The "I know I have to" beginnings are a bit more challenging to handle than the desired ones. This is mainly because we do the changes as we need to instead of actually wanting them.

These situations require courage, determination as well as building up a plan in steps about how ...

In order to be able to better handle changes:

• Be open to change
• Switch between emotion-focused and problem-focused coping so you can always have the most appropriate method to cope with change
• Learn to cope more successfully with future changes

This is the " Please don't make me do this" type of change.

Change can come both from inside and outside oneself. However, when somebody or something forces a change upon us, we tend to perceive the experience as being painful. Moreover, if we are prone to depression, it can actuall...