Each year, after the shortest day, I start taking note of the times of sunset. I count the extra minutes of light, waiting for the days to lengthen. Yes … I experience Seasonal Affective Disorder – I feel short-changed by short days. So, I make a point of celebrating the transition from Winter to Spring with a ‘Hello to Spring’ tree. A rococo affair with eggs and ribbons, the tree is quite over the top. It reminds me to come out of hibernation.

Recently, I came across a passage by Maya Angelou called Don’t Break the Elastic. She writes: “I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights”. In the face of Spring rain …and considering the Terminal 5 chaos at Heathrow … it is possible to choose one’s reaction to the weather and other circumstances. It is possible to be energetic, creative and happy throughout cold and dark months, and wet and blustery ones too. After all, it’s only weather, and waiting, and luggage.

Through the work that has evolved into the Rites of Passage Program, I know it is possible to choose your responses to external circumstances, and to choose to be happy despite (or because of) what’s going on around you. There’s something exciting about marking the seasons, and important changes. And there’s something exciting about knowing that you can choose to feel good, whatever the weather.

Working through the 10 modules of the Rites of Passage Program can help to alter perceptions and that’s a great place to begin creating the changes you want to see in your life. To find out more, call me for a chat on 08931 755 856.