intuitively right, but I was surprised to learn that the phases don’t have any basis in research, nor has there been any validation study. That said, it still seems spot on.
To your analogy about giving birth, it feels like we are all bringing about something new. There is no going back. We want the overwhelm and fear to abate, to get through this transition with all our F…A…C…U…L…T…I…E…S intact. (Never mind - that’s a Salinger reference that just came to me.)
Stew, the repetition of the u-shaped pattern here is pretty astounding. I have to wonder (do you know?) if each of these scientists thought they were coming up with something original.
I've felt for some time that what we are experiencing politically and socially is analogous to giving birth. There is a point in most labors often described as the hardest part. It may cause a sudden loss of confidence, with feelings of being overwhelmed, fearful, or wanting to give up. They call it "Transition." Not long after, the actual work of delivery gets going, giving the mother something to work towards and focus on. With effort and a touch of the miraculous, a new being is born.
My goodness, that is beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to make that connection. There is a change model where “Transition” is the phase between Unfreezing (fluidity, chaos, letting go of the old) and Refreezing (things taking shape again.
I need to read more about the Norwegian Nysgaard and the American Menninger. Their theories are so similar, I wonder if one influenced the other. Or they are just…. similar. Kubler-Ross model on coping seems intuitively right, but I was surprised to learn that the phases don’t have any basis in research, nor has there been any validation study. That said, it still seems spot on.
To your analogy about giving birth, it feels like we are all bringing about something new. There is no going back. We want the overwhelm and fear to abate, to get through this transition with all our F…A…C…U…L…T…I…E…S intact. (Never mind - that’s a Salinger reference that just came to me.)