Chapter 7: Transformational Coping: Turning Stressful Changes to Your Advantage

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CHAPTER 7 TRANSFORMATIONAL COPING: TURNING STRESSFUL CHANGES TO YOUR ADVANTAGE

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.”—ALBERT EINSTEIN¹

You have a choice as to the way in which you cope with stressful changes. The way of transformational, or resilient, coping is to:

Treat changes as problems to solve,

Take the necessary mental and action steps to solve problems effectively, and

Draw observations, insights, and wisdom from your coping experiences in order to learn and grow. ...

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