The past few months have forced us to deal with major instability, and it has thrown many of us into a flat spin. However, it’s important to understand that even when we’re not facing a pandemic, uncertainty is inevitable. Any time we go through a life-changing event, be it a pandemic, a relocation, or even a divorce, we’re faced with a lot of external factors. As a result, many of us end up feeling powerless. Is there a way to change that? When we change the way we think, we can change the way we feel. We may not be able to control events unfolding around us, but we can decide how we’ll deal with them. How can we stop reacting to issues beyond our control and start responding to them instead?  In this episode, Certified Life Coach and author of Create Your Calm: A Guilt-Free Journey to Peaceful Motherhood, Stephanie Nichols shares how to use life-altering moments as a catalyst for growth.  We can't change what's happening around us, but we can make decisions about how we think about it. That's where we get our control back. -Stephanie Nichols   3 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode:   How to get better at managing emotions in a difficult situation: It’s easier to manage the way we feel when we know how we feel. We have to check in with ourselves more regularly and acknowledge our emotions.    The importance of acceptance: When we resist accepting what’s going on around us, we end up allowing it to affect us even more. The sooner we accept reality for what it is, the sooner we can move on.    How to turn life-changing events into a win: When faced with uncertainty, we need to think about what we want to create for ourselves. We may not always have the power to control what’s happening around us, but we do have the power to use the situation to our benefit.   Guest Bio-  Stephanie Nichols is a divorced mom of two young boys, author of the book Create Your Calm: A Guilt-Free Journey to Peaceful Motherhood, and Certified Life Coach for Divorced Moms. She works one-on-one with moms who are ready to flourish after divorce by helping them create a future they can look forward to. Stephanie is known for her passionate personality and telling it like it is while using a gentle approach to help clients get unstuck and make sense of the world. She helps her clients overcome the natural self-doubt and despair they experience trying to navigate life alone, parenting solo, making decisions on their own, feeling overwhelmed, and worrying about their future. Stephanie is passionate about creating a world where divorce is not viewed as a failure, but as a catalyst for growth and a source of resilience and strength.   To find out more, go to  https://www.stephanie-nichols.com/ https://www.facebook.com/StephanieNicholsCoaching  https://www.amazon.com/Create-Your-Calm-Guilt-Free-Motherhood/dp/1733623817   To take advantage of Stephanie’s 1:1 Coaching Program ‘Flourish After Divorce’ - 6 month package 24 weekly sessions, head to: https://www.stephanie-nichols.com/work-with-me/    And to join Stephanie’s safe, connected space for divorced moms, go to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FlourishAfterDivorce/