Moving is exciting.  Moving brings new opportunities.  Moving involves stress.

When we are moving – away from something we no longer want or toward something we desire – we are in a state of imbalance, disequilibrium, and stress.  Hans Selye, the research scientist who introduced us to the concept of biological stress and the need for stress management, explained that stress is stress, whether caused by something we want (e.g., wedding, new home) or something we don’t want (e.g., illness, death).  Continue reading →