Preparing for Change with Cassandra Worthy

27 Jun 2023 · 1 min

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Short transcript excerpt from a June 2023 YouTube conversation in which Cassandra Worthy discusses why people fear change: fear arises from the unknown and the loss of predictable expectations; she reframes fear as a source of usable energy that can guide personal growth if acknowledged and harnessed.

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Why are we afraid of change when it's the thing that we actually sometimes fantasize about?
It's as soon as we get into that unknown. Because even though we might be in a situation that we don't like, at least we know it. At least we know the parts we don't like about it. At least there's a certain comfort in being able to anticipate and being able to have that expectation that's often met. Because we're in a place that we know when a change occurs. We have expectations and we have no idea if it's going to get met. We don't know what's about to happen. And so I think it's that darkness, that unknown, that really is what inspires that fear. And honestly, I'm grateful for it. Because in fear is energy. And I think that if we can allow that fear to then guide us, inform us, it's all the better, right? So I think that it's a natural inheritance of our species, and I think it's there for a reason. And I think we need to remain in tune, to use it to move us, to move us forward.