The Passage Stage of Financial Transitions

John Darer • September 4, 2020

 Lawsuit Settles, Some See Possibilities, Others Chaos, or Fear

Passage Stage of Financial Transitions

Transitions begin with an Ending and Ends with a New Normal.


 The Passage stage connects the two, however the journey is rarely linear.

Passage can take years, and that can be exhausting.  With all its stops and starts, the litigation process is the epitome of non-linear. All that it entails can add to the stress. Even when a case settles mental and/or physical fatigue are common.   

 

According to the Sudden Money Institute these are some of the things we see for those going through Passage: 

  • Work performance and personal relationships can suffer as a result of the timeline.
  • Time can cause a pressure to move on. This pressure could be internal or from others.
  • Emotions are at their peak.
  • Uncertainty around identity. Who you were has changed, and you probably notice that you are becoming someone new. You aren’t that person yet, and that’s fine.
  • Unsolicited advice is everywhere, however, people who have been on the road you are traveling can be invaluable guides.

 

What You Can Do


During Passage phase, perhaps your most important work is to be mindful.

 

  • Mindful of what you are going through.
  • Mindful of how you really feel about it.
  • Mindful of how and why you respond or react to the past and the present as you do.
  • Mindful of possibilities as you move toward the future.

 

John Darer, President of 4structures.com, LLC is a Certified Financial Transitionist  (CeFT), one of only two settlement planners/structured settlement consultants with the credential.  The personal side of money often dominates when people are in transition. That is why we embrace a different approach of co-creation with clients, using Sudden Money protocols and tools.


We hear You, prepare you, protect you, support your goals and care about you.


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