Navigating Change: A Resource Hub for Emotional and Mental Wellbeing
- Aurora Center for Psychology and Wellbeing
- Dec 6
- 3 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
Most emotional struggles (anxiety, overwhelm, trauma echoes, chronic stress, identity shifts, caregiving demands, health changes, grief) involve navigating some form of change.
Whether the change is external or happening inside you, the mind and body can respond in ways that feel confusing, overwhelming, or out of sync with what you “should” be able to handle.
This hub brings together resources on the themes I see most often in therapy:how the nervous system responds to stress, how our inner world adapts to transition, how trauma shapes reactions to change, and how resilience grows over time.
If you’re not sure where to begin, start with this core post:
A foundational guide to understanding why transitions feel so hard — and how Internal Family Systems (IFS) can help you move through them with clarity, compassion, and emotional steadiness.
From there, you can explore articles organized into four broad categories:
Understanding Anxiety, the Mind, & the Body
Inner Healing: Trauma, Compassion, & IFS
Navigating Life Changes & Emotional Challenges
Chronic Pain & Mind–Body Support
Each post is designed to help you understand what’s happening internally — emotionally, relationally, and neurologically — so that you can move through change with more confidence, clarity, and self-compassion.
If one of these articles resonates with you or brings up questions, you’re welcome to reach out.
Understanding Anxiety, the Mind, and the Body
Why physical symptoms happen — and what your nervous system is communicating.
Explore why regulating emotions is difficult and which tools actually help.
How to understand activation, overwhelm, and shutdown through body cues.
Inner Healing: Trauma, Compassion, and IFS
A gentle introduction to how Internal Family Systems supports healing.
How being kinder to yourself reshapes the brain and improves emotional resilience.
What trauma-informed therapy looks like and why it supports safer healing.
Navigating Life Changes & Emotional Challenges
When life shifts (expected or not) different parts of you respond with fear, hope, resistance, or uncertainty. This post explores how Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps you understand inner conflict, regulate overwhelming emotions, and move through transitions with clarity and compassion.
Change can feel overwhelming, even when it’s something you chose. This post explores why transitions activate the mind and nervous system, why mixed emotions are normal, and how to move through change with clarity and compassion.
The psychology behind change and how to navigate it more easily.
A seasonal reflection on stress, grief, and emotional overwhelm.
Even when routines stay the same, the holidays can stir subtle emotional shifts tied to memory, identity, caregiving, and transition. This post explores why things may feel different, and how to gently honor internal change during the season.
The start of a new year doesn’t always feel hopeful. This reflection explores why January can bring emotional heaviness, fatigue, or pressure, and offers a gentler way to approach change without forcing optimism.
How to find balance and emotional support when caring for others.
Chronic Pain and Mind–Body Support
Recognize signs of activation, overwhelm, or shutdown — and learn how your body communicates stress.
Explore the science behind neuroplasticity and how therapy, lifestyle, and practice support healing.
A helpful look at how stress, the nervous system, and tDCS relate to migraine patterns and pain cycles.
An introduction to neuromodulation and how tDCS can support chronic pain management.
Start Here if You’re New
These are the posts readers find the most grounding when exploring emotional or nervous system health:
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