The Way of Transition: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments | List Price: $15.95
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Binding: Paperback
Release Date: 2001-12-04
Adjusting to change [Posted on 2005-08-29]
The author is very professional in his knowledge of tranistion vs. change and the merging of the process so that one understands the need to understand transition and that understanding to facilitate change. It is a very personal account of his understanding of the value of "letting go". His wife of 48 years is about to pass and the culmination of their realtionship and acceptance of the change to come and the phases of tranistion. To me personally, the acceptance of "letting go" allowed me to move further into my life and relish the anticipation of what could be. But not until I "let go". To me that was an exceptional development. And it all had to do with understanding transition. I am deeply grateful as is my wife who is reading it now.
Getting personal wth William Bridges, Transition Guru [Posted on 2005-09-06]
William Bridges surprised me with this extremely well-written and personal book. I am an executive coach who had read many of his other books and have often recommended Bridge's Managing Transitions to clients and friends in the business world. I opened the book expecting to find a how-to manual on getting through midlife in business,or through the loss of a job or some other similarly difficult but containable business transition. What I found was a deeply personal (and to me intensely meaningful description of) William's own life transitions through his job changes, marriage difficulties, and most significantly the death of his first wife and the transition that ensued. This beautifully written book reads more like a novel than a self help book, but the fact that it describes real transitions at a very deep level is exactly what makes it helpful. I congratulate the author for having the guts to write it.
Emotionally Powerful, Personalized Take on Transitions [Posted on 2005-09-07]
William Bridges revisits the topic of transitions after the death of his first wife. This is an emotionally powerful book and Bridges is brutally honest and open about his own personality and relationships. I give it 4 stars, though, because I'm not sure that he adds a whole lot to his orginal work on transitions.
A Guide Through Life's Dark Night [Posted on 2007-02-08]
I often list the pros and cons of the books I review. This book, like most others, has a few drawbacks, but they are not important enough to list. What is important is to know that this book is one of the best guides possible for those who are going through losses and do not know where to turn. If you or someone you know is reeling from a major life set back this is the book you need to turn to. This book will help you process the loss, understand the empty feeling that follows, and will offer hope for a new beginning. This book is a first aid kit for the emotions.
Classic work on transitions [Posted on 2008-12-27]
Bridges book makes a great contribution by describing the stages within a transition -- endings, the neutral zone (that awkward in-between place in transitions) and new beginnings. I use this concept often when coaching ministry leaders in transition. The book is somewhat profane but includes excellent, universal concepts about how humans experience transitions. You can find similar concepts worked out for ministry settings in Coaching Transitions: Walking with Leaders in the Turning Points of Life.
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