It comes up in many conversations. We struggle with how things are, and what to do to bring about what we want in life. We ask ourselves “Why is change so hard?”
What a great coaching question. And one I will elaborate here in this re-post.
Three things come to my mind that are supported by scientific research:
- We are hard wired to be in our comfort zone. It’s for human survival … and reinforced by how we deal with difficult emotions growing up. We react to the stressors with a fight, flight, or freeze response, then act out learned behaviors that we think will take away the discomfort and fear. Those behaviors often keep us stuck and in a cycle of disappointment and feeling like a failure.
- In some circumstances we may fail to see change happening already around us. Our own conditioning…
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