Dee Cascio

Having a positive mindset is a matter of consciously turning negatives into positives. You can apply this to your life during the holiday season and throughout your life. First consider • What are your emotions telling you? • How do you view the people around you? • What are you looking forward to? • What… [Continue reading] A positive mindset for the holidays and a lifetime

Is there a negativity gene causing you to dread change and transition? It is possible. According to “Genes For Emotion-Enhanced Remembering Are Linked To Enhanced Perceiving,” a study led by Rebecca Todd and published in Psychological Science, almost 50% of people of Caucasian background have the ADRA2b gene that predisposes them to perceive negativity in… [Continue reading] Is there a negativity gene?

In this season of thanksgiving, may your life and work transitions be successful because you are • Surrounded by supportive family and friends • Learning more about yourself and growing in the process • Caring not only for others but also for yourself • Confident in your abilities and skills to face a new normal… [Continue reading] In this season of thanksgiving

How you manage emotions and feelings during times of change may affect how long the transition process takes and the success of your transition to a new normal after a life-altering change. Take these steps. Learn to manage emotions Begin by understanding your emotions. Read more about Emotional Intelligence and then make decisions about how… [Continue reading] How to manage emotions and feelings during a transition

After a change in your life or work, you can use emotions to help with the transition that follows. Use DENIAL AND SHOCK to ease yourself into the grieving process after any loss. Whether your loss is personal or professional—the loss of a loved one through death or divorce or the loss of a job—you… [Continue reading] How to use emotions to help with transitions

Change or transition? In “Change: external, visible, tangible events occur before transitions”  and “Transitions: slow emotional adjustments after change” I discussed the difference between change and transitions. Part of a successful transition is recognizing a change has occurred and a period of transition must follow. Are you up to the task? Look at these scenarios… [Continue reading] Quiz: change or transition?

Transitions are slow, emotional adjustments after change. A transition is also internal, invisible, and intangible. You will need to re-examine your roles, your values, and your self-understanding, as explained in “Elements of life transitions,” before you can let go and create space for something new. Give yourself time to work through these transitions. Here are… [Continue reading] Transitions: slow emotional adjustments after change

Change is a normal part of life that occurs before transitions. Although it can happen quite quickly, it may also be years in the making (your youngest child leaving home, your retirement). It is external, visible, and tangible to you and those around you. Learn to recognize the characteristics of change so you can make… [Continue reading] Change: external, visible, tangible

A successful transition—at work or at any stage of life—includes the following five steps. If you incorporate one or more of these behaviors into your thoughts and actions daily, you will also be building resilience for future changes and transitions. 1. Avoid blame placing You may or may not have done anything to bring about… [Continue reading] Steps to a successful transition