Recall an event that was a turning point in your life - a critical event that marked a significant change for you personally and/or professionally.

Describe the event and discuss how and why it was different from other "meaningful" or even "monumental" milestones.

William Bridges' model of Transitions suggests there are three stages of transition and change. While this may be an event from a long time ago, try and recall your feelings and actions. Drawing upon those feelings and actions, how would you respond to the following questions (although it may be somewhat challenging to put a past event into this framework; however, the model suggests that no matter the transition, we will have experienced these stages):

How did you experiencethe stages ofEndings(i.e. ending, losing and letting go).

How did you experience theNeutral Zone? Which of the steps did you take to finding meaning in this stage?

Describe theNewBeginning. How did you know it was a new Beginning?