Another year and a fresh start or a “beginner’s mind.” We look forward with fear, excitement, and apprehension, most often with bits of all three. Similar to a cosmic version of Ground Hog Day, we start off with happy anticipation and change what we know to change. We circumvent old issues we don’t particularly want to experience anytime soon, and then we feel a sense of sameness and muckiness creep in.

Change is good. Change is scary. Change is bad. How do we slowly and quickly implement change? How do we sneak up on change and not alert our personal fears and conditioning? How do we start to change? How do we change what we know and want to change? How do we nip our buds of fear or hesitation before they grow?