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Change doesn’t fail because you don’t want it badly enough. It fails when your system is overwhelmed and survival is running the show. 

In this episode, I break down one of the most misunderstood phases of change: the Instability Zone. This is the first episode in a three-part series discussing the three zones of change. Here, in the Instability Zone, we focus on what happens when change is imposed, rather than chosen. 

Layoffs. Health diagnoses. Caregiving. Institutional collapse. The moments when urgency is loud, clarity is gone, and everyone keeps asking what you’re going to do next.

If you’ve ever felt frozen, panicked, exhausted by decisions you haven’t even made yet, or ashamed that you “should know what's next by now,” this episode will give you language for what’s actually happening. More importantly, it will tell you what not to do—and what does help—when you’re in true instability.

This episode is for anyone navigating abrupt, identity-shaking change and wondering why motivation, confidence, or future-thinking feel completely out of reach right now.

In This Episode:

• Why change is a process, not a single decision—and why desire alone can’t override instability
• How to recognize when you’re in the Instability Zone (hint: urgency without clarity)
• What’s really happening psychologically when your brain cannot manage to think about the future
• How grief disguises itself as urgency and drives panic-driven decisions 
• The difference between what ended and what didn’t—and why that distinction matters
• Why orientation comes before pivoting, rebranding, or “figuring it out”
• How rushing decisions in instability often makes change harder, not faster

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