Most people confuse change with transition, but they're completely different processes. Change is external—you move cities, lose a job, get divorced. It's the obvious shift from point A to point B. Transition is the inner psychological journey of letting go of your old identity, spending time in uncertainty, then eventually embracing who you're becoming. Without proper transition, change becomes just "rearranging the furniture"—nothing really transforms inside you. That's why people can go th...
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Most people confuse change with transition, but they're completely different processes. Change is external—you move cities, lose a job, get divorced. It's the obvious shift from point A to point B. Transition is the inner psychological journey of letting go of your old identity, spending time in uncertainty, then eventually embracing who you're becoming. Without proper transition, change becomes just "rearranging the furniture"—nothing really transforms inside you. That's why people can go th...
Ep 23 - The Oyster-catcher: What happens when we turn down the noise
Wiser with Rob Bialostocki
12 minutes
5 months ago
Ep 23 - The Oyster-catcher: What happens when we turn down the noise
In this episode, I talk about my trip to Great Barrier Island, about 95km from Auckland, visiting friends who ditched their corporate lives in their late 50s for a simpler existence. No TV, no news, no social media, and definitely no traffic noise – just the natural world around us. Walking along the coast on day two, I found myself sitting on rocks, watching the tide move seaweed around beneath the surface. It got me thinking about how rare these quiet moments are in our everyday lives. Let'...
Wiser with Rob Bialostocki
Most people confuse change with transition, but they're completely different processes. Change is external—you move cities, lose a job, get divorced. It's the obvious shift from point A to point B. Transition is the inner psychological journey of letting go of your old identity, spending time in uncertainty, then eventually embracing who you're becoming. Without proper transition, change becomes just "rearranging the furniture"—nothing really transforms inside you. That's why people can go th...
