They say it's as good as a holiday: How to embrace change in your life.

by Mamamia Team August 3, 2015

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Writing about the things that are close to my heart is so important to me. I want you to know that my most meaningful articles come from a personal place of ups, downs, high and lows.

This particular blog has been a long time coming. As an extreme creature of habit and routine, I’ve had my fair share of tough times adapting to change post college, as a young working woman of the world and as a business owner. I’ll begin by stating the obvious:

• Change is inevitable • Change can be hard to deal with and adjust to • Change can occur in any area of our lives • Change can have both positive and negative impacts on our lives

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Now that we’ve established what change entails, let’s dig deeper on how we can embrace, love, anticipate and make change work for us. In my business, I recently lost one of my biggest and long-term clients.

It was difficult and stressful and I had a panic attack for a solid 24 hours. I had to step back and realize what this particular change actually meant for my business and my personal development. Here’s what I have for you.

1. Get Buddha about it.

We are capable of loving and caring on a level so deep we sometimes can’t even explain it. While this can be a beautiful thing, it’s important to learn to limit our attachment to things and situations that can afford it. Buddha preaches that our unhappiness stems from extreme attachment to people and material things.

If you aren’t so strongly attached, you can’t feel so burned when it goes away. This may sound obvious, but keep this thought in the back of your mind, especially for situations and things that you know could very well be temporary. (Post continues after gallery).