Change is everywhere. The seasons, weather, this moment in time, our bodies or moods...it all changes. Sometimes, change is predictable, but most often, it is not.

Amongst philosophers, it is often said that the only certainty in life is uncertainty, and yet this logical realization offers little emotional comfort when people experience significant change, uncertainty, or transition in their lives. This is because knowing change occurs is far different from experientially going through change.

Our reactions to change are typically felt, emotional, convoluted, and psychologically stirring or messy, which makes most people uncomfortable. Change is often distressing when we experience the great unknown with something we are personally attached to. When change occurs in our relationships, finances, career, or around our health, the experience can be overwhelming, chaotic, and disorienting.

Change, transition, uncertainty, and loss in any form can even challenge our fundamental ideas about fairness or justice, or shatter the meaning we ascribe to the world itself.1 After a significant experience of change or transition, people may........

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