Look Up at the Clouds: Embracing the Power of Change

By Margaret Rutherford

In Look Up at the Clouds, an audio course from Scribd Coach, psychologist, author, and SelfWork Podcast host Dr. Margaret Rutherford explores change — why it can be hard to take steps toward lasting change in your life, and how you can work through unwanted, unexpected change. By the time you’ve finished the course, you should come away with fresh insights, guidance on affecting real change for your life, and support for taking risks that improve the quality of your life.

In the course, Dr. Rutherford explains how to face change and accept it as a reality; the power of triggers, and how understanding them can help you plan for difficult situations; and how to make change stick with several strategies you can start using today to build resolve for change. Dr. Rutherford also includes both action-oriented and reflective exercises so you can begin putting what you’ve learned into practice right away.

If you’re looking to wrap your head around change — for good — you’ve come to the right place. Rutherford’s course is evidence-based, actionable, and packed with original insights.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scribd Coach
• Release date: Apr 25, 2023
• ISBN: 9781094447360

Margaret Rutherford

Dr. Margaret Rutherford is a psychologist, podcast host, and the author of Perfectly Hidden Depression: How to Break Free from the Perfectionism that Masks Your Depression. Rutherford has been a psychologist in private practice for over twenty-five years. She began writing online in 2012, and has gone on to host The SelfWork Podcast, a top podcast on depression and mental health that has earned more than three million downloads. To learn more about Dr. Rutherford and her work, visit DrMargaretRutherford.com, or find The SelfWork Podcast on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-selfwork-podcast/id1166015598)

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Look Up at the Clouds

LOOK UP AT THE CLOUDS

DR. MARGARET RUTHERFORD

Scribd Coach

Contents

Copyright

About Scribd Coach

Introduction

Facing Change

The Power of Triggers

How to Make Change Stick

Conclusion

About the Author

Copyright © 2023

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ISBN: 9781094447360

First e-book edition: March 2023

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Introduction

Hello everyone! I’m Dr. Margaret Rutherford, and this is Look Up at the Clouds: Embracing the Power of Change, a course from Scribd. Thank you for joining me. Let’s begin.

Change, whether it’s welcome and wanted or unwelcome and difficult, involves stress. Even when you want change in your life, it’s hard to give up what’s familiar and take a risk on the unfamiliar. Even if it’s unhealthy or unpleasant, you at least know you can tolerate what’s already happening in the now.

Even when we do finally commit to making a change, we often find that the hard work is just beginning and that making the change stick is its own battle altogether. So many people want to change but start off with a plan that's way too difficult or hard to reach and doesn’t account for the many bumps in the road that might send us back into our old patterns.

This course is designed to teach you all about change -- why it can be so hard and how you can start taking steps today to create lasting, desired change in your life and work through unwanted, unexpected change.

It is my hope that you will learn both action-oriented and reflective exercises and come away with a journal full of fresh insights, guidance on affecting real change in your life, and support for taking risks that improve the quality of your life.

We’ll start by learning how to face change. Whether you’re seeking out change or looking for strategies to