Who Am I Really?
Letting Go into the Unknown
We are in the midst of transformation… midwifing the new world we can choose to let go of what we know.
In my ten years as a cross-cultural consultant I helped hundreds of corporate executives and their families adjust to overseas assignments. we had done that ourselves, living in Tokyo Japan for five years, so I knew what it takes to leave everything you knew behind – friends and family, familiar stores, lifestyle, and ways of living. It’s confusing but ultimately such a great opportunity for expanding perspectives on life…
Looking towards the future, no matter what we are letting go, can be stressful and upsetting for sure.
A state called cognitive dissonance can occur as who and what we identified with that made us feel comfortable is taken away.
Second entry of my journal. Letting go, letting come. saying no to constriction and Yes to me. I make my way towards wholeness.
thinking. thinking. planning.worrying too much where to live singing,. dancing. moving.loving. caring. creating.
that is ENOUGH :) indeed!
It’s beyond my control anyway so why sweat it?
enjoy the journey stepping into the unkown…again.
to find peace within me, as me in expressing me and being in community that feels safe & loving & real
who are we? make peace with those parts of self. and moving towards unity consciousness…
integrating releasing trauma often unseen epigentic. under the iceberg
and CC curve.
This is the crisis point in the overseas adjustment process, and is the biggest reason families and employees fail to complete their terms and return early. It is therefore crucial to know how to deal successfully with culture shock.
CULTURE SHOCK
“Culture shock is a state of disorientation
most people experience when living in a new culture”.
Culture shock arises from misunderstanding or lack of understanding of the cues from the other culture, limited prior experience, personal rigidity or lack of acceptance.
It is never comfortable (one expatriate compared it to “walking on Jell-O” ), but a certain degree of culture shock is inevitable and normal.