How to Deal With Difficult Choices in Transition.
The hardest transition choices aren't between something good and something bad—they're when both options are things you desperately want and don't want to give up. Dr. Z explains how to navigate these impossible decisions.
Examples: Your partner says "I love you and care about you, but I'm not attracted to this gender and can't stay in the relationship"—the relationship hasn't eroded, you both still care deeply, but the two can't coexist. Or you're a professor who loves teaching, but coming out at your university means losing your vocation. Or you have to leave your hometown where you've put down roots because the resources for transition don't exist there.
These aren't choices between your transition and something that doesn't matter—these are devastating choices between yourself and something you've invested your life, time, and energy into. How do you decide? There's no right or wrong answer. You choose what feels most right at this moment, what matters most to you right now.
Watch to find out why Dr. Z suggests thinking of your life as a book with chapters—some experiences are meant to exist for a certain time, and closing one chapter to open another doesn't negate its meaning or make it less important.
