Hi! people migration
Salmon migrate. They are programmed or have evolved (choose your world view) to travel thousands of miles through rivers and oceans to fed and live and then reverse the journey from the South Pacific for example to a particular inlet up a river in Alaska.
People also migrate. We move as community or family groups when there is the pressure of violence or climate change or poverty or hunger. But we migrate as individuals far more often and less predictably.
That said, August is a time of frequent individual human migration. People change location based on new jobs, new educational steps, new opportunities more often this month than most in the Northern hemisphere. And THAT is a lot of change.
Most everyone is touched by someone’s individual migration right now. Whether that person is moving or loves someone who is moving, or is doing the work of a colleague who moved on, or is picking up a new role or seeing a doctor who’s brand new at their job or, or, or, this migration hits us all.
Sometimes I’m in your inbox with tools and strategies. Today I’m here just with a reminder: people migration
If you can’t figure out why someone’s resilience is dropping – look for the moving parts. Who changed the game?
Don’t forget how powerful empathy is in helping others rebuild their resilience.
And remember – the someone whose resilience is dropping unexpectedly? That might be you.
Are you dealing with migration right now? Comment and tell me. When I’m not helping one of my kids off to his second year of college, or helping two other kids get settled in high school, I’ll answer!
All my best,
Dr. G
